11 Top contemporary books like The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting

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The Book of Chance

By: Sue Whiting

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Chance is a black-and-white thinker until she realises that sometimes there are shades of grey. …

"Things had changed in a way that no one could have ever expected - and I ached with regret."

-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance

"It will pass. You'll see. It always passes when there is love. I have had much hurt in my life, and look at us now. Nothing can change what has happened, but we can march forwards."

-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1) by Rob Buyea

1. Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

By: Rob Buyea

4.35

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new gi… read more

Similar categories in Rob Buyea's Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1) book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt."

-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

"We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive."

-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

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2. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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3. Shift

By: Em Bailey

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Olive Corbett is not crazy. Not anymore. She obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at… read more

Similar categories in Em Bailey's Shift book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

4. Whisper

By: Lynette Noni

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

For two and a half years, Subject 684 -- "Jane Doe" -- has been locked underground in a secret gove… read more

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5. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's Faceless book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

6. Two Wolves

By: Tristan Bancks

3.40

Format: None pages,

One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver's front door. Minutes after they leave, his pa… read more

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7. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

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9. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

By: Holly Ringland

4.04

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland, comes a ha… read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • mystery
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There's a certain kind of beauty that can only exist because of darkness."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"You can see it, but it's not really there. Just like the end of a rainbow, the horizon is an illusion."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Catch the gold in your eyelashes so we have light for later, Starry, so it won't be dark in our dreams."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Everything I've wanted most in life has been on the other side of finding the courage to ask for the help I need."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

Cover of The Book of Chance by Sue  Whiting

10. The Book of Chance

By: Sue Whiting

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Chance is a black-and-white thinker until she realises that sometimes there are shades of grey. … read more

Similar categories in Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
  • crime
"Things had changed in a way that no one could have ever expected - and I ached with regret."

-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance

"It will pass. You'll see. It always passes when there is love. I have had much hurt in my life, and look at us now. Nothing can change what has happened, but we can march forwards."

-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance

Cover of The Other Side of Tomorrow by Hayley Lawrence

11. The Other Side of Tomorrow

By: Hayley Lawrence

4.23

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

What if you thought you had forever ... To live your life. To tell your story. But what if forever … read more

Similar categories in Hayley Lawrence's The Other Side of Tomorrow book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • young adult
Cover of We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad

12. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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13. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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14. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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15. A Pocketful of Stars

By: Aisha Bushby

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When I next open my eyes, I’m back . . . in front of the house again. It’s night time. The stars w… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Bushby's A Pocketful of Stars book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The truth is, even though Mum and I look alike, we’re not very similar in other ways. Often it’s like we’re on different pages of the same book, always just missing each other as the page turns."

-Aisha Bushby, A Pocketful of Stars

"I thought we had to act the same on the outside to be similar, but we don’t. What matters is what we’re like inside. And just because we don’t like the same things doesn’t mean we’re not similar."

-Aisha Bushby, A Pocketful of Stars

Cover of The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) by Amelia Mellor

16. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. His Name Was Walter

By: Emily Rodda

4.32

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER COMES A STORY, WITHIN A STORY, THAT SHOWS US THE EXTRAORDINA… read more

Similar categories in Emily Rodda's His Name Was Walter book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
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18. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1) by Kate  Gordon

19. Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1)

By: Kate Gordon

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll fl… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gordon's Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1) book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • contemporary
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20. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's The Honeyeater book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of 47 Degrees by Justin D'Ath

21. 47 Degrees

By: Justin D'Ath

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced and poignant novel of survival for young readers by Justin D'Ath that draws on his own… read more

Similar categories in Justin D'Ath's 47 Degrees book and Sue Whiting's The Book of Chance

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary

14 Top fiction books like The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting

Transform Your Habits

Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

Rob Buyea

4.35

Transform Your Habits

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Shift

Em Bailey

3.15

Transform Your Habits

Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

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20 Best fiction books like Shift by Em Bailey

Transform Your Habits

This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil, #1)

Emily Suvada

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Transform Your Habits

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #2)

Louise Rennison

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Switched (Trylle, #1)

Amanda Hocking

3.87

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