Books like Guts

Looking for books like Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphic Memoir · grades 4–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of anxiety, growing up, and courage. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Guts

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Why each is a match

Old Yellergrades 5–8
Shares themes of growing up and courage and overlapping grades (5–8).
A Corner of the Universegrades 5–8
Shares themes of growing up and overlapping grades (5–8).
A Night Dividedgrades 5–8
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (5–8).
A Tale Dark and Grimmgrades 4–7
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (4–7).
Alliesgrades 5–9
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (5–9).
Amal Unboundgrades 5–8
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (5–8).
Divergentgrades 8–12
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (8–12).
Echo680L
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (5–8).
El Deafo420L
Shares themes of growing up and overlapping grades (4–6).
I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)830L
Shares themes of courage and overlapping grades (6–10).

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