8 must-read fiction books like After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson

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After the Lights Go Out

By: Lili Wilkinson

4.06

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you…

"Our blood stains the red dirt under my feet, and the thought of leaving it behind makes my heart ache."

-Lili Wilkinson, After the Lights Go Out

"Our blood stains the red dirt under my feet, and the thought of leaving it behind makes my heart ache."

-Lili Wilkinson, After the Lights Go Out

If you liked the fiction plot in After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Whisper

By: Lynette Noni

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

For two and a half years, Subject 684 -- "Jane Doe" -- has been locked underground in a secret gove… read more

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2. The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2)

By: Patrick Ness

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay … read more

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3. Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3)

By: Patrick Ness

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indi… read more

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4. Raelia (The Medoran Chronicles, #2)

By: Lynette Noni

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

"Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices." Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy… read more

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5. Draekora

By: Lynette Noni

3.50

Format: None pages,

"I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you … read more

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6. Looking for Alibrandi

By: Melina Marchetta

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. … read more

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7. My Sister Rosa

By: Justine Larbalestier

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

What if the most terrifying person you'd ever met was your ten-year old sister? 'I promise,' said R… read more

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8. Boy Swallows Universe

By: Trent Dalton

4.34

Format: 474 pages, Paperback

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more

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  • fiction
"Don't fuckin' swear."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Most things people say don't need to be said."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

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9. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

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  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6) by Lynette Noni

11. Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6)

By: Lynette Noni

4.28

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

She didn’t hesitate to open the door and step through it, just as she had thousands of times before… read more

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  • young adult
  • adventure
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12. Murder Town

By: Shelley Burr

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Murder Town book and Lili Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out

  • thriller
  • fiction
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13. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Night in Question (The Agathas #2) book and Lili Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. The Girl Who Broke the Sea

By: A. Connors

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lily's emotional problems run deep - three miles deep. After she gets kicked out of school for her… read more

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  • science fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5) by Lynette Noni

15. Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5)

By: Lynette Noni

4.60

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

“When Day and Night combine and fight against one Enemy, then Dark and Light shall meet mid-strike… read more

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  • young adult
  • adventure
"Do not doubt in darkness what you believed in times of light."

-Lynette Noni, Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5)

"You know the funny thing about regrets?" Jordan said, his eyes full of mischief. "You don't know you're going to have them until afterwards."

-Lynette Noni, Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5)

Cover of Graevale (The Medoran Chronicles, #4) by Lynette Noni

16. Graevale (The Medoran Chronicles, #4)

By: Lynette Noni

4.57

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

Light or dark, only one can win. This world cannot survive in shades of grey. Now that Aven Dalmar… read more

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  • young adult
  • adventure
"I'll always be with you, kitten, for as long as there are stars in the sky' - Niyx, Graevale"

-Lynette Noni, Graevale (The Medoran Chronicles, #4)

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17. Invisible Boys

By: Holden Sheppard

4.41

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who's not as tough as… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"How bad would it actually be, to end up with a woman? I’m sure I could learn to live with it. And if you close your eyes, well, you could imagine it’s a guy."

-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys

"When the moon rose, I’d wonder if there was a boy somewhere looking at the same moon, maybe in Europe or America or Africa. Would we meet one day and talk about how we were both looking at the moon a…"

-Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys

Cover of The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5) by Mackenzi Lee

18. The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

By: Mackenzi Lee

4.05

Format: 128 pages, ebook

In this funny and frothy novella that picks up where the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Or perhaps that's just me assigning subterranean levels to every goddamn breath he takes."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"Someday, you little twat, it's going to be more than that. The way we start doesn't have to be where we end up."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

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19. Stuck Up & Stupid

By: Angourie Rice

3.05

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern trans-Pacific twist on Pride and Prejudice, from an authentic team of debut authors who kn… read more

Similar categories in Angourie Rice's Stuck Up & Stupid book and Lili Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out

  • young adult
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20. What We All Saw

By: Mike Lucas

3.34

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIEN… read more

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  • thriller
  • family
  • young adult
"There was just a resignation that, at some point in the near future, we were all going to have to face some kind of music. What the song was depended on our ability not only to sing, but to sing the …"

-Mike Lucas, What We All Saw

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21. After the Lights Go Out

By: Lili Wilkinson

4.06

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out book and Lili Wilkinson's After the Lights Go Out

  • survival
  • post apocalyptic
  • apocalyptic
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • family
  • science fiction
  • thriller
"Our blood stains the red dirt under my feet, and the thought of leaving it behind makes my heart ache."

-Lili Wilkinson, After the Lights Go Out

11 Best young adult books like After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

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Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6)

Lynette Noni

4.28

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The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

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The Girl Who Broke the Sea

A. Connors

3.88

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19 Best fiction books like Murder Town by Shelley Burr

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The Drowning

Bryan Brown

3.56

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The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

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Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

Margaret Hickey

4.06

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