16 best-selling contemporary books like Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli

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Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,…

"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... you can't vote."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

If you liked the contemporary plot in Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • fiction
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Cover of Incarnate (Newsoul, #1) by Jodi Meadows

2. Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

By: Jodi Meadows

3.73

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

New soul Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated ove… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Meadows's Incarnate (Newsoul, #1) book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"The darkness was memory."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"Shrikes were songbirds; he ought to know."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"I'll be around my whole life. That's a long time to me."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"I hate being a teenager." "Why?" "Hormones." With a sad half smile, he left."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

3. Written in the Stars

By: Aisha Saeed

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Nai… read more

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4. Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)

By: Katie McGarry

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I … read more

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5. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary romance
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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6. 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 Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"Are you a witch?"

-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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7. 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 Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • 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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8. Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Check & Mate book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

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9. Frankly in Love

By: David Yoon

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There… read more

Similar categories in David Yoon's Frankly in Love book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"card."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"Okay is my prayer."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"I have no idea, I realize, is a big part of who I am."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"people who let themselves learn new things are the best kind of people"

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

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10. Instant Karma (Fortuna Beach, #1)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrog… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's Instant Karma (Fortuna Beach, #1) book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It's ironic, right? The economy is great, but it's always a struggle for the little guy."

-Marissa Meyer, Instant Karma (Fortuna Beach, #1)

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11. The Rest of the Story

By: Sarah Dessen

4.04

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does rememb… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"To summer, and to us."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"Even when words fail me, you never do."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"A life isn’t just the pages you know, it’s everything."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"You can make your life, or life can make you. Was it really that simple of a choice?"

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

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12. 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 Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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13. Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.06

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You like it,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM, ALTUM VIDETUR."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"People change , Rowan. Thank God they do."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

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14. The Upside of Falling

By: Alex Light

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. Pe… read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's The Upside of Falling book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Just because we were pretending doesn't mean it wasn't real"

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you"

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"Read to me. Why? Because you go somewhere when you read. I want to go there with you."

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"My dad talks about how sorry he is. But it doesn’t count if he’s only sorry after he got caught."

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

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15. 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 Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

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

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

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16. We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight thei… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's We Can't Keep Meeting Like This book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli

17. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • politics
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

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18. You Have a Match

By: Emma Lord

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A new love, a secret sister, and a summer she'll never forget. When Abby signs up for a DNA serv… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's You Have a Match book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But you're...you're a forever kind of person to me."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"Love makes you do things you thought you never would."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"If you learn to capture a feeling, it’ll always be louder than words."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"he doesn’t like me the way I like him. And if he did once, he doesn’t anymore."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

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19. A Pho Love Story

By: Loan Le

3.67

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particula… read more

Similar categories in Loan Le's A Pho Love Story book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I don't get it, but I`m not supposed to."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"Mediocrity has allowed me to float by without too much pressure or judgement"

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"I regret many things in life, and I know I’ll regret many more at the rate I’m going."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"I watch her shoulders move as she breathes, until I realize I’ve timed my breathing with hers."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

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20. The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist book and Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) by Rachel Lynn Solomon

21. Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance re… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook

18 Top fiction books like Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli

Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

Jodi Meadows

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

Rebecca Ross

4.20

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Rebecca Ross

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

Stephanie Garber

4.13

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