Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dragon Hoops

If you loved Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Basketball, Boys & Men, Young Adult Nonfiction, and Sports & Recreation.

Top related books to Dragon Hoops

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Dragon Hoops.

Trust the Grind How World-Class Athletes Got to the Top

Jeremy Bhandari

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Young Adult Nonfiction

Shadowed

Carl Deuker

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

Shot Clock

Caron Butler

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

True Legend

Mike Lupica

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

Geno Auriemma

John Fredric Evans

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

Off the Rim

Fred Bowen

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

Falling Short

Ernesto Cisneros

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

Pick and Roll

Jake Maddox

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#10

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#11

Night Hoops

Carl Deuker

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#12

Streetball Is Life Lessons Earned on the Asphalt

Paul Volponi

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#13

Travel Team

Mike Lupica

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#14

All the Things We Never Knew

Liara Tamani

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#15

Boy21

Matthew Quick

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#16

Great MLB World Series Championships

Ethan Olson

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#17

Mental Toughness for Young Athletes Eight Proven 5-minute Mind Exercises for Kids and Teens who Play Competitive Sports!

Moses Horne

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#18

Pat Summitt

John Fredric Evans

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#19

Rebound

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#20

Inaugural Ballers The True Story of the First US Women’s Olympic Basketball Team

Andrew Maraniss

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#21

Tales from the Purdue Boilermakers Locker Room A Collection of the Greatest Boilermaker Stories Ever Told

Douglas Griffiths

Themes: Basketball • Young Adult Nonfiction • Sports & Recreation

#22

Unbelievable Stories of Kobe Bryant Decoding Greatness For Young Readers (Awesome Biography Books for Kids Children Ages 9-12) (Unbelievable Stories Of: Biography Series for New & Young Readers)

Bryan B. Jackson

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#23

Clutch Time A Shot Clock Novel

Caron Butler

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

#24

Front and Center

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Themes: Basketball • Boys & Men • Sports & Recreation

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Basketball, Boys & Men, Young Adult Nonfiction — the same threads that run through Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang. Among the authors featured: Jeremy Bhandari, Carl Deuker, Caron Butler, Mike Lupica, and others.