128 books
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81 voters
Realistic Books
Showing 1-50 of 40,296
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 433 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,754,622 ratings — published 2012
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,755,763 ratings — published 2005
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 289 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,263,639 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 286 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,013,819 ratings — published 1999
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,027,204 ratings — published 2007
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,017,871 ratings — published 2017
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 276 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,200,904 ratings — published 2012
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 248 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.05 — 633,749 ratings — published 1999
Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 236 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.93 — 782,381 ratings — published 2013
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,497,197 ratings — published 2008
Chasing Headlines (Chasing Victory #1)
by (shelved 193 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.24 — 9,471 ratings — published 2025
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,415,218 ratings — published 2014
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 174 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.28 — 679,493 ratings — published 2012
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,619,395 ratings — published 1967
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.91 — 970,269 ratings — published 2009
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
by (shelved 164 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.13 — 468,434 ratings — published 2015
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 162 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.05 — 285,676 ratings — published 2007
Turtles All the Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.87 — 645,859 ratings — published 2017
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,930,329 ratings — published 1960
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.11 — 631,505 ratings — published 2015
Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.96 — 680,876 ratings — published 2015
An Abundance of Katherines (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 147 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.51 — 551,057 ratings — published 2006
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.69 — 413,017 ratings — published 2010
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 141 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,369,298 ratings — published 1998
Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.34 — 189,753 ratings — published 2010
I'll Give You the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.15 — 358,658 ratings — published 2014
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.77 — 336,802 ratings — published 2000
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,066,796 ratings — published 2014
Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,321 ratings — published 2009
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.24 — 138,667 ratings — published 2017
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by (shelved 118 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.96 — 465,254 ratings — published 2010
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
by (shelved 113 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.97 — 305,940 ratings — published 2011
Taming Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,712 ratings — published 2022
The Sun Is Also a Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.95 — 359,726 ratings — published 2016
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 113 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,898,323 ratings — published 2005
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,514,745 ratings — published 2003
Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.14 — 87,812 ratings — published 2013
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,915,118 ratings — published 1951
New Kid (New Kid #1)
by (shelved 105 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.14 — 61,687 ratings — published 2019
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,603,799 ratings — published 2003
Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
by (shelved 104 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.88 — 92,168 ratings — published 2015
Ghost (Track, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.18 — 52,548 ratings — published 2016
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as realistic)
avg rating 3.51 — 148,891 ratings — published 2012
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
by (shelved 100 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.36 — 45,923 ratings — published 2018
The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 100 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.36 — 142,772 ratings — published 2018
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.33 — 85,863 ratings — published 2017
The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 96 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.21 — 70,233 ratings — published 2014
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,858 ratings — published 2019
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,157,529 ratings — published 2017
All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as realistic)
avg rating 4.28 — 50,387 ratings — published 2015
“Life is good, and there's no reason to think it won't be--right up until the moment when everything explodes into a fireball of tiny, unrecognizable fragments, or it all goes skidding sideways, through the guardrail, over the embankment, and down the mountain. This will happen (and probably more than once).”
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“Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.”
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