17 must-read contemporary books like We Were Kings by Court Stevens

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We Were Kings

By: Court Stevens

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Twenty years ago, eighteen-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend Cora K…

If you liked the contemporary plot in We Were Kings by Court Stevens , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. The White Rose

By: Dorothee Sölle , Inge Aicher-Scholl

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small undergroun… read more

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2. The Lies About Truth

By: Courtney C. Stevens

4.80

Format: 360 pages, ebook

Sadie Kingston, is a girl living in the aftermath. A year after surviving a car accident that kille… read more

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3. The Pretenders (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #1)

By: Charlaine Harris , Christopher Golden , Don Kramer , None , None

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

Charlaine Harris, the #1New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and the H… read more

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4. Mississippi Trial, 1955

By: Chris Crowe

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel At first Hiram is … read more

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5. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 28 Days

By: David Safier

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto i… read more

Similar categories in David Safier's 28 Days book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Es war ein wunderschöner Morgen. Es war ein schrecklicher Morgen."

-David Safier, 28 Days

"Welcher Tod war schon sinnvoll? Welches Leben? Meins? Nein. Keins."

-David Safier, 28 Days

"Ich aber lag wach, war ich doch von ihrer kleinen Fabel zutiefst erschrocken: Meine kleine Schwester wollte lieber sterben, als im Ghetto zu leben."

-David Safier, 28 Days

"Wir Juden standen den Deutschen in Weg. Und was lag dahinter? Keine Ahnung. Die Weltherrschaft? Eine arische Gesellschaft? Die Glückseligkeit? Oder einfach nur ein virusfreies Leben? Wir waren Bazill…"

-David Safier, 28 Days

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7. The Summer She Went Missing

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige R… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's The Summer She Went Missing book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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9. The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

By: Allan Wolf

4.18

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history's… read more

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  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell

By: Leonard S. Marcus

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, h… read more

Similar categories in Leonard S. Marcus's You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • teen
  • audiobook
"Intellectually I know free speech will prevail--it almost always does--and I know that some good conversations come out of it. But it's still harrowing to have to face such intolerance on your home g…"

-Leonard S. Marcus, You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell

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11. As Fast As Her: Dream Big, Break Barriers, Achieve Success

By: Kendall Coyne

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring book, US Olympian and hockey star Kendall Coyne shares the grit and determination… read more

Similar categories in Kendall Coyne's As Fast As Her: Dream Big, Break Barriers, Achieve Success book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • audiobook
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12. We Were Kings

By: Court Stevens

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Twenty years ago, eighteen-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend Cora K… read more

Similar categories in Court Stevens's We Were Kings book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • social media
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Yesterday Is History

By: Kosoko Jackson

3.74

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A novel about letting go of the past, figuring out what you want in your future, and staying in the… read more

Similar categories in Kosoko Jackson's Yesterday Is History book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The only way out is through. And the best way through something is the truth."

-Kosoko Jackson, Yesterday Is History

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14. Message Not Found

By: Dante Medema

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce au… read more

Similar categories in Dante Medema's Message Not Found book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Girl Forgotten

By: April Henry

3.67

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Piper Gray starts a true-crime podcast investigating a seventeen-year-old cold case.  Seventeen … read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Girl Forgotten book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. The Summer We Forgot

By: Caroline George

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the q… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all feel eloquence we can’t put into words."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"Nostalgia makes hallowed ground from mundane places."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"In the pursuit of perfection, I forgot I was already enough."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"The people we welcome into our beginnings influence where we go"

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

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19. Violets Are Blue

By: Barbara Dee

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Violets Are Blue book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. They're Watching You

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege... or death. It's… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's They're Watching You book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When fif… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's The Headmaster's List book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. The Kill Factor

By: Ben Oliver

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new game show that offers young criminals the chance at freedom has been greenlit. Little d… read more

Similar categories in Ben Oliver's The Kill Factor book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • young adult
  • social media
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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23. The In-Between

By: Rebecca Ansari

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Misfortune of Lake Monsters by Nicole M. Wolverton

24. A Misfortune of Lake Monsters

By: Nicole M. Wolverton

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When legends bite back... Lemon Ziegler wants to escape rural Devil’s Elbow, Pennsylvania to atten… read more

Similar categories in Nicole M. Wolverton's A Misfortune of Lake Monsters book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
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25. We Are All We Have

By: Marina Budhos

3.82

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams fo… read more

Similar categories in Marina Budhos's We Are All We Have book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. Down Came the Rain

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Jennifer Mathieu, the acclaimed author of Moxie - now a Netflix film - and Bad Girls Never Say… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's Down Came the Rain book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses

27. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

By: Shelia P. Moses

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more

Similar categories in Shelia P. Moses's We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith

28. Dark Testament: Blackout Poems

By: Crystal Simone Smith

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

In this extraordinary collection, the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mo… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Simone Smith's Dark Testament: Blackout Poems book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • young adult
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29. The Other Side of Infinity

By: Joan F. Smith

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Butterfly Effect in this YA novel by Joan F. Smith, where a teen… read more

Similar categories in Joan F. Smith's The Other Side of Infinity book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I craved learning more about him, impatient to entangle my memories with my future experiences. To feel. Desperate to fall in love. But more important, most important: desperate to keep him alive."

-Joan F. Smith, The Other Side of Infinity

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30. Dream to Me

By: Megan Paasch

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Megan Paasch comes Dream to Me, a YA contemporary fantasy about generational magi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Paasch's Dream to Me book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Four Three Two One by Courtney C. Stevens

31. Four Three Two One

By: Courtney C. Stevens

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this contemporary YA novel, a girl reunites with the three other survivors of a bus bombing that… read more

Similar categories in Courtney C. Stevens's Four Three Two One book and Court Stevens's We Were Kings

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

22 Top fiction books like We Were Kings by Court Stevens

Transform Your Habits

Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

Transform Your Habits

28 Days

David Safier

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Summer She Went Missing

Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Transform Your Habits

A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

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22 best-selling audiobook books like You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell by Leonard S. Marcus

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Hurricane Song

Paul Volponi

3.75

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Tevye the Milkman

Sholom Aleichem

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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28 Days

David Safier

4.29

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