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Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
This is a list for Young Adult novels that are realistic. That means no paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi, or any other genre of the like can be added to this list. Thank you for voting. :)
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Audrey, Wait!
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Robin Benway (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 14,696 ratings
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Looking for Alibrandi
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 25,324 ratings
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 666,926 ratings
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Between Shades of Gray
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Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 270,536 ratings
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Second Helpings (Jessica Darling, #2)
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Megan McCafferty (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 26,199 ratings
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We Were Liars
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,339,881 ratings
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
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Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 463,627 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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John Boyne (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 944,092 ratings
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Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 287,571 ratings
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Stealing Heaven
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Elizabeth Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 9,167 ratings
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The Sea of Tranquility
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Katja Millay (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 88,283 ratings
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| 112 |
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Beautiful Country
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J.R. Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 751 ratings
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| 113 |
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The Year of Secret Assignments (Ashbury/Brookfield, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 18,706 ratings
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| 114 |
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 253,149 ratings
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Just One Day (Just One Day, #1)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 86,411 ratings
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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Jesse Andrews (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 147,643 ratings
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| 117 |
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Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 168,857 ratings
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| 118 |
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Pants on Fire
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 18,145 ratings
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Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks, #1)
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Miranda Kenneally (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 64,390 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,088,179 ratings
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Glass (Crank, #2)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 73,983 ratings
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| 122 |
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Go Ask Alice
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Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous")
3.74 avg rating — 289,659 ratings
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Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2)
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 203,891 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 582,547 ratings
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The Hate U Give
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Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 993,013 ratings
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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4.12 avg rating — 435,146 ratings
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Feeling Sorry for Celia (Ashbury/Brookfield, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 10,740 ratings
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The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 27,035 ratings
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| 129 |
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Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)
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Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 94,725 ratings
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Shut Out (Hamilton High, #2)
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Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 27,357 ratings
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Chasing Brooklyn
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Lisa Schroeder (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 8,402 ratings
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Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 265,447 ratings
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| 133 |
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Second Chance Summer
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Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 55,808 ratings
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Starlet's Man (The Starlet, #0.5)
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Carla J. Hanna (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 63 ratings
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| 135 |
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Number the Stars
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 611,408 ratings
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Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)
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Jessica Park (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 60,223 ratings
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| 137 |
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Fall for Anything
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
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| 138 |
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.20 avg rating — 4,103,309 ratings
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| 139 |
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The Distance Between Us (Old Town Shops, #1)
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Kasie West (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 80,311 ratings
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Beauty Queens
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 55,132 ratings
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| 141 |
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Why We Broke Up
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Daniel Handler (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 59,354 ratings
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| 142 |
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
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A.S. King (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 29,884 ratings
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The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window, #1)
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Kirsty Moseley (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 77,961 ratings
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Fallout (Crank, #3)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 39,434 ratings
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| 145 |
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I'll Meet You There
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Heather Demetrios (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 15,019 ratings
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Dancing with a Dead Horse
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Danielle DeVor (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 150 ratings
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| 147 |
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Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
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Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 69,223 ratings
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| 148 |
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Edna in the Desert
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Maddy Lederman (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 261 ratings
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The Last Little Blue Envelope (Little Blue Envelope, #2)
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Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 24,792 ratings
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That Was Then, This Is Now
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 39,772 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 226,349 ratings
