Books like After the Snow

If you liked After the Snow, read Beautiful Creatures: The Manga (A Graphic Novel), Because You'll Never Meet Me, or Belle Époque — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like After the Snow by S. D. Crockett (Young Adult · grades 9–12)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to After the Snow

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Beautiful Creatures: The Manga (A Graphic Novel)grades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Because You'll Never Meet Megrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Belle Époquegrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Blood Water Paintgrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Charm & Strangegrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockeygrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Convictiongrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Crossing the Tracksgrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Darius the Great Is Not Okaygrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Dear Martingrades 9–12
Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →

Books like After the Snow for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

  • Ash by Malinda Lo · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).
  • Between Shades Of Gray by Ruta Sepetys · grades 4–9 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).
  • Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Jo Anne Walton · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).

Books like After the Snow for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • Ash by Malinda Lo · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).
  • Between Shades Of Gray by Ruta Sepetys · grades 4–9 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2010s).
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).
  • Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Jo Anne Walton · grades 5–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2010s).
  • Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall · grades 7–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2010s).

Books like After the Snow for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

  • Devils Within by S. F. Henson · grades 9–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12).
  • Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos · grades 9–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12).
  • Frankly in Love by David Yoon · grades 9–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12).
  • Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero · grades 9–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12).
  • Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard · grades 9–12 — Both on the William C. Morris YA Debut Award list, same genre (Young Adult), and overlapping grades (9–12).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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