21 Top young adult books like It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

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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…

"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

If you liked the young adult plot in It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Remind Me How This Ends by Gabrielle Tozer

1. Remind Me How This Ends

By: Gabrielle Tozer

3.60

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

It's the summer after high school ends and everyone is moving on. Winning scholarships. Heading to … read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Tozer's Remind Me How This Ends book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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2. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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3. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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4. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

By: Meredith Ireland

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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5. Borrow My Heart

By: Kasie West

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Borrow My Heart book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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6. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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)

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8. 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

Similar categories in Tegan Bennett Daylight's Royals book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • 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

Cover of The Getaway List by Emma Lord

11. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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12. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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13. You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's You Say It First book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

Cover of All Alone with You by Amelia Diane Coombs

14. All Alone with You

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

4.11

Format: 352 pages, ebook

HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's All Alone with You book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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15. The Best Laid Plans

By: Cameron Lund

3.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

High school senior Keely Collins takes on firsts, lasts, and everything in between in this sweet, s… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Lund's The Best Laid Plans book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Love is when your weirdness matches up with someone else’s weirdness."

-Cameron Lund, The Best Laid Plans

"Falling in love with a high school boy is the stupidest thing you can do."

-Cameron Lund, The Best Laid Plans

"If you’re contemplating having sex with someone, you should be able to be honest. If you can’t be honest, then you’re not ready."

-Cameron Lund, The Best Laid Plans

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16. Four Days of You and Me

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple's love story on the same date over four years. Ev… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Four Days of You and Me book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice

17. 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

Similar categories in Angourie Rice's Stuck Up & Stupid book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. 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

Similar categories in Lauren Draper's The Museum of Broken Things book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund

19. Heartbreakers and Fakers

By: Cameron Lund

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Best Laid Plans comes another fresh voiced, hilarious rom-com perfect for fa… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Lund's Heartbreakers and Fakers book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other) by Livia Blackburne

20. Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other)

By: Livia Blackburne

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Got Mail gets a YA twist in this rom-com that spotlights the power of activism and community… read more

Similar categories in Livia Blackburne's Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other) book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

21. The Unexpected Mess of It All

By: Gabrielle Tozer

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

From the YA Queen of Rom-com comes a funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance be… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Tozer's The Unexpected Mess of It All book and Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family

18 Best fiction books like It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

Transform Your Habits

Remind Me How This Ends

Gabrielle Tozer

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

Meredith Ireland

3.78

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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