Read-alikes and related books

Books like Hit and Run

What to read after Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel: 24 titles sharing themes of Values & Virtues, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings, and Young Adult Fiction, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Top related books to Hit and Run

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Hit and Run.

On My Honor

Marion Dane Bauer

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy

Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

The Invisible String

Patrice Karst

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

The Great Big Sad Finding Comfort in Grief and Loss

Christina Fox

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

The End of Forever

Lurlene McDaniel

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

The Wish and the Peacock

Wendy S. Swore

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings

You’d Be Home Now

Kathleen Glasgow

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Trouble

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Things We Know by Heart

Jessi Kirby

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#10

The Tent A Parable in One Sitting

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#11

Broken Things

Lauren Oliver

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#12

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#13

The Epidemic

Suzanne Young

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#14

A Thousand Broken Pieces

Tillie Cole

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#15

Stay with Me

Mila Gray

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#16

Early Departures

Justin A. Reynolds

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#17

Call It Courage

Armstrong Sperry

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#18

14 Ways to Die

Vincent Ralph

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#19

The F- It List

Julie Halpern

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#20

Goodbye Days

Jeff Zentner

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#21

The Last Forever

Deb Caletti

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#22

Shizuko’s Daughter

Kyoko Mori

Themes: Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#23

The Life As We Knew It 4-Book Collection

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#24

The Bubble Wrap Boy

Phil Earle

Themes: Values & Virtues • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel. Connected by Values & Virtues, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Emotions & Feelings. Authors featured include Marion Dane Bauer, Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia, Patrice Karst, Christina Fox, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.