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Books Like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews · about this book

Loved Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews? If its young adult, contemporary fiction and funny hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, The Catcher in the Rye and They Both Die at the End. 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 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Funny · Terminal Illness · Male Lead

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   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Terminal Illness · Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Young Adult · Death of a Friend

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Young Adult

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   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers · Death of a Friend

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   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Terminal Illness · Young Adult · Teenagers

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5. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · Male Lead · Teenagers

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6. 

   I See You've Called in Dead

   John Kenney

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Dry Humor · Funny · Male Lead

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7. 

   This Is Where I Leave You

   Jonathan Tropper

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Funny · Dark Comedy · Male Lead

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8. 

   Better Than the Movies

   Lynn Painter

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

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9. 

   High Fidelity

   Nick Hornby

   Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Dry Humor · Funny · Male Lead

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10. 

    A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

    David Sedaris

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Funny · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Dry Humor

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11. 

    The Last Olympian

    Rick Riordan

    Teen Protagonist · Death of a Friend · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Male Lead

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12. 

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    J.K. Rowling

    Teen Protagonist · Death of a Friend · Young Adult · Coming of Age · Male Lead

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13. 

    Skyward

    Brandon Sanderson

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · Teenagers · Emotional

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14. 

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · Teenagers · Male Lead

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15. 

    Soulbinder

    Sebastien de Castell

    Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Young Adult · Dry Humor · Male Lead

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16. 

    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman

    Contemporary Fiction · Terminal Illness · Death of a Friend · Teen Protagonist · Dry Humor

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17. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Dark Comedy · Male Lead · Coming of Age

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18. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Male Lead · Coming of Age

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19. 

    This Time Tomorrow

    Emma Straub

    Terminal Illness · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Emotional

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20. 

    Firefly Lane

    Kristin Hannah

    Terminal Illness · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age · Death of a Friend · Emotional

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