15 must-read contemporary books like For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose

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For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

By: Kim DeRose

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Those who would suppress and destroy you stand not a chance when confronted with the power that lie…

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1. The Poisons We Drink

By: Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Baptiste's The Poisons We Drink book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Not Like Other Girls

By: Meredith Adamo

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma,… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Adamo's Not Like Other Girls book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Make Me a Liar

By: Melissa Landers

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars gets a fantastical twist in this novel about a girl with a transferrable consciousnes… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Make Me a Liar book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • feminism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Hatchet Girls

By: Diana Rodriguez Wallach

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers comes a supernatural horror that reminds us family can… read more

Similar categories in Diana Rodriguez Wallach's Hatchet Girls book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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9. Every Time You Go Away

By: Abigail Johnson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Every Time You Go Away book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. The Bad Ones

By: Melissa Albert

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's The Bad Ones book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"

-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones

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11. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) by Linda Cheng

12. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1)

By: Linda Cheng

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced t… read more

Similar categories in Linda Cheng's Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, #1) book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. The Lilies

By: Quinn Diacon-Furtado

3.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Atlas Six and One of Us Is Lying, this queer dark academia mystery-thriller… read more

Similar categories in Quinn Diacon-Furtado's The Lilies book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. I'll Be Waiting

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's I'll Be Waiting book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • paranormal
  • fiction
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16. Last Girl Breathing

By: Court Stevens

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When the answers to a present-day murder lie in the past, one teen girl must examine a tragic event… read more

Similar categories in Court Stevens's Last Girl Breathing book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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17. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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18. The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Dwyer's The Atlas of Us book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim  DeRose

19. For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

By: Kim DeRose

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Those who would suppress and destroy you stand not a chance when confronted with the power that lie… read more

Similar categories in Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • urban fantasy
  • feminism
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. Evergreen

By: Devin Greenlee

3.62

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously dreamy urban fairytale about a dryad who risks immortality for love, from debut autho… read more

Similar categories in Devin Greenlee's Evergreen book and Kim DeRose's For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

18 Best fiction books like For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose

Transform Your Habits

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Space Between Here & Now

Sarah Suk

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Not Like Other Girls

Meredith Adamo

4.13

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20 Best fiction books like The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy

Transform Your Habits

Brighter Than the Sun

Daniel Aleman

4.06

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Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

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All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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