18 Top contemporary books like There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore

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There Is a Door in This Darkness

By: Kristin Cashore

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling a…

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Cover of Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) by Darcie Little Badger

1. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina  Ixta

3. Shut Up, This Is Serious

By: Carolina Ixta

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more

Similar categories in Carolina Ixta's Shut Up, This Is Serious book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. The Kill Factor

By: Ben Oliver

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new game show that offers young criminals the chance at freedom has been greenlit. Little d… read more

Similar categories in Ben Oliver's The Kill Factor book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Archer's Hearts Still Beating book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) by Marie Lu

6. Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

By: Marie Lu

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New sparks. Old flames. And a mission that's playing with fire. A year has passed since supersta… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Loyalty to a secret."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Let me stay." "Keep me in your songs."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Maybe love was not knowing and going ahead anyway."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Grief is love. It's the price we pay for the gift of someone meaningful in our lives."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

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7. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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8. Pretty Furious

By: E.K. Johnston

3.51

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

#1 NYT Bestseller E. K. Johnston returns to contemporary feminist YA. This thrilling story of a sma… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Johnston's Pretty Furious book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. There Is a Door in This Darkness

By: Kristin Cashore

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • magical realism
  • teen
  • unfinished
  • politics
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Karate Prom

By: Kyle Starks

3.74

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Don “TheDragonWilson” Jones is the finest fighter Benjamin Harrison High School has ever produced. … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Starks's Karate Prom book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more

Similar categories in Jandy Nelson's When the World Tips Over book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"He liked trees more than people."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

Cover of Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1) by A.A. Vora

16. Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1)

By: A.A. Vora

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Magnificent Beasts. Buried Gods. Unforgiving Magic. Epic Battles. Perfect for fans of Avatar: Th… read more

Similar categories in A.A. Vora's Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1) book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade

17. Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

By: Ernesto Saade

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This is the story of Carlos and Elena, the story of thousands, the story of my country . . . This … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Saade's Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
Cover of Break to You by Neal Shusterman

18. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Dispatches from Parts Unknown

By: Bryan Bliss

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Dispatches from Parts Unknown book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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20. Where Wolves Don't Die

By: Anton Treuer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more

Similar categories in Anton Treuer's Where Wolves Don't Die book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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22. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

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

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza

24. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. Chronically Dolores

By: Maya Van Wagenen

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called… read more

Similar categories in Maya Van Wagenen's Chronically Dolores book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans

27. One Killer Problem

By: Justine Pucella Winans

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas … read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's One Killer Problem book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. Ash's Cabin

By: Jen Wang

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more inter… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's Ash's Cabin book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • young adult
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29. 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 Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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30. Youth Group

By: Jordan Morris

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County Califo… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Morris's Youth Group book and Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

28 best-selling fiction books like There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore

Transform Your Habits

Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up, This Is Serious

Carolina Ixta

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Kill Factor

Ben Oliver

3.85

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20 Top fiction books like Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

4.16

Transform Your Habits

On the Bright Side

Anna Sortino

4.20

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