Books like Looking for Smoke

#1

Every Stolen Breath

Kimberly Gabriel

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense

#2

Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#3

The Black Coats

Colleen Oakes

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#4

Split the Sky

Marie Arnold

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Violence • People & Places

#5

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#6

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#7

Tyler Johnson Was Here

Jay Coles

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#8

Rooftop

Paul Volponi

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#9

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker

Carolyn Meyer

Themes: Violence • Native American • People & Places

#10

Harvest House

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Themes: Violence • Native American • People & Places

#11

I Am Alfonso Jones

Tony Medina

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#12

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

Margaret Craven

Themes: Native American • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#13

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

Themes: Native American • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

#14

Five Total Strangers

Natalie D. Richards

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense

#15

I Am Number Four

Pittacus Lore

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#16

You’re Next

Kylie Schachte

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense

#17

Dry

Neal Shusterman

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#18

Out of Body

Nia Davenport

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#19

14 Ways to Die

Vincent Ralph

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense

#20

The Girl in the Headlines

Hannah Jayne

Themes: Violence • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense

#21

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Tiffany D. Jackson

Themes: Violence • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#22

Afterworlds

Scott Westerfeld

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#23

The Morgue and Me

John C. Ford

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places

#24

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • People & Places