Books like Point Blank
If you liked Point Blank, read Stormbreaker, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, or Red Kayak — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.
Closest match: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
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Looking for books like Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz (Realistic Fiction · grades 6–8)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 6–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Point Blank
StormbreakerAnthony Horowitz- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill YouAlly CarterI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill YouAlly Carter
Red KayakPriscilla Cummings
The CompoundS. A. Bodeen
All the Impossible ThingsLindsay Lackey
Astronaut Academy: Zero GravityDave Roman
Attack of the Black RectanglesA. S. King
Best FriendsShannon Hale
Danger ZoneDavid Klass
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. DunphreyMargaret Peterson Haddix
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Why each is a match
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- Stormbreakergrades 5–8
- Is by Anthony Horowitz, the same author, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill Yougrades 6–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
- Red Kayakgrades 6–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
- The Compoundgrades 6–9
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
- All the Impossible Thingsgrades 6–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
- Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravitygrades 4–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
- Attack of the Black Rectanglesgrades 6–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon → books like this →
- Best Friendsgrades 4–8
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
- Danger Zonegrades 6–9
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
- Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphreygrades 6–9
- Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
Books like Point Blank for high school & teens (grades 9–12)
Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.
- Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn · grades 9–12 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2000s).
- Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters · grades 9–12 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2000s).
- Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard · grades 9–12 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2000s).
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult · grades 9–12 — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and the same era (2000s).
Common questions
- What books are similar to Point Blank?
- The 10 closest matches to Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz on ReadingList include Stormbreaker, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, Red Kayak, The Compound, and All the Impossible Things. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 6–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like Point Blank reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 6–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
- How does ReadingList choose similar books?
- Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.
Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.