Best Realistic Fiction Books | Summaries & Audio

Realistic Fiction Book Summaries

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

by Rachel Cohn • 2006

A bassist dodging his ex asks a stranger to be his girlfriend for five minutes.

3.68

85k+

🤝 Fake Dating 🌙 One Night Romance 🔄 Dual Pov 🎸 Indie Music Scene 💔 Getting Over An Ex

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

A bassist dodging his ex asks a stranger to be his girlfriend for five minutes.

by Rachel Cohn 2006 183 pages

3.68

85k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 🌙 One Night Romance 🔄 Dual Pov 🎸 Indie Music Scene 💔 Getting Over An Ex

The Getaway

by Jeff Kinney • 2017

Christmas at a tropical resort sounds like paradise until Greg Heffley's family checks in.

4.33

45k+

📖 Diary Format 🎨 Illustrated Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Vacation Chaos 😬 Cringe Comedy 😰 Anxious Narrator

The Getaway

Christmas at a tropical resort sounds like paradise until Greg Heffley's family checks in.

by Jeff Kinney 2017 224 pages

4.33

45k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format 🎨 Illustrated Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Vacation Chaos 😬 Cringe Comedy 😰 Anxious Narrator

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

by Barry Jonsberg • 2013

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

3.91

2k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

by Barry Jonsberg 2013

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

The DUFF

by Kody Keplinger • 2010

After the playboy calls her the ugly friend, she sleeps with him in secret to escape.

3.79

100k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 😈 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Body Image Issues 😏 Snarky Heroine

The DUFF

After the playboy calls her the ugly friend, she sleeps with him in secret to escape.

by Kody Keplinger 2010 280 pages

3.79

100k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 😈 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Body Image Issues 😏 Snarky Heroine

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon • 2015

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

3.96

600k+

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Everything, Everything

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

by Nicola Yoon 2015 312 pages

3.96

600k+ ratings

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Judy Blume • 1970

Almost twelve, new to the suburbs, talking to God about periods, faith, and where she belongs.

3.95

200k+

🐛 Girlhood Growing Pains 🤫 Secret Club 🕊️ Interfaith Family 🌱 Puberty Anxiety 🙏 Questioning Religion

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Almost twelve, new to the suburbs, talking to God about periods, faith, and where she belongs.

by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages

3.95

200k+ ratings

🐛 Girlhood Growing Pains 🤫 Secret Club 🕊️ Interfaith Family 🌱 Puberty Anxiety 🙏 Questioning Religion

Red, White, and Whole

by Rajani LaRocca • 2021

Reha's world splits between American school and Indian home. Then cancer tests both.

4.40

8k+

📖 Verse Novel 💔 Parent With Cancer 🌏 Dual Identity 🇮🇳 Indian American Experience 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Red, White, and Whole

Reha's world splits between American school and Indian home. Then cancer tests both.

by Rajani LaRocca 2021 224 pages

4.40

8k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 💔 Parent With Cancer 🌏 Dual Identity 🇮🇳 Indian American Experience 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

I Funny

by James Patterson • 2012

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

4.14

13k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

I Funny

An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.

by James Patterson 2012 320 pages

4.14

13k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 😂 Humor As Coping 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief And Loss

We Are All Made of Molecules

by Susin Nielsen • 2015

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

3.82

16k+

🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

We Are All Made of Molecules

His mother died. Her father came out. Now they're stepsiblings, and neither one will bend.

by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages

3.82

16k+ ratings

🏠 Blended Family 👥 Dual Pov 🌈 Gay Parent 👫 Unlikely Siblings 🛡️ Bullying And Allyship

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023 240 pages

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

Scorpions

by Walter Dean Myers • 1995

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

3.8

2k+

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship 🏚️ Inner City 🌧️ Childhood Lost

Scorpions

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

by Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 pages

3.8

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship 🏚️ Inner City 🌧️ Childhood Lost

Words on Bathroom Walls

by Julia Walton • 2017

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

4.06

16k+

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💬 Witty Narrator 📓 Journal Format

