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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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Luuurve Is a Many Trousered Thing (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #8)
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4.13 avg rating — 13,884 ratings
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| 302 |
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Teach Me to Forget
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Erica M. Chapman (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 2,094 ratings
score: 794,
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Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #9)
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4.15 avg rating — 12,943 ratings
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| 304 |
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,341,784 ratings
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| 305 |
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Just for Now (Sea Breeze, #4)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 47,032 ratings
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| 305 |
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P.S. I Like You
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Kasie West (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 64,668 ratings
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| 307 |
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Wanderlove
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Kirsten Hubbard (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 8,713 ratings
score: 768,
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| 307 |
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Schooled
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3.86 avg rating — 30,066 ratings
score: 768,
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| 307 |
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Walk Two Moons
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 172,560 ratings
score: 768,
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| 310 |
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Don't Die, My Love
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Lurlene McDaniel (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 16,481 ratings
score: 767,
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| 310 |
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Old Yeller
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4.10 avg rating — 102,711 ratings
score: 767,
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| 312 |
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The Wednesday Wars
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4.12 avg rating — 46,591 ratings
score: 743,
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| 313 |
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Just One Wish
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Janette Rallison (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,786 ratings
score: 735,
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| 313 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,035,293 ratings
score: 735,
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| 315 |
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The Bermudez Triangle
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Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 10,296 ratings
score: 734,
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| 315 |
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Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
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S.C. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 141,701 ratings
score: 734,
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| 317 |
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 29,669 ratings
score: 731,
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| 318 |
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Beautiful Malice
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Rebecca James (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 8,123 ratings
score: 708,
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| 319 |
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While It Lasts (Sea Breeze, #3)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 57,457 ratings
score: 707,
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| 320 |
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This Girl (Slammed, #3)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 177,246 ratings
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The Past (VanWest, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 799 ratings
score: 700,
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| 321 |
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Girl on Trial
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Kathleen Fine (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 930 ratings
score: 700,
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| 323 |
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Belonging (Temptation, #2)
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Karen Ann Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
score: 698,
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| 324 |
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Luna
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3.83 avg rating — 21,984 ratings
score: 690,
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| 325 |
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Second Kiss (Second Kiss, #1)
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Natalie Palmer (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 6,897 ratings
score: 689,
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| 325 |
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Hope for Garbage
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Alex Tully (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
score: 689,
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| 327 |
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Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #6)
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4.08 avg rating — 18,737 ratings
score: 680,
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| 328 |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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4.30 avg rating — 502,924 ratings
score: 672,
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| 329 |
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Fourth Comings (Jessica Darling, #4)
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Megan McCafferty (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 10,419 ratings
score: 670,
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| 330 |
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Two Boys Kissing
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 48,524 ratings
score: 657,
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| 331 |
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Right Behind You
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Gail Giles (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 5,461 ratings
score: 649,
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| 332 |
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The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
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3.49 avg rating — 46,652 ratings
score: 648,
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8 people voted
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| 333 |
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Such a Rush
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 14,281 ratings
score: 645,
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| 334 |
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The Beginning of Everything
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Robyn Schneider (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 60,548 ratings
score: 641,
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8 people voted
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| 335 |
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Lipstick Apology
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Jennifer Jabaley (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
score: 640,
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8 people voted
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| 336 |
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Ask the Passengers
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A.S. King (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 25,345 ratings
score: 638,
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| 337 |
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,342,244 ratings
score: 634,
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How to Save a Life
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Sara Zarr (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 15,935 ratings
score: 627,
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| 339 |
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Flush
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Carl Hiaasen (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 32,716 ratings
score: 622,
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| 340 |
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Pride & Popularity (The Jane Austen Diaries, #1)
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Jenni James (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 6,454 ratings
score: 613,
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| 341 |
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What They Always Tell Us
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Martin Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,999 ratings
score: 602,
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Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #10)
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4.20 avg rating — 12,496 ratings
score: 601,
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Hearing Lies (Seeing Voices #2)
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Olivia Smit (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 600,
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6 people voted
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Lonely Riders
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Michael D. Dennis (Goodreads Author)
4.81 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 600,
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By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
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3.84 avg rating — 24,013 ratings
score: 599,
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Hush (Lakeview, #1)
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Stacey R. Campbell (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 323 ratings
score: 599,
