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Books Like Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen · about this book

Loved Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen? If its female lead, young adult and contemporary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The List of Things That Will Not Change, The Secret Life of Bees and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. 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 Lock and Key: Female Lead · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age

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   The List of Things That Will Not Change

   Rebecca Stead

   Blended Family · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Belonging · Self-Discovery

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   The Secret Life of Bees

   Sue Monk Kidd

   Coming of Age · Belonging · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Absent Parent

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   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green, David Levithan

   Coming of Age · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction

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5. 

   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Coming of Age · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction

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   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Belonging · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Sisters · Hopeful

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   Rules

   Cynthia Lord

   Belonging · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age · Hopeful · Character-Driven

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8. 

   Marked

   P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

   Blended Family · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Belonging

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9. 

   Threadneedle

   Cari Thomas

   Coming of Age · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery

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10. 

    Better Than the Movies

    Lynn Painter

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age

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11. 

    10 Blind Dates

    Ashley Elston

    Young Adult · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Sisters

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12. 

    Lirael

    Garth Nix

    Coming of Age · Belonging · Absent Parent · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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13. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Belonging · Self-Discovery

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14. 

    A Kind of Spark

    Elle McNicoll

    Belonging · Contemporary Fiction · Sisters · Self-Discovery · Hopeful

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15. 

    Funny Story

    Emily Henry

    Estranged Family · Belonging · Contemporary Fiction · Absent Parent · Hopeful

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16. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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17. 

    My Name Is Venus Black

    Heather Lloyd

    Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Teen Protagonist · Hopeful · Character-Driven

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18. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Young Adult · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Belonging · Teenagers

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19. 

    Good in Bed

    Jennifer Weiner

    Self-Discovery · Estranged Family · Contemporary Fiction · Absent Parent · Character-Driven

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20. 

    Tess of the Road

    Rachel Hartman

    Young Adult · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Sisters · Hopeful

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