Read-alikes and related books

Books like Smile

Explore 24 books like Smile by Raina Telgemeier — a handpicked selection united by Biography, Adolescence, Social Topics, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Top related books to Smile

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Smile.

Honor Girl

Maggie Thrash

Themes: Biography • Adolescence • Social Topics

Smile, Sisters, and Guts: The Box Set

Raina Telgemeier

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Play Like a Girl

Misty Wilson

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Weirdo

Tony Weaver, Jr.

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Dreamer

Akim Aliu

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

El Deafo

Cece Bell

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Homebody

Theo Parish

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Becoming who We are Real Stories about Growing Up Trans

Sammy Lisel

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Pedro and Me Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned

Judd Winick

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#10

Numb to This Memoir of a Mass Shooting

Kindra Neely

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#11

Mend: A Story of Divorce

Sophia Recca

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#12

Change the Game A Graphic Novel

Colin Kaepernick

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#13

Hey, Kiddo

Jarrett Krosoczka

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#14

The Fire Never Goes Out A Memoir in Pictures

ND Stevenson

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#15

Play Like a Girl A Graphic Memoir

Misty Wilson

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#16

Occulted

Amy Rose

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#17

You Know, Sex Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things

Cory Silverberg

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#18

Side Quest A Visual History of Roleplaying Games

Samuel Sattin

Themes: Biography • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#19

Goodbye: A Story of Suicide

Hailee Joy Lamberth

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#20

A Smart Girl’s Guide: Friendship Troubles Dealing with Fights, Being Left Out & the Whole Popularity Thing

Patti Kelley Criswell

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

#21

A Little More Cream and Sugar — Jean “Notewell” Williams

Jean "Notewell" Williams

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

#22

Surviving Middle School Navigating the Halls, Riding the Social Roller Coaster, and Unmasking the Real You

Luke Reynolds

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

#23

My Girlfriend’s Pregnant! A Teen’s Guide to Becoming a Dad

Chloe Shantz-Hilkes

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

#24

Teenage Survival Manual How to Reach 20 in One Piece

H. Samm Coombs

Themes: Adolescence • Social Topics • Juvenile Nonfiction

If Smile by Raina Telgemeier is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Biography, Adolescence, Social Topics and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Maggie Thrash, Raina Telgemeier, Misty Wilson, Tony Weaver, Jr., and others.