Read-alikes and related books

Books like Home Games

Readers who finished Home Games by Benjamin Markovits and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Basketball, and Marriage & Divorce.

Skateboarding Gymnastics Basketball Marriage & Divorce New Experience Friendship Family Sports & Recreation Social Themes Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Home Games

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

Shot Clock

Caron Butler

Themes: Gymnastics • Basketball • New Experience

One Last Shot

John David Anderson

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • Marriage & Divorce

We are Family

LeBron James

Themes: Gymnastics • Basketball • New Experience

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • New Experience

Beyond Basketball

Jake Maddox

Themes: Basketball • New Experience • Friendship

Dan Unmasked

Chris Negron

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Friendship

Night Hoops

Carl Deuker

Themes: Basketball • Marriage & Divorce • Friendship

The Many Fortunes of Maya

Nicole D. Collier

Themes: Gymnastics • Marriage & Divorce • Friendship

Operation Do-Over

Gordon Korman

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • New Experience • Friendship

#10

Kicks

Van G. Garrett

Themes: Skateboarding • Basketball • New Experience

#11

Roller Coaster

Marla Frazee

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • New Experience

#12

Here in the Real World

Sara Pennypacker

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • New Experience • Friendship

#13

Mr. Marty Loves a Party!

Dan Gutman

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • Friendship

#14

World Series

John Roberts Tunis

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • Friendship

#15

Erik Vs. Everything

Christina Uss

Themes: Skateboarding • Gymnastics • Family

#16

Friendship List 13 And 3/4

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Friendship

#17

Johnny Long Legs

Matt Christopher

Themes: Basketball • New Experience • Family

#18

An Occasionally Happy Family

Cliff Burke

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Family

#19

The Fifth Quarter: Hard Court

Mike Dawson

Themes: Basketball • New Experience • Friendship

#20

Camp Famous

Jennifer Blecher

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Friendship

#21

Bump

Matt Wallace

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Friendship

#22

Friendship List #3: 13 and Counting

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Gymnastics • New Experience • Friendship

#23

The Crossover Series 3-Book Paperback Box Set The Crossover, Booked, Rebound

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Basketball • Marriage & Divorce • Family

#24

The Basket Counts

Matt Christopher

Themes: Basketball • New Experience • Friendship

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Home Games by Benjamin Markovits. Connected by Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Basketball. Authors featured include Caron Butler, John David Anderson, LeBron James, Johnnie Christmas, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.