Books like…

Books Like Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen · about this book

Loved Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen? If its young adult, romance and teen protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, They Both Die at the End and Better Than the Movies. 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 Someone Like You: Young Adult · Romance · Teen Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

1. 

   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · First Love

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   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Teen Protagonist · First Love · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers

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   Better Than the Movies

   Lynn Painter

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Love · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers

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   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Teen Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Young Adult · First Love · First Person Narrator

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5. 

   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   First Love · Mother and Daughter · Female Friendship · Hopeful · Grief and Mourning

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6. 

   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Single Mother · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Hopeful

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7. 

   Threadneedle

   Cari Thomas

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Love · Female Friendship · Teenagers

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8. 

   The Book Thief

   Markus Zusak

   Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age

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9. 

   Eclipse

   Stephenie Meyer

   Teen Protagonist · First Love · Young Adult · First Person Narrator · Teenagers

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10. 

    Firefly Lane

    Kristin Hannah

    Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning

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11. 

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning

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12. 

    Chains

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Teen Protagonist · Loss of Innocence · Teenagers · First Person Narrator · Grief and Mourning

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13. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Loss of Innocence · Death of a Friend · First Person Narrator

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14. 

    Half His Age

    Jennette McCurdy

    Single Mother · Teen Protagonist · Loss of Innocence · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age

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15. 

    10 Blind Dates

    Ashley Elston

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Hopeful

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16. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Loss of Innocence · Grief and Mourning · First Person Narrator

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17. 

    Skyward

    Brandon Sanderson

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

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18. 

    The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

    Stephanie Oakes

    Teen Protagonist · Loss of Innocence · Young Adult · Female Friendship · First Person Narrator

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19. 

    That Night

    Chevy Stevens

    First Love · Teenagers · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Mother and Daughter

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20. 

    We Begin at the End

    Chris Whitaker

    Single Mother · Loss of Innocence · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction

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