Read-alikes and related books

Books like Afterglow

24 books recommended for fans of Afterglow by Phil Stamper, tied together by themes of Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, School & Education, LGBTQ, and Young Adult Fiction.

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Top related books to Afterglow

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Faith Taking Flight

Julie Murphy

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

Fresh A Novel

Margot Wood

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom

Allison L. Bitz

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

Peanut Goes for the Gold

Jonathan Van Ness

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

Everlife

Gena Showalter

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

Green Eyes and Ham

Mary Penney

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

Sing Like No One’s Listening

Vanessa Jones

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Caela Carter

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

How to Break a Boy

Laurie Devore

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#10

This Will Be Funny Someday

Katie Henry

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#11

Firebird

Sunmi

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#12

Rules for Being a Girl

Candace Bushnell

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#13

Your Voice Is All I Hear

Leah Scheier

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#14

Pumpkin

Julie Murphy

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#15

Jamie Is Jamie A Book about Being Yourself and Playing Your Way

Afsaneh Moradian

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

#16

I Hope This Doesn’t Find You

Ann Liang

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#17

Not That Kind Of Girl

Siobhan Vivian

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#18

Fight + Flight

Jules Machias

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • LGBTQ

#19

The Assassin Game

Kirsty McKay

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • School & Education • Young Adult Fiction

#20

Venturess

Betsy Cornwell

Themes: School & Education • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#21

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

Themes: School & Education • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#22

How to Excavate a Heart

Jake Maia Arlow

Themes: School & Education • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#23

If We Were Us

K. L. Walther

Themes: School & Education • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

#24

Meet Cute Some People Are Destined to Meet

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Themes: School & Education • LGBTQ • Young Adult Fiction

If Afterglow by Phil Stamper is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, School & Education, LGBTQ and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Julie Murphy, Margot Wood, Allison L. Bitz, Jonathan Van Ness, and others.