Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dry

Readers who finished Dry by Neal Shusterman and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Loners & Outcasts, Violence, Survival Stories, and Politics & Government.

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Top related books to Dry

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Mapmaker

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Siblings

I Am Number Four

Pittacus Lore

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

Disappeared

Francisco X. Stork

Themes: Survival Stories • Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense

Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

Themes: Loners & Outcasts • Violence • Thrillers & Suspense

The Girl in Question

Tess Sharpe

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

The Hummingbird Killer

Finn Longman

Themes: Loners & Outcasts • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

The Deep Enders A Novel (for Young Adults)

Dave Reardon

Themes: Loners & Outcasts • Survival Stories • Politics & Government

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Tiffany D. Jackson

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

Bamboo People A Novel

Mitali Perkins

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Politics & Government

#10

Not If I Save You First

Ally Carter

Themes: Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#11

Whenever I’m with You

Lydia Sharp

Themes: Survival Stories • Siblings • People & Places

#12

Be Not Far from Me

Mindy McGinnis

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

#13

The Ruling Class

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Themes: Politics & Government • Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense

#14

The Van Gogh Deception

Deron R. Hicks

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

#15

Maya and the Lord of Shadows

Rena Barron

Themes: Survival Stories • Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense

#16

The Long Way Home

Andrew Klavan

Themes: Survival Stories • Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense

#17

The Survivor A Pioneer Novel

Bridget Tyler

Themes: Survival Stories • Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense

#18

Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus

Themes: Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#19

The Cost of Knowing

Brittney Morris

Themes: Siblings • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#20

I Rise

Marie Arnold

Themes: Violence • Politics & Government • People & Places

#21

Saints of the Household

Ari Tison

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#22

The Kite Fighters

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#23

Slice of Cherry

Dia Reeves

Themes: Violence • Siblings • People & Places

#24

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

George Jreije

Themes: Violence • Survival Stories • People & Places

If Dry by Neal Shusterman is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Loners & Outcasts, Violence, Survival Stories and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Lisa Moore Ramée, Pittacus Lore, Francisco X. Stork, Nita Tyndall, and others.