Books like Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2

If you liked Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2, read Kumukanda, Princess & the Hustler, or Songs of Ourselves: Volume 1 — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2 by Cambridge Assessment International Education (compiled by Mary Wilmer) (Short Story Anthology · 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 Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2

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Kumukandagrades 9–10
Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Princess & the Hustlergrades 9–10
Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Songs of Ourselves: Volume 1grades 9–12
Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2grades 9–12
Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
What it Means When a Man Falls from the Skygrades 9–10
Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
1919 The Year That Changed Americagrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
A Boy Called Christmasgrades 3–10
Overlapping grades (3–10) and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
A Corner of Whitegrades 5–12
Overlapping grades (5–12) and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
A Few Red Dropsgrades 7–12
Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
A Hat Full of Skygrades 9–12
Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2?
The 10 closest matches to Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2 by Cambridge Assessment International Education (compiled by Mary Wilmer) on ReadingList include Kumukanda, Princess & the Hustler, Songs of Ourselves: Volume 1, Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, and What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Stories of Ourselves: Volume 2 reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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