12 must-read romance books like When We Caught Fire by Anna Godbersen

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When We Caught Fire

By: Anna Godbersen

3.14

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1871 and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago’s high society by storm. Between her father…

If you liked the romance plot in When We Caught Fire by Anna Godbersen , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles, #1) by Lauren DeStefano

1. Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles, #1)

By: Lauren DeStefano

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the floating city, you can be anything you dream - a novelist or a singer, a florist or a factor… read more

Similar categories in Lauren DeStefano's Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles, #1) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
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2. Always Forever Maybe

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

When Betts meets Aiden at the candy store where she works, their connection is like a sugar rush to… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Always Forever Maybe book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like, #1.5)

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.68

Format: 593 pages, ebook

Ellie O'Neill and Graham Larkin fell hard for each other when a misspelled email address unexpected… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer E. Smith's Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like, #1.5) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary

4. Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1)

By: Makiia Lucier

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

Ulises asked, "How can I look at these maps, see this riddle, and do nothing? They are my brothers.… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

5. Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers, #1)

By: Michelle Rowen

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I don't do dangerous. Smart, uber-careful, ordinary Samantha-that's me. But I just couldn't pass up… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Rowen's Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers, #1) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

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6. 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 Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Eden Conquered (Dividing Eden, #2)

By: Joelle Charbonneau

3.72

Format: 315 pages, ebook

The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Charbonneau's Eden Conquered (Dividing Eden, #2) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
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8. A Treason of Thorns

By: Laura E. Weymouth

3.44

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Violet Sterling has spent the last seven years in exile, longing to return to Burleigh House. One o… read more

Similar categories in Laura E. Weymouth's A Treason of Thorns book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. My Contrary Mary (Mary, #1)

By: Cynthia Hand

3.91

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . .… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's My Contrary Mary (Mary, #1) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. In Another Time

By: Caroline Leech

3.82

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Love is worth the fight It’s 1942, and Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands doing her bit… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Leech's In Another Time book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • teen
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
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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 Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • audiobook
  • 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

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13. Red Wolf

By: Rachel Vincent

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high stakes reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood. For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can r… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Vincent's Red Wolf book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"We are a different kind of monster, Adele. The beasts in the forest do horrific things to people. We do horrific things to protect people. And that is rarely easy, it's rarely neat or clean or pretty…"

-Rachel Vincent, Red Wolf

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14. Trouble the Saints

By: Alaya Dawn Johnson

3.37

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Undergroun… read more

Similar categories in Alaya Dawn Johnson's Trouble the Saints book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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15. When We Caught Fire

By: Anna Godbersen

3.14

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1871 and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago’s high society by storm. Between her father… read more

Similar categories in Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • teen
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • historical romance
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Dark Tracks (Order of Darkness, #4)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.77

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Luca and Isolde continue investigating for the Order of Darkness in the fourth book in the Order of… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Gregory's Dark Tracks (Order of Darkness, #4) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Steel Tide (Seafire, #2)

By: Natalie C. Parker

4.20

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The second book in a heart-stopping trilogy that follows the captain of an all-female ship intent o… read more

Similar categories in Natalie C. Parker's Steel Tide (Seafire, #2) book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You will always fail to lose me."

-Natalie C. Parker, Steel Tide (Seafire, #2)

"She wanted it so keenly that a spark of hope wedged between her ribs like one of those stars, glimmering against all reason."

-Natalie C. Parker, Steel Tide (Seafire, #2)

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18. 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 Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Champions book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

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20. The Antidote

By: Shelley Sackier

3.29

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Magic is not allowed, under any circumstances — even if it could save someone’s life. Instead, ther… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Sackier's The Antidote book and Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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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 Anna Godbersen's When We Caught Fire

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • 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

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3.68

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4.21

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McCall Hoyle

4.17

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4.11

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3.78

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