Read-alikes and related books

Books like Slam

What to read after Slam by Nick Hornby: 24 titles sharing themes of Skateboarding, Pregnancy, New Baby, and Adolescence & Coming of Age, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Skateboarding Pregnancy New Baby Adolescence & Coming of Age People & Places Young Adult Fiction Family Sports & Recreation Social Themes Europe Juvenile Fiction Fiction

Top related books to Slam

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

The First Part Last

Angela Johnson

Themes: Pregnancy • New Baby • Adolescence & Coming of Age

A Stranger Thing

Martin Leicht

Themes: Pregnancy • New Baby • People & Places

Bea Is for Blended

Lindsey Stoddard

Themes: New Baby • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

Breda’s Island

Jessie Ann Foley

Themes: New Baby • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

Girl Out of Water

Laura Silverman

Themes: Skateboarding • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

There’s a Baby in There!

Dandi Daley Mackall

Themes: Pregnancy • New Baby • Young Adult Fiction

One Last Shot

John David Anderson

Themes: Skateboarding • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Family

Gingerbread

Rachel Cohn

Themes: Pregnancy • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Local News Stories

Gary Soto

Themes: New Baby • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#10

Someone Like You

Sarah Dessen

Themes: Pregnancy • Adolescence & Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

#11

Descent

Roland Smith

Themes: Skateboarding • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#12

True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

Martha Brooks

Themes: Pregnancy • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#13

Efrén Dividido Efrén Divided (Spanish Edition)

Ernesto Cisneros

Themes: New Baby • Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places

#14

Being Billy

Phil Earle

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#15

Massive

Julia Bell

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#16

Best Friends

Jacqueline Wilson

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#17

Me, the Missing, and the Dead

Jenny Valentine

Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#18

Sade’s Secret

Sparkle Sparkle

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#19

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Han Nolan

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#20

Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu

Charise Mericle Harper

Themes: New Baby • People & Places • Family

#21

Shut Up, this is Serious

Carolina Ixta

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#22

Chill Wind

Janet McDonald

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#23

Skeeter

Kay Smith

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

#24

Loveboat Reunion

Abigail Hing Wen

Themes: Pregnancy • People & Places • Young Adult Fiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Slam by Nick Hornby — spanning Skateboarding, Pregnancy, New Baby and featuring authors such as Angela Johnson, Martin Leicht, Lindsey Stoddard, Jessie Ann Foley, and others.