# Books like The Road to Memphis

**10** books similar to *The Road to Memphis* by Mildred D. Taylor (African American families · 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.

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## Similar books

- [The Friendship](https://readinglist.school/book/the-friendship) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–9)_ — Is by Mildred D. Taylor, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Let the Circle Be Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/let-the-circle-be-unbroken) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Mildred D. Taylor, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters](https://readinglist.school/book/christmas-in-the-big-house-christmas-in-the-quarters) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Heaven](https://readinglist.school/book/heaven) by Bill Johnson _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Her Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/her-stories) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Slam](https://readinglist.school/book/slam) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [The Dark-Thirty](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-thirty) by Patricia McKissack _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Toning the Sweep](https://readinglist.school/book/toning-the-sweep) by Angela Johnson _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1990s).

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