What books are similar to Instructions for Dancing?

The 10 closest matches to Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon on ReadingList include Everything, Everything, The Sun is Also a Star, I Must Betray You, Check & Mate, and Five Survive. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Instructions for Dancing reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

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Books like Instructions for Dancing

If you liked Instructions for Dancing, read Everything, Everything, The Sun is Also a Star, or I Must Betray You — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Closest match: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

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Looking for books like Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12)? The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Everything, Everythinggrades 9–12: Is by Nicola Yoon, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Sun is Also a Stargrades 9–12: Is by Nicola Yoon, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
I Must Betray Yougrades 9–12: Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Check & Mategrades 9–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Five Survivegrades 9–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Girls I've Beengrades 9–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Killer's Cousingrades 9–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwichgrades 9–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Yieldgrades 11–12: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (11–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
When We Were Birdsgrades 9–10: Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–10), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →

Common questions

What books are similar to Instructions for Dancing?: The 10 closest matches to Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon on ReadingList include Everything, Everything, The Sun is Also a Star, I Must Betray You, Check & Mate, and Five Survive. Each is scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Instructions for Dancing reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?: Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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