14 Top contemporary books like Coming Up for Air by Nicole Tyndall

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Coming Up for Air

By: Nicole Tyndall

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Nina LaCour and The Spectacular Now, a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with c…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Coming Up for Air by Nicole Tyndall , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Under Rose-Tainted Skies

By: Louise Gornall

3.97

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Norah has accepted that the four walls of her house delineate her life. She knows tha… read more

Similar categories in Louise Gornall's Under Rose-Tainted Skies book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But it's like my mind and my brain are two separte thing, working against each other."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"Mental health is usually the last place people go when they think about someone being sick."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"It's such a noble word, unconditional. Brave. Blindly committing to situations it knows nothing about."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"I this I could reach out, put a hand on his shoulder, and ask him if he is all right. A side effect of worrying about everything and everyone; I cry at least once a week over things that shouldn't co…"

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

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2. These Things I've Done

By: Rebecca Phillips

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Before: Dara and Aubrey have been inseparable since they became best friends in sixth grade. Dara i… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Phillips's These Things I've Done book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Paper Butterflies

By: Lisa Heathfield

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one--and a secret one. She is trap… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Heathfield's Paper Butterflies book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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4. Bad Romance

By: Heather Demetrios

4.19

Format: 416 pages,

Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother ma… read more

Similar categories in Heather Demetrios's Bad Romance book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

5. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

By: Julie Anne Peters , None

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determin… read more

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6. Far From You

By: Tess Sharpe

4.05

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Nine months. Two weeks. Six days. That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Fou… read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's Far From You book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"She was in love with you,"

-Tess Sharpe, Far From You

"She died scared and in pain, and I felt it."

-Tess Sharpe, Far From You

"We walk into the rest of our lives together, not knowing it'll end before it's truly started."

-Tess Sharpe, Far From You

"It was Mina this whole time, wasn’t it?" I give him the only thing I can: the cold, hard truth. The one that’ll rewrite every memory he has - of him and me, her and me, the two of them, all three of …"

-Tess Sharpe, Far From You

7. Now Is Everything

By: Amy Giles

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The McCauleys look perfect on the outside. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this family is hidi… read more

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8. But I Love Him

By: Mandy Hubbard , Amanda Grace

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes at night, I wake up and stare at the heart for hours. I think of how I collected each pie… read more

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9. Tight

By: Alessandra Torre

4.20

Format: 141 pages, ebook

I was happy in my small town. In my life as a single, thirty-two year old woman. I had a good job, … read more

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10. First & Then

By: Emma Mills

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers,… read more

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11. Places No One Knows

By: Brenna Yovanoff

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Lauren Oliver and E. Lockhart, here is a dreamy love story set in the dark halls of con… read more

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12. Just Breathe

By: Cammie McGovern

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of A Step Toward Falling and Say What You Will comes a new YA … read more

Similar categories in Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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14. You and Me at the End of the World

By: Brianna Bourne

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This is no ordinary apocalypse...Hannah Ashton wakes up to silence. The entire city around her is e… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Bourne's You and Me at the End of the World book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Words and looks shouldn't be able to make things in another person move."

-Brianna Bourne, You and Me at the End of the World

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15. Free - A Fairy Tale Retelling of Rapunzel (The Crown and the Sceptre #0.5)

By: Kristina J. Jordan

3.34

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

Sparks fly when a troubled young firestarter meets her troublemaker grandmother. Avella’s cold, di… read more

Similar categories in Kristina J. Jordan's Free - A Fairy Tale Retelling of Rapunzel (The Crown and the Sceptre #0.5) book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
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16. Meet Me in the Middle

By: Alex Light

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A romance interrupted by tragedy sets two people on different paths in Wattpad superstar Alex Light… read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's Meet Me in the Middle book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can’t swing right now. I’m obviously very busy doing nothing. And catching up on the chores I’ve spent the past three weeks putting off. I’m just a busy little bee today."

-Alex Light, Meet Me in the Middle

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17. See Me

By: Tella Alvarez

4.41

Format: 400 pages, None

Seren is beginning to lose herself to her own mind, and she knows it. From the outside, you cou… read more

Similar categories in Tella Alvarez's See Me book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
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18. The Lucky Ones

By: Liz Lawson

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How do you put yourself back together when it seems like you've lost it all? May is a survivor. … read more

Similar categories in Liz Lawson's The Lucky Ones book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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19. Coming Up for Air

By: Nicole Tyndall

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Nina LaCour and The Spectacular Now, a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with c… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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20. Things That Grow

By: Meredith Goldstein

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning abou… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Goldstein's Things That Grow book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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21. The Breakup Artists

By: Adriana Mather

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Adriana Mather, New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch, brings her signature wit,… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Mather's The Breakup Artists book and Nicole Tyndall's Coming Up for Air

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

12 best-selling fiction books like Coming Up for Air by Nicole Tyndall

Transform Your Habits

Under Rose-Tainted Skies

Louise Gornall

3.97

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Paper Butterflies

Lisa Heathfield

3.33

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Bad Romance

Heather Demetrios

4.19

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Far From You

Tess Sharpe

4.05

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17 best-selling fiction books like Far From You by Tess Sharpe

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Dangerous Girls

Abigail Haas , Abby McDonald

4.08

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Black Iris

Leah Raeder , Elliot Wake

3.72

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Cam Girl

Leah Raeder , Elliot Wake

3.66

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Foolish Hearts

Emma Mills

4.12

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