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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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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,616,562 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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4.24 avg rating — 1,961,790 ratings
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,724,488 ratings
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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 463,440 ratings
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,016,913 ratings
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 958,828 ratings
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,471,617 ratings
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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 262,950 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,820,895 ratings
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Eleanor & Park
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,245,352 ratings
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The Truth About Forever
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 225,869 ratings
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 344,889 ratings
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Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 303,916 ratings
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Fangirl
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 774,559 ratings
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Just Listen
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 250,039 ratings
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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 624,943 ratings
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The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,058,088 ratings
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The Outsiders
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S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,554,093 ratings
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Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
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Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 166,457 ratings
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Along for the Ride
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 211,596 ratings
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An Abundance of Katherines
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 546,635 ratings
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Hamilton High, #1)
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Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 195,710 ratings
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Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 705,099 ratings
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Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 89,428 ratings
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This Lullaby
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 180,590 ratings
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 410,317 ratings
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The Catcher in the Rye
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3.80 avg rating — 3,824,793 ratings
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The Sky Is Everywhere
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Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 109,695 ratings
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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4.07 avg rating — 260,715 ratings
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,176,309 ratings
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Lock and Key
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 152,097 ratings
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Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
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Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 94,630 ratings
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 729,590 ratings
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A Walk to Remember
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 839,840 ratings
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It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 679,962 ratings
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Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)
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Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 228,974 ratings
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Forbidden
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Tabitha Suzuma (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 75,614 ratings
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Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 64,821 ratings
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Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 44,066 ratings
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Wintergirls
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 125,142 ratings
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 334,783 ratings
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Dreamland
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 83,787 ratings
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On the Jellicoe Road
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 51,554 ratings
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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Dash & Lily, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 101,109 ratings
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Flipped
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,864 ratings
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What Happened to Goodbye
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 90,476 ratings
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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
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Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 127,835 ratings
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We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 618,036 ratings
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Someone Like You
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 105,694 ratings
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Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
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3.69 avg rating — 85,350 ratings
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Going Too Far
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 38,345 ratings
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My Life Next Door
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3.97 avg rating — 155,345 ratings
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Two-Way Street
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Lauren Barnholdt (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 45,664 ratings
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The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 261,275 ratings
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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4.06 avg rating — 282,342 ratings
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North of Beautiful
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Justina Chen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 35,796 ratings
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Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
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Katie McGarry (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 122,785 ratings
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Crank (Crank, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 153,889 ratings
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13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
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Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 83,630 ratings
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Twenty Boy Summer
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Sarah Ockler (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 40,688 ratings
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Return to Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #2)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 33,660 ratings
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Before I Die
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3.81 avg rating — 57,792 ratings
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Keeping the Moon
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 69,210 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,409,678 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,736,447 ratings
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Saving Francesca
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 33,312 ratings
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Willow
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3.90 avg rating — 32,776 ratings
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
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Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,030,588 ratings
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Slammed (Slammed, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 438,313 ratings
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I Am the Messenger
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 168,258 ratings
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1)
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Ally Carter (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 192,793 ratings
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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3.89 avg rating — 1,576,969 ratings
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Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
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Colleen Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 667,133 ratings
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Stolen (Stolen, #1)
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Lucy Christopher (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 86,416 ratings
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #1)
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3.76 avg rating — 134,967 ratings
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Forget You
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 26,500 ratings
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The Lonely Hearts Club (The Lonely Hearts Club, #1)
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Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 28,127 ratings
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You Against Me
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3.69 avg rating — 18,696 ratings
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Hate List
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 82,040 ratings
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Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1)
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Megan McCafferty (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 36,232 ratings
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All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 619,096 ratings
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Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 28,336 ratings
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Perfect You
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Elizabeth Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 21,965 ratings
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When It Happens
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 35,838 ratings
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I'll Give You the Sun
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Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 354,813 ratings
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Some Girls Are
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 15,272 ratings
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Something Like Fate
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 20,206 ratings
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All-American Girl (All-American Girl, #1)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 70,259 ratings
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Forever...
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 66,651 ratings
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Graffiti Moon
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Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 20,109 ratings
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Waiting for You
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 21,914 ratings
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Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1)
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Rebecca Donovan (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 95,031 ratings
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
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Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 36,652 ratings
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Saving June
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Hannah Harrington (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 17,386 ratings
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Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2)
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Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,009 ratings
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The Piper's Son
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 11,685 ratings
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How to Be Popular
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 21,789 ratings
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Bloom
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Elizabeth Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 13,543 ratings
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Twisted
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Laurie Halse Anderson (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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