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| 152 |
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Denali Skies
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Danielle Rohr (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 64,739 ratings
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That Summer
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 58,525 ratings
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,976,780 ratings
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L.A. Candy (L.A. Candy, #1)
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3.34 avg rating — 27,115 ratings
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Everything, Everything
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Nicola Yoon (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 670,978 ratings
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Sweethearts
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Sara Zarr (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 18,352 ratings
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The Off Season (Dairy Queen, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 11,350 ratings
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Esperanza Rising
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4.04 avg rating — 112,029 ratings
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Prom & Prejudice
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Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 19,771 ratings
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 184,613 ratings
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Hold Still
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,927 ratings
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Crash (Crash, #1)
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Nicole Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 61,582 ratings
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Boy Meets Boy
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 76,249 ratings
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Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)
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Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 27,264 ratings
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Fallen Too Far (Rosemary Beach, #1; Too Far, #1)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 174,077 ratings
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Teen Idol
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 24,620 ratings
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Losing It (Losing It, #1)
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Cora Carmack (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 109,425 ratings
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This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)
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Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 51,545 ratings
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| 171 |
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Without MAlice
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Amesbury Clarke (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 368 ratings
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The Clique (The Clique, #1)
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Lisi Harrison (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 33,508 ratings
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 50,623 ratings
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Turtles All the Way Down
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 631,074 ratings
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The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 149,900 ratings
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Miracle
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Johnathon Nicolaou (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
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Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 7,532 ratings
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A Match Made in High School
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Kristin Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 9,789 ratings
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Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 119,058 ratings
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A Midsummer's Nightmare (Hamilton High, #3)
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Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 20,301 ratings
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After School With Mr. Obnoxious
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Leigh Frankie (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 230 ratings
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Fat Cat
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Robin Brande (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 5,479 ratings
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P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 416,290 ratings
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Bad For Me
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Cheryl F.M. (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Cracked Up to Be
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 19,557 ratings
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Catalyst
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 17,839 ratings
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Burned (Burned, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 70,440 ratings
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Holding On and Letting Go (The Ties That Bind Us, #1)
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Sophie & Carter
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Chelsea Fine (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 13,646 ratings
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Such a Pretty Girl
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3.86 avg rating — 17,018 ratings
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Marcelo in the Real World
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Francisco X. Stork (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 19,712 ratings
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The Last Song
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
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Front and Center (Dairy Queen, #3)
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The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
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Jessica Sorensen (Goodreads Author)
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Winger (Winger, #1)
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Because of Low (Sea Breeze, #2)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
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The Secret of Ella and Micha (The Secret, #1)
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Jessica Sorensen (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 71,471 ratings
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Keep Holding On
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 12,494 ratings
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The Karma Club
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Jessica Brody (Goodreads Author)
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Summer in the City
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Looking for Alaska appears to be listed twice, once on page 1 and again about page 2 at number 103. I nearly voted for it again.
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this is such a great list. I just started with anna and the french kiss, finished it and it was absolutely great. I am now reading before I fall, and I guess I'll have to follow through this list. Great! <3
Isn't 'The Host' sci-fi? And 'The Hunger Games' dystopian?....these shouldn't be on this book list since its only YA realistic novels....just sayin :/
Liliana wrote: "Isn't 'The Host' sci-fi? And 'The Hunger Games' dystopian?....these shouldn't be on this book list since its only YA realistic novels....just sayin :/"Liliana, thank you for pointing those out. I deleted them from the list.
For some reason, people seem to vote for their favorite books on whatever list they run into first here on GR. Whether it's the correct genre for the list they're voting on or not.
this is really a great list. i've read many of these books and loved them!
This is why I hate these listopia things on goodreads. There are always books that clearly don't belong on the list. I know everyone loves hunger games(I love hunger games), but it's not realistic. There are no hunger games in the real world. Stop trying to put books on lists just because you like them. Only add them if they fit the description.
I don't know if before I Fall belongs on the list. Yes, it takes place in our world and I would call it realistic fiction, except for the fact that most of the plot is about a girl reliving her death day over and over again, which is science fiction.
I was also going yo ask about the" Fifty Shades Of Grey" series being on here. They clearly aren't YA and if they were, they wouldn't be considered realistic by most.
Not sure if historical books can be included? The Book Thief isn't set in the present time but it is realistic and awesome so I'll vote for it anyway. :D
Liliana wrote: "Isn't 'The Host' sci-fi? And 'The Hunger Games' dystopian?....these shouldn't be on this book list since its only YA realistic novels....just sayin :/"They mean the voice and struggles of the teen protagonist is realistic.
