What books are similar to The Late Great Me?

The 10 closest matches to The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone on ReadingList include A Door Near Here, We All Fall Down, A Summer to Die, Fire on the Mountain, and I'm the King of the Castle. Each is scored on shared themes (alcoholics, alcoholism, and alcoholism, fiction), 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 The Late Great Me 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.

Books like The Late Great Me

If you liked The Late Great Me, read A Door Near Here, We All Fall Down, or A Summer to Die — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: A Door Near Here by Heather Quarles — shares alcoholics and alcoholism

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Looking for books like The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of alcoholics, alcoholism, and alcoholism, fiction. 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.

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Why each is a match

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A Door Near Heregrades 9–12: Shares themes of alcoholics and alcoholism, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
We All Fall Downgrades 9–12: Shares themes of alcoholism, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction). Amazon → books like this →
A Summer to Diegrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Fire on the Mountaingrades 9–10: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (1970s). Amazon → books like this →
I'm the King of the Castlegrades 9–10: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (1970s). Amazon → books like this →
A Sudden Silencegrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Aftergrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Armageddon Summergrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Badgrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Breaking Boxesgrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to The Late Great Me?: The 10 closest matches to The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone on ReadingList include A Door Near Here, We All Fall Down, A Summer to Die, Fire on the Mountain, and I'm the King of the Castle. Each is scored on shared themes (alcoholics, alcoholism, and alcoholism, fiction), 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 The Late Great Me 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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