Books like People kill people

People kill people by Ellen Hopkins reads as raw, intense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Identical

Ellen Hopkins · 2008

Both explore trauma & mental health

74% genome match

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow · 2000

Both explore trauma & mental health

63% genome match

The Way I Used To Be

Amber Smith · 2016

Both explore trauma & justice

64% genome match

Ghost boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes · 2014

Both explore justice & grief

64% genome match

Monster

Walter Dean Myers · 1999

Both explore justice

60% genome match

The Rules of Survival

Nancy Werlin · 2006

Both explore trauma & justice

64% genome match

Witch Child

Celia Rees · 2000

Same ya feel

63% genome match

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

Both explore trauma

61% genome match

Cloud busting

Malorie Blackman · 2004

Both explore grief

62% genome match

Girls like us

Gail Giles · 2014

Both explore trauma & justice

61% genome match

All the Truth That's in Me

Julie Berry · 2013

Both explore trauma & justice

61% genome match

Swallowing stones

Joyce McDonald · 1997

Both explore grief & justice

58% genome match