20 best-selling contemporary books like Throwback by Maurene Goo

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Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American …

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1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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3. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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6. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. Just Do This One Thing for Me

By: Laura Zimmermann

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rule-following daughter tries to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears. … read more

Similar categories in Laura Zimmermann's Just Do This One Thing for Me book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

By: Mae Coyiuto

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina … read more

Similar categories in Mae Coyiuto's Chloe and the Kaishao Boys book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's Throwback book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • time travel
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

By: Ellen Oh

3.46

Format: None pages, None

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"

-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

Cover of The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna  Gracia

16. The Misdirection of Fault Lines

By: Anna Gracia

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants goes to the US Open in an emotionally honest and openhearted nove… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gracia's The Misdirection of Fault Lines book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

17. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Shen's The Queens of New York book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

Cover of The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer

20. The Search for Us

By: Susan Azim Boyer

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“A sharp-witted and illuminating, impressive sophomore novel.” - Isaac Blum, author of the award-no… read more

Similar categories in Susan Azim Boyer's The Search for Us book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

21. We Light Up the Sky

By: Lilliam Rivera

3.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a haunting, genre-bending YA, award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the social and racial… read more

Similar categories in Lilliam Rivera's We Light Up the Sky book and Maurene Goo's Throwback

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like Throwback by Maurene Goo

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Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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Plan A

Deb Caletti

4.02

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Chaos Theory

Nic Stone

4.16

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18 Best fiction books like Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

Transform Your Habits

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Theory

Nic Stone

4.16

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Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

Angie Thomas

4.19

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