6 Best mental health books like Me: Moth by Amber McBride

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Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami…

"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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1. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

Similar categories in Sabaa Tahir's All My Rage book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

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2. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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3. Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Punching the Air book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"They believed those lies about me and made themselves a whole other boy in their minds and replaced me with him"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

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4. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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5. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ain't Burned All the Bright book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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6. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • audiobook
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7. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Me: Moth by Amber McBride

8. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • romance
  • poetry
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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9. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

Similar categories in Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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10. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's Starfish book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

11. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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12. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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14. The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's hi… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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15. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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18. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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19. Home Is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Home Is Not a Country book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

20. Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

Cover of Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson by Ann E. Burg

21. Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson

By: Ann E. Burg

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and hopeful story of how a young impassioned naturalist grows up to change the world. F… read more

Similar categories in Ann E. Burg's Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson book and Amber McBride's Me: Moth

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult

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Ibi Zoboi

4.41

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Ain't Burned All the Bright

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4.42

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4.07

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Lisa Fipps

4.46

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4.30

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4.16

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Byron Graves

4.16

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Angie Thomas

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