Completely Normal (and other lies)
By: Biffy James
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre…
Want to Read"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't fall in."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsewn. And it sucked."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
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1. Neverlanders
By: Tom Taylor
3.95
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Neverland has become a war zone and it's up to a new group of lost teens to set things right in thi… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
2. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer
By: Amy Doak
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
By: A.J. Betts
4.00
Format: None pages, Audio CD
'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- mental health
"No one dismantles this band but me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and mu…"-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
4. Scar Town
By: Tristan Bancks
4.04
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more
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- audiobook
- family
- young adult
- contemporary
5. 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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- death
6. Completely Normal (and other lies)
By: Biffy James
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies)
- romance
- relationships
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- death
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
7. Royals
By: Tegan Bennett Daylight
3.35
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more
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- romance
- relationships
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. Let’s Never Speak of This Again
By: Megan Williams
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more
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- relationships
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
9. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
10. Inkflower
By: Suzy Zail
4.32
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
11. Hamlet is Not OK
By: R.A. Spratt
3.40
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more
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- young adult
- mental health
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
12. It Sounded Better in My Head
By: Nina Kenwood
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first l… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I am an adult now (sort of, kind of, not really)."-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head
"I do like to be out doing things and talking to people.' 'I like to be home, not doing things, talking to no one."-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head
"Maybe I've never smiled or laughed at an appropriate time in my entire life and I just didn't realise until this moment."-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head
"People aren’t all good or all bad. You can learn from mistakes. Or you can keep making them. You can always become a better person."-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head
13. Two Can Play That Game
By: Leanne Yong
3.89
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game
"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game
"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game
"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game
14. The Greatest Thing
By: Sarah Winifred Searle
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Unnecessary Drama
By: Nina Kenwood
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
16. Stuck Up & Stupid
By: Angourie Rice
3.05
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
A modern trans-Pacific twist on Pride and Prejudice, from an authentic team of debut authors who kn… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
17. The Museum of Broken Things
By: Lauren Draper
4.00
Format: 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback
I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- contemporary
18. Social Queue
By: Kay Kerr
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more
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- romance
- young adult
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
19. What We All Saw
By: Mike Lucas
3.34
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIEN… read more
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- family
- young adult
- audiobook
"There was just a resignation that, at some point in the near future, we were all going to have to face some kind of music. What the song was depended on our ability not only to sing, but to sing the …"-Mike Lucas, What We All Saw
20. Ask no questions
By: Eva Collins
3.96
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
With a third of Australians born and around half with one parent born overseas, migration stories a… read more
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- family
"I wonder what my life will be like in Australia."-Eva Collins, Ask no questions
21. We Could Be Something
By: Will Kostakis
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more
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- romance
- relationships
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
