7 Top coming of age books like Accidental by Alex Richards

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Accidental

By: Alex Richards

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This timely, emotionally-resonant story about a teen girl dealing with the aftermath of a tragic sh…

If you liked the coming of age plot in Accidental by Alex Richards , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. You Will Know Me

By: Megan Abbott

3.43

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Katie and Eric Knox have dedicated their lives to their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnasti… read more

Similar categories in Megan Abbott's You Will Know Me book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"...there's a hundred ways sex can ruin you but there's no end to the ways love can."

-Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me

"...like my own granddad used to say, if you get down to the nub of it, people don't change. That's not true, Katie thought. Not at all. Everyone changed, all the time. That was what was so hard."

-Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me

"This sensible, sensible girl. A girl who knew how to protect herself. Never a daredevil, never stunting without a safety mat, without spotters. A girl for whom instability was the ultimate enemy. Who…"

-Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me

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2. Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

By: Michael Grant

4.38

Format: 548 pages, Hardcover

She’s fighting to survive. The summer of 1943, World War II. The Germans have been bloodied, but… read more

Similar categories in Michael Grant's Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2) book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
" Danger: Explosives! Disturb at your own peril!!! "

-Michael Grant, Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

" Rio : – What the hell is the point of worrying about it? I don’t see Geer or Pang or Stick moping. Jen : – No, […]. They’re all busy being men. […] We’re not men, Rio. We don’t have to be men."

-Michael Grant, Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

"We were girls, you see, not even women, just girls, most of us when we started. And the boys were just boys, not men, most of them. We’d only begun to live life, we knew little and understood less. W…"

-Michael Grant, Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

"The folks who hate the idea of women soldiers tell one set of lies, the people who like the notion of women at war tell a different set of lies. If you believe the one side, we’re nothing but a drag …"

-Michael Grant, Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

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3. The Girl with the Wrong Name

By: Barnabas Miller

4.49

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ever since "The Night In Question" left her with a hideous scar and no memory of what happened, The… read more

Similar categories in Barnabas Miller's The Girl with the Wrong Name book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. House Arrest

By: K.A. Holt

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's House Arrest book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
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5. Side Effects May Vary

By: Julie Murphy

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, she vows to spend her final months righting… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's Side Effects May Vary book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Vanishing Season

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Girls started vanishing in the fall, and now winter's come to lay a white sheet over the horror. Do… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Vanishing Season book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. The Age of Miracles

By: Karen Thompson Walker

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and my fa… read more

Similar categories in Karen Thompson Walker's The Age of Miracles book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult

8. Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn, #3)

By: Jenny Han , Siobhan Vivian

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New Year's Eve ended with a bang and Mary, Kat and Lillia may not be prepared for what is to come. … read more

Similar categories in Jenny Han's Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn, #3) book and Alex Richards's Accidental

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9. Rules for Being a Girl

By: Candace Bushnell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl. . . . Marin has al… read more

Similar categories in Candace Bushnell's Rules for Being a Girl book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Remember, girl: It's the best time in the history of the world to be you. You can do anything! You can do everything! You can be whatever you want to be! Just as long as you follow the rules."

-Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl

"It starts before you can remember: you learn, as surely as you learn to walk and talk, the rules for being a girl... Put a little color on your face. Shave your legs. Don’t wear too much makeup. Don’…"

-Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl

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10. The How and the Why

By: Cynthia Hand

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, fro… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's The How and the Why book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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11. Frenemies with Benefits

By: Lydia Sharp

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A playful and sexy contemporary rom-com perfect for fans of The Kissing Booth and Tweet Cute If … read more

Similar categories in Lydia Sharp's Frenemies with Benefits book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Are you hungry?"

-Lydia Sharp, Frenemies with Benefits

"Nice dress, witch," Ben says. "Did you kill Dorothy for it?" "Still searching for your brain, scarecrow?"

-Lydia Sharp, Frenemies with Benefits

"Love isn’t perfection—it’s the opposite. It’s two imperfect people making mistakes together and memories together and learning and growing from each other and leaning on each other. Trusting each oth…"

-Lydia Sharp, Frenemies with Benefits

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12. Emergency Contact

By: Mary H.K. Choi

3.64

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and wh… read more

Similar categories in Mary H.K. Choi's Emergency Contact book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It’s fucking art, man,"

-Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

"She smiled. Sam smiled back. She died."

-Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

"Everything precious was also vulnerable."

-Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

"To be a hero, you had to decide it was you."

-Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

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13. Charming as a Verb

By: Ben Philippe

3.85

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at … read more

Similar categories in Ben Philippe's Charming as a Verb book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"All children are charming as an adjective, but you’re charming as a verb."

-Ben Philippe, Charming as a Verb

Cover of Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards

14. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Not Here to Stay Friends

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the su… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Not Here to Stay Friends book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. I Wish You Would

By: Eva Des Lauriers

3.76

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In this drama-filled love story, private confessions are scattered on the beach during a senior cla… read more

Similar categories in Eva Des Lauriers's I Wish You Would book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Gone Too Far by Natalie D. Richards

17. Gone Too Far

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From Natalie D. Richards, the New York Times bestselling author of mystery books for teens, comes a… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Gone Too Far book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Malum Non Vide: See No Evil"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

"My whole day has been a unicorn ride through a field of rainbows"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

"My phone buzzes and I fish it from my pocket, expecting Tacey or maybe my parents checking in to make sure I’m okay. But it’s an unfamiliar number. Do you blame yourself? I read the words once. Twice…"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

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18. We Are Not From Here

By: Jenny Torres Sanchez

4.48

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico borde… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Torres Sanchez's We Are Not From Here book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

"We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds."

-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

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19. No One Is Alone

By: Rachel Vincent

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a gripping and heartfelt story about a girl faced with… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Vincent's No One Is Alone book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Dating Makes Perfect

By: Pintip Dunn

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not … read more

Similar categories in Pintip Dunn's Dating Makes Perfect book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Accidental by Alex  Richards

21. Accidental

By: Alex Richards

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This timely, emotionally-resonant story about a teen girl dealing with the aftermath of a tragic sh… read more

Similar categories in Alex Richards's Accidental book and Alex Richards's Accidental

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

19 must-read fiction books like Accidental by Alex Richards

Transform Your Habits

You Will Know Me

Megan Abbott

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Silver Stars (Front Lines, #2)

Michael Grant

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Girl with the Wrong Name

Barnabas Miller

4.49

Transform Your Habits

House Arrest

K.A. Holt

3.81

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15 best-selling fiction books like Frenemies with Benefits by Lydia Sharp

Transform Your Habits

Frenemies with Benefits

Lydia Sharp

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Dreaming About the Boy Next Door (Most Likely To #2)

Sarah Sutton

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Bookworm

Cookie O'Gorman

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Sweetheart

Cookie O'Gorman

4.21

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