Took off the following paranormals/SF/fantasy:Evermore
Fracture
Deadly Little Secret
Loch
Vampire Academy
Winter Rose
Shiver
The Twilight Saga
Linger
Forever
The Last Prophet
The Amityville Horror
Breaking Dawn
Betrayed
Twilight
Took off the following not YA books:
Gabriel's Rapture (erotica)
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades Trilogy Bundle
I LOVE Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I'm not a real YA fan because to me the whole "teen relationship" thing is a hard sell form me, since I think "oh they'll break up. They don't really know what love is." And I stand by that idea, because I myself don't love anyone. It's fleeting and superficial, like most teens' love is. They confuse comfort and safety with true love, it's really just "philia".
Debbie wrote: "Took off the following paranormals/SF/fantasy:Evermore
Fracture
Deadly Little Secret
Loch
Vampire Academy
Winter Rose
Shiver
The Twilight Saga
Linger
Forever
The Last Prophet
The Amityville Horro..."
Debbie, thank you so much. Since creating this list two years ago, I have made several changes and tried to keep it up, but is hard when people keep adding books that shouldn't be on here, and I simply can't check it every day of my life. So thanks again for helping. :)
Rahmat wrote: "Thanks so much this is the first list I've started on GR. I will also like to thank everyone for adding books to this list."
Rahmat, if you're taking credit for creating this list, you better redact that. I, Lora, clearly created this list back in January of 2011, as is listed above the people who've voted on this list.
Lora wrote: "Debbie wrote: "Took off the following paranormals/SF/fantasy:Evermore
Fracture
Deadly Little Secret
Loch
Vampire Academy
Winter Rose
Shiver
The Twilight Saga
Linger
Forever
The Last Prophet
The A..."
Sorry for that I was talking of another list.
This is a really great list, but I'm surprised not to find The Diary of Anne Frank. That's definitely a classic.
Lynne wrote: "This is a really great list, but I'm surprised not to find The Diary of Anne Frank. That's definitely a classic."Probably because that's not a novel.
Jazzy, list out numbers and titles and I'll clean up the list tonight.
If anything beautiful distaster is my favorite book lol and after that taking chances will put you to tears I was drowning in em!'
I am really interested in this list, it looks great!!!!
I am so incredibly honored that people voted my book on this list, and I'm also incredibly excited to read some of the other books. Realistic YA is one of my favorite genres.
Vampire Academy and The Host are not realistic.
Gone.Also removed the following:
Queen of Babble and sequels (Not YA)
The Notebook (not YA)
Journey to the River Sea (historical fantasy)
The Lovely Bones (not realistic)
Graceling (fantasy)
Shatter Me (SF)
The Godfather (not YA)
I totally LOVE this list, especially glad I discovered Simone Elkeles because of it.
Did some cleaning up.Deleted:
Less Than Zero (adult)
The Help (with some teen characters, but still adult)
On Dublin Street (adult - bordering on erotica)
Night Star (YA paranormal)
Room (told from a five-year-old's POV, but definitely adult)
The Lovely Bones (not really realistic and not really YA)
Infinite Days (YA paranormal)
A Time to Kill (adult mystery)
As the creator of this list, I want to thank all GR users who've helped clean up this list; it is much appreciated, since I cannot keep tabs on it 24/7.
There are still several books from Jodi Picoult and Nicholas Sparks that are technically adult and therefore shouldn't be on this list, but they seem to be popular books to add, so I won't delete them at present. However, if someone else feels they should be deleted and wishs to take the liberty, be my guest.
As far as the "new adult" genre that everyone is going on about, I am not yet sure whether it should be on this list or not. They are books aimed at 17+ (I think?), but there content really isn't all that appropriate for younger readers IMO. There are several New Adult titles on this list now, however, so for now I'll not be deleting them, either. If anyone else deems them unfit for the list, please feel free to delete them yourself. Thank you.
