# Books like Ironman

**10** books similar to *Ironman* by Chris Crutcher (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** fathers and sons, fathers and sons in fiction, interpersonal relations, interpersonal relations in fiction
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## Similar books

- [Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes](https://readinglist.school/book/staying-fat-for-sarah-byrnes) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Chris Crutcher, the same author, shares themes of interpersonal relations, and both on the California Young Reader Medal list.
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of fathers and sons, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Hanging on to Max](https://readinglist.school/book/hanging-on-to-max) by Margaret Bechard _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of fathers and sons, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky) by Lesley Nneka Arimah _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [All We Have Left](https://readinglist.school/book/all-we-have-left) by Wendy Mills _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Armageddon Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/armageddon-summer) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Bad](https://readinglist.school/book/bad) by Jean Ferris _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Breaking Boxes](https://readinglist.school/book/breaking-boxes) by A. M. Jenkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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