30 Best young adult books like Read Between the Lies by Malcolm Duffy

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Read Between the Lies

By: Malcolm Duffy

3.60

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommy is talented, cool, a young offender, and dyslexic. Ryan is smart, uncool, well-behaved, and …

If you liked the young adult plot in Read Between the Lies by Malcolm Duffy , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood

1. The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.12

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortn… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Thorogood's The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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2. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • young adult
Cover of Steady For This by Nathanael Lessore

4. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

Similar categories in Nathanael Lessore's Steady For This book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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5. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

Similar categories in Joseph Coelho's The Boy Lost in the Maze book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • young adult
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6. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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8. You Think You Know Me

By: Ayaan Mohamud

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate… read more

Similar categories in Ayaan Mohamud's You Think You Know Me book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. When Shadows Fall

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.70

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heart-breaking and poignant novel from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. Kai, Orla and Zak g… read more

Similar categories in Sita Brahmachari's When Shadows Fall book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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12. Suddenly a Murder

By: Lauren Muñoz

3.65

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. On… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Muñoz's Suddenly a Murder book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
"He’s a Darcy in the streets but a Wickham in the sheets."

-Lauren Muñoz, Suddenly a Murder

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13. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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14. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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15. Different for Boys

By: Patrick Ness

3.82

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Different for Boys book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
"We can't kiss. Because that would make us gay."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Because nothing I did with Charlie ever once felt like that kiss with Jack."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"You know, the way teenage guys talk about sex, you'd think all of us were having it all the time, nonstop."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Although doesn't really matter how many time you do it: you think it's going to make your life less lonely, but it never does."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

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16. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. Bad Influence

By: Tamsin Winter

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning t… read more

Similar categories in Tamsin Winter's Bad Influence book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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19. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Needle book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. Northern Soul

By: Phil Earle

4.10

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Phil Earle comes the hilariously agonising account of one teenage boy’s d… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Northern Soul book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • young adult
Cover of The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) by Laura  Wood

21. The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1)

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

22. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

Similar categories in Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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23. When Our Worlds Collided

By: Danielle Jawando

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teena… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Jawando's When Our Worlds Collided book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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24. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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25. The Song that Sings Us

By: Nicola Davies

3.99

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

When animals talk, it’s time humans listened: Harlon has been raised to protect her younger sibling… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Davies's The Song that Sings Us book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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26. Our Sister, Again

By: Sophie Cameron

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

On a small island off the Scottish coast, Isla and her family are grieving the loss of her older si… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Our Sister, Again book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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27. The Changing Man

By: Tomi Oyemakinde

3.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school’s decades-old … read more

Similar categories in Tomi Oyemakinde's The Changing Man book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Read Between the Lies by Malcolm Duffy

28. Read Between the Lies

By: Malcolm Duffy

3.60

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommy is talented, cool, a young offender, and dyslexic. Ryan is smart, uncool, well-behaved, and … read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Truth Be Told by Sue Divin

29. Truth Be Told

By: Sue Divin

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Tara is from Derry, Faith is from Armagh; their lives are very different, but they look exactly the… read more

Similar categories in Sue Divin's Truth Be Told book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
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30. This Is My Truth

By: Yasmin Rahman

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Best friends Amani and Huda are getting nervous about their GCSEs - and their future beyond school,… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Rahman's This Is My Truth book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Finding My Voice (Frankie's World, #2) by Aoife Dooley

31. Finding My Voice (Frankie's World, #2)

By: Aoife Dooley

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet? Frankie is diffe… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Dooley's Finding My Voice (Frankie's World, #2) book and Malcolm Duffy's Read Between the Lies

  • young adult
"Sometimes it's hard to be yourself, but if you try you might be surprised."

-Aoife Dooley, Finding My Voice (Frankie's World, #2)

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