30 must-read fiction books like Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3) by Sara Barnard

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Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

By: Sara Barnard

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A powerful novel about first love, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable futur…

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1. Girls in Tears (Girls, #4)

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.57

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Ellie, Magda and Nadine are back - but they're not very happy! Ellie's glorious romance with Russel… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Girls in Tears (Girls, #4) book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2)

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and 'gothic' and Ellie, well, Ellie is just plain no… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2) book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Torn

By: Cat Clarke

4.34

Format: 345 pages,

From a Zoella Book Club 2017 author Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotio… read more

Similar categories in Cat Clarke's Torn book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Trouble

By: Non Pratt

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship--from the boy who pr… read more

Similar categories in Non Pratt's Trouble book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

5. Girls Out Late (Girls, #3)

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ellie has a boyfriend! Interested in her - not in her best friends, Magda and Nadine! She and Russe… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Girls Out Late (Girls, #3) book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

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6. A Scatter of Light

By: Malinda Lo

3.87

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful coming-of-queer-age … read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's A Scatter of Light book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people wh…"

-Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

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7. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

Similar categories in Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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8. A Million to One

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Adiba Jaigirdar, author of one of Time's Best YA books of all time, gives Titanic an Ocean’s 8 make… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's A Million to One book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. 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 Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"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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10. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

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11. Finding Phoebe

By: Gavin Extence

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

'Totally enchanting, warm and funny' Ciara Smyth, author of Not My Problem‘Neurodiversity has a voi… read more

Similar categories in Gavin Extence's Finding Phoebe book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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12. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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13. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. The First Move

By: Jenny Ireland

3.79

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exist… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Ireland's The First Move book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. The Year I Didn't Eat

By: Samuel Pollen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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16. If You Still Recognise Me

By: Cynthia So

4.05

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia So's If You Still Recognise Me book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

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17. Baby Love

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.21

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy and its consequ… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Baby Love book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. You Can Go Your Own Way

By: Eric Smith

3.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

No one ever said love would be easy…but did they mention it would be freezing? Adam Stillwater i… read more

Similar categories in Eric Smith's You Can Go Your Own Way book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

By: Jen St. Jude

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental healt… read more

Similar categories in Jen St. Jude's If Tomorrow Doesn't Come book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"There's nothing to know." Except I'm in love with you, I can never tell you that, and I know you'll be happier without me."

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"We were never just friends, were we?’ I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t fee…"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

"If I was drowning on land, in oxygen, maybe the floor of the river was the only place I’d be able to breathe. [...] I thought, again, I’m so tired. I’m such a disappointment. I don’t want to do this …"

-Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

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20. This Summer's Secrets

By: Emily Barr

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars , intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Burning

By: Laura Bates

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! What happens when you can’t run or hide from a mistake that go… read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's The Burning book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"We are the granddaughters of the witches you burned. And we’re not putting up with it any more."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

"We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn. And we are not putting up with it anymore."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

"Jeez,’ another boy calls, ‘it was a compliment.’ ‘Compliments are like jokes,’ Cat says drily. ‘If you have to explain what they are, they haven’t worked."

-Laura Bates, The Burning

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22. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

By: Holly Bourne

3.94

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at “normality” for … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Because trying to use logic to explain anxiety is like using a banana to open a locked safe."

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"I think real kindness, real compassion, is having the strength to stop and try and see where another person is coming from. To try and work out why they're being the way they're being. It takes time …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"You don't have to stop looking after yourself just to help the world. In fact, sometimes it's better for the world if you put yourself first. That's not being selfish, in fact looking after yourself …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

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23. The Girl in Question

By: Tess Sharpe

4.35

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's The Girl in Question book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It's fucking with fate."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

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24. Love Frankie

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

GROWING UP. FALLING IN LOVE. COMING OUT. Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Love Frankie book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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25. We Are All Constellations

By: Amy Beashel

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A heartbreaking but hope-filled tale about the stories we tell ourselves to survive from the author… read more

Similar categories in Amy Beashel's We Are All Constellations book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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26. In the Shallows

By: Tanya Byrne

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating young adult novel, two girls set out to unravel a mystery tied to the sea―and f… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Byrne's In the Shallows book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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27. Gloves Off

By: Louisa Reid

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullie… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Reid's Gloves Off book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

By: Sara Barnard

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A powerful novel about first love, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable futur… read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3) book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • queer
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29. Think Again

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐ Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? ⭐They're all grown … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Think Again book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1) by Lauren   James

30. Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1)

By: Lauren James

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A contemporary YA murder mystery set in sun-drenched LA, for fans of Malibu Rising, We Were Liars a… read more

Similar categories in Lauren James's Last Seen Online (Gottie Writes, #1) book and Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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31. 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 Sara Barnard's Something Certain, Maybe (Beautiful Broken Things, #3)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

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4.34

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