13 must-read romance books like Impossible Music by Sean Williams

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Impossible Music

By: Sean Williams

3.56

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Music is Simon’s life—which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists …

If you liked the romance plot in Impossible Music by Sean Williams , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. A Little Something Different

By: Sandy Hall

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Unknown Binding

The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her … read more

Similar categories in Sandy Hall's A Little Something Different book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'll die of embarrassment." "At least you'll die knowing."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"I'm aware of how unprofessional this is and yet I can't stop myself."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"I look at her suspiciously. ... Nothing is ever short and easy in this class."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"My emotions are spiraling out of control. I never promised I would be logical at a time like this!"

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

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2. The Replacement Crush

By: Lisa Brown Roberts

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

True love can't be strategized.After book blogger Vivian Galdi’s longtime crush pretends their secr… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Brown Roberts's The Replacement Crush book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. The Music Shop

By: Rachel Joyce

3.84

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Joyce's The Music Shop book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Aretha is soul. You can’t argue with Aretha."

-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop

"...the vivid past would not go away. Like music, said Peg. Even when it was over, it kept living inside you."

-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop

"Real love was a journey with many pitfalls and complications, and sometimes the place you ended up was not the one you hoped for."

-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop

"Frank was so busy loving other people he had no room to accommodate the fact that someone might turn around one day and love him back."

-Rachel Joyce, The Music Shop

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4. Phantom Limbs

By: Paula Garner

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you move on from an irreplaceable loss? In a poignant debut, a sixteen-year-old boy must lea… read more

Similar categories in Paula Garner's Phantom Limbs book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"It started the way so many good things do: with bacon."

-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs

"All I wanted was for things to be like they used to be. Except for all the parts that couldn't be. Which I guess, was almost all of them."

-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs

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5. Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton , Sona Charaipotra

5.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. The Best Lies

By: Sarah Lyu

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow w… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Lyu's The Best Lies book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There’s already so much awful shit out there, why add more?"

-Sarah Lyu, The Best Lies

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7. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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8. What Kind of Girl

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Both timely and timeless, a powerful exploration of abuse in its many forms, as well as the streng… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's What Kind of Girl book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Maybe I have to stop trying to be one thing or another. Maybe I need to accept the ways I contradict myself. Maybe that's what it is to be human."

-Alyssa B. Sheinmel, What Kind of Girl

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9. Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1)

By: Elise Bryant

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely se… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1) book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Silence Between Us

By: Alison Gervais

3.86

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing school for the first time. As if … read more

Similar categories in Alison Gervais's The Silence Between Us book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
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11. The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2)

By: Ashley Poston

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Prince and the Pauper gets a modern makeover in this adorable, witty, and heartwarming young ad… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2) book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"my voice is tiny—but my dreams are big"

-Ashley Poston, The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2)

"Is that how you greet your new ruler? With a pistol and a sassy catchphrase? —Princess Amara"

-Ashley Poston, The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2)

"Sometimes the best heroes are the ones in your head—but that doesn't make them any less real."

-Ashley Poston, The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2)

"I am a nobody, but I’m a nobody who wants to leave the world a little brighter than when she arrived."

-Ashley Poston, The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2)

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12. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moskowitz's Sick Kids in Love book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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13. Like a Love Story

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.26

Format: 432 pages, None

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy w… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love Story book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I just have too much to scream about to leave just yet."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"There should be a limit on how long any human being has to wear braces. - Reza"

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

"I want her to hold me, ask me about him, something. Instead she says, 'I can't hear about this. Please. I can't."

-Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

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14. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • music
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Salt the Water book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • disability
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17. The Color of Lies

By: C.J. Lyons

3.62

Format: 336 pages, ebook

High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medica… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Lyons's The Color of Lies book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2)

By: Elise Bryant

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a ma… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

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20. Impossible Music

By: Sean Williams

3.56

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Music is Simon’s life—which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists … read more

Similar categories in Sean Williams's Impossible Music book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • romance
  • music
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
  • disability
Cover of Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder by Kelley Armstrong

21. Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Life Is Short and Then You Die is the Mystery Writers of America's first teen anthology, edited by … read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder book and Sean Williams's Impossible Music

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult

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3.57

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3.84

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3.93

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3.96

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3.89

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