14 Best contemporary books like The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza

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The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

1. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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4. Road Home

By: Rex Ogle

4.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and … read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Road Home book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • lgbt
  • queer
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5. Wild Dreamers

By: Margarita Engle

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservati… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Wild Dreamers book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"As if moonlight has been transformed into music"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

"Always say unhoused instead of homeless so i'll know that its temporary and not an intrinsic aspect of my character, but i'm pretty sure that when she drives home at the end of each day she returns t…"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

6. 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 Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"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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7. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Jupiter Rising

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.59

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's Jupiter Rising book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch

11. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza

13. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • audiobook
  • drama
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Age 16

By: Rosena Fung

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Age 16 book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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15. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Ash's Cabin

By: Jen Wang

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more inter… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's Ash's Cabin book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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17. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Unbecoming

By: Seema Yasmin

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two Muslim teens in Texas fight for access to abortion while one harbors a painful secret in this f… read more

Similar categories in Seema Yasmin's Unbecoming book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. The Glass Girl

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.39

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Glass Girl book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Buffalo Dreamer by Violet  Duncan

20. Buffalo Dreamer

By: Violet Duncan

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family his… read more

Similar categories in Violet Duncan's Buffalo Dreamer book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Pick the Lock by A.S. King

21. Pick the Lock

By: A.S. King

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's Pick the Lock book and Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

20 Top fiction books like The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Not Like Other Girls

Meredith Adamo

4.13

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And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

Wild Dreamers

Margarita Engle

3.75

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16 best-selling fiction books like Age 16 by Rosena Fung

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The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Freshman Year

Sarah Mai

3.76

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The Deep Dark

Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

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