20 best-selling fiction books like If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman

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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

By: Gayle Forman

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; s…

"Mia,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Fake it 'till you make it."

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Dying is easy. Living is hard"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"I do have a point to all this,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James

1. Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

By: E.L. James

3.66

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she e… read more

Similar categories in E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Laters, baby."

-E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

"I'd like to bite that lip."

-E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

"We aim to please Miss Steele"

-E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

"I've never wanted more, until I met you."

-E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)

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2. Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)

By: Jojo Moyes

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close famil… read more

Similar categories in Jojo Moyes's Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

By: Suzanne Collins

4.34

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see th… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Peeta,"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"Katniss, the girl who was on fire!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"No. Now, shut up and eat your pears."

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

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4. Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

By: Stephenie Meyer

3.66

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was … read more

Similar categories in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Do I dazzle you?"

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"You are my life now."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"My mom is part albino."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"Stupid, shiny Volvo owner."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

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5. Matched (Matched, #1)

By: Ally Condie

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always tru… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's Matched (Matched, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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6. If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

By: Gayle Forman

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; s… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • music
  • audiobook
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • drama
"Mia,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Fake it 'till you make it."

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Dying is easy. Living is hard"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"I do have a point to all this,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

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7. The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

By: James Dashner

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here. If you ain’t scared, you ain’t h… read more

Similar categories in James Dashner's The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You da boss"

-James Dashner, The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

"WICKED is good"

-James Dashner, The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

"I want to be a Runner."

-James Dashner, The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

"Zart the fart, you start."

-James Dashner, The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

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8. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

By: Jenny Han

4.04

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crus… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It was over before I even had a chance."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"I hate change more than almost anything."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"It was the promise of maybe, maybe one day."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"Firsts are best because they are beginnings."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

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9. Looking for Alaska

By: John Green

3.97

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big no… read more

Similar categories in John Green's Looking for Alaska book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"We are greater than the sum of our parts."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"Have you really read all those books in your room?"

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

Cover of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs

10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

By: Ransom Riggs

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9781594744761 A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A st… read more

Similar categories in Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!"

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

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11. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By: Stephen Chbosky

4.23

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see wha… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"We accept the love we think we deserve."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"I would die for you. But I won't live for you."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"It’s much easier not to know things sometimes."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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12. The Fault in Our Stars

By: John Green

4.13

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been a… read more

Similar categories in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"I've gotten really hot since you went blind."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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13. Eleanor & Park

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.94

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "I'm … read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You look like a protagonist."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"Goodbye. Just tonight. Not ever."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"His eyes missed her as much as the rest of him."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"He made her feel like more than the sum of her parts."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

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14. The Giver (The Giver, #1)

By: Lois Lowry

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's The Giver (The Giver, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Memories are forever."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Thnks fr th mmrs- Gabe"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Didn't life consist of the things you did each day?"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

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15. Thirteen Reasons Why

By: Jay Asher

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is … read more

Similar categories in Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I’m sorry."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"Everything...affects everything"

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"A lot of you cared, just not enough."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"I can't. You can't rewrite the past."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

Cover of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, None

16. All the Bright Places

By: Jennifer Niven , None

4.12

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Is today a good day to die?"

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Never bullshit a bullshitter."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"People rarely bring flowers to a suicide."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Because it's not a lie if it's how you feel."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

17. Before I Fall

By: Lauren Oliver

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

With this stunning debut novel, New York Timesbestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of to… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

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18. Everything, Everything

By: Nicola Yoon , None

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basical… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"A photograph is a kind of time machine."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"You're not living if you're not regretting."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

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19. Paper Towns

By: John Green

3.71

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurou… read more

Similar categories in John Green's Paper Towns book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Imagine others complexly."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"At least I carpe'd that one diem."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"Maybe all the strings inside him broke."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"I spy with my little eye a great story."

-John Green, Paper Towns

Cover of Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth

20. Divergent (Divergent, #1)

By: Veronica Roth

4.14

Format: 487 pages, Paperback

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated … read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's Divergent (Divergent, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Okay, okay."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"Lies require commitment."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"What is it with you today?"

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"Human reason can excuse any evil."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Cover of The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks

21. The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)

By: Nicholas Sparks

4.15

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast begins the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural S… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Sparks's The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) book and Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • drama
"If you're a bird... I'm a bird..."

-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)

"You are, and always have been, my dream."

-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)

"Every great love starts with a great story..."

-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)

"Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)

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E.L. James

3.66

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Jojo Moyes

3.41

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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

Gayle Forman

3.92

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Jenny Han

4.04

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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

Suzanne Collins

4.09

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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

Suzanne Collins

4.34

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Stephenie Meyer

3.66

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Ally Condie

3.34

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