Words on Bathroom Walls

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

by Julia Walton 2017 304 pages

4.06

16k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💬 Witty Narrator 📓 Journal Format

No and Me

by Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20k+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

No and Me

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

by Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 pages

3.72

20k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Money Hungry

by Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

4k+

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety 🍬 Kid Entrepreneur 🏙️ Urban Middle Grade

Money Hungry

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages

4.10

4k+ ratings

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety 🍬 Kid Entrepreneur 🏙️ Urban Middle Grade

Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink • 2018

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

4.63

2k+

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor 🏋️ Training Montage 🏫 Contemporary School

Way of the Warrior Kid

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

by Jocko Willink 2018 224 pages

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor 🏋️ Training Montage 🏫 Contemporary School

Hate List

by Jennifer Brown • 2009

After her boyfriend's school shooting, a girl's notebook of grudges turns her into a suspect.

4.00

67k+

🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🎨 Healing Through Art 📰 Media Scrutiny 🏘️ Small Town Trauma

Hate List

After her boyfriend's school shooting, a girl's notebook of grudges turns her into a suspect.

by Jennifer Brown 2009 405 pages

4.00

67k+ ratings

🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🎨 Healing Through Art 📰 Media Scrutiny 🏘️ Small Town Trauma

Star Girl

by Jerry Spinelli • 2000

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

3.77

300k+

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love 📖 Retrospective Narrator 🤫 Social Ostracism

Star Girl

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

by Jerry Spinelli 2000 192 pages

3.77

300k+ ratings

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love 📖 Retrospective Narrator 🤫 Social Ostracism

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 1999

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

4.05

600k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Speak

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 1999 224 pages

4.05

600k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Tiger Eyes

by Judy Blume • 2005

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

3.92

19k+

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

Tiger Eyes

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

by Judy Blume 2005 218 pages

3.92

19k+ ratings

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

Just Listen

by Sarah Dessen • 2006

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

4.05

200k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

Just Listen

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

by Sarah Dessen 2006 371 pages

4.05

200k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

100 Days of Sunlight

by Abbie Emmons • 2019

A blind poet clashes with a boy with a hidden amputation hired to type her poems.

4.20

11k+

🩻 Hidden Disability 🗣️ Dual Perspective 🖋️ Poetic Love Interest 🦿 Disabled Love Interest 💌 Clean Teen Romance

100 Days of Sunlight

A blind poet clashes with a boy with a hidden amputation hired to type her poems.

by Abbie Emmons 2019 311 pages

4.20

11k+ ratings

🩻 Hidden Disability 🗣️ Dual Perspective 🖋️ Poetic Love Interest 🦿 Disabled Love Interest 💌 Clean Teen Romance

Heroine

by Mindy McGinnis • 2019

A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.

4.28

13k+

🖤 Teen Addiction 🦴 Sports Injury 💊 Opioid Addiction 🥎 Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Heroine

A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.

by Mindy McGinnis 2019 419 pages

4.28

13k+ ratings

🖤 Teen Addiction 🦴 Sports Injury 💊 Opioid Addiction 🥎 Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by John Green • 2010

Two Will Graysons meet in a porn shop, entangling their lives, hearts, and a grand musical.

3.69

400k+

🗣️ Dual Narrators 🎭 High School Musical 🎣 Catfishing 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Fractured Friendship

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Two Will Graysons meet in a porn shop, entangling their lives, hearts, and a grand musical.

by John Green 2010 320 pages

3.69

400k+ ratings

🗣️ Dual Narrators 🎭 High School Musical 🎣 Catfishing 🌈 Coming Out 💔 Fractured Friendship

Letters to the Lost

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2017

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

4.31

52k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Letters to the Lost

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2017 391 pages

4.31

52k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

The Torn Skirt

by Rebecca Godfrey • 2001

A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.

