Books like 'If You Could See the Sun'
Readers who enjoyed If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
contemporary fantasy romance mystery magical-realism boarding-school asian-mc dark-academia realistic poc-mc
-
Vampire Academy Box Set by Richelle Mead
28 ratingsVampire Academy Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir... -
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
34 ratingsA budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series... -
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
36 ratingsAfter her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies...Categorized as:
dark-academia enemies-to-lovers magical-realism poc-mc action-adventure arthurian audiobook book -
The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
46 ratingsSydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. Alchemists protect vampire secrets - and human lives...Categorized as:
boarding-school enemies-to-lovers high-school action-adventure alchemy alpha-mc audiobook book -
-
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
48 ratingsNow that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life... -
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
48 ratingsThe third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs... -
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
46 ratingsI wasn't free of my past, not yet.Sydney's blood is special. That's because she's an alchemist - one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets - and human lives. But the last encounter Sydney had with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other alchemists...Categorized as:
boarding-school enemies-to-lovers high-school action-adventure alchemy alpha-mc audiobook book -
Twilight by Meg Cabot
30 ratingsThis time it's life or death.Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth-century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism realistic 21st-century action-adventure audiobook book comedy -
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
48 ratingsSimon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire... -
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
49 ratingsThe fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death... -
Reign by Ketley Allison
10 ratingsCALLIEI always thought at Briarcliff Academy, Chase Stone was the ultimate ruler.He had the followers. The brutal upbringing. The supplicants.I’m the nobody he tortured, then loved, then ignored.Until I became the somebody of the Virtues.Now, Chase will tell you my exiling is for my own good and that he wants to shield me.He’s wrong...Categorized as:
high-school enemies-to-lovers romance contemporary cruel-mc new-adult mystery suspense -
Crush by Tracy Wolff
32 ratingsEverything feels off—especially me. I’ve returned to Katmere Academy, but I’m haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am.Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don’t know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever...Categorized as:
boarding-school dark-academia enemies-to-lovers high-school action-adventure angst audiobook book -
Princess at Heart by Connie Glynn
12 ratingsReturn to the magical world of The Rosewood Chronicles in the fourth instalment of this gorgeous series for fans of The Princess Diaries and Harry Potter. Ellie is a rebellious princess hiding her real identity. Lottie is her Portman, acting as the princess for the public to shield Ellie from scrutiny. Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost...Categorized as:
boarding-school high-school action-adventure audiobook book children contemporary family -
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
6 ratingsFour brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger...Categorized as:
dark-academia realistic mystery young-adult fiction contemporary murder law-enforcement -
-
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
12 ratingsAn unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care. --#1 New York Times-bestselling author Karen M... -
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
14 ratingsMoth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones... -
Princess in Practice by Connie Glynn
16 ratingsLottie and Ellie are back! Return to Rosewood Hall with your two favourite princesses in the sequel to Undercover Princess!----------As they return to Rosewood after the dramatic events of their first year, Lottie and Ellie are hoping for a peaceful term.But strange things are happening at Rosewood. Pupils are being poisoned...Categorized as:
boarding-school high-school realistic action-adventure audiobook book children christian -
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
18 ratingsPsychic...or psychotic? Anna knows her family is crazy. But when she goes to visit her aunt and uncle for the summer and learns that her uncle’s charred body has been found, her life reaches a new level of insanity. Her erratic aunt’s “psychic” abilities are exaggerated by her grief, and have become borderline violent... -
Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
18 ratingsSabine isn't like anyone else. For as long as she can remember, she's had two lives. Every twenty-four hours she "shifts," living each day twice. In one life, Sabine has everything: popular friends, perfect grades, expensive clothes, and the guy everyone wants. In the other, Sabine's family struggles financially, and her friends are considered rebels. But then she meets Ethan... -
Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
24 ratingsIn the last year, Allie's survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It's the one place she's felt she belongs. And the fact that it's brought dark-eyed Carter West into her life hasn't hurt either...Categorized as:
