# Books like What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

**10** books similar to *What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky* by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–10), 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:** interpersonal relations
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## Similar books

- [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).
- [Ironman](https://readinglist.school/book/ironman) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes](https://readinglist.school/book/staying-fat-for-sarah-byrnes) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [All We Have Left](https://readinglist.school/book/all-we-have-left) by Wendy Mills _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of interpersonal relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Princess & the Hustler](https://readinglist.school/book/princess-the-hustler) by Chinonyerem Odimba _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Blues for an Alabama Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky) by Pearl Cleage _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares](https://readinglist.school/book/dash-lilys-book-of-dares) by Rachel Cohn _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Everything, Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-everything) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).

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