6 best-selling family books like Catch Me When You Fall by Eileen Merriman

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Catch Me When You Fall

By: Eileen Merriman

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discovering happiness amid uncertainty and finding a love that transcends the boundary between life…

If you liked the family plot in Catch Me When You Fall by Eileen Merriman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Boy in the Dress by Quentin Blake, David Walliams

1. The Boy in the Dress

By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Blake's The Boy in the Dress book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Private Peaceful

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the Children's Laureate of England, a stunning novel of the First World War, a boy who is on i… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • family
  • young adult
"I have no pity for them, but no hatred either"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Tonight, more than any other night, I want to feel alive."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Here there are no folds in the fields, only wide open plains, scarcely a hill in sight. And instead of church towers they have spires that thrust themselves skywards like a child putting his hand up …"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

3. I Am Not Esther (I Am Not Esther, #1)

By: Fleur Beale

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A young girl is left by her mother with relatives she's never met who are members of a strict relig… read more

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4. Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)

By: Gary Paulsen

4.14

Format: None pages,

He would have to find some way to protect himself, some weapon. The fire worked well when it was bu… read more

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5. ...And a Happy New Year? (The Spinster Club, #3.5)

By: Holly Bourne

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Evie, Amber and Lottie are having a new year party to remember. For the first time since leaving co… read more

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6. Flight of a Starling

By: Lisa Heathfield

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Rita and Lo, sisters and best friends, have spent their lives on the wing - flying through the air … read more

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7. Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)

By: Malorie Blackman

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice … read more

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8. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • contemporary
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9. Call It What You Want

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player t… read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Call It What You Want book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"One choice doesn’t determine your whole future."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"I don't carry a grudge but I have a functioning memory."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"Other people don’t have the challenges we have... but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"When you've lost everything,' he says, 'sometimes you don't see anything wrong with taking a little back."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

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10. Breathless

By: Jennifer Niven

3.78

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is making plans: college in t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Niven's Breathless book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"But all the scary stuff doesn't really compare to getting lost in your own mind."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"Just like I will decide my life. No more waiting for other people to decide things for me. I'm writing it right now."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"(...) when life suddenly changes and you’re left picking up the pieces. She says it’s actually how you pick up the pieces that defines you."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"There’s this feeling you get when you write a really good, true sentence or paragraph or scene, and it makes you feel invincible, as if you can do anything. It feels like a superpower, and in that mo…"

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

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11. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • mental health
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12. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • contemporary
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13. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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14. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • contemporary
  • family
  • mental health
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15. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Evermore (Everless, #2) by Sara  Holland

16. Evermore (Everless, #2)

By: Sara Holland

3.53

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The highly anticipated sequel to New York Times bestseller, Everless! Jules Ember was raised he… read more

Similar categories in Sara Holland's Evermore (Everless, #2) book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
"But that doesn't mean the past has to repeat itself. We have to believe that we can change the future. Otherwise, what's the point of anything?"

-Sara Holland, Evermore (Everless, #2)

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17. The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp

By: Leonie Agnew

3.30

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

The unpublished manuscript was the winner of the 2022 Tessa Duder a powerful exploration of guilt,… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Agnew's The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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18. The In Between

By: Marc Klein

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This heartbreaking story—perfect for fans of If I Stay and Five Feet Apart—follows a girl swept up … read more

Similar categories in Marc Klein's The In Between book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
"Skylar?"

-Marc Klein, The In Between

"Skylar? Are you here…?"

-Marc Klein, The In Between

"I just realized something,"

-Marc Klein, The In Between

"Her iPhone, like Skylar, was dead."

-Marc Klein, The In Between

Cover of It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

19. It Sounded Better in My Head

By: Nina Kenwood

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first l… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I am an adult now (sort of, kind of, not really)."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"I do like to be out doing things and talking to people.' 'I like to be home, not doing things, talking to no one."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"Maybe I've never smiled or laughed at an appropriate time in my entire life and I just didn't realise until this moment."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"People aren’t all good or all bad. You can learn from mistakes. Or you can keep making them. You can always become a better person."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

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20. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

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21. Sixteen Souls

By: Rosie Talbot

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have gli… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Talbot's Sixteen Souls book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream (Better than the Movies, #1.4) by Lynn Painter

22. Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream (Better than the Movies, #1.4)

By: Lynn Painter

4.25

Format: 6 pages, ebook

Wes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream (Better than the Movies, #1.4) book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • love
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) by Katie Cotugno

23. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

By: Katie Cotugno

3.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

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24. To Be Devoured

By: Sara Tantlinger

3.82

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

What does carrion taste like? Andi has to know. The vultures circling outside her home taunt and in… read more

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25. Jay's Gay Agenda

By: Jason June

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

There's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in … read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Jay's Gay Agenda book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I was the Willy Wonka of slip-ups"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"Why did the city's most notable attraction have to be so "bonery?"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"When most of the football players had left the closet, it was safe enough to pick my material."

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

"My whole body wanted him, my entire soul too, and it hit me that an item on the Gay Agenda always should have been to find Albert. To find the guy who could set my spirit and sexuality on fire all at…"

-Jason June, Jay's Gay Agenda

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26. All the Best Liars

By: Amelia Kahaney

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark, modern psychological thriller and coming-of-age about obsession, manipulation, and the inte… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Kahaney's All the Best Liars book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1) by Lynn Painter

27. Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1)

By: Lynn Painter

4.41

Format: 15 pages, ebook

This is Wes's POV of the scene where Liz comes to his house to ask him if he can help her get close… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1) book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • young adult
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

Cover of Catch Me When You Fall by Eileen Merriman

29. Catch Me When You Fall

By: Eileen Merriman

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discovering happiness amid uncertainty and finding a love that transcends the boundary between life… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall book and Eileen Merriman's Catch Me When You Fall

  • romance
  • love
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Life of Dai by Dai Henwood

30. The Life of Dai

By: Dai Henwood

4.43

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity… read more

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31. All That We Know

By: Shilo Kino

4.61

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more

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4.02

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