16 must-read contemporary books like This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

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This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens…

"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

If you liked the contemporary plot in This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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2. Deep Water

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Deep Water book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Brightwood Code

By: Monica Hesse

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seven months ago Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” femal… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's The Brightwood Code book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

4. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • teen
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • banned books
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

Cover of Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

5. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Road Home

By: Rex Ogle

4.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and … read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Road Home book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • lgbt
Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

7. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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8. Looking for Smoke

By: K.A. Cobell

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Cobell's Looking for Smoke book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Dark Parts of the Universe

By: Samuel Miller

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genr… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. Girls Like Her

By: Melanie Sumrow

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to st… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sumrow's Girls Like Her book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. What's Eating Jackie Oh?

By: Patricia Park

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations o… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Park's What's Eating Jackie Oh? book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Break to You

By: Neal Shusterman

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young a… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Break to You book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Color of a Lie

By: Kim Johnson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's The Color of a Lie book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of Louder Than Words by Ashley Woodfolk

19. Louder Than Words

By: Ashley Woodfolk

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This amazing collaboration brings together two inspirational Black artists, NYT bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Woodfolk's Louder Than Words book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

19 must-read fiction books like This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

Transform Your Habits

Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Deep Water

Jamie Sumner

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Brightwood Code

Monica Hesse

3.83

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This Book Won't Burn

Samira Ahmed

4.28

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Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

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Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

4.16

Transform Your Habits

On the Bright Side

Anna Sortino

4.20

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