# Books like The Hate U Give

**10** books similar to *The Hate U Give* by Angie Thomas (YA Contemporary · 590L · 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:** police violence, race, code-switching, activism, family
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## Similar books

- [The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian](https://readinglist.school/book/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian) by Sherman Alexie _(600L · Grades 7–10)_ — Shares themes of code-switching, both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and a close reading level (600L vs 590L).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and a close reading level (800L vs 590L).
- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and a close reading level (800L vs 590L).
- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook) list, and a close reading level (720L vs 590L).
- [The Secret Life of Bees](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-life-of-bees) by Sue Monk Kidd _(840L · Grades 9–11)_ — Shares themes of race and family and a close reading level (840L vs 590L).
- [Fences](https://readinglist.school/book/fences) by August Wilson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of race and family and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Grapes of Wrath](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grapes-of-wrath) by John Steinbeck _(680L · Grades 10–12)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and a close reading level (680L vs 590L).
- [The Fault in Our Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fault-in-our-stars) by John Green _(850L · Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Eleanor & Park](https://readinglist.school/book/eleanor-park) by Rainbow Rowell _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, and overlapping grades (7–12).

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