Books like Never Thought I'd End Up Here

Looking for books like Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang (Young Adult Fiction · grades 7–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of identity, love, and family. 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.

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10 books similar to Never Thought I'd End Up Here

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Why each is a match

Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Shut Up, This Is Seriousgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
The Outsiders750L
Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–9).
The Poet X800L
Shares themes of identity and family, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (8–12).
Boy 2.0grades 4–8
Shares themes of identity and family and overlapping grades (4–8).
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecygrades 3–7
Shares themes of identity and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
Ruby Lost and Foundgrades 6–9
Shares themes of identity and family and overlapping grades (6–9).
Something Like Homegrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity and family and overlapping grades (6–8).
Stand Up, Yumi Chunggrades 4–7
Shares themes of identity and family and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Forbidden Bookgrades 7–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).

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