3.46

2k+

🔥 Teenage Rebellion 💔 Good Girl Gone Bad ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✒️ Lyrical Prose

The Torn Skirt

A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.

by Rebecca Godfrey 2001 208 pages

3.46

2k+ ratings

🔥 Teenage Rebellion 💔 Good Girl Gone Bad ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✒️ Lyrical Prose

Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen • 2008

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

3.99

100k+

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Lock and Key

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

by Sarah Dessen 2008 432 pages

3.99

100k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Anna and the French Kiss

by Stephanie Perkins • 2010

Exiled to Paris, an Atlanta teen falls for the charming boy who already has a girlfriend.

3.96

400k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ✈️ Study Abroad 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗼 Paris Setting

Anna and the French Kiss

Exiled to Paris, an Atlanta teen falls for the charming boy who already has a girlfriend.

by Stephanie Perkins 2010 372 pages

3.96

400k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ✈️ Study Abroad 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗼 Paris Setting

A Spark of Light

by Jodi Picoult • 2018

A gunman seizes a reproductive clinic, trapping the hostage negotiator's teenage daughter inside.

3.75

100k+

⚖️ Reproductive Rights 🔫 Hostage Situation ⏪ Reverse Chronology 👥 Multiple Perspectives 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

A Spark of Light

A gunman seizes a reproductive clinic, trapping the hostage negotiator's teenage daughter inside.

by Jodi Picoult 2018 381 pages

3.75

100k+ ratings

⚖️ Reproductive Rights 🔫 Hostage Situation ⏪ Reverse Chronology 👥 Multiple Perspectives 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Guitar Notes

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012 272 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester • 2022

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

3.82

3k+

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

by Natalia Sylvester 2022 352 pages

3.82

3k+ ratings

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

Guts

by Raina Telgemeier • 2019

Anxiety felt like a stomachache that wouldn't quit. The bathroom was her only hiding spot.

4.30

68k+

🧒 Childhood Anxiety 🩺 Graphic Medicine 🛋️ Therapy In Comics 😰 Panic Attacks 🌱 Growing Up Anxious

Guts

Anxiety felt like a stomachache that wouldn't quit. The bathroom was her only hiding spot.

by Raina Telgemeier 2019 144 pages

4.30

68k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Anxiety 🩺 Graphic Medicine 🛋️ Therapy In Comics 😰 Panic Attacks 🌱 Growing Up Anxious

Droga przez mękę

by Jeff Kinney • 2014

Greg's mom plans a family road trip; wrong turns, a rival family, and a piglet have other plans.

4.31

86k+

🚗 Family Road Trip 📓 Diary Format ✏️ Illustrated Novel 👪 Chaotic Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Droga przez mękę

Greg's mom plans a family road trip; wrong turns, a rival family, and a piglet have other plans.

by Jeff Kinney 2014 224 pages

4.31

86k+ ratings

🚗 Family Road Trip 📓 Diary Format ✏️ Illustrated Novel 👪 Chaotic Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

92k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014 336 pages

3.78

92k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham • 2007

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

3.81

58k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Before I Die

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

by Jenny Downham 2007 336 pages

3.81

58k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass • 2006

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

4.02

20k+

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

by Wendy Mass 2006 304 pages

4.02

20k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen • 1998

Between her pregnant best friend and a rebellious boyfriend, a teen fights for her own identity.

3.92

100k+

👶 Teen Pregnancy 🖤 Bad Boy Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Grief And Loss 🌻 Emotional Healing

Someone Like You

Between her pregnant best friend and a rebellious boyfriend, a teen fights for her own identity.

by Sarah Dessen 1998 281 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

👶 Teen Pregnancy 🖤 Bad Boy Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Grief And Loss 🌻 Emotional Healing

The Skin I'm In

by Sharon G. Flake • 2000

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

4.16

17k+

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher ✍️ Healing Through Writing 🏫 Middle School Life

The Skin I'm In

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

by Sharon G. Flake 2000 176 pages

4.16

17k+ ratings

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher ✍️ Healing Through Writing 🏫 Middle School Life

Ramona Forever

by Beverly Cleary • 1984

Ramona Quimby braces for a new baby, a family wedding, and the hardest job: big sister.

