Read-alikes and related books

Books like Being Clem

Readers who finished Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Death, Grief, Bereavement, African American & Black, People & Places, and 20th Century.

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Top related books to Being Clem

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Leaving Lymon

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

Rebound

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

The Seventh Most Important Thing

Shelley Pearsall

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

Mama’s Window

Lynn Rubright

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

One True Way

Shannon Hitchcock

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — L. M. Elliott

L.M. Elliott

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

Muckers

Sandra Neil Wallace

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

A Love Like Lilly

Kay Lynn Mangum

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

#10

The Elementals

Saundra Mitchell

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

#11

The Unresolved

T. K. Welsh

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places • 20th Century

#12

Mississippi Bridge

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#13

How High The Moon

Karyn Parsons

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#14

This Is the Dream

Diane Z. Shore

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#15

The Black Kids

Christina Hammonds Reed

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#16

Granddaddy’s Turn A Journey to the Ballot Box

Michael S. Bandy

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#17

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#18

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

#19

Life Is Beautiful

Winsome Bingham

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

#20

Essie and the March on Selma A Bloody Sunday Survival Story

Anitra Butler-Ngugi

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#21

Tears of a Tiger

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black • People & Places

#22

Dear Willie Rudd

Libba Bray

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#23

Abby Takes a Stand

Patricia McKissack

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#24

The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

If Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Death, Grief, Bereavement, African American & Black, People & Places and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Kwame Alexander, Shelley Pearsall, Lynn Rubright, and others.