# Books like Thirteen Reasons Why

**10** books similar to *Thirteen Reasons Why* by Jay Asher (Mystery · 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:** mystery, suicide, schools in fiction
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## Similar books

- [How to Survive Your Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-survive-your-murder) by Danielle Valentine _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Not Quite Dead Yet](https://readinglist.school/book/not-quite-dead-yet) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [That's Not My Name](https://readinglist.school/book/thats-not-my-name) by Megan Lally _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Agathas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-agathas) by Kathleen Glasgow _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Reappearance of Rachel Price](https://readinglist.school/book/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Under the Surface](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-surface) by Diana Urban _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide, both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Good Girl's Guide to Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/good-girls-guide-to-murder) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Kentucky Bluegrass Award list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Daughter of the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-stars) by Phyllis A. Whitney _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Mystery) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-and-the-kings-horseman) by Wole Soyinka _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of suicide and overlapping grades (11–12).

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