Books like Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .
If you liked Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . ., read Long Way Down, Soundtrack: A Novel, or A Few Red Drops — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.
Closest match: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
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Looking for books like Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . by Jason Reynolds? 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 7–10 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .
Long Way DownJason Reynolds · 720L
Soundtrack: A NovelJason Reynolds
A Few Red DropsClaire Hartfield
Day of TearsJulius Lester- Forged by FireSharon M. DraperForged by FireSharon M. Draper
Piecing Me TogetherRenée Watson
The LandMildred D. Taylor
A Face for PicassoAriel Henley
A Fate So ColdAmanda Foody
A Game of Fox & SquirrelsJenn Reese
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Why each is a match
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- Long Way Down720L
- Is by Jason Reynolds, the same author and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Soundtrack: A Novelgrades 3–10
- Is by Jason Reynolds, the same author, overlapping grades (3–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- A Few Red Dropsgrades 7–12
- Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Day of Tearsgrades 7–12
- Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- Forged by Firegrades 7–10
- Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–10). Amazon → books like this →
- Piecing Me Togethergrades 7–12
- Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- The Landgrades 7–12
- Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
- A Face for Picassogrades 6–12
- Overlapping grades (6–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- A Fate So Coldgrades 7–12
- Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
- A Game of Fox & Squirrelsgrades 5–12
- Overlapping grades (5–12) and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Common questions
- What books are similar to Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .?
- The 10 closest matches to Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . by Jason Reynolds on ReadingList include Long Way Down, Soundtrack: A Novel, A Few Red Drops, Day of Tears, and Forged by Fire. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 7–10), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
- Are books like Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . reading-level appropriate?
- Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 7–10), 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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