7 best-selling romance books like The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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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…

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"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

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

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

If you liked the romance plot in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Virgin Suicides

By: Jeffrey Eugenides

3.79

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • classics
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • novels
"She was the still point in the turning world."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"During a warm winter rain ... the basins of her collarbones collected water."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

"Aloft, he looked frail, diseased, and temperamental, as we expected a European to look."

-Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

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2. Dead Poets Society

By: N.H. Kleinbaum

4.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since thei… read more

Similar categories in N.H. Kleinbaum's Dead Poets Society book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • coming of age
  • novels
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary."

-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

"Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming, gotta do more, gotta be more!"

-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

"That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."

-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. "

-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

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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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • novels
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"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. The Catcher in the Rye

By: J.D. Salinger

3.80

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school... Fleei… read more

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  • classics
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
"Sleep tight, ya morons!"

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"People never notice anything."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"Mothers are all slightly insane."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

5. The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career… read more

Similar categories in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • novels
  • fiction
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6. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, #1)

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, #1) book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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7. 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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"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

8. To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that … read more

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9. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • classics
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

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10. The Bell Jar

By: Sylvia Plath

4.06

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented… read more

Similar categories in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • novels
  • fiction
  • mental health
"I woke to the sound of rain."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed."

-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

11. Call Me by Your Name

By: André Aciman

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolesc… read more

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Cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

12. 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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • classics
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • novels
"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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13. 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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  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
"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

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14. 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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"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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15. 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

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • 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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16. 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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
"I’m sorry."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"Everything...affects everything"

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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17. 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

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  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
"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

18. 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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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 Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Imagine others complexly."

-John Green, Paper Towns

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

-John Green, Paper Towns

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

-John Green, Paper Towns

"Maybe all the strings inside him broke."

-John Green, Paper Towns

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20. Speak

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

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21. Normal People

By: Sally Rooney

3.81

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Normal People book and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • coming of age
  • novels
  • fiction
"People are a lot more knowable than they think they are."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"No. I was frustrated sometimes but not lonely. I never feel lonely when I'm with you."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

"Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone."

-Sally Rooney, Normal People

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3.79

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4.18

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4.34

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3.80

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3.89

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4.02

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