Read-alikes and related books

Books like Candy

Explore 24 books like Candy by Kevin Brooks — a handpicked selection united by Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Adolescence & Coming of Age, Love & Romance, and People & Places.

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Top related books to Candy

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Lucky Star

Cathy Cassidy

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance

Whistle Me Home

Barbara Wersba

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance

Forbidden

Tabitha Suzuma

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Love & Romance • People & Places

Stop in the Name of Pants!

Louise Rennison

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

Girls Out Late

Jacqueline Wilson

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

God of Beer

Garret Keizer

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

The Key to the Golden Firebird

Maureen Johnson

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

Virtuosity

Jessica Martinez

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Love & Romance • People & Places

Clean

Amy Reed

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#10

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#11

Joseph

Shelia P. Moses

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#12

Rules of Attraction

Simone Elkeles

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Love & Romance • People & Places

#13

One Night

Marsha Qualey

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#14

Thief of Hearts

Laurence Yep

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#15

My Life as a Girl

Elizabeth Mosier

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#16

Sinner (Shiver)

Maggie Stiefvater

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#17

Rain Remembers

Courtne Comrie

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#18

The Moon by Night — Madeleine L’Engle

Madeleine L'Engle

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#19

Love and Other Perishable Items

Laura Buzo

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#20

Scrambled Eggs at Midnight

Brad Barkley

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#21

Reckless

Cecily von Ziegesar

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#22

The Princess Diaries, Volume III: Princess in Love

Meg Cabot

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#23

Little Women and Good Wives

Louisa May Alcott

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

#24

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Emily M. Danforth

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • Love & Romance • People & Places

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Candy by Kevin Brooks — spanning Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Adolescence & Coming of Age, Love & Romance and featuring authors such as Cathy Cassidy, Barbara Wersba, Tabitha Suzuma, Louise Rennison, and others.