13 best-selling contemporary books like Where the Light Goes by Sara Barnard

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Where the Light Goes

By: Sara Barnard

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching exploration of grief, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that …

If you liked the contemporary plot in Where the Light Goes by Sara Barnard , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
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2. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

Similar categories in Nathanael Lessore's Steady For This book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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3. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

Similar categories in Joseph Coelho's The Boy Lost in the Maze book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Boy Like Me

By: Simon James Green

4.55

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in schools. When a… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Boy Like Me book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. The Revelry

By: Katherine Webber

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Laini Taylor, E. Lockhart, and Holly Black, the chilling story of a girl who goes to a … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Webber's The Revelry book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's Catch Your Death book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's How to Die Famous book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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10. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. Bad Influence

By: Tamsin Winter

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning t… read more

Similar categories in Tamsin Winter's Bad Influence book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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13. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Where the Light Goes

By: Sara Barnard

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching exploration of grief, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that … read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

By: Xena Knox

4.14

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

COSMOPOLITAN'S BEST NEW BOOKS OUT IN JUNE 2023'Funny, direct ... and romantic' - The Guardian'Compe… read more

Similar categories in Xena Knox's SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Let's Play Murder

By: Kesia Lupo

3.60

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Video games have never been more murderous. Veronica wakes up trapped with four strangers in a s… read more

Similar categories in Kesia Lupo's Let's Play Murder book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Where the Heart Should Be book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. The Silver Chain

By: Jion Sheibani

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Uplifting and unputdownable, a coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healin… read more

Similar categories in Jion Sheibani's The Silver Chain book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • contemporary
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
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19. My Life on Fire

By: Cath Howe

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A tense, page-turning story that sensitively deals with themes of family upheaval and kleptomania, … read more

Similar categories in Cath Howe's My Life on Fire book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

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20. Little Bang

By: Kelly McCaughrain

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of… read more

Similar categories in Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
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21. Influential

By: Amara Sage

3.89

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Almond Brown has no friends in real life . . . but 3.5 million followers online. A heart-felt, whip… read more

Similar categories in Amara Sage's Influential book and Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

15 must-read fiction books like Where the Light Goes by Sara Barnard

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Boy Like Me

Simon James Green

4.55

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Katherine Webber

3.44

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Crossing the Line

Tia Fisher

4.28

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Josh Silver

4.04

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Elle McNicoll

4.69

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