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The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
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3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 599,
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The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
score: 598,
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Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
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3.39 avg rating — 16,798 ratings
score: 597,
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Saint Anything
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 65,709 ratings
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Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend
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Cassie Mae (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 7,677 ratings
score: 586,
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Johnny Tremain
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3.70 avg rating — 50,698 ratings
score: 586,
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| 351 |
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,248,043 ratings
score: 586,
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| 354 |
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Private (Private, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 19,780 ratings
score: 572,
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,275,917 ratings
score: 569,
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| 356 |
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Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1)
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Alex Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 14,127 ratings
score: 562,
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| 357 |
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Lost It
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Kristen Tracy (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 4,077 ratings
score: 557,
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| 357 |
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Cutters Don't Cry (SoCal, #1)
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Christine Dzidrums (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 702 ratings
score: 557,
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| 359 |
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Love, Rosie
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3.93 avg rating — 138,516 ratings
score: 553,
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Bad Kitty (Bad Kitty, #1)
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Michele Jaffe (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 4,546 ratings
score: 552,
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Reunited
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Hilary Weisman Graham (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,750 ratings
score: 552,
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Where the Crawdads Sing
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Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 3,517,020 ratings
score: 551,
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| 363 |
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The List
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Siobhan Vivian (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 30,497 ratings
score: 550,
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| 364 |
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Smart Girls Get What They Want
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Sarah Strohmeyer (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 6,513 ratings
score: 546,
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| 365 |
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The Beginning of After
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Jennifer Castle (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 7,839 ratings
score: 544,
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
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3.70 avg rating — 33,026 ratings
score: 541,
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| 367 |
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Hope Was Here
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4.01 avg rating — 21,311 ratings
score: 536,
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Same Difference
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Siobhan Vivian (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 2,460 ratings
score: 532,
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Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #4)
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4.01 avg rating — 23,729 ratings
score: 532,
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Love Is the Higher Law
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David Levithan (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 7,467 ratings
score: 529,
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So Yesterday
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 11,384 ratings
score: 528,
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Instructions for a Broken Heart
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Kim Culbertson (Goodreads Author)
3.30 avg rating — 1,375 ratings
score: 521,
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What I Was
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Meg Rosoff (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 4,641 ratings
score: 518,
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Things We Know by Heart
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Jessi Kirby (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 17,622 ratings
score: 513,
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Pulling Princes (Calypso Chronicles, #1)
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Tyne O'Connell (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
score: 511,
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Scars
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Cheryl Rainfield (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 15,523 ratings
score: 509,
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The Boys of Summer (Summer, #1)
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C.J. Duggan (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 5,283 ratings
score: 505,
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| 378 |
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Beautiful Me
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Natasha Jennings (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 241 ratings
score: 500,
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| 378 |
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Travesty
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Carrie Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 148 ratings
score: 500,
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Kiss
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3.77 avg rating — 6,053 ratings
score: 499,
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,772,266 ratings
score: 499,
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| 382 |
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Going Bovine
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 35,167 ratings
score: 498,
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A Series of Small Maneuvers
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Eliot Treichel (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 138 ratings
score: 497,
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And That's When It Fell Off in My Hand (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #5)
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4.05 avg rating — 19,779 ratings
score: 495,
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| 385 |
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The Summer I Became a Nerd (Nerd, #1)
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Leah Rae Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 10,400 ratings
score: 494,
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| 385 |
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Bobby's Girl
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Bernie Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 494,
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Felix Ever After
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4.22 avg rating — 65,984 ratings
score: 494,
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Radio Silence
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Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 126,614 ratings
score: 492,
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The Call of the Wild
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3.91 avg rating — 463,919 ratings
score: 491,
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The Disenchantments
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Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 9,189 ratings
score: 489,
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On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #2)
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3.95 avg rating — 48,732 ratings
score: 487,
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Rules
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3.97 avg rating — 64,055 ratings
score: 485,
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First Comes Love (First Comes Love, #1)
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Katie Kacvinsky (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 4,981 ratings
score: 485,
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Bittersweet
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Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 12,348 ratings
score: 480,
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Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #3)
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3.96 avg rating — 30,413 ratings
score: 479,
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Taking Chances (Taking Chances, #1)
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Molly McAdams (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 48,029 ratings
score: 474,
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Solitaire
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Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 139,847 ratings
score: 471,
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| 398 |
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Princess in the Spotlight (The Princess Diaries, #2)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 66,388 ratings
score: 468,
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The One That I Want
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
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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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