21 best-selling young adult books like Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Alex Ritany

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Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

By: Alex Ritany

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean when your best friend is dead and your instinct is relief? A stunningly immersive…

If you liked the young adult plot in Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Alex Ritany , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Under This Red Rock

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in h… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Under This Red Rock book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Have You Seen This Girl book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

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4. Kindling

By: Traci Chee

3.76

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-r… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's Kindling book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Not Like Other Girls

By: Meredith Adamo

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma,… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Adamo's Not Like Other Girls book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

6. Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

By: Gretchen Schreiber

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schre… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Schreiber's Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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9. Not Dead Enough

By: Tyffany D. Neiheiser

3.74

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte survived the car crash that killed her boyfriend Jerry, but that night, everything change… read more

Similar categories in Tyffany D. Neiheiser's Not Dead Enough book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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10. Pillow Talk

By: Stephanie Cooke

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Grace Mendes a.k.a. Cinderhella is a fierce competitor in the PFF, a pillow fight federation that’s… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Cooke's Pillow Talk book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. Red

By: Annie Cardi

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Moving to Hawthorne was something Tess and her mom never anticipated, but after Tess’s mom loses he… read more

Similar categories in Annie Cardi's Red book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Bad Like Us

By: Gabriella Lepore

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered Partying with popular classmates they barely … read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Lepore's Bad Like Us book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. These Bodies Between Us

By: Sarah Van Name

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wistful coming-of-age story with a haunting twist about four friends who spend their summer learn… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Van Name's These Bodies Between Us book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Alex Ritany

14. Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

By: Alex Ritany

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean when your best friend is dead and your instinct is relief? A stunningly immersive… read more

Similar categories in Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

15. 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 Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Breathing Underwater

By: Abbey Nash

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this slice-of-life, sensitively written novel, a teen girl grapples with a sudden epilepsy diagn… read more

Similar categories in Abbey Nash's Breathing Underwater book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. 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 Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Lightning Circle

By: Vikki VanSickle

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An intimate coming-of age novel for teens, told in verse with delicate line art, chronicling the be… read more

Similar categories in Vikki VanSickle's The Lightning Circle book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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19. And Then There Was Us

By: Kern Carter

3.83

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A mother's death forces a teen girl to reevaluate their tumultuous relationship in this powerful co… read more

Similar categories in Kern Carter's And Then There Was Us book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Age 16

By: Rosena Fung

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Age 16 book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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21. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Alex Ritany's Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

21 must-read fiction books like Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Alex Ritany

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Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

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Skater Boy

Anthony Nerada

4.03

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Kindling

Traci Chee

3.76

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16 best-selling fiction books like Age 16 by Rosena Fung

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The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

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Freshman Year

Sarah Mai

3.76

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The Deep Dark

Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

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