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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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Aldaraia
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Clinchandhill (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 200,
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| 668 |
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You, Me, & Letting Go
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Katie Kaleski (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 200,
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| 668 |
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Confusion: A Surrealistic Novella on the Struggle for Autonomy
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Mathijs Koenraadt (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 668 |
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Hated You Then (Love Hurts, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 4,074 ratings
score: 200,
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| 668 |
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Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)
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Rachel Lynn Solomon (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 98,620 ratings
score: 200,
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The Hard Way Home
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C.W. Farnsworth (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 2,356 ratings
score: 200,
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How To Be A Chameleon
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Michelle Leigh (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 200,
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Life After
by
Genalea Barker (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 90 ratings
score: 200,
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| 709 |
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Calli
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3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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Guitar Girl
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3.63 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1)
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 8,951 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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The Legacy Of Secrets
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Rebecca Montemurro (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
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Courtney C. Stevens (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 8,722 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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Pixelated
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L.S. Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 77 ratings
score: 199,
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Skim
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3.76 avg rating — 17,137 ratings
score: 199,
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The Art of Lainey (The Art of Lainey, #1)
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Paula Stokes (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 4,614 ratings
score: 199,
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Bluff
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3.64 avg rating — 127 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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The French Impressionist
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Rebecca Bischoff (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 100 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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Lost in Los Angeles
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Jenny Lynne (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 148 ratings
score: 199,
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| 709 |
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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
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Daven McQueen (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 3,358 ratings
score: 199,
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| 721 |
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Nokosee: Rise Of The New Seminole
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3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 198,
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| 721 |
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Boycotts & Barflies
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Victoria Michaels (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 8,698 ratings
score: 198,
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| 721 |
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Time Stands Still (Emi Lost & Found, #2)
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Lori L. Otto (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 2,004 ratings
score: 198,
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| 721 |
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The Casual Vacancy
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3.31 avg rating — 335,917 ratings
score: 198,
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3 people voted
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| 721 |
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Turtle in Paradise
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Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 20,224 ratings
score: 198,
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3 people voted
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| 721 |
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My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary (Rae Earl, #1)
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3.72 avg rating — 4,476 ratings
score: 198,
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| 721 |
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The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting
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Holly Bourne (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 9,118 ratings
score: 198,
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| 721 |
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Seeing Voices
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Olivia Smit (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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| 721 |
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The Cousins
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 138,566 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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| 721 |
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All the Truth That's in Me
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Julie Berry (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 15,381 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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| 721 |
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Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery
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Rosalie Rayburn (Goodreads Author)
4.90 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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| 732 |
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Broken Memory
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3.56 avg rating — 561 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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| 732 |
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Ivy
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3.36 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
score: 197,
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| 732 |
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The Big Crunch
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3.54 avg rating — 1,971 ratings
score: 197,
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3 people voted
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| 732 |
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Flinging Dirt (Dirt, #2)
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Rebecca Montemurro (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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| 732 |
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First There Was Forever
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Juliana Romano (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
score: 197,
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| 732 |
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,169,952 ratings
score: 197,
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| 732 |
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Evershade (The Shifter Chronicles #1)
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Michelle Areaux (Goodreads Author)
3.12 avg rating — 136 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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| 739 |
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Never Look Back (Emi Lost & Found, #3)
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Lori L. Otto (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
score: 196,
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| 739 |
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What She Left Behind
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Tracy Bilen (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
score: 196,
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| 739 |
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That Feeling When (#lovehim, #1)
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S.M. James (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 385 ratings
score: 196,
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It Sounded Better in My Head
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Nina Kenwood (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 10,199 ratings
score: 196,
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| 739 |
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The Words We Keep
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Erin Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 13,921 ratings
score: 196,
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| 744 |
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Every Boy is a Book (The Rook Crew #1)
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Mirella Muffarotto (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings
score: 195,
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| 745 |
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Out of the Pocket
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Bill Konigsberg (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 3,757 ratings
score: 194,
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| 745 |
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What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1)
by
Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 166,633 ratings
score: 194,
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| 747 |
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Smashed
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Lisa Luedeke (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 777 ratings
score: 193,
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| 747 |
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Up in Flames
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Nicole Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 10,938 ratings
score: 193,
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3 people voted
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Invisible
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Jeff Erno (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
