Books like…

Books Like Wonder

by R.J. Palacio · about this book

Loved Wonder by R.J. Palacio? If its middle grade, child narrator and hopeful hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, The List of Things That Will Not Change and A Kind of Spark. 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 Wonder: Middle Grade · Child Narrator · Hopeful · Uplifting · Multiple POV

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   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   Robert Dugoni

   Bullying · Disability Representation · Disabled Protagonist · Coming of Age · Underdog

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   The List of Things That Will Not Change

   Rebecca Stead

   Middle Grade · Child Narrator · Heartwarming · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction

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   A Kind of Spark

   Elle McNicoll

   Middle Grade · Bullying · Disabled Protagonist · Heartwarming · Belonging

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4. 

   Rules

   Cynthia Lord

   Disability Representation · Middle Grade · Heartwarming · Belonging · Contemporary Fiction

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5. 

   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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   Nowhere Boy

   Katherine Marsh

   Middle Grade · Belonging · Contemporary Fiction · Bullying · Hopeful

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   Diary of a Wimpy Kid

   Jeff Kinney

   Child Narrator · Middle Grade · Short Chapters · Friendship and Betrayal · Contemporary Fiction

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8. 

   The Wild Robot

   Peter Brown

   Middle Grade · Short Chapters · Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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9. 

   The Reading List

   Sara Nisha Adams

   Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction · Belonging

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10. 

    Assassin's Apprentice

    Robin Hobb

    Pet Loss · Belonging · Coming of Age · Bullying · Character-Driven

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11. 

    A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman

    Tearjerker · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction

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12. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Short Chapters · Coming of Age · Emotional

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13. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery · Emotional

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14. 

    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Heartwarming · Tearjerker · Uplifting · Hopeful · Belonging

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15. 

    The Life List

    Lori Nelson Spielman

    Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction · Tearjerker

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16. 

    Becoming Ted

    Matt Cain

    Uplifting · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery

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17. 

    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Heartwarming · Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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18. 

    Chains

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Middle Grade · Underdog · New York City · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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19. 

    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Tj Klune

    Uplifting · Heartwarming · Belonging · Hopeful · Character-Driven

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20. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven · New York City

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