9 must-read realistic fiction books like Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby

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Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

By: Miranda Luby

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Unknown Binding

Sadie Starr is obsessed with starting over. A new year, a new diet, a new social media identity. An…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

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2. Someone Else's Child

By: Kylie Orr

3.95

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping contemporary novel from a magnificent new talent that tackles the almost unbreakable loy… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Orr's Someone Else's Child book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • contemporary
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3. I Know You Did It

By: Sue Wallman

3.69

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A secret from her past threatens to detonate her present... On her first day at a new school, Ruby … read more

Similar categories in Sue Wallman's I Know You Did It book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. The Other Side of Tomorrow

By: Hayley Lawrence

4.23

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

What if you thought you had forever ... To live your life. To tell your story. But what if forever … read more

Similar categories in Hayley Lawrence's The Other Side of Tomorrow book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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6. Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

By: Miranda Luby

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Unknown Binding

Sadie Starr is obsessed with starting over. A new year, a new diet, a new social media identity. An… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
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7. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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8. Royals

By: Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more

Similar categories in Tegan Bennett Daylight's Royals book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

Similar categories in Megan Williams's Let’s Never Speak of This Again book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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11. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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12. It Sounded Better in My Head

By: Nina Kenwood

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first l… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I am an adult now (sort of, kind of, not really)."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"I do like to be out doing things and talking to people.' 'I like to be home, not doing things, talking to no one."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"Maybe I've never smiled or laughed at an appropriate time in my entire life and I just didn't realise until this moment."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"People aren’t all good or all bad. You can learn from mistakes. Or you can keep making them. You can always become a better person."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

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13. The Brink

By: Holden Sheppard

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A group of school-leavers: free at last, ready to party, expectations high. A remote island on t… read more

Similar categories in Holden Sheppard's The Brink book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
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14. My Brother's Name Is Jessica

By: John Boyne

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and … read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's My Brother's Name Is Jessica book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Anything But Fine

By: Tobias Madden

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Anything But Fine book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"

-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine

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16. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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17. Unnecessary Drama

By: Nina Kenwood

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's Unnecessary Drama book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

By: Tobias Madden

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one frie… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Madden's Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"But still, despite all of this . . . I’m in love. It’s irrational. It’s irresponsible. But it’s irrevocable."

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

"Because my curiosity is killing me? Because I’m reckless and ridiculous? Because I’m suddenly one step closer to meeting the love of my life?"

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

"I place my hands in his, my stupid heart skipping a beat when our palms make contact. ‘You good?’ he asks. I bite my lip to keep from grinning like a fool. ‘Yep."

-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell

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20. Dancing Barefoot

By: Alice Boyle

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher… read more

Similar categories in Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Selfie

By: Allayne L. Webster

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dene Walker picked me to be her best friend. She had the whole of Tonsley High’s year eight to choo… read more

Similar categories in Allayne L. Webster's Selfie book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"A stupid little photo of a random moment on a bus hardly mattered. There were bigger things to worry about. Much bigger."

-Allayne L. Webster, Selfie

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22. Fish Out of Water

By: Kate Hendrick

3.43

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Finn the Swimmer. Finn the Winner. Finn who works hard and pushes through and never gives up. Or… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hendrick's Fish Out of Water book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • family
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. Stuck Up & Stupid

By: Angourie Rice

3.05

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern trans-Pacific twist on Pride and Prejudice, from an authentic team of debut authors who kn… read more

Similar categories in Angourie Rice's Stuck Up & Stupid book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Here for the Right Reasons

By: Jodi McAlister

3.62

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom … read more

Similar categories in Jodi McAlister's Here for the Right Reasons book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • contemporary
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25. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

By: Nova Weetman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. The Museum of Broken Things

By: Lauren Draper

4.00

Format: 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback

I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Draper's The Museum of Broken Things book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • young adult
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

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28. Never Trust a Gemini (Never Trust a Gemini #1)

By: Freja Nicole Woolf

3.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cat Phillips has her head in the stars, but her romantic fantasies may ruin her shot at real-life l… read more

Similar categories in Freja Nicole Woolf's Never Trust a Gemini (Never Trust a Gemini #1) book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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29. Where You Left Us

By: Rhiannon Wilde

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Cinnamon Prince is angry. She’s living at home with her rockstar father after his latest breakdown,… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Where You Left Us book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
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30. Triple threat

By: Katy Warner

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A contemporary young adult novel about musical theatre, first romance and standing up for yourself … read more

Similar categories in Katy Warner's Triple threat book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There is no straight line to success."

-Katy Warner, Triple threat

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31. A Little Spark

By: Barry Jonsberg

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling multi-award-winning author of My Life as an Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hea… read more

Similar categories in Barry Jonsberg's A Little Spark book and Miranda Luby's Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary

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Transform Your Habits

Someone Else's Child

Kylie Orr

3.95

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I Know You Did It

Sue Wallman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

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Tom Taylor

3.95

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Amy Doak

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