boarding-school dark-academia high-school action-adventure audiobook book contemporary crime -
Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
28 ratingsWhat - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism realistic 21st-century action-adventure alpha-mc audiobook book -
Heaven on Hell Island by Shea Swain
6 ratingsIf Bleu St. James relied on her first impression of Chris, she might have let him drown. But there is something about him that inexplicably draws her in. Maybe it was something she saw when she stared at his calm face as the plane they were on fell from the sky... -
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
28 ratingsLeigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird... -
Dead and Not Buried by Makeandoffer
12 ratingsLeah Preston was a normal 17 year old girl, until she wakes up and finds herself staring at her own lifeless body. She has no idea what happened to her or how she died, and the only person who can see her is her sworn enemy Jared... -
-
Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry
14 ratingsEchoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her.Veronica sees ghosts. More specifically, her mother's ghost...Categorized as:
enemies-to-lovers high-school realistic abuse audiobook book coming-of-age contemporary -
Colorblind by Siera Maley
16 ratingsHarper has a secret...and it's not that she likes girls. She has a rare and special gift: she can see how old other people will be when they pass away. Nothing she does changes this number, and that becomes especially clear when her mother dies in a car crash. With only one other person in the world who knows about and shares her gift, Harper is determined to keep her distance from everyone... -
Elemental Fae Academy by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn
16 ratingsMy one piece of advice: Never kiss a stranger.See, I kind of kissed this sexy man at the bar on a dare once, and it turns out he's a Royal Fae destined to be my mate. Now I've been dragged to the Elemental Fae Academy to control the powers I unlocked that night.So kissing? Yeah, that won't happen again. Nope.Lesson learned.Except, I kind of kissed Titus, too...Categorized as:
boarding-school enemies-to-lovers high-school alpha-mc audiobook book contemporary crime -
The Headmaster (Shivers) by Tiffany Reisz
17 ratingsA fever dream of desires fulfilled.Nestled in the shadow of the Appalachians is where Gwen Ashby stumbles upon the William Marshall Academy, and she's given a trial position as a literature teacher. The gothic boarding school seems trapped in time yet it feels like home the moment Gwen arrives...Categorized as:
boarding-school dark-academia high-school adult age-gap audiobook book boss-employee -
Fracture by C.J. Daugherty
20 ratingsDevastated by the loss of her friend and under constant threat from an unknown spy at Cimmeria Academy, Allie Sheridan is finding it hard to cope.In Fracture, the third book in the Night School series, she’s not the only one losing it – everything is falling apart. And when Nathaniel begins to reveal his game plan, Isabelle starts to lose control...Categorized as:
boarding-school dark-academia high-school action-adventure audiobook book contemporary crime -
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
55 ratings“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past... -
The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker
10 ratingsAmy is struggling to put her life back together following the death of her mother. The loss has left her heartbroken, and she doesn’t know if her world will ever be whole again.Meanwhile, in Seabrook, a small town famous for its haunted lighthouse, Ryan Porter lives a simple but busy life, maintaining the ranch which he shares with his father... -
Ignited by Steffanie Holmes, Lee Duncan
12 ratingsI’ll do whatever it takes to free them.Even if I have to sacrifice my soul.The Kings of Miskatonic Prep have fallen.Three arrogant, cruel, and broken boys defied an ancient god,a faculty who imprisoned them.and the parents who stole their future.They were never going to win.But they won’t quit.They won’t stop fighting.This time, it’s not themselves they’re trying to protect.They fight for me... -
Thorne by Ketley Allison
12 ratingsThe moment I stepped into Winthorpe High, I was branded as the new girl who stole somebody else’s life.Thorne Briar, ruler of the school, keeper of underground secrets, marks me as his the instant the rumors start, but it’s not to protect me. No, he wants to punish me for being here, wrap fear around my neck until I run, and smile while he chases me down...Categorized as:
high-school enemies-to-lovers dark-academia dark new-adult contemporary university young-adult -
The One Thing by Marci Lyn Curtis
14 ratingsMaggie Sanders might be blind, but she won't invite anyone to her pity party. Ever since losing her sight six months ago, Maggie's rebellious streak has taken on a life of its own, culminating with an elaborate school prank. Maggie called it genius. The judge called it illegal.Now Maggie has a probation officer... -
-
Possessed by Steffanie Holmes
14 ratingsThe Kings of Miskatonic betrayed me. Trey, Quinn, and Ayaz pulled me into their world, made me trust them. Now, I can’t even trust myself. They broke my mind, They shattered my heart. And sent me to the Dunwich Institute, where they tell me I’m insane. I am insane, all right. Insane to trust them. Insane to love them...Categorized as:
dark-academia enemies-to-lovers high-school alpha-mc audiobook book bullying coming-of-age -
Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer
