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Books like How It Feels to Float

If you loved How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Mental Illness, Death, Grief, Bereavement, LGBTQ, and Young Adult Fiction.

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Top related books to How It Feels to Float

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of How It Feels to Float.

Under Shifting Stars — Alexandra Latos

Under Shifting Stars

Alexandra Latos

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • LGBTQ

Who I was with Her — Nita Tyndall

Who I was with Her

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • LGBTQ

Before I Let Go — Marieke Nijkamp

Before I Let Go

Marieke Nijkamp

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • LGBTQ

All the Things We Do in the Dark — Saundra Mitchell

All the Things We Do in the Dark

Saundra Mitchell

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • LGBTQ

The Stepping Off Place — Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

The Stepping Off Place

Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow — Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Six Goodbyes We Never Said — Candace Ganger

Six Goodbyes We Never Said

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Side Effects May Vary — Julie Murphy

Side Effects May Vary

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

A Year to the Day — Robin Benway

A Year to the Day

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

The Dead I Know — Scot Gardner

The Dead I Know

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Autobiography of My Dead Brother — Walter Dean Myers

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

On My Honor — Marion Dane Bauer

Marion Dane Bauer

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Rez Ball — Byron Graves

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

The Girl in the Castle — James Patterson

The Girl in the Castle

James Patterson

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

The Girl from the Well — Rin Chupeco

The Girl from the Well

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Not about a Boy — Myah Hollis

Not about a Boy

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Save Steve — Jenni Hendriks

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

The Silence That Binds Us — Joanna Ho

The Silence That Binds Us

Themes: Mental Illness • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

Forever Is Now — Mariama Lockington

Mariama Lockington

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

While You Were Dreaming — Alisha Rai

While You Were Dreaming

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

Not My Problem — Ciara Smyth

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

You Know I’m No Good — Jessie Ann Foley

You Know I’m No Good

Jessie Ann Foley

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

Icebreaker — A. L. Graziadei

A. L. Graziadei

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

Girl on the Line — Faith Gardner

Girl on the Line

Themes: Mental Illness • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Mental Illness, Death, Grief, Bereavement, LGBTQ — the same threads that run through How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox. Among the authors featured: Alexandra Latos, Nita Tyndall, Marieke Nijkamp, Saundra Mitchell, and others.

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