Read-alikes and related books

Books like Perfect Game

24 titles for readers of Perfect Game by Fred Bowen, selected for shared themes: Baseball & Softball, Basketball, Disabilities, and Values & Virtues.

Baseball & Softball Basketball Disabilities Values & Virtues Friendship Sports & Recreation Social Themes Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Perfect Game

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

Fast Break

Derek Jeter

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Basketball • Values & Virtues

Travel Team & the Big Field

Mike Lupica

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Basketball • Friendship

My Weirder-Est School #10: Mr. Ott Is a Crackpot!

Dan Gutman

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Basketball • Friendship

Dough Boys

Paula Chase

Themes: Basketball • Values & Virtues • Friendship

Rivals A Game Changer Companion Novel

Tommy Greenwald

Themes: Basketball • Values & Virtues • Friendship

A Whole New Ballgame A Rip and Red Book

Phil Bildner

Themes: Basketball • Disabilities • Friendship

Dan Unmasked

Chris Negron

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Disabilities • Friendship

Softball Surprise

Jake Maddox

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Friendship

The Contract

Derek Jeter

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Friendship

#10

Bea Is for Blended

Lindsey Stoddard

Themes: Disabilities • Values & Virtues • Friendship

#11

Force Out

Tim Green

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Friendship

#12

Slam!

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Basketball • Sports & Recreation

#13

Testing the Ice A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Sharon Robinson

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#14

Extra Innings

Tiki Barber

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#15

Miracle at the Plate

Matt Christopher

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#16

Berenstain Bears Play T-Ball

Stan Berenstain

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#17

The Diamond Champs

Matt Christopher

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#18

Welcome to the Show A Mickey Tussler Novel, Book 3

Frank Nappi

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Disabilities • Sports & Recreation

#19

The Boonsville Bombers

Alison Cragin Herzig

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#20

Cal Ripken, Jr.’s All-Stars The Closer — Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#21

Cal Ripken, Jr.’s All-Stars Squeeze Play — Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Themes: Baseball & Softball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#22

Full Court Flash

Scott Ciencin

Themes: Basketball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#23

Dream Big Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Excellence

Deloris Jordan

Themes: Basketball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

#24

Bouncing Forward

Sophia Day

Themes: Basketball • Values & Virtues • Sports & Recreation

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Perfect Game by Fred Bowen. Connected by Baseball & Softball, Basketball, Disabilities. Authors featured include Derek Jeter, Mike Lupica, Dan Gutman, Paula Chase, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.