Read-alikes and related books

Books like Benjamin Franklin

What to read after Benjamin Franklin by Wil Mara: 24 titles sharing themes of Science & Technology, Political, Juvenile Nonfiction, and Social Science, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Top related books to Benjamin Franklin

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

The Amazing Mr. Franklin, Or, The Boy who Read Everything

Ruth Ashby

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Let It Shine Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery

Russell Freedman

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

America’s Paul Revere

Esther Forbes

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Cheer Up, Ben Franklin!

Misti Kenison

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Quiet Zone Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

Stephen Kurczy

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Social Science

Dear America: Young Readers’ Edition The Story of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

Judy Batalion

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Home Run The Story of Babe Ruth

Robert Burleigh

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#10

Big George How a Shy Boy Became President Washington

Anne F. Rockwell

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#11

The Highest Tribute Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy

Kekla Magoon

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#12

Groundbreaking Guys 40 Men Who Became Great by Doing Good

Stephanie True Peters

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#13

Exploring the White House: Inside America’s Most Famous Home

Kate Andersen Brower

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#14

The Light of Days The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

Judith Batalion

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#15

Action Presidents #2: Abraham Lincoln! A Graphic Novel Biography

Fred Van Lente

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#16

American Moonshot Young Readers’ Edition John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Douglas Brinkley

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#17

So Said Ben

Michael McCurdy

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#18

Capyboppy

Bill Peet

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#19

Benjamin Franklin Electrified the World with New Ideas

Mike Venezia

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#20

Babe Didrikson Zaharias The Making of a Champion

Russell Freedman

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

#21

Lone Stars Rising The Fifty People Who Turned Texas Into the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting, And, Sometimes, Most Exasperating State in the Country

Editors of Texas Monthly

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Social Science

#22

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — Benjamín Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Historical

#23

Hunting the Jackal A Special Forces and CIA Ground Soldier’s Fifty-Year Career Hunting America’s Enemies

Billy Waugh

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Historical

#24

The Answer to the Riddle Is Me A Memoir of Amnesia

David Stuart MacLean

Themes: Science & Technology • Political • Historical

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Benjamin Franklin by Wil Mara — spanning Science & Technology, Political, Juvenile Nonfiction and featuring authors such as Ruth Ashby, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Russell Freedman, Esther Forbes, and others.