28 best-selling contemporary books like Year on Fire by Julie Buxbaum

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Year on Fire

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It was a year on fire. They fell in love. Someone was bound to get burned. The Spark: Just days …

If you liked the contemporary plot in Year on Fire by Julie Buxbaum , here is a list of 28 books like this:

1. The Unlikelies

By: Carrie Firestone

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

One good deed will change everything. Sadie is not excited for the summer before her senior year. I… read more

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2. This May End Badly

By: Samantha Markum

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's This May End Badly book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I grin, imagining it. “I can hear your creepy smile right now."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"Stranger Danger. You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"What, worried I’ll find your secret fetish porn stash and tell everyone about your anime bondage tentacle kink?"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"I’d say your worth isn’t decided by whether or not you can get a girl-starved demon from Winfield to lay his nasty fish lips you"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

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3. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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4. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

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5. A Year to the Day

By: Robin Benway

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones—holidays, birthdays, everything witho… read more

Similar categories in Robin Benway's A Year to the Day book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. When You Get the Chance

By: Emma Lord

3.88

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's When You Get the Chance book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I wish more than anything I could ask him something now. I was prepared to lose him, maybe. But I wasn't prepared for what happens after the losing."

-Emma Lord, When You Get the Chance

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7. 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 Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Love from Scratch

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coa… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Love from Scratch book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We met just a few minutes ago and he's already making fun of how I talk," I say. "All required ingredients in a recipe for success." "Don't get your petticoats in a twist, Scarlett O'Hara," Benny sho…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"Reese," I say, still in a daze. I am totally dead-fishing our handshake, but he doesn't seem to notice. "Like Reese's Cups, the best candy in the history of the world?" He gives me a lopsided grin an…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I've ended up with what are essentially dinner rolls that tried to dress as pretzels for Halloween. Benny's, meanwhile, are mall-food-court-level perfection. Apparently the boiling part---plus baking…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I'm pouring the nuts into the food processor when I notice Benny is already pulling a bowl out from under the stand mixer and starting to fold in dry ingredients by hand. "Why do I feel like you're w…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

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9. A Show for Two

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mina Rahman has a plan for her future: • Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, … read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's A Show for Two book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Home is where you find love"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"We're raised to see our parents as infallible, to believe they're incapable of making mistakes– but what about when they do? When they keep making them? What about when their mistakes hurt us?"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"I'm not sure how old I was when I realized my parents were never going to love me the way I wanted them to– that their love was conditional, dependent on my own behavior and whether I fit their defin…"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"This place is my home. These people are my home. I have memories in the cracks of every sidewalk, good and bad. Everywhere I go, I'll see the faces of people who have cherished me. I can run and run …"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

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10. Spells for Lost Things

By: Jenna Evans Welch

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true … read more

Similar categories in Jenna Evans Welch's Spells for Lost Things book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Families splitting are like earthquakes. Yes, they are happening every day all over the world, but that doesn't make them any less shocking when they happen to you."

-Jenna Evans Welch, Spells for Lost Things

"It’s Willow, but like a fairy-tale version of Willow. She’s barefoot and wearing a coral-pink dress that somehow makes everything about her more her. More freckles, more pinkish tones to her skin, ev…"

-Jenna Evans Welch, Spells for Lost Things

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11. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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13. A Disaster in Three Acts

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey'… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's A Disaster in Three Acts book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It's just one of those things where the dread of doing the activity is much worse than the actual activity. Like putting on a bra just for the sole purpose of going to Neato Burrito for takeout."

-Kelsey Rodkey, A Disaster in Three Acts

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14. Always Jane

By: Jenn Bennett

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old chauffeur’s daughter Jane Marlow grew up among the domestic staff of a wealthy LA… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bennett's Always Jane book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Love & Other Great Expectations

By: Becky Dean

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up wit… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Love & Other Great Expectations book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Want to be a knight, Al?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Maybe I just wanted to spend time with a pretty, crazy American."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

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16. The Art of Breaking Things

By: Laura Sibson

4.16

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson and Sara Zarr, one girl embraces the power of her voice: … read more

Similar categories in Laura Sibson's The Art of Breaking Things book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Dig Two Graves

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I did my part, BFF. Now it’s your turn. Seventeen-year-old film noir fan Neve Lanier is a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's Dig Two Graves book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Very Bad People

By: Kit Frick

3.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's Very Bad People book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Exactly Where You Need to Be

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Turtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” ( Publishers Weekly ), romantic road … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Exactly Where You Need to Be book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My OCD is a speed bumb, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"My OCD is a speed bump, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"Lauren the therapist always tells me that the only person I can compare myself to are the former versions of myself."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

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20. Full Flight

By: Ashley Schumacher

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Everyone else in the tiny town of Enfield, Texas calls fall football season, but for the forty-thre… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's Full Flight book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Tahira in Bloom

By: Farah Heron

3.83

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is full of surprises in a winning novel about a girl dreaming big during one unexpected small-… read more

Similar categories in Farah Heron's Tahira in Bloom book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By: Kip Wilson

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. With and Without You

By: Emily Wibberley

3.54

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

If high school seniors Siena and Patrick were a superlative, they'd be the Couple Most Likely to Ma… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's With and Without You book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. Never Vacation with Your Ex

By: Emily Wibberley

3.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Never Vacation with Your Ex book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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25. No One Is Alone

By: Rachel Vincent

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a gripping and heartfelt story about a girl faced with… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Vincent's No One Is Alone book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. How We Ricochet

By: Faith Gardner

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Intimate, impactful, and incisive, this newest novel from Faith Gardner, critically acclaimed autho… read more

Similar categories in Faith Gardner's How We Ricochet book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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27. Year on Fire

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It was a year on fire. They fell in love. Someone was bound to get burned. The Spark: Just days … read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

By: Julia Walton

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl rewrites sex education, one viral post at a time, in this fiercely honest and delightfully a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Walton's On the Subject of Unmentionable Things book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Dashed

By: Amanda Quain

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this contemporary update of Sense and Sensibility, Margaret Dashwood is setting sail on an adven… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Quain's Dashed book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. No Going Back

By: Patrick Flores-Scott

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Antonio is determined to make amends to the people he hurt most—even if it means breaking the terms… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Flores-Scott's No Going Back book and Julie Buxbaum's Year on Fire

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

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Samantha Markum

3.87

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Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

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Places We've Never Been

Kasie West

3.88

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Robin Benway

3.49

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Morgan Matson

3.69

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Kasie West

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