# Books like Not Nothing

**10** books similar to *Not Nothing* by Gayle Forman (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** redemption, friendship, history, empathy
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/not-nothing
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## Similar books

- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and empathy, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Heroes](https://readinglist.school/book/heroes) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and history, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Mid-Air](https://readinglist.school/book/mid-air) by Alicia D. Williams _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Simon Sort of Says](https://readinglist.school/book/simon-sort-of-says) by Erin Bow _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mythmakers-lewis-tolkien) by John Hendrix _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Partition Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-partition-project) by Saadia Faruqi _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Fish in a Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/fish-in-a-tree) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(550L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).

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