# Books like The Overstory

**10** books similar to *The Overstory* by Richard Powers (Realistic Fiction · grades 11–12), 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:** trees, forest, conservation, environment
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## Similar books

- [Barber Shop Chronicles](https://readinglist.school/book/barber-shop-chronicles) by Inua Ellams _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Our Country's Good](https://readinglist.school/book/our-countrys-good) by Timberlake Wertenbaker _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Selected Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/selected-stories) by Katherine Mansfield _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Rover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rover) by Aphra Behn _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Yield](https://readinglist.school/book/the-yield) by Tara June Winch _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://readinglist.school/book/waiting-for-the-barbarians) by J. M. Coetzee _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?](https://readinglist.school/book/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf) by Edward Albee _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Collected Poems](https://readinglist.school/book/collected-poems) by Gabriel Okara _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, overlapping grades (11–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Night Sky with Exit Wounds](https://readinglist.school/book/night-sky-with-exit-wounds) by Ocean Vuong _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, overlapping grades (11–12), and the same era (2010s).

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