Read-alikes and related books

Books like Pride

Readers who finished Pride by Ibi Zoboi and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Novels in Verse, Class Differences, City & Town Life, and Diversity & Multicultural.

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Top related books to Pride

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Pride.

Solo

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics

No Laughter Here

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics

Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Ashley Woodfolk

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Love & Romance

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender

Themes: Novels in Verse • Social Topics • Love & Romance

Unfadeable Know Your Power. Fight the Power

Maurice Broaddus

Themes: City & Town Life • Diversity & Multicultural • Lifestyles

Whiteout

Dhonielle Clayton

Themes: City & Town Life • Lifestyles • Love & Romance

Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other)

Livia Blackburne

Themes: Class Differences • Diversity & Multicultural • Love & Romance

After the Shot Drops

Randy Ribay

Themes: Novels in Verse • Class Differences • Diversity & Multicultural

When the Vibe Is Right

Sarah Dass

Themes: Novels in Verse • Love & Romance • Girls & Women

#10

A Library

Nikki Giovanni

Themes: City & Town Life • Diversity & Multicultural • Lifestyles

#11

Accidental Love

Gary Soto

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Love & Romance • Girls & Women

#12

My Week with Him

Joya Goffney

Themes: Class Differences • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#13

Blackout

Dhonielle Clayton

Themes: City & Town Life • Lifestyles • Girls & Women

#14

Punching the Air

Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Coming of Age

#15

The Closest I’ve Come

Fred Aceves

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics • Coming of Age

#16

This Time Will Be Different

Misa Sugiura

Themes: Social Topics • Love & Romance • Girls & Women

#17

Happily Ever Afters

Elise Bryant

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#18

Smoky Night

Eve Bunting

Themes: City & Town Life • Diversity & Multicultural • Lifestyles

#19

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

Roseanne A. Brown

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Love & Romance • Girls & Women

#20

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

Roseanne A. Brown

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Love & Romance • Coming of Age

#21

My Fine Fellow

Jennieke Cohen

Themes: Class Differences • Social Topics • Love & Romance

#22

Powerless

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Class Differences • Social Topics • Love & Romance

#23

Reckless

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Class Differences • Social Topics • Love & Romance

#24

Clap when You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Themes: Novels in Verse • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

If Pride by Ibi Zoboi is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Novels in Verse, Class Differences, City & Town Life and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Kwame Alexander, Rita Williams-Garcia, Ashley Woodfolk, Kacen Callender, and others.