11 Best young adult contemporary books like The Girl You Thought I Was by Rebecca Phillips

Cover of The Girl You Thought I Was by Rebecca Phillips

The Girl You Thought I Was

By: Rebecca Phillips

3.76

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret-at least not one that she's deeply ash…

If you liked the young adult contemporary plot in The Girl You Thought I Was by Rebecca Phillips , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) by Holly Smale

1. Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

By: Holly Smale

3.75

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Harriet Manners knows a lot of things. She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiff… read more

Similar categories in Holly Smale's Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She's....having an affair with a strawberry jam manufacturer?"

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Es la primera y única regla: la magia aparece cuando no la estás buscando."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"...Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

Cover of Together at Midnight by Jennifer Castle

2. Together at Midnight

By: Jennifer Castle

3.61

Format: 160 pages, ebook

What does it really mean to be kind . . . and why does it sometimes feel like the hardest thing in … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Castle's Together at Midnight book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary

3. Breaking the Rules (Pushing the Limits, #1.5)

By: Katie McGarry

4.07

Format: None pages, ebook

A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie Mc… read more

Similar categories in Katie McGarry's Breaking the Rules (Pushing the Limits, #1.5) book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

4. The Scattering (The Outliers, #2)

By: Kimberly McCreight

3.88

Format: 383 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight raises the stakes in the second book of the he… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly McCreight's The Scattering (The Outliers, #2) book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

5. The Other Side of Lost

By: Jessi Kirby

3.92

Format: None pages, ebook

Girl Onlinemeets Wildin this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to redis… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Kirby's The Other Side of Lost book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

Cover of Hot British Boyfriend by Kristy Boyce

6. Hot British Boyfriend

By: Kristy Boyce

3.38

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

After a horrifying public rejection by her crush, Ellie Nichols does what any girl would do: she fl… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Boyce's Hot British Boyfriend book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The How and the Why by Cynthia Hand

7. The How and the Why

By: Cynthia Hand

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, fro… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's The How and the Why book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

8. Borrow My Heart

By: Kasie West

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Borrow My Heart book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Let Me List the Ways by Sarah   White

9. Let Me List the Ways

By: Sarah White

3.81

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Mackenzie Clark has been best friends with Nolan Walker for as long as she can remember. She’s shar… read more

Similar categories in Sarah White's Let Me List the Ways book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Invisible Ghosts by Robyn Schneider

10. Invisible Ghosts

By: Robyn Schneider

3.78

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schneider's Invisible Ghosts book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Lies They Tell by Gillian French

11. The Lies They Tell

By: Gillian French

3.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Tenney’s Harbor, Maine, knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire ravag… read more

Similar categories in Gillian French's The Lies They Tell book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Sherwood by Meagan Spooner

12. Sherwood

By: Meagan Spooner

3.70

Format: 496 pages, ebook

Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Spooner's Sherwood book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Such a deadly thing, a feather."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"But arrows are winged creatures."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Who are you to say that being a lady, in itself, is not its own kind of war."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Radical and insurgent and impatient. Those qualities sound more like you, my love."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

Cover of Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

13. Now Entering Addamsville

By: Francesca Zappia

3.50

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Zora Novak has been framed. When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies i… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Now Entering Addamsville book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I'm too asexual for this."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"You can have people who call themselves your friends and you can still be alone."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"How could you convince people of the truth when they had already decided what version of the story they wanted to believe?"

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

Cover of With You All the Way by Cynthia Hand

14. With You All the Way

By: Cynthia Hand

3.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's With You All the Way book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Hidden Pieces by Paula Stokes

15. Hidden Pieces

By: Paula Stokes

3.51

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Embry Woods has secrets. Small ones about her past. Bigger ones about her relationship with town he… read more

Similar categories in Paula Stokes's Hidden Pieces book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The world needs more beautiful things."

-Paula Stokes, Hidden Pieces

"There’s nothing abnormal about loneliness."

-Paula Stokes, Hidden Pieces

"I’m glad you still have your survival instinct."

-Paula Stokes, Hidden Pieces

"It’s not right that some people have so much and others have so little."

-Paula Stokes, Hidden Pieces

Cover of The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones

16. The Opposite of Innocent

By: Sonya Sones

3.71

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Poignant and chilling by turns, The Opposite of Innocent is award-winning author Sonya Sones’s most… read more

Similar categories in Sonya Sones's The Opposite of Innocent book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Girl You Thought I Was by Rebecca Phillips

17. The Girl You Thought I Was

By: Rebecca Phillips

3.76

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret-at least not one that she's deeply ash… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • love story
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Frozen Beauty by Lexa Hillyer

18. Frozen Beauty

By: Lexa Hillyer

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Devil’s Lake knows the three golden Malloy sisters—but one of them is keeping a secret … read more

Similar categories in Lexa Hillyer's Frozen Beauty book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Thoughts & Prayers by Bryan Bliss

19. Thoughts & Prayers

By: Bryan Bliss

3.43

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Claire, Eleanor, and Brezzen have little in common. Except for the fact that a year ago, they all h… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Thoughts & Prayers book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Our Year in Love and Parties by Karen Hattrup

20. Our Year in Love and Parties

By: Karen Hattrup

3.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four nights of the highest highs and the lowest lows. Three seconds to get lost in a good party. Tw… read more

Similar categories in Karen Hattrup's Our Year in Love and Parties book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Flicker in the Clarity by Amy McNamara

21. A Flicker in the Clarity

By: Amy McNamara

3.45

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

For as long as Evie can remember, she and Emma have been best friends. They’ve gone through everyth… read more

Similar categories in Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity book and Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You have to take care of people."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"A person who makes his own decisions,"

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"It’s impossible to run away from yourself. Believe me, I tried. Hiding from what scares you feels like a solution, but it really only deepens the fear."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

17 best-selling fiction books like The Girl You Thought I Was by Rebecca Phillips

Transform Your Habits

Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

Holly Smale

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Hot British Boyfriend

Kristy Boyce

3.38

Transform Your Habits

The How and the Why

Cynthia Hand

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Borrow My Heart

Kasie West

3.64

View all the books

29 Top fiction books like Frozen Beauty by Lexa Hillyer

Transform Your Habits

Tease

Amanda Maciel

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The How and the Why

Cynthia Hand

4.21

Transform Your Habits

A Treason of Thorns

Laura E. Weymouth

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Any Sign of Life

Rae Carson

3.74

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.