6 Best coming of age books like Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

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Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—…

If you liked the coming of age plot in Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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2. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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3. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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4. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • music
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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5. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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6. The Diablo's Curse

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill a… read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Diablo's Curse book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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7. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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8. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. This Day Changes Everything

By: Edward Underhill

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Dash & Lily meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off in Edward Underhill's new whirlwind rom-com about two qu… read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's This Day Changes Everything book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

Cover of The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew  Hubbard

11. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

12. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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13. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Death's Country

By: R.M. Romero

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hadestown meets “Orpheus and Eurydice” when two Miami teens travel to the underworld to retrieve th… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Romero's Death's Country book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam  Sass

15. Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts

By: Adam Sass

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A swoony contemporary romance from Adam Sass following a boy who is cursed to doom any romantic rel… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch

16. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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17. This Is Me Trying

By: Racquel Marie

4.20

Format: None pages, None

Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, This is Me Trying is a profound and tender YA contemporary novel e… read more

Similar categories in Racquel Marie's This Is Me Trying book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

19. Prince of the Palisades

By: Julian Winters

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Young Royals meets Red, White, and Royal Blue in this heart-pumping romance by award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's Prince of the Palisades book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

20. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of In Repair by A.L. Graziadei

21. In Repair

By: A.L. Graziadei

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Conti doesn’t feel real when he’s alone. Maybe that’s why he has a reputation as a troub… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Graziadei's In Repair book and Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

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Cat Sebastian

4.39

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4.01

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4.59

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3.99

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