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Books like Thunderhead

If you loved Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Death, Grief, Bereavement, Thrillers & Suspense, Young Adult Fiction, and Science Fiction.

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Top related books to Thunderhead

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

The Similars — Rebecca Hanover

Rebecca Hanover

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

The Adjustment — Suzanne Young

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Five Total Strangers — Natalie D. Richards

Five Total Strangers

Natalie D. Richards

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

The Telling — Alexandra Sirowy

Alexandra Sirowy

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Moth to a Flame — Finn Longman

Moth to a Flame

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Expelled — James Patterson

James Patterson

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Campfire — Shawn Sarles

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Keep Your Friends Close — Cynthia Murphy

Keep Your Friends Close

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Looking for Smoke — K. A. Cobell

Looking for Smoke

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Broken Things — Lauren Oliver

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

The Lost — Natasha Preston

Natasha Preston

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

The Girl in the Headlines — Hannah Jayne

The Girl in the Headlines

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Get Even TV Tie-In Edition — Gretchen McNeil

Get Even TV Tie-In Edition

Gretchen McNeil

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

We Were Liars — E. Lockhart

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One At the Edge of Empire — Daniel Kraus

The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One At the Edge of Empire

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Stone — Finbar Hawkins

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Hotel for the Lost — Suzanne Young

Hotel for the Lost

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Dead Silence — Kimberly Derting

Kimberly Derting

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Get Dirty TV Tie-In Edition — Gretchen McNeil

Get Dirty TV Tie-In Edition

Gretchen McNeil

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

What’s Coming to Me — Francesca Padilla

What’s Coming to Me

Francesca Padilla

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Afterworlds — Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

Pretty Dead Queens — Alexa Donne

Pretty Dead Queens

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

14 Ways to Die — Vincent Ralph

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

All the Things We Do in the Dark — Saundra Mitchell

All the Things We Do in the Dark

Saundra Mitchell

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Thrillers & Suspense • Young Adult Fiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman — spanning Death, Grief, Bereavement, Thrillers & Suspense, Young Adult Fiction and featuring authors such as Rebecca Hanover, Suzanne Young, Natalie D. Richards, Alexandra Sirowy, and others.

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