Read-alikes and related books

Books like Saint Iggy

If you loved Saint Iggy by K. L. Going, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Class Differences, Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Mental Illness.

Class Differences Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse Sexual Abuse Mental Illness City & Town Life Depression Poverty & Homelessness Prejudice & Racism Boys & Men Lifestyles Parents Social Topics School & Education Young Adult Fiction Friendship Family Science Fiction Contemporary Social Themes Fantasy Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Saint Iggy

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Saint Iggy.

Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero

Saadia Faruqi

Themes: City & Town Life • Prejudice & Racism • Lifestyles

Good Night, Mr. Tom

Michelle Magorian

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness • Depression

The New David Espinoza

Fred Aceves

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Prejudice & Racism

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell

Themes: City & Town Life • Poverty & Homelessness • Lifestyles

We Set the Dark on Fire

Tehlor Kay Mejia

Themes: Class Differences • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jen Ferguson

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Prejudice & Racism • Boys & Men

Not My Problem

Ciara Smyth

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness

The Way I Am Now

Amber Smith

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness

Unfadeable Know Your Power. Fight the Power

Maurice Broaddus

Themes: City & Town Life • Poverty & Homelessness • Prejudice & Racism

#10

Frankly in Love

David Yoon

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Parents • Social Topics

#11

The Rest of the Story

Sarah Dessen

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness

#12

Girl Made of Stars

Ashley Herring Blake

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness • Depression

#13

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Parents • Social Topics

#14

Girl on the Line

Faith Gardner

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness • Depression

#15

The Rifle

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Mental Illness • Depression

#16

Street Pharm

Allison van Diepen

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • City & Town Life • Lifestyles

#17

The Last Laugh

Mindy McGinnis

Themes: Class Differences • Sexual Abuse • City & Town Life

#18

Jumpstart the World

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Themes: City & Town Life • Lifestyles • Parents

#19

When You Look Like Us

Pamela N. Harris

Themes: Class Differences • Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Mental Illness

#20

Joseph

Shelia P. Moses

Themes: Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse • Poverty & Homelessness • Parents

#21

The Old House

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Themes: City & Town Life • Poverty & Homelessness • Lifestyles

#22

Little Dog, Lost

Marion Dane Bauer

Themes: City & Town Life • Lifestyles • Parents

#23

Beginners Welcome

Cindy Baldwin

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Lifestyles • Parents

#24

The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith

Themes: Sexual Abuse • Depression • Social Topics

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Class Differences, Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse — the same threads that run through Saint Iggy by K. L. Going. Among the authors featured: Saadia Faruqi, Michelle Magorian, Fred Aceves, Katherine Rundell, and others.