26 must-read young adult books like Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle

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Dancing Barefoot

By: Alice Boyle

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher…

If you liked the young adult plot in Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

2. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

By: Rachael Lippincott

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost h… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
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3. Never Ever Getting Back Together

By: Sophie Gonzales

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen ye… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gonzales's Never Ever Getting Back Together book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

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5. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

By: Miranda Luby

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Unknown Binding

Sadie Starr is obsessed with starting over. A new year, a new diet, a new social media identity. An… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl

By: Brianna R. Shrum

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determine… read more

Similar categories in Brianna R. Shrum's Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

8. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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9. We Got the Beat

By: Jenna Miller

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jordan Elliot is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor-in-chief of the scho… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Miller's We Got the Beat book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Falls From Grace (Grace Notes #1)

By: Ruby Landers

4.52

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Savannah Grace is a huge star in Nashville. At least, she was. Her hit band Twice Struck topped the… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Landers's Falls From Grace (Grace Notes #1) book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Anything But Fine

By: Tobias Madden

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Anything But Fine book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"

-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine

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12. Fresh: A Novel

By: Margot Wood

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Margot Wood’s novel Fresh is a “delightfully modern take on a classic story is both fun and funny, … read more

Similar categories in Margot Wood's Fresh: A Novel book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What can I say? I'm a girl with a healthy footnote fetish."

-Margot Wood, Fresh: A Novel

"If you insist on labeling me, my sexual orientation is horny."

-Margot Wood, Fresh: A Novel

"So here I am, snuggling a toilet in a shared college bathroom, purging all of this semester's mistakes in a sweaty, tearful, pathetic display of human indecency."

-Margot Wood, Fresh: A Novel

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13. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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14. Unnecessary Drama

By: Nina Kenwood

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's Unnecessary Drama book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

By: Wai Chim

4.01

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad… read more

Similar categories in Wai Chim's The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

By: Tobias Madden

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one frie… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But still, despite all of this . . . I’m in love. It’s irrational. It’s irresponsible. But it’s irrevocable."

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

"Because my curiosity is killing me? Because I’m reckless and ridiculous? Because I’m suddenly one step closer to meeting the love of my life?"

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

"I place my hands in his, my stupid heart skipping a beat when our palms make contact. ‘You good?’ he asks. I bite my lip to keep from grinning like a fool. ‘Yep."

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

Cover of Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle

18. Dancing Barefoot

By: Alice Boyle

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher… read more

Similar categories in Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • music
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • collections
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of 28 Questions by Indyana Schneider

19. 28 Questions

By: Indyana Schneider

3.83

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A queer When Harry Met Sally for the Sally Rooney generation.  Reader, imagine yielding to someone… read more

Similar categories in Indyana Schneider's 28 Questions book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Here for the Right Reasons

By: Jodi McAlister

3.62

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom … read more

Similar categories in Jodi McAlister's Here for the Right Reasons book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Can I Steal You for a Second?

By: Jodi McAlister

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

When you sign up to a dating show, you’re supposed to fall in love with the male lead, not another … read more

Similar categories in Jodi McAlister's Can I Steal You for a Second? book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Museum of Broken Things

By: Lauren Draper

4.00

Format: 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback

I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Draper's The Museum of Broken Things book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

Cover of Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

24. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

Similar categories in Parisa Akhbari's Just Another Epic Love Poem book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Hot Summer

By: Elle Everhart

3.78

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Sparks fly when a young woman finds herself cast on a Love Island-inspired reality show and has to … read more

Similar categories in Elle Everhart's Hot Summer book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Girl Next Door

By: Cecilia Vinesse

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Film club nerd Cleo Ferrara’s senior year was like a storyboard waiting to be filmed. She knew the … read more

Similar categories in Cecilia Vinesse's The Girl Next Door book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley

27. Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

By: H.S. Valley

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

What happens when your enemy becomes your friend … with benefits? Red, White and Royal Blue meets T… read more

Similar categories in H.S. Valley's Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Where You Left Us

By: Rhiannon Wilde

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Cinnamon Prince is angry. She’s living at home with her rockstar father after his latest breakdown,… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Where You Left Us book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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30. Lover Birds

By: Leanne Egan

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albe… read more

Similar categories in Leanne Egan's Lover Birds book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Don't Let It Break Your Heart by Maggie Horne

31. Don't Let It Break Your Heart

By: Maggie Horne

4.33

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

You only get one soulmate, and I'm not throwing mine away. Alana and Gray have been the perfect… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Horne's Don't Let It Break Your Heart book and Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

28 best-selling fiction books like Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle

Transform Your Habits

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

Rachael Lippincott

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Never Ever Getting Back Together

Sophie Gonzales

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Imogen, Obviously

Becky Albertalli

4.23

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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