4.08

35k+

🏠 Slice Of Life 👧 Sibling Rivalry 👶 New Baby 🐱 Pet Death ☕ Cozy Family Story

Ramona Forever

Ramona Quimby braces for a new baby, a family wedding, and the hardest job: big sister.

by Beverly Cleary 1984 150 pages

4.08

35k+ ratings

🏠 Slice Of Life 👧 Sibling Rivalry 👶 New Baby 🐱 Pet Death ☕ Cozy Family Story

All-American Muslim Girl

by Nadine Jolie Courtney • 2019

A Muslim teen hiding her faith falls for the son of a notorious anti-Muslim pundit.

3.83

4k+

💞 Interfaith Romance 👥 Muslim Girl Friendship 🤲 Exploring Faith 💭 Quiet Contemporary 🏠 Muslim American Family

All-American Muslim Girl

A Muslim teen hiding her faith falls for the son of a notorious anti-Muslim pundit.

by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019 418 pages

3.83

4k+ ratings

💞 Interfaith Romance 👥 Muslim Girl Friendship 🤲 Exploring Faith 💭 Quiet Contemporary 🏠 Muslim American Family

My Life Next Door

by Huntley Fitzpatrick • 2012

Told to avoid the neighbors, she falls for the boy next door instead.

3.97

100k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🏘️ Boy Next Door 🌙 Secret Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥰 First Love

My Life Next Door

Told to avoid the neighbors, she falls for the boy next door instead.

by Huntley Fitzpatrick 2012 394 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🏘️ Boy Next Door 🌙 Secret Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥰 First Love

Dumplin'

by Julie Murphy • 2015

A fat teen enters her mother's beauty pageant and dares a Texas town to look.

3.88

92k+

🐘 Fat Protagonist 👑 Beauty Pageant 🤠 Small-Town Texas 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💋 Secret Romance

Dumplin'

A fat teen enters her mother's beauty pageant and dares a Texas town to look.

by Julie Murphy 2015 375 pages

3.88

92k+ ratings

🐘 Fat Protagonist 👑 Beauty Pageant 🤠 Small-Town Texas 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💋 Secret Romance

Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg • 2013

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

3.85

34k+

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

Openly Straight

Tired of labels, he hides his sexuality at a new school and falls for a friend.

by Bill Konigsberg 2013 320 pages

3.85

34k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🌱 Queer Coming Of Age 🌈 Gay Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🔥 Friends To Lovers

Falling Short

by Ernesto Cisneros • 2022

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

4.05

2k+

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father 🍺 Parental Addiction 👥 Dual Pov

Falling Short

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

by Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 pages

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father 🍺 Parental Addiction 👥 Dual Pov

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021 387 pages

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

Deep Zone

by Tim Green • 2011

A 12-year-old caught between the mob and the FBI must win a football championship to survive.

4.44

2k+

🏈 Youth Football Drama 🛡️ Witness Protection 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🌅 Guilt And Redemption 🐊 Swamp Survival

Deep Zone

A 12-year-old caught between the mob and the FBI must win a football championship to survive.

by Tim Green 2011 272 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🏈 Youth Football Drama 🛡️ Witness Protection 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🌅 Guilt And Redemption 🐊 Swamp Survival

Le plus pire voyage de ma vie

by James Patterson • 2017

Your best people are holding back. Here is how to unlock what they are not giving.

4.25

1k+

🔄 Employee Motivation 👥 People Management 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🎯 Manager Coaching 🌤️ Team Climate

Le plus pire voyage de ma vie

Your best people are holding back. Here is how to unlock what they are not giving.

by James Patterson 2017 264 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🔄 Employee Motivation 👥 People Management 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🎯 Manager Coaching 🌤️ Team Climate

Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

by Rachel Renée Russell • 2012

To rescue her crush's shelter, an awkward girl must skate in a show she'll wreck.

4.29

35k+

📔 Illustrated Diary 🎒 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry 💕 First Crush 👭 Best Friend Trio

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4.29

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3.80

50k+ ratings

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4.27

9k+ ratings

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4.17

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Rules of Attraction

An arrest lands a defiant teen in his peer guide's home, where mutual annoyance catches fire.

by Simone Elkeles 2010 336 pages

4.17

89k+ ratings

🖤 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

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