Read-alikes and related books

Books like Surfacing

24 books recommended for fans of Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin, tied together by themes of Adolescence, Water Sports, Social Issues, and Parents.

Adolescence Water Sports Social Issues Parents Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Family Sports & Recreation Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Surfacing

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Summer and July

Paul Mosier

Themes: Water Sports • Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Sexy

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Adolescence • Water Sports • Social Issues

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Tiger Eyes

Judy Blume

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Parents

Harley, Like a Person

Cat Bauer

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Parents

Sunrise

Melissa J. Morgan

Themes: Adolescence • Water Sports • Social Issues

The Daughters

Joanna Philbin

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Parents

Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

Katherine Hannigan

Themes: Social Issues • Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Impulse

Ellen Hopkins

Themes: Social Issues • Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#10

Force Out

Tim Green

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Family

#11

Skate

Michael Harmon

Themes: Adolescence • Social Issues • Family

#12

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief — A. F. Steadman

A.F. Steadman

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#13

Extra Innings

Fred Bowen

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#14

You Can’t Quit Lil Peter You Just Can’t

Tasche Laine

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#15

Hard Ball

Will Weaver

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#16

Beyond Basketball

Jake Maddox

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#17

The Boy who Wouldn’t Swim

Deb Lucke

Themes: Water Sports • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#18

Deep Water

Jamie Sumner

Themes: Water Sports • Parents • Family

#19

In Harm’s Way

Andrew Clements

Themes: Water Sports • Parents • Family

#20

Losing It

Erin Fry

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#21

Little Pig Saves the Ship

David Hyde Costello

Themes: Water Sports • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#22

Because Your Mommy Loves You

Andrew Clements

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#23

Travel Team

Mike Lupica

Themes: Parents • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

#24

Thursday – War of the Waterslides (Total Mayhem #4)

Ralph Lazar

Themes: Water Sports • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Family

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin — spanning Adolescence, Water Sports, Social Issues and featuring authors such as Paul Mosier, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharon Creech, Judy Blume, and others.