Read-alikes and related books

Books like Extra Innings

24 titles for readers of Extra Innings by Robert Newton Peck, selected for shared themes: Baseball & Softball, Multigenerational, Death, Grief, Bereavement, and Social Topics.

Baseball & Softball Multigenerational Death, Grief, Bereavement Social Topics African American & Black People & Places Family Sports & Recreation Social Themes United States Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Extra Innings

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

The Hurricanes of Weakerville

Chris Rylander

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement

Testing the Ice A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Sharon Robinson

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Social Topics • African American & Black

Black Star

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Multigenerational • African American & Black

Pockets of Love

Yamile Saied Méndez

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

Love, Amalia

Alma Flor Ada

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

Your Voice, Your Vote

Leah Henderson

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

A Sitting in St. James

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

Like Sisters on the Homefront

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

#10

Wash Day Love

Tanisia Moore

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

#11

Ghost Boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • African American & Black

#12

Dan Unmasked

Chris Negron

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

#13

The Legend of Buddy Bush

Shelia P. Moses

Themes: Multigenerational • Social Topics • African American & Black

#14

Grandma and the Moon’s Hidden Secret

Jumoke Verissimo

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics

#15

Life Is Beautiful

Winsome Bingham

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black

#16

Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Social Topics • African American & Black • People & Places

#17

Forged by Fire

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Social Topics • African American & Black • People & Places

#18

Peaches A Picture Book

Gabriele Davis

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black

#19

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

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

#20

Becoming a Ballerina: the Story of Michaela Mabinty Deprince

Laura Obuobi

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Social Topics • African American & Black

#21

Janna and the Kings

Patricia Smith

Themes: Multigenerational • Death, Grief, Bereavement • African American & Black

#22

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

Jeremy Bhandari

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Social Topics • African American & Black

#23

What Were the Negro Leagues?

Varian Johnson

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Social Topics • African American & Black

#24

The Key to the Golden Firebird

Maureen Johnson

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Death, Grief, Bereavement • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Extra Innings by Robert Newton Peck. Connected by Baseball & Softball, Multigenerational, Death, Grief, Bereavement. Authors featured include Chris Rylander, Sharon Robinson, Kwame Alexander, Yamile Saied Méndez, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.