Read-alikes and related books

Books like Somebody’s Baby

If you loved Somebody’s Baby by Lurlene McDaniel, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Parents, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Siblings, and Young Adult Fiction.

Parents Death, Grief, Bereavement Siblings Young Adult Fiction Friendship Family Social Themes Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Somebody’s Baby

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Somebody’s Baby.

The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

Karina Yan Glaser

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

Horrid

Katrina Leno

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

Perfect

Natasha Friend

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

The Haunted House Project

Tricia Clasen

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

Zen and Xander Undone

Amy Kathleen Ryan

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

The One and Only Family

Katherine Applegate

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

After Zero

Christina Collins

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

A Duet for Home

Karina Yan Glaser

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

#10

Stealing Our Way Home

Cecilia Galante

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

#11

Finding Orion

John David Anderson

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

#12

Drowning is Inevitable

Shalanda Stanley

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#13

On My Honor

Marion Dane Bauer

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#14

Cures for Heartbreak

Margo Rabb

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings

#15

The Last Forever

Deb Caletti

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#16

Zac and Mia

A. J. Betts

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#17

The Last Leaves Falling

Sarah Benwell

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#18

The Hummingbird Killer

Finn Longman

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#19

Second Chance Summer

Morgan Matson

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#20

Moth to a Flame

Finn Longman

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#21

As You Wish

Chelsea Sedoti

Themes: Parents • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Young Adult Fiction

#22

The Summer of Broken Things

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Themes: Parents • Siblings • Young Adult Fiction

#23

Falling Over Sideways

Jordan Sonnenblick

Themes: Parents • Siblings • Young Adult Fiction

#24

The Queens of New York

E. L. Shen

Themes: Death, Grief, Bereavement • Siblings • Young Adult Fiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Somebody’s Baby by Lurlene McDaniel — spanning Parents, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Siblings and featuring authors such as Karina Yan Glaser, Katrina Leno, Gary D. Schmidt, Natasha Friend, and others.