9 best-selling coming of age books like Jedi Summer by John Boden

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Jedi Summer

By: John Boden

3.93

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

A BOY AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER WANDER THROUGH THE LOOSELY STITCHED SUMMER OF 1983. It was a magical o…

If you liked the coming of age plot in Jedi Summer by John Boden , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Midnight Rain

By: James Newman

3.94

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

MIDNIGHT RAIN is a dark coming-of-age novel in the vein of Robert McCammon's BOY'S LIFE and Stephen… read more

Similar categories in James Newman's Midnight Rain book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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2. Mapping the Interior

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.79

Format: 131 pages, ebook

Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Mapping the Interior book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
"I'm all right," I told her. This is a lie, when you're twelve. And all the other years, too."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Mapping the Interior

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3. Coming of Age: 3 Novellas

By: Douglas Clegg

3.00

Format: 508 pages, ebook

A triple-feature boxed set of three suspense and horror thrillers - Purity, The Words, and The Attr… read more

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  • horror
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4. Of Foster Homes and Flies

By: Chad Lutzke

3.97

Format: 172 pages,

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Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's Of Foster Homes and Flies book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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5. Children of the Dark

By: Jonathan Janz

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and ch… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's Children of the Dark book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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6. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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7. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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  • horror
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8. Bruises on a Butterfly

By: Chad Lutzke

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

A young boy runs away from his abusive home to live in the fort he'd built with friends, smack dab … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's Bruises on a Butterfly book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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9. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Black Mouth book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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10. Seven Rabbits

By: Timothy King

4.23

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

In the town of Tall Oak, high school football reigns supreme. Led by star Quarterback Justin Jackso… read more

Similar categories in Timothy King's Seven Rabbits book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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11. Mine

By: L.M. Kaplin

3.96

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Chandler Henricks hates his life. Socially awkward and a near shut-in, Chandler spends his time car… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Kaplin's Mine book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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12. Kosa

By: John Durgin

4.23

Format: 290 pages, ebook

In a secluded mansion hidden away from the outside world, young Kosa lives under the strict and ove… read more

Similar categories in John Durgin's Kosa book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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13. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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14. Anathema

By: Nick Roberts

4.01

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new hom… read more

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  • horror
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15. Creep Out

By: Jeff Strand

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Ezra went home for his father’s funeral. He left with an unwanted ventriloquist dummy named Virgil… read more

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  • horror
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16. Daughter's Drawings

By: Nick Botic

4.07

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

I’m posting this here because this seems to be the place that people could truly appreciate what’s … read more

Similar categories in Nick Botic's Daughter's Drawings book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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17. Cursed

By: Leigh Kenny

3.97

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever agreed to something without understanding the consequences? What would you do if a cu… read more

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  • horror
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18. Mean Spirited

By: Nick Roberts

4.41

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and … read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's Mean Spirited book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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19. These Things Linger

By: Dan Franklin

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

When Alex Wilson's estranged uncle unexpectedly dies, Alex realizes he would do just about anything… read more

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  • horror
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20. Bluejay

By: Megan Stockton

3.71

Format: None pages, ebook

Noah, Jack, and Phil are three average guys who collect horror memorabilia and have a running compe… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Bluejay book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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21. I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Can you tell me how to get... out alive?★★★★★ - "I can't remember the last time a book scared me an… read more

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  • horror
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22. Out Behind the Barn

By: John Boden

3.96

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

The boys crept to the window and watched as Miss Maggie carried the long bundle into the barn, the … read more

Similar categories in John Boden's Out Behind the Barn book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
"Do cats like mustard?"

-John Boden, Out Behind the Barn

"Dirt is the closest thing to a womb a person can hope for."

-John Boden, Out Behind the Barn

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23. Stirring the Sheets

By: Chad Lutzke

4.21

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

An elderly funeral home worker, struggling with the loss of his wife, finds an unnatural attraction… read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's Stirring the Sheets book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
"This is about hating yourself enough to go to extremes. It's about surviving, when all you want to do is wake up dead."

-Chad Lutzke, Stirring the Sheets

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24. Jedi Summer

By: John Boden

3.93

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

A BOY AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER WANDER THROUGH THE LOOSELY STITCHED SUMMER OF 1983. It was a magical o… read more

Similar categories in John Boden's Jedi Summer book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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25. Only the Stains Remain

By: Ross Jeffery

3.83

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

From the Bram Stoker Nominated Author Ross Jeffery comes a new nightmare. Only The Stains Remain… read more

Similar categories in Ross Jeffery's Only the Stains Remain book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • horror
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26. Turn Up the Sun

By: Tyler Jones

4.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

Three brand new novellas from Tyler Jones, author of Midas, Heavy Oceans, Almost Ruth, Criterium, a… read more

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27. There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed

By: Edgar Cantero

2.90

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrill of a sleepover becomes sheer terror as kids voice their greatest fears into existence in… read more

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  • horror
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28. Broad Street Bastard

By: Chad Lutzke

4.16

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

While working through his twelve-step program, eighteen-year-old Jex gets a new job and his first a… read more

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  • horror
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29. Malignant Summer

By: Tim Meyer

3.88

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

It’s 1998 in Hooperstown, New Jersey and people are getting sick. Some citizens blame the local che… read more

Similar categories in Tim Meyer's Malignant Summer book and John Boden's Jedi Summer

  • coming of age
  • horror
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30. Ghostroots: Stories

By: 'Pemi Aguda

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom… read more

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  • horror

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