score: 193,
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| 747 |
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How to Love
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Katie Cotugno (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 18,893 ratings
score: 193,
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3 people voted
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Rush (The Game, #1)
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Eve Silver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 5,601 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 73,250 ratings
score: 193,
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Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
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Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 739,609 ratings
score: 193,
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| 754 |
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Saving You, Saving Me (You & Me Trilogy, #1)
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Kailin Gow (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
score: 192,
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| 754 |
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The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back (The Ugly Stepsister #1)
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Sariah Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 5,270 ratings
score: 192,
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| 754 |
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Come Away with Me (With Me in Seattle, #1)
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Kristen Proby (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 63,173 ratings
score: 192,
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| 754 |
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The Jewel (The Lone City, #1)
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Amy Ewing (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 48,395 ratings
score: 192,
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So long, Yugoslavia
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4.61 avg rating — 77 ratings
score: 192,
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| 754 |
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All the Walls of Belfast
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Sarah Carlson (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 507 ratings
score: 192,
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| 760 |
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The Secret Life of Prince Charming
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Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 4,841 ratings
score: 191,
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| 760 |
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As Simple as Snow
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3.69 avg rating — 2,980 ratings
score: 191,
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| 760 |
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You Don't Know Me
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3.90 avg rating — 9,253 ratings
score: 191,
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| 760 |
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Girl Underwater
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Claire Kells (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 8,493 ratings
score: 191,
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| 760 |
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Bluefish
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Pat Schmatz (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 3,851 ratings
score: 191,
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| 760 |
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Jack Kerouac Is Dead to Me
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Gae Polisner (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 430 ratings
score: 191,
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| 766 |
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A Note of Madness (Flynn Laukonen, #1)
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Tabitha Suzuma (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
score: 190,
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| 766 |
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Being Friends with Boys
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Terra Elan McVoy (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 5,078 ratings
score: 190,
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| 766 |
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How Hard Can Love Be? (The Spinster Club, #2)
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Holly Bourne (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 10,570 ratings
score: 190,
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| 766 |
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36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You
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Vicki Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 6,645 ratings
score: 190,
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| 770 |
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The Unwritten Rule
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Elizabeth Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 12,537 ratings
score: 189,
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| 770 |
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The Opportunist (Love Me with Lies, #1)
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Tarryn Fisher (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 54,054 ratings
score: 189,
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| 770 |
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Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)
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Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 325,063 ratings
score: 189,
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| 773 |
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Fearless
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Chris O'Guinn (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 614 ratings
score: 188,
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| 773 |
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The Tiger Rising
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 32,316 ratings
score: 188,
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| 773 |
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 28,027 ratings
score: 188,
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| 773 |
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Drama
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Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 158,657 ratings
score: 188,
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| 773 |
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One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 277,508 ratings
score: 188,
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| 778 |
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When the Sea Is Rising Red (Hobverse #1)
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Cat Hellisen (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
score: 187,
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| 778 |
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Something Borrowed (Darcy & Rachel, #1)
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Emily Giffin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 606,459 ratings
score: 187,
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| 780 |
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Waiting for Normal
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4.06 avg rating — 11,993 ratings
score: 186,
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| 780 |
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Hysteria
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3.64 avg rating — 6,405 ratings
score: 186,
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| 780 |
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The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
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Melissa Keil (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
score: 186,
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Amelia Unabridged
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Ashley Schumacher (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 5,231 ratings
score: 186,
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| 780 |
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Slingshot
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Mercedes Helnwein (Goodreads Author)
3.06 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
score: 186,
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| 785 |
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Junk Miles (Brenna Blixen, #2)
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Liz Reinhardt (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 3,480 ratings
score: 185,
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| 785 |
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Peaches (Peaches, #1)
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Jodi Lynn Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 13,225 ratings
score: 185,
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| 785 |
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Love at First Click (First Kisses, #6)
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3.90 avg rating — 3,430 ratings
score: 185,
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| 785 |
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My So-Called Life (Rachel Riley, #1)
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3.51 avg rating — 984 ratings
score: 185,
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| 785 |
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Crazy
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4.02 avg rating — 3,270 ratings
score: 185,
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| 785 |
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Where Things Come Back
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3.80 avg rating — 21,255 ratings
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| 791 |
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Sun-Kissed (The Au Pairs #3)
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Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
score: 184,
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| 791 |
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Legacy (Private, #6)
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4.05 avg rating — 7,460 ratings
score: 184,
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| 791 |
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Burning Up
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3.57 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
score: 184,
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| 791 |
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Hooked (Hooked, #1)
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Liz Fichera (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
score: 184,
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| 791 |
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The Living (The Living, #1)
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Matt de la Peña (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 5,250 ratings
score: 184,
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| 791 |
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Whatever Life Throws at You
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Julie Cross (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 8,875 ratings
score: 184,
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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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