21 Best contemporary books like The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

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The Sun Is Also a Star

By: Nicola Yoon

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will n…

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1. Fangirl

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.95

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the … read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Well,"

-Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

"No, I know,"

-Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

"You’ve read the books?"

-Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

"Don't make me angry-kiss you."

-Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

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2. Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)

By: Jenna Evans Welch

4.04

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

“I made the wrong choice.” Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Evans Welch's Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You're the one I like. Maybe love."

-Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)

"And why did he have to call me “quiet"

-Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)

"„O viaţă fară dragoste e ca un an fară vară."

-Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)

"One day with Hadley was easily worth a lifetime in Italy."

-Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1)

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3. We Were Liars

By: E. Lockhart

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, po… read more

Similar categories in E. Lockhart's We Were Liars book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1) by Jenny Han

4. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)

By: Jenny Han

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months … read more

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  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)

By: Jenny Han

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty fr… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Tell Me Three Things

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that's what it feels like during her first week of juni… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1) book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. 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

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  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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9. The Sun Is Also a Star

By: Nicola Yoon

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will n… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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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11. 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 Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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

12. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By: Becky Albertalli

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical… read more

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13. Holding Up the Universe

By: Jennifer Niven

4.07

Format: None pages,

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed "America's Fattest Teen." But no one's… read more

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14. P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)

By: Jenny Han

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Lara Jean didn't expect to reallyfall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenl… read more

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15. 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 Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"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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16. The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.47

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062498533 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carte… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Hoedom is universal."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"But I'm tired of them just assuming."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"A’ight, so what do you think it means?"

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"You need Saturday to recover and Sunday to repent."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

17. The Selection (The Selection, #1)

By: Kiera Cass

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the lif… read more

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18. They Both Die at the End

By: Adam Silvera

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give t… read more

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19. 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

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  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • 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

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

20. Every Last Word

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of… read more

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21. 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

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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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22. 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 Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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

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23. 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

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  • romance
  • 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

24. Turtles All the Way Down

By: John Green

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, … read more

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25. Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3)

By: Jenny Han

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Lara Jean is having the bestsenior year. And there's still so much to look forward to: a class trip… read more

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26. I'll Give You the Sun

By: Jandy Nelson

4.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are ju… read more

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27. An Abundance of Katherines

By: John Green

3.51

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Je pense que j'taime"

-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

"All hurt is brain hurt."

-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

"I thought you hung the moon."

-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

"The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible."

-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

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28. Five Feet Apart

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.18

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In this moving story two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I hope my life wasn’t for nothing,"

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"If this is all we get, then lets take it."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"I’m tired of living without really living."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"It's just life. It'll be over before we know it."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

Cover of One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) by Karen M. McManus

29. One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.93

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High wal… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"to err is human"

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Everybody's got secrets."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Cheating isn't a mistake. It's a choice."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Things'll get worse before they get better."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

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30. Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

By: Lynn Painter

4.29

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic t… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"She's not you." "What?" "She.Isn't.You"

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"I pulled back and let myself stare at his handsome face, at the person who had always been there for me, even when I hadn’t wanted him to be."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"Here’s how it usually went: I would see a cute guy, daydream about him for weeks and totally build him up in my mind to be my one-and-only soul mate."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn you cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

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31. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

By: Holly Jackson

4.32

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murde… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He's innocent"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"I don’t trust coincidences."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"We’re a team, remember. You and me."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"Real men wear floral when trespassing"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

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Rainbow Rowell

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Jenna Evans Welch

4.04

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E. Lockhart

4.28

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