8 Best contemporary books like Rufus + Syd by Robin Lippincott

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Rufus + Syd

By: Robin Lippincott

3.96

Format: 204 pages, ebook

Vermillion, Georgia, is the small town that time forgot, or at least that’s how it feels to fifteen…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Rufus + Syd by Robin Lippincott , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Last Night at the Telegraph Club

By: Malinda Lo

4.22

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It w… read more

Similar categories in Malinda Lo's Last Night at the Telegraph Club book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"How am I supposed to know?"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"As if summer had bloomed inside the club and wrapped her in its lazy heat"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"She didn't understand the shrinking feeling inside her, as if she shouldn't be caught looking at those girls."

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

"A few of them were already engaged to be married. When had everything changed? She felt as if it had been very sudden"

-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Cover of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

2. Cloud Atlas

By: David Mitchell

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Cloud Atlasbegins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to hi… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • contemporary

3. Still Life with Tornado

By: A.S. King

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

"I am sixteen years old. I am a human being." Actually Sarah is several human beings. At once. And … read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's Still Life with Tornado book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

4. Girl, Interrupted

By: Susanna Kaysen

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

"Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight." First pu… read more

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5. Sam

By: Allegra Goodman

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What happens to a girl’s exuberance and wonder as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait … read more

Similar categories in Allegra Goodman's Sam book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. The Nature of Witches

By: Rachel Griffin

3.82

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, their power from the sun peaking in the season … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Griffin's The Nature of Witches book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. Some Girls Do

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star fal… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Some Girls Do book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"You're just really full of surprises." And yeah. I kind of like the sound of that"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn'…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

Cover of Dig by A.S. King

8. Dig

By: A.S. King

4.16

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta the Flea-Circus Ring Mistress, and First-Class Malco… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's Dig book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Judging from our last fifteen flights, I can tell you that poverty is not a popular conversation choice in first class. Or any class. In any class. Going anywhere. Which is really handy for the peopl…"

-A.S. King, Dig

"Existence is wasted on the living." "You're stoned." She takes another pull of the cigarette. "What do you think happens when we die? You believe in Heaven and Hell and all that shit?" We're outside …"

-A.S. King, Dig

"I've never understood white people who can't admit they're white. I mean, white isn't just a color. And maybe that's the problem for them. White is a passport. It's a ticket. The world is a white amu…"

-A.S. King, Dig

Cover of Middletown by Sarah Moon

9. Middletown

By: Sarah Moon

3.95

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Moon's Middletown book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Rufus + Syd by Robin Lippincott

10. Rufus + Syd

By: Robin Lippincott

3.96

Format: 204 pages, ebook

Vermillion, Georgia, is the small town that time forgot, or at least that’s how it feels to fifteen… read more

Similar categories in Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd book and Robin Lippincott's Rufus + Syd

  • contemporary
  • m m romance
  • young adult
  • lgbt

7 Best young adult books like Rufus + Syd by Robin Lippincott

Transform Your Habits

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

4.22

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Sam

Allegra Goodman

3.77

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The Nature of Witches

Rachel Griffin

3.82

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Some Girls Do

Jennifer Dugan

3.71

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12 Top fiction books like Dig by A.S. King

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The Riverman (The Riverman Trilogy, #1)

Aaron Starmer

3.81

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The Midnight Dress

Karen Foxlee

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Zom-B

Darren Shan

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Thing About Luck

Cynthia Kadohata , Julia Kuo

4.43

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