Read-alikes and related books

Books like Solo

If you loved Solo by Kwame Alexander, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Novels in Verse, Multicultural & Interracial, Books & Libraries, and Prejudice & Racism.

Novels in Verse Multicultural & Interracial Books & Libraries Prejudice & Racism Diversity & Multicultural Parents Social Topics Girls & Women Coming of Age African American & Black People & Places Performing Arts Music Young Adult Fiction Family Poetry Contemporary Social Themes United States Literary Juvenile Nonfiction Romance Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Solo

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

No Laughter Here

Rita Williams-Garcia

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

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Themes: Multicultural & Interracial • Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural

Nigeria Jones A Novel

Ibi Zoboi

Themes: Multicultural & Interracial • Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender

Themes: Novels in Verse • Parents • Social Topics

Loveboat, Taipei

Abigail Hing Wen

Themes: Multicultural & Interracial • Diversity & Multicultural • Parents

Heartbreak Symphony

Laekan Zea Kemp

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Parents

The Closest I’ve Come

Fred Aceves

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics

This Time Will Be Different

Misa Sugiura

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Parents • Social Topics

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Books & Libraries • Prejudice & Racism • Parents

#10

Yes No Maybe So

Becky Albertalli

Themes: Multicultural & Interracial • Prejudice & Racism • Girls & Women

#11

Punching the Air

Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Themes: Novels in Verse • Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural

#12

Accidental Love

Gary Soto

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#13

I Rise

Marie Arnold

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Parents • Social Topics

#14

On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette

Jennifer Jones

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics

#15

Frankly in Love

David Yoon

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Parents

#16

Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Ashley Woodfolk

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

#17

Clap when You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

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

#18

The Boy You Always Wanted

Michelle Quach

Themes: Multicultural & Interracial • Diversity & Multicultural • Parents

#19

I Promise

LeBron James

Themes: Books & Libraries • Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural

#20

Happily Ever Afters

Elise Bryant

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

#21

The Black Flamingo

Dean Atta

Themes: Novels in Verse • Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural

#22

On the Come Up Collector’s Edition

Angie Thomas

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Girls & Women • Coming of Age

#23

Unfadeable Know Your Power. Fight the Power

Maurice Broaddus

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Social Topics

#24

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jen Ferguson

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Girls & Women

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Novels in Verse, Multicultural & Interracial, Books & Libraries — the same threads that run through Solo by Kwame Alexander. Among the authors featured: Rita Williams-Garcia, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Ibi Zoboi, Kacen Callender, and others.