Books like Paperweight

Paperweight by Meg Haston reads as somber, raw. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Impulse

Ellen Hopkins · 2007

Both explore mental health & self-harm

70% genome match

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

Both explore recovery

83% genome match

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow · 2000

Both explore self-harm & recovery

77% genome match

The Way I Used To Be

Amber Smith · 2016

Both explore recovery & friendship

70% genome match

Stop Pretending

Sonya Sones · 1999

Both explore eating disorders & family

68% genome match

Afterward

Jennifer Mathieu · 2016

Both explore friendship & family

67% genome match

Swallowing stones

Joyce McDonald · 1997

Same ya feel

60% genome match

I Am Not Esther

Fleur Beale · 1998

Both explore family

60% genome match

Hard love

Ellen Wittlinger · 1999

Both explore friendship

60% genome match

Alex as well

Alyssa Brugman · 2013

Both explore friendship & mental health

77% genome match

What girls are made of

Elana K. Arnold · 2017

Same ya feel

57% genome match

The chosen one

Carol Lynch Williams · 2009

Same ya feel

57% genome match