- Lora
Lora wrote: "Did some cleaning up.Deleted:
Less Than Zero (adult)
The Help (with some teen characters, but still adult)
On Dublin Street (adult - bordering on erotica)
Night Star (YA paranormal)
Room (told fr..."
I think everyone is turning a "once YA book" Into a New adult book anyway. So it's hard to keep track. I say leave them unless there are a LOT of adult themes in them.
ferb I know what we're gonna do today
I'm fairly sure Starters is more sci fi than realistic YA fiction.
I love this list! I've read some of them.
If I Stay (Gayle Forman) isn't totally realistic.
Ditto on please remove "Before I Fall" and "If I Stay." I think they're great books, but not for this list.
(I think we can take the supernatural element of "The Book Thief" as just literary device, though...)
I have deleted some books:City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Fallen by Lauren Kate
But I don't think I have found all Fantasy, SF and erotica.
Divergent (#113) definitely should be out of this list - there's nothing realistic about it. Same goes about Flowers in the Attic (#130) Whoever has a power to delete those - please do! :-)
I noticed several books that should be deleted. Fallen #244, Short 2nd Life of Bree Tanner #771, Divergent #459, Grapes of Wrath (not YA)#703. It is unbelievable so many people do not read instructions or just don't care.
I love Anna and the French Kiss, but "Realistic"? hardly.
LOTR and The Hobbit are realistic fiction?
The Fault in our Stars isn't realistic.
I've read 25 of the T27. Highlights: Tier 1 - Just Listen, Along for the Ride, The Truth About Forever
Tier 2 - Before I Fall, Speak, Will Grayson
I completely understand the need to create a list not dominated by paranormal romance, vampire fiction, Fifty Shades, etc. Unfortunately, by creating the "realistic" limitation, all of Vonnegut, anything by Orson Scott Card or Tolkien, Watership Down, Flowers for Algernon and a number of other really strong YA books are also excluded. This is a shame, because there is a type of kid out there--usually brainy and male, but not always--who won't read anything else. They're tearing the classroom apart till you put Douglas Adams in their hands and say, "Just read this," and suddenly they're happy.
Almost died of laughter that TFIOS is on this list. I love the book, but seriously.
TFIOS = The Fault in Our Stars. Took me a minute to figure this out. This book may not be completely realistic, but it comes closer than dystopian books and vampire fiction. I believe it follows the description of the books for this list. see below"This is a list for Young Adult novels that are realistic. That means no paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi, or any other genre of the like can be added to this list. Thank you for voting. :)"
good list anybody knows where is a list like this for comtemporary books?
What Really Happened in Peru (Clare, C.)The Scorch Trials (Dashner, J.)
The Kill Order (Dashner, J.)
The Lost Hero (Riordan, R.)
The Son of Neptune (Riordan, R.)
The House of Hades (Riordan, R.)
Hush, Hush (Fitzpatrick, B.)
Killer (Shephard, S.) Or all the Pretty Little Liars series aren't realistic.
The One (Cass, K.)
aren't realistic :-)
Kevin wrote: "(I think we can take the supernatural element of "The Book Thief" as just literary device, though...)"Jeanie wrote: "Liliana wrote: "Isn't 'The Host' sci-fi? And 'The Hunger Games' dystopian?....these shouldn't be on this book list since its only YA realistic novels....just sayin :/"
They mean the voice and stru..."
You've still got Bared To You (#299) erotica listed on this YA listopia.
I'm curious as to why If I Stay and Before I Fall are on here. I'm not sure if I would say these novels are "realistic." I think they should be removed from the list too.
Which part in The Fault in Our Stars is realistic? Do people talk like that in real life? That's very tiring..Didn't like the book at all and I had high expectation since the movie is quite good..
If I Stay by Gayle FormanI really loved this book!!!! Especially towards the ending was really interesting! But keep reading it gets better and better!! Read the book first and then see the movie!! Its totally worth it trust me!!!! I recommend this book!! I just cant wait til i get the second book!It should be more interesting!! I Guarantee you that this book is one of the best!! The movie was also good!!!
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