15 Best contemporary books like Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

Cover of Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

Wild Blue Wonder

By: Carlie Sorosiak

3.99

Format: 368 pages, ebook

There are two monsters in this story. One of them is me. Ask anyone in Winship, Maine, and they’…

"The average lifespan of the common octopus is less than a year. Even the big ones don't live any longer than five, which means that all of them die right after their kids are born. The don't pass a single thing on to the next generation- no memories, no culture. In a way, shouldn't humans feel lucky?"

-Carlie Sorosiak, Wild Blue Wonder

"The average lifespan of the common octopus is less than a year. Even the big ones don't live any longer than five, which means that all of them die right after their kids are born. The don't pass a single thing on to the next generation- no memories, no culture. In a way, shouldn't humans feel lucky?"

-Carlie Sorosiak, Wild Blue Wonder

"The average lifespan of the common octopus is less than a year. Even the big ones don't live any longer than five, which means that all of them die right after their kids are born. The don't pass a single thing on to the next generation- no memories, no culture. In a way, shouldn't humans feel lucky?"

-Carlie Sorosiak, Wild Blue Wonder

If you liked the contemporary plot in Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

1. The Contender

By: Robert Lipsyte

3.64

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highsc… read more

Similar categories in Robert Lipsyte's The Contender book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. "

-Robert Lipsyte, The Contender

Cover of Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner

2. Phantom Limbs

By: Paula Garner

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you move on from an irreplaceable loss? In a poignant debut, a sixteen-year-old boy must lea… read more

Similar categories in Paula Garner's Phantom Limbs book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"It started the way so many good things do: with bacon."

-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs

"All I wanted was for things to be like they used to be. Except for all the parts that couldn't be. Which I guess, was almost all of them."

-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs

Cover of Proof of Forever by Lexa Hillyer

3. Proof of Forever

By: Lexa Hillyer

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Before: It was the perfect summer of first kisses, skinny-dipping, and bonfires by the lake. Joy, T… read more

Similar categories in Lexa Hillyer's Proof of Forever book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

4. Exit, Pursued by a Bear

By: E.K. Johnston

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars meets William Shakespeare in E.K. Johnston's latest brave and unforgettable heroine. … read more

Similar categories in E.K. Johnston's Exit, Pursued by a Bear book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

5. What to Say Next

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Two struggling teenagers find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Sometimes a new… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's What to Say Next book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

6. Now Is Everything

By: Amy Giles

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The McCauleys look perfect on the outside. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this family is hidi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Giles's Now Is Everything book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

Cover of If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

7. If These Wings Could Fly

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's If These Wings Could Fly book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • magical realism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

Cover of Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

8. 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 Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

9. 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 Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"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 This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg

10. This Golden State

By: Marit Weisenberg

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Winslow family lives by five principles: 1. No one can know your real name. 2. Don’t stay i… read more

Similar categories in Marit Weisenberg's This Golden State book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

11. Wild Blue Wonder

By: Carlie Sorosiak

3.99

Format: 368 pages, ebook

There are two monsters in this story. One of them is me. Ask anyone in Winship, Maine, and they’… read more

Similar categories in Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The average lifespan of the common octopus is less than a year. Even the big ones don't live any longer than five, which means that all of them die right after their kids are born. The don't pass a s…"

-Carlie Sorosiak, Wild Blue Wonder

Cover of The Matchbreaker Summer by Annie Rains

12. The Matchbreaker Summer

By: Annie Rains

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Matchbreaker Summer book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington

13. When Summer Ends

By: Jessica Pennington

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Aiden Emerson is an all-star pitcher and the all-around golden boy of Riverton. Or at least he was,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"This is our thing now, right? Letting chance decide?"

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"Stop stressing. Let fate decide, and then roll with it."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"That’s what I need right now; something to save me from being pulled under by hope again."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"This summer, I'm going to do what Emma said, and let loose. I'll let fate decide—one coin flip at a time."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

Cover of The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

14. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

15. The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

By: Wai Chim

4.01

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad… read more

Similar categories in Wai Chim's The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Postcards from Summer by Cynthia Platt

16. Postcards from Summer

By: Cynthia Platt

3.96

Format: 575 pages, Kindle Edition

The Notebook meets Love & Gelato in this heart-wrenching novel about a teen girl who travels to her… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Platt's Postcards from Summer book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

17. When We Make It

By: Elisabet Velasquez

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it … read more

Similar categories in Elisabet Velasquez's When We Make It book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Language of Seabirds by Will  Taylor

18. The Language of Seabirds

By: Will Taylor

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more

Similar categories in Will Taylor's The Language of Seabirds book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee

19. Telephone of the Tree

By: Alison McGhee

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching los… read more

Similar categories in Alison McGhee's Telephone of the Tree book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Language of Spells by Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr

20. The Language of Spells

By: Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr

3.87

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Grisha is a dragon in a world that's forgotten how to see him. Maggie is a unusual child who thinks… read more

Similar categories in Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr's The Language of Spells book and Carlie Sorosiak's Wild Blue Wonder

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • young adult
"Rude words make everything worse...Try and be kind."

-Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr, The Language of Spells

"As children, all of magic's creatures learned about themselves by being curious about the forest."

-Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr, The Language of Spells

16 Best fiction books like Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

Transform Your Habits

The Contender

Robert Lipsyte

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Phantom Limbs

Paula Garner

3.93

Transform Your Habits

If These Wings Could Fly

Kyrie McCauley

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Long Story Short

Serena Kaylor

3.96

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16 Top fiction books like The Language of Spells by Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr

Transform Your Habits

Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)

Arnold Lobel

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

Anne Ursu

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Olivetti

Allie Millington

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

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