14 ratingsA psychic on the verge of stardom who isn’t sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that also threaten to tear them apart.Psychic-medium Sylvie Young starts every show with her origin story, telling the audience how she discovered her abilities... -
Corrupt Alchemy by Eva Chase
16 ratingsI was starting to think I knew what I was dealing with here at the university best known as Villain Academy. Not so much. But can I really trust a shocking revelation from someone who's proven to be my enemy?There's no way to answer that without diving in. If my mother is still out there alive, I have to uncover the truth...Categorized as:
boarding-school enemies-to-lovers high-school abuse audiobook book coming-of-age contemporary -
Storm and Stone by Joss Stirling
16 ratingsBehind the ivy-clad walls of an exclusive boarding school, lurks a sinister web of corruption, scandal, and conspiracy. American student Raven Stone has noticed something is horribly wrong. First there were the unexplained disappearances. Then there were the teachers' lies. And now the death threats ..Categorized as:
boarding-school high-school realistic action-adventure book bullying contemporary crime -
The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
21 ratingsAnna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism realistic abuse action-adventure book coming-of-age contemporary -
Black Heart by Holly Black
24 ratingsIn a world where magic is illegal, Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch, he can transform any object--including a person--into something else entirely. And that makes him a wanted man. The Feds are willing to forgive all his past crimes if he'll only leave his con artist family behind and go straight... -
Fire with Fire by Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
24 ratingsWhen sweet revenge turns sour… Book two of a trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian.Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect plan. Work together in secret to take down the people who wronged them. But things didn’t exactly go the way they’d hoped at the Homecoming Dance.Not even close.For now, it looks like they got away with it... -
Night School by C.J. Daugherty
26 ratingsAllie's world is falling apart...She hates her school. Her brother has run away. And she's just been arrested.Again.Now her parents are sending her away to a boarding school where she doesn't know a soul.But instead of hating her new school, Allie finds she's happy there. She's making friends. And then there's Sylvain, a suave French student who openly flirts with her...Categorized as:
boarding-school dark-academia high-school realistic action-adventure audiobook book contemporary -
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
20 ratingsWith the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song, this standout YA contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, is the first in a planned trilogy.It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself...Categorized as:
asian-mc dark-academia enemies-to-lovers poc-mc action-adventure audiobook book contemporary -
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
24 ratings"There’s a reason why Brewster can’t have friends – why he can’t care about too many people. Because when he cares about you, things start to happen. Impossible things that can’t be explained. I know, because they're happening to me."When Brontë starts dating Brewster “Bruiser” Rawlins – the guy voted “Most Likely to Get the Death Penalty” her twin brother, Tennyson, isn’t surprised... -
-
The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
24 ratingsDying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism realistic action-adventure afterlife angels audiobook book -
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
21 ratingsWhen August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King...Categorized as:
high-school magical-realism poc-mc realistic audiobook book coming-of-age contemporary -
Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz
19 ratingsAfter breaking a centuries-old romantic curse, Emma Connor is (almost) glad to get back to normal problems. Although…it's not easy dealing with the jealous cliques and gossip that rule her exclusive Upper East Side prep, even for a seventeen-year-old newbie witch...Categorized as:
boarding-school high-school action-adventure alpha-mc book contemporary fiction magic -
Magic Bite by Leia Stone, Lucia Ashta
18 ratingsEvie Black and her demon imp partner, Cass, are two of the most fearsome supernatural bounty hunters on the West Coast. But when Evie’s beloved grandmother dies, her world shatters. After finding the bottom of a bottle of tequila, Evie breaks the one rule she knows better than to ignore: Never hook up with a werewolf... -
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
16 ratingsAn urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him.After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail...Categorized as:
enemies-to-lovers magical-realism poc-mc action-adventure audiobook book coming-of-age contemporary -
Red Dawn by J.J. Bonds
10 ratingsKatia’s done running. She’s fought fiercely to protect her identity, her secrets, and those she loves most. And while it hasn’t been easy, she’s finally making peace with the past. Katia’s even looking forward to the start of a new school year at Crossroads Academy.Too bad things at Crossroads are going to be a little different this fall. There are new rules, new students, and new relationships...Categorized as:
boarding-school high-school action-adventure alpha-mc book contemporary female-mc fiction
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.