# Books like Shut Up, This Is Serious

**10** books similar to *Shut Up, This Is Serious* by Carolina Ixta (Young Adult Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** friendship, identity, family
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## Similar books

- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and family, both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Never Thought I'd End Up Here](https://readinglist.school/book/never-thought-id-end-up-here) by Ann Liang _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Forbidden Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-forbidden-book) by Sacha Lamb _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Silence That Binds Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silence-that-binds-us) by Joanna Ho _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Saints of the Household](https://readinglist.school/book/saints-of-the-household) by Ari Tison _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
- [Four for the Road](https://readinglist.school/book/four-for-the-road) by K.J. Reilly _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [American Born Chinese](https://readinglist.school/book/american-born-chinese) by Gene Luen Yang _(530L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Conditions of a Heart](https://readinglist.school/book/conditions-of-a-heart) by Bethany Mangle _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s).
- [Sky's End](https://readinglist.school/book/skys-end) by Marc J. Gregson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Same genre (Young Adult Fiction), overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2020s).

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