22 must-read contemporary books like A Flicker in the Clarity by Amy McNamara

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A Flicker in the Clarity

By: Amy McNamara

3.45

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

For as long as Evie can remember, she and Emma have been best friends. They’ve gone through everyth…

"You have to take care of people."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"A person who makes his own decisions,"

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"It’s impossible to run away from yourself. Believe me, I tried. Hiding from what scares you feels like a solution, but it really only deepens the fear."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

If you liked the contemporary plot in A Flicker in the Clarity by Amy McNamara , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Together at Midnight

By: Jennifer Castle

3.61

Format: 160 pages, ebook

What does it really mean to be kind . . . and why does it sometimes feel like the hardest thing in … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Castle's Together at Midnight book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. The Beginning of Everything

By: Robyn Schneider

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them--a single encounter after… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. The Sky Is Everywhere

By: Jandy Nelson

4.36

Format: 512 pages,

Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive T… read more

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4. Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1)

By: Makiia Lucier

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

Ulises asked, "How can I look at these maps, see this riddle, and do nothing? They are my brothers.… read more

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5. My Life Next Door

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garret… read more

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6. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

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7. Alex, Approximately

By: Jenn Bennett

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams--she just doesn't know it y… read more

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8. The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

By: Chelsea Sedoti

3.59

Format: 464 pages,

A teenage misfit named Hawthorn Creely inserts herself in the investigation of missing person Lizzi… read more

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9. Rosebush

By: Michele Jaffe

4.06

Format: 244 pages,

Instead of celebrating Memorial Day weekend on the Jersey Shore, Jane is in the hospital surrounded… read more

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10. 10 Blind Dates

By: Ashley Elston

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's 10 Blind Dates book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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12. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Sunkissed book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

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13. A Treason of Thorns

By: Laura E. Weymouth

3.44

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Violet Sterling has spent the last seven years in exile, longing to return to Burleigh House. One o… read more

Similar categories in Laura E. Weymouth's A Treason of Thorns book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. 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 Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • 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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15. When You Get the Chance

By: Emma Lord

3.88

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's When You Get the Chance book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
"I wish more than anything I could ask him something now. I was prepared to lose him, maybe. But I wasn't prepared for what happens after the losing."

-Emma Lord, When You Get the Chance

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16. Let Me List the Ways

By: Sarah White

3.81

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Mackenzie Clark has been best friends with Nolan Walker for as long as she can remember. She’s shar… read more

Similar categories in Sarah White's Let Me List the Ways book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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17. Things We Know by Heart

By: Jessi Kirby

3.98

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unforgettable novel, Quinn Sullivan falls for the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated hear… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Kirby's Things We Know by Heart book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"I don't even know what's in my heart anymore."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I just assumed he was okay. Safe. I let myself forget there's no such thing."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"...It's terrifying to realize how much of your world is wrapped around loving another person."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I could leave and make sure our paths never crossed again. Close the door I shouldn't have opened."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

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18. The Art of Insanity

By: Christine Webb

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she ke… read more

Similar categories in Christine Webb's The Art of Insanity book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Invisible Ghosts

By: Robyn Schneider

3.78

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schneider's Invisible Ghosts book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

By: Katie Cotugno

3.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

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21. The Lies They Tell

By: Gillian French

3.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Tenney’s Harbor, Maine, knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire ravag… read more

Similar categories in Gillian French's The Lies They Tell book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. Talk Santa to Me

By: Linda Urban

3.21

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl gets the perfect second try at a first kiss in this young adult romantic comedy.Francie… read more

Similar categories in Linda Urban's Talk Santa to Me book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Now Entering Addamsville

By: Francesca Zappia

3.50

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Zora Novak has been framed. When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies i… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Now Entering Addamsville book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I'm too asexual for this."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"You can have people who call themselves your friends and you can still be alone."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"How could you convince people of the truth when they had already decided what version of the story they wanted to believe?"

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

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24. With You All the Way

By: Cynthia Hand

3.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's With You All the Way book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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25. The Girl You Thought I Was

By: Rebecca Phillips

3.76

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret-at least not one that she's deeply ash… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Phillips's The Girl You Thought I Was book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Frozen Beauty

By: Lexa Hillyer

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Devil’s Lake knows the three golden Malloy sisters—but one of them is keeping a secret … read more

Similar categories in Lexa Hillyer's Frozen Beauty book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. Thoughts & Prayers

By: Bryan Bliss

3.43

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Claire, Eleanor, and Brezzen have little in common. Except for the fact that a year ago, they all h… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Thoughts & Prayers book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. This Splintered Silence

By: Kayla Olson

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Sandcastle Empire comes a sci-fi thriller that’s equal parts Illuminae and O… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Olson's This Splintered Silence book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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29. The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Champions book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

Cover of Our Year in Love and Parties by Karen Hattrup

30. Our Year in Love and Parties

By: Karen Hattrup

3.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four nights of the highest highs and the lowest lows. Three seconds to get lost in a good party. Tw… read more

Similar categories in Karen Hattrup's Our Year in Love and Parties book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of A Flicker in the Clarity by Amy McNamara

31. A Flicker in the Clarity

By: Amy McNamara

3.45

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

For as long as Evie can remember, she and Emma have been best friends. They’ve gone through everyth… read more

Similar categories in Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity book and Amy McNamara's A Flicker in the Clarity

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
"You have to take care of people."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"A person who makes his own decisions,"

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

"It’s impossible to run away from yourself. Believe me, I tried. Hiding from what scares you feels like a solution, but it really only deepens the fear."

-Amy McNamara, A Flicker in the Clarity

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The Beginning of Everything

Robyn Schneider

3.84

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Ashley Elston

4.00

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Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

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Sunkissed

Kasie West

3.81

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Tease

Amanda Maciel

3.69

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The How and the Why

Cynthia Hand

4.21

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Laura E. Weymouth

3.44

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Rae Carson

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