5 best-selling young adult books like The Best Medicine by Christine Hamill

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The Best Medicine

By: Christine Hamill

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well…

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1. Reasons to Stay Alive

By: Matt Haig

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of Entertainment Weekly's 25 most anticipated books of 2016--Matt Haig's accessible and life-af… read more

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2. The Best Medicine

By: Christine Hamill

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction

3. Brick Lane

By: Monica Ali

3.49

Format: 182 pages,

A captivating read from a debut novelist, Brick Lanebrings the immigrant milieu of East London to v… read more

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4. Grandpa's Great Escape

By: David Walliams

3.59

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Grandpa lives in a Maximum Security Twighlight Zone, and his Grandson attempts to set him free. Jac… read more

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5. The Son-in-Law

By: Charity Norman

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

For three years Joseph Scott has been haunted by one moment-the moment that changed his life foreve… read more

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6. Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1)

By: M.C. Beaton

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scottish highland village cop Hamish Macbeth must find which target was provoked enough to strangle… read more

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7. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

By: John Cleese

3.88

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is … read more

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  • humor
"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly importan…"

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

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9. Magpie

By: Elizabeth Day

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take. Single White Female meets The Perfect Nanny in … read more

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  • fiction
"She watches him walk around the room, naked apart from those silly flip-flops he's put on because his feet feel the cold. She marvels at his lack of self-consciousness. He has a good body: tall and b…"

-Elizabeth Day, Magpie

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10. The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman

By: Julietta Henderson

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you’ll ever meet.Twelve-year-old No… read more

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  • fiction
  • humor
  • young adult
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11. The Book of Fire

By: Christy Lefteri

3.83

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches ch… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

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  • humor
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13. The Beekeeper of Aleppo

By: Christy Lefteri

4.17

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survi… read more

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  • fiction
"Inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"It takes bravery to cry out, to release what is in your heart."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"You see?" he whispered. "You see? You have to relax and turn into nature. Then you will be fine"

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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14. Poster Girl

By: Veronica Roth

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan--she lived by it for most of her life. For… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Trades rely on trust, the belief that if you give what you agree to give, you will receive what is promised."

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"If your every choice is in defiance of a system, you are as much a servant of that system as someone who obeys it."

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"It is the symptom of a disease that still infects our population--the desire to make everything easy, to sacrifice autonomy and privacy for convenience. That's what technology is, Ms. Kantor. A conce…"

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

"Just because you're not committing a crime now, by going where you go, by seeing who you see, doesn't mean that another government, another set of people with another set of priorities, won't come al…"

-Veronica Roth, Poster Girl

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15. Songbirds

By: Christy Lefteri

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more

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  • fiction
"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

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16. Little Wing

By: Freya North

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Wing is the powerful story of two families over three generations. In the 1960s, a pregna… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Look Both Ways

By: Linwood Barclay

3.75

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envis… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

By: Freya North

4.25

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind? Ea… read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Confession

By: Jessie Burton

3.91

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly… read more

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  • fiction
"[...] And women are always like that.' 'What do you mean?' 'Well, all the women I know who've left long-term relationships in their thirties checked out of it long before they actually did. They went…"

-Jessie Burton, The Confession

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20. Fragile

By: Sarah Hilary

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Everything she touches breaks . . . Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark… read more

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  • fiction
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21. While the Storm Rages

By: Phil Earle

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'A truly brilliant story of courage and resilience and exceptional animals. This wartime ‘Incredibl… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"How could he get so very, very close, only to see it snatched away?"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"When something is this good, Noah told himself, it shouldn’t be hidden away. It should be shared with others."

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"But, Noah, it’s coming. Everyone knows it. It’s like a storm. And while the storm rages, it won’t be safe for any of us.’ ‘So we make that decision when it happens, Mum. When it’s overhead and we can…"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"Because I made a promise to Dad, didn’t I? Swore blind I’d keep Winn with me, and that she’d be safe. We made a deal. And if I don’t keep my part, then how do I know that Dad will keep his? How do I …"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

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22. The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and bril… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1) by L.T. Shearer

23. The Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1)

By: L.T. Shearer

3.30

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Conrad the cat. You’ve never met a detective like him before. Neither has Lulu Lewis when h… read more

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  • fiction
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24. The Patient

By: Jane Shemilt

3.47

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

A shocking and twisty novel of psychological suspense about a boundary-breaking love affair between… read more

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  • fiction
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25. The Guilty Man (Detectives Lennox and Wilde #1)

By: Helen H. Durrant

4.11

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing child, drugs, human-trafficking, hangings and two spectacular fires. At the centre of it … read more

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  • fiction
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26. Car Crash: A Memoir of the Aftermath

By: Lech Blaine

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“A story of carnage and life-long consequences. A brave and unsettling account.” —Tim Winton, autho… read more

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27. As You Were

By: Elaine Feeney

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret. No-one… read more

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  • fiction
"That part of west that was full of rocks and full up with sadness in the little sacks grown men develop under their eyes, the accumulation of tears they don't cry as they walk along, shut down, like …"

-Elaine Feeney, As You Were

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28. Dragon Skin

By: Karen Foxlee

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

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29. Laimes bērni

By: Luīze Pastore

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Grāmata saņēmusi Starptautiskā Boloņas bērnu grāmatu tirgus balvu "Jaunie apvāršņi 2022". Starptaut… read more

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30. Guardians (Wylah the Koorie Warrior #1)

By: Jordan Gould

3.87

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Meet Wylah: warrior, hero and friend. Her adventures have been 40,000 years in the making! Wylah… read more

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  • middle grade
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31. My Unapologetic Diaries

By: Joan Collins

2.98

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary'A rollicking read, packed with wit an… read more

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