21 Top fiction books like Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

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Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, …

"Let's Taco Bout It"

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"With those outfits, you two do not deserve music."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"One of the hazards of having friends, especially long time ones, is just how well they know you."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"The fifth thing I notice is that I'm noticing a lot of things. So I stop. ... I notice him some more."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

If you liked the fiction plot in Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • 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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2. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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3. The Do-Over

By: Lynn Painter

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Do-Over book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Everybody likes cats in sweaters"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

" I had a marvelous time ruining everything "

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I know that I'm the only one who truly cares about my happiness, so I make it a priority"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I fell in love with you on Valentine’s day, Emilie, but I need more than just seven minutes."

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

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4. Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more

Similar categories in Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

Cover of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

5. Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let's Taco Bout It"

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"With those outfits, you two do not deserve music."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"One of the hazards of having friends, especially long time ones, is just how well they know you."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"The fifth thing I notice is that I'm noticing a lot of things. So I stop. ... I notice him some more."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

Cover of Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

6. Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Check & Mate book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

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7. Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl

By: Joya Goffney

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The second novel about a preacher's daughter in small-town Texas and her journey toward loving hers… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The things we resent about other people, aren’t those always the things we hate most about ourselves? (Page 104)"

-Joya Goffney, Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl

"I used to think he was my hero. Wow, and I thought Mom was the villian. It's crazy how they switched places. I follow behind her, thinking of all the times Daddy bulldozed over Mom, and how many time…"

-Joya Goffney, Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl

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8. Frankly in Love

By: David Yoon

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There… read more

Similar categories in David Yoon's Frankly in Love book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"card."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"Okay is my prayer."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"I have no idea, I realize, is a big part of who I am."

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

"people who let themselves learn new things are the best kind of people"

-David Yoon, Frankly in Love

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9. Grown

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Grown book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of XOXO by Axie Oh

11. XOXO

By: Axie Oh

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets myst… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's XOXO book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It’s important to take time for yourself, even with responsibilities. You can’t be there for other people if you’re not first there for yourself."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"My girlfriend that I was in love with who broke up with me on a hospital rooftop three months ago in Seoul shows up right before my concert in New York City. Yeah, I forgot about it."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"People do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave enough to ta…"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"I'm saying, people do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave …"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

Cover of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

12. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

By: Joya Goffney

4.08

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is the story of an overly enthusiastic list… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"Cowards will do anything to feel safe, to feel in control. I used to be a coward, too, but the first brave thing I ever did was to stop being your friend."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"Because I realized today that that’s what I did to you. I forced you to get naked before you were ready. And I’m disgusted at myself for doing that to you."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"I think to myself, If I can still move, what I’m gon’ be still for? Maybe because I’m too scared to move. Because if I move, people might see me. Because staying still is easier."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

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13. Blackout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and elect… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Blackout book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.06

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You like it,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM, ALTUM VIDETUR."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"People change , Rowan. Thank God they do."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

Cover of Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1) by Lynn Painter

15. 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

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • 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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16. A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

By: Laura Taylor Namey

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Love & Gelato meets Don’t Date Rosa Santos in this charming, heartfelt story following a Miami girl… read more

Similar categories in Laura Taylor Namey's A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"there? Emotion burns my throat."

-Laura Taylor Namey, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

"It’s just too bloody hard. For now, let our time here be our moment."

-Laura Taylor Namey, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

"yes. I’ve grown to find peace and acceptance in not fighting what I can’t control."

-Laura Taylor Namey, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

"I know what it feels like to fall in love. But I’m not sure what falling out of love feels like."

-Laura Taylor Namey, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Cover of Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1) by Emiko Jean

17. Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

By: Emiko Jean

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her sma… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1) book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Radish, I'm so heartsick for you."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Kanji is an expression of the soul"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"...why does anybody do anything? Money?"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Dear Crown Prince Toshihito, I think I'm your daughter..."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

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18. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert

3.72

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud sto… read more

Similar categories in Talia Hibbert's Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you worried about me, love?"

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"She's a pop of scarlet in the November fog."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"Jesus H. Christ. It's like drowning in a bath of hormones."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"You're allowed anywhere you want, as long as you're right next to me."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

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19. A Pho Love Story

By: Loan Le

3.67

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particula… read more

Similar categories in Loan Le's A Pho Love Story book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I don't get it, but I`m not supposed to."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"Mediocrity has allowed me to float by without too much pressure or judgement"

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"I regret many things in life, and I know I’ll regret many more at the rate I’m going."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

"I watch her shoulders move as she breathes, until I realize I’ve timed my breathing with hers."

-Loan Le, A Pho Love Story

Cover of Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton

20. Whiteout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Whiteout book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Is a Revolution by Renée  Watson

21. Love Is a Revolution

By: Renée Watson

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a new YA--a love story … read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Love Is a Revolution book and Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

21 Top contemporary books like Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

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Jenna Evans Welch

4.04

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Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle

4.23

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Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

Alice Oseman

4.49

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Emma Lord

3.89

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Lynn Painter

3.94

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Ann Liang

4.02

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