Books Like Just Listen

Loved Just Listen by Sarah Dessen? If its young adult, female lead and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Tess of the Road and Threadneedle. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Just Listen: Young Adult · Female Lead · First Person Narrator · Sexual Assault · Character-Driven

Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven

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Tess of the Road
Rachel Hartman

Sexual Assault · Trauma Recovery · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

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Threadneedle
Cari Thomas

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Female Friendship · Self-Discovery

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Gather
Kenneth M. Cadow

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery

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My Name Is Venus Black
Heather Lloyd

Coming of Age · Trauma Recovery · Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven · Sexual Assault Content

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When We Were Silent
Fiona McPhillips

Sexual Assault · Sexual Assault Content · Teen Protagonist · Female Friendship · Teenagers

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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Female Friendship · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Person Narrator · Teenagers

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The Catcher in the Rye
Jerome David Salinger

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven · Teenagers · Self-Discovery

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Marked
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Teenagers

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Arrow's Flight
Mercedes Lackey

Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Trauma Recovery · Friendship and Betrayal

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Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin

Female Friendship · Friendship and Betrayal · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Trauma Recovery · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Female Friendship · First Person Narrator

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Ember Queen
Laura Sebastian

Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Trauma Recovery · Female Friendship · First Person Narrator

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They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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The List of Things That Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead

Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter

Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age

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Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

Female Friendship · Friendship and Betrayal · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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Rules
Cynthia Lord

Coming of Age · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Self-Discovery · Emotional

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Way of the Argosi
Sebastien de Castell

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery

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