Read-alikes and related books

Books like Descent

Across Skateboarding, Extreme Sports, Boys & Men, and Survival Stories — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Descent by Roland Smith.

Skateboarding Extreme Sports Boys & Men Survival Stories New Experience Parents Middle East Thrillers & Suspense Asia Coming of Age People & Places Young Adult Fiction Family Sports & Recreation Social Themes Action & Adventure

Top related books to Descent

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Descent.

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Parents

The Edge

Roland Smith

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Middle East

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Coming of Age

The Car

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • New Experience

Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe

Sarah Mlynowski

Themes: Skateboarding • Extreme Sports • New Experience

Not If I Save You First

Ally Carter

Themes: Survival Stories • Parents • Thrillers & Suspense

The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Themes: New Experience • Thrillers & Suspense • Coming of Age

Shot Clock

Caron Butler

Themes: Boys & Men • New Experience • Middle East

Ground Zero A Novel of 9/11

Alan Gratz

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Middle East

#10

The Everest Files A Thrilling Journey to the Dark Side of Everest

Matt Dickinson

Themes: Extreme Sports • Survival Stories • Asia

#11

Unsettled

Reem Faruqi

Themes: New Experience • Middle East • Asia

#12

Plague Land: Reborn

Alex Scarrow

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

#13

This Is Not a Personal Statement

Tracy Badua

Themes: New Experience • Parents • Coming of Age

#14

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jenny Ferguson

Themes: Boys & Men • Parents • Coming of Age

#15

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers: 5-Book Paperback Box Set

Mary Norton

Themes: Survival Stories • New Experience • Parents

#16

Girl Out of Water

Laura Silverman

Themes: Skateboarding • Parents • People & Places

#17

Loveboat, Taipei

Abigail Hing Wen

Themes: Parents • Asia • Coming of Age

#18

If You’re Out There

Katy Loutzenhiser

Themes: New Experience • Thrillers & Suspense • Coming of Age

#19

Angie Thomas: the Hate U Give and Concrete Rose 2-Book Box Set

Angie Thomas

Themes: Parents • Thrillers & Suspense • Coming of Age

#20

Loveboat Reunion

Abigail Hing Wen

Themes: Parents • Asia • Coming of Age

#21

The Marvelous Mirza Girls

Sheba Karim

Themes: New Experience • Asia • Coming of Age

#22

Reckless

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Boys & Men • Survival Stories • Coming of Age

#23

Moth to a Flame

Finn Longman

Themes: Survival Stories • Parents • Thrillers & Suspense

#24

How to Pack for the End of the World

Michelle Falkoff

Themes: Survival Stories • Parents • Coming of Age

Fans of Descent by Roland Smith will find 24 titles here, all united by Skateboarding, Extreme Sports, Boys & Men. Authors represented include LRW Lee, Roland Smith, Jean Lee Latham, Gary Paulsen, and others.