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Books like Right by My Side

Readers who finished Right by My Side by David Haynes and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Coming of Age, African American & Black, and Classics.

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Top related books to Right by My Side

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Right by My Side.

To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Not Without Laughter — Langston Hughes

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Parable of the Sower — Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

If the Creek Don’t Rise — Leah Weiss

If the Creek Don’t Rise

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Go Tell it on the Mountain — James Baldwin

Go Tell it on the Mountain

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Cousin Phillis — Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

Pride — Ibi Zoboi

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black • Classics

The Necessary Hunger — Nina Revoyr

The Necessary Hunger

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Midnight Robber — Nalo Hopkinson

Midnight Robber

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick A Novel — Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick A Novel

Charmaine Wilkerson

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

American Royalty A Novel — Tracey Livesay

American Royalty A Novel

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Mama Ruby — Mary Monroe

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

What the Fireflies Knew A Novel — Kai Harris

What the Fireflies Knew A Novel

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven — Dawn Turner Trice

Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven

Dawn Turner Trice

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Song of Solomon A Novel — Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon A Novel

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

The Darkest Child — Delores Phillips

The Darkest Child

Delores Phillips

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

The Bluest Eye — Toni Morrison

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

The Battle Drum A Novel — Saara El-Arifi

The Battle Drum A Novel

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Map of Ireland A Novel — Stephanie Grant

Map of Ireland A Novel

Stephanie Grant

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry — Joya Goffney

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

Invisible Life A Novel — E. Lynn Harris

Invisible Life A Novel

Themes: Coming of Age • African American & Black

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Right by My Side by David Haynes — spanning Coming of Age, African American & Black, Classics and featuring authors such as Harper Lee, Sue Monk Kidd, Langston Hughes, Octavia E. Butler, and others.

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