23 Best fiction books like Sonny and Me by Ross Sayers

Cover of Sonny and Me by Ross Sayers

Sonny and Me

By: Ross Sayers

4.38

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

FOURTH YEAR. TWO PALS. ONE MURDER. WELCOME TO BATTLEFIELD HIGH… ‘Whoever said yer school days ar…

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Cover of The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

1. The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have tim… read more

Similar categories in Lemony Snicket's The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Velocity!" Sunny shrieked. I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

" Tra la la, Fiddle dee dee, Hope you get well soon. Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, Have a heart-shaped balloon. "

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"But sometimes it takes only a photograph and a sentence to make an author cry himself to sleep even years after the photograph was taken."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

Cover of The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

2. The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in … read more

Similar categories in Lemony Snicket's The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

3. The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children are on the run having b… read more

Similar categories in Lemony Snicket's The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #37) by Agatha Christie

4. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #37)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found . Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husba… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #37) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
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5. Beautiful Broken Things

By: Sara Barnard

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

I was brave She was reckless We were trouble Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their di… read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Beautiful Broken Things book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult

6. Before I Die

By: Jenny Downham

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The story of Tessa, a young teenage girl who has only months to live ... a brilliantly crafted nove… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. The Lost and the Found

By: Cat Clarke

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

SHE WAS LOST... When six-year-old Laurel Logan was abducted, the only witness was her younger siste… read more

Similar categories in Cat Clarke's The Lost and the Found book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • young adult
Cover of Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1) by Armistead Maupin

8. Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave… read more

Similar categories in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • queer
"Small world, huh?"

-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

"We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists."

-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

"The thing that bugs me... is that you never really know what women are like... not for a long time, anyway. They only show you what they want you to see." Michael nodded. "So you fantasize over all t…"

-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

"Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. …"

-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)

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9. Shuggie Bain

By: Douglas Stuart

4.31

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who sp… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • queer
"Rain was a natural state of Glasgow. It kept the grass green and the people pale and bronchial."

-Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain

"Opposite the gates was a low concrete building. Dozens of men were spilling out of its windowless structure and stood in dark clumps on the Pit Road. At first it looked like they were leaving chapel,…"

-Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain

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10. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
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11. 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 Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) by Maureen Johnson

12. Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

By: Maureen Johnson

3.81

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn’t going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studyin… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. All That Remains: A Life in Death

By: Sue Black

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses… read more

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14. Paper Cup

By: Karen Campbell

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more

Similar categories in Karen Campbell's Paper Cup book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • scotland
  • fiction
Cover of Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life by Hayley Morris

15. Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life

By: Hayley Morris

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Brain: We left the oven on! Me: No don't say that, I've not got time for this! Brain: The house i… read more

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16. Win Lose Kill Die

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.61

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

An explosive new YA thriller, from the author of Last One To Die. The students at Morton Academy ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Win Lose Kill Die book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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Cover of You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn  Bayron

18. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • queer
"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."

-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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19. A Glasgow Kiss

By: Sophie Gravia

3.86

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Zara, a young, single girl struggling her way through life in the bustling city. She has almos… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Gravia's A Glasgow Kiss book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • scotland
  • fiction
"It's funny how I searched my entire life for someone to complete me, and in the end, the only person I needed was myself."

-Sophie Gravia, A Glasgow Kiss

Cover of Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story by Leah Hazard

20. Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story

By: Leah Hazard

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

________________No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers… … read more

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21. The Christmas Escape

By: Sarah Morgan

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This Christmas, be whisked away by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan in this uplifting nove… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Morgan's The Christmas Escape book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
Cover of A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

22. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

23. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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24. The Undetectables

By: Courtney Smyth

3.54

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Be gay, solve crime, take naps—A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery if a folkloric world of wi… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Smyth's The Undetectables book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it by Michael Rosen

25. Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it

By: Michael Rosen

4.00

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with… read more

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26. The Bass Rock

By: Evie Wyld

3.70

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its … read more

Similar categories in Evie Wyld's The Bass Rock book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • scotland
  • fiction
"Joseph recalls his mother who was “mad and screaming like birds were sewn under her skin"

-Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock

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27. The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

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28. A Different Sort of Normal

By: Abigail Balfe

4.39

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

*The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Balfe's A Different Sort of Normal book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • queer
"Because if someone had told me when I was younger that it was OK to not be like everybody else, that it was not my job to try to be "normal" and to "fit in," that my way of seeing the world was just …"

-Abigail Balfe, A Different Sort of Normal

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29. The Climbers

By: Keith Gray

3.58

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray capture… read more

Similar categories in Keith Gray's The Climbers book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • young adult
Cover of A Game of Life or Death by Triona  Campbell

30. A Game of Life or Death

By: Triona Campbell

3.65

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her w… read more

Similar categories in Triona Campbell's A Game of Life or Death book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Sonny and Me by Ross Sayers

31. Sonny and Me

By: Ross Sayers

4.38

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

FOURTH YEAR. TWO PALS. ONE MURDER. WELCOME TO BATTLEFIELD HIGH… ‘Whoever said yer school days ar… read more

Similar categories in Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me book and Ross Sayers's Sonny and Me

  • fiction
  • scotland
  • young adult
  • queer

15 Best young adult books like Sonny and Me by Ross Sayers

Transform Your Habits

The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.05

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Beautiful Broken Things

Sara Barnard

4.09

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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

Jenny Colgan

3.60

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Driving Home for Christmas

Joanna Bolouri

3.72

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That Festive Feeling

Heidi Swain

4.14

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Christmas by Candlelight

Karen Swan

4.07

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