9 best-selling realistic fiction books like That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger

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That's Not What Happened

By: Kody Keplinger

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best frien…

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1. Suicide Notes

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

I'm not crazy. I don't see what the big deal is about what happened. But apparently someone does th… read more

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  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"you either are or aren't"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"I didn't ask to be saved"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"Why is it okay to put someone to death, but it’s not okay for those people to do it themselves?"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"I didn't do it; I can just imagine doing it. Maybe that's the difference between crazy and not crazy."

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

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2. If He Had Been with Me

By: Laura Nowlin

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August ni… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. This Is Where It Ends

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

10:00 a.m.The principal of Opportunity High School finishes her speech, welcoming the entire studen… read more

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  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
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4. Feral Youth

By: Shaun David Hutchinson , Brandy Colbert , Alaya Dawn Johnson , Justina Ireland , Suzanne Young , E.C. Myers , Tim Floreen , Stephanie Kuehn , Robin Talley , Marieke Nijkamp

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Hardcover

At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard w… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. To Catch a Killer (Erin Blake #1)

By: Sheryl Scarborough

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Erin Blake has one of those names. A name that, like Natalee Holloway or Elizabeth Smart, is inextr… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

6. Hate List

By: Jennifer Brown

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot try… read more

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7. Obsessed: : A Memoir of My Life with OCD

By: None

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder--and brings read… read more

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8. Every Last Word

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of… read more

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9. Girl in Pieces

By: Kathleen Glasgow

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifet… read more

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10. The Cheerleaders

By: Kara Thomas

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident—two g… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"At some time you have to choose to live in the light."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"A migraine coming on. She got them when she was stressed."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"It shouldn't be this easy. Grief isn't supposed to be easy."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"My bike in one of those old-fashioned cruisers, with a mint-green body."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

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11. If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

By: Laura Nowlin

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn’t be here now. Finn has always lo… read more

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  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'll love her even if she turns out to be cruel. That's my curse."

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Finn, it's high school. It's an ecosystem, and you just stot right to the top of the food pyramid!"

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Why did you have to leave me like that?" is what comes out . "I was tired. You were reading." "No." I'm not holding back. I say it. "After we turned thirteen. Why did you leave me like that?"

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Like, fairy-tale love? Cartoon character with hearts floating all around him? Or a movie montage with the best song? That's what you were to him. You were the biggest, most impossible dream for him."

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

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12. What Kind of Girl

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Both timely and timeless, a powerful exploration of abuse in its many forms, as well as the streng… read more

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  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe I have to stop trying to be one thing or another. Maybe I need to accept the ways I contradict myself. Maybe that's what it is to be human."

-Alyssa B. Sheinmel, What Kind of Girl

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13. One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. Ever since… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"What is Bayview best known for? Revenge."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

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14. That's Not What Happened

By: Kody Keplinger

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best frien… read more

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  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. You'd Be Home Now

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.15

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a tow… read more

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  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The air was better then."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

"Maybe people just use different things to fill up the emptiness. Until it becomes less about feeling empty and more about feeding something else."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

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16. Tell Me What Really Happened

By: Chelsea Sedoti

3.44

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing. N… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. The Liar's Daughter

By: Megan Cooley Peterson

3.89

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Piper was raised in a cult.She just doesn't know it. Seventeen-year-old Piper knows that Father… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. The Obsession

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.73

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A classic sort of love story... except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Lo… read more

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  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Erotomania"

-Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Obsession

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19. A Danger to Herself and Others

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.86

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Only when she’s locked away does the truth begin to escape… Four walls. One window. No way to e… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. Why Would I Lie?

By: Adi Rule

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about a charismatic, sociopathic valedictorian . . . and the o… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. Bystanders: A Novel

By: Jonathan McKee

3.91

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

It was a day like any other at Mesa Rosa High School -- except for one sophomore boy who decided to… read more

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16 must-read contemporary books like That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger

Transform Your Habits

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Transform Your Habits

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin

3.31

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where It Ends

Marieke Nijkamp

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Feral Youth

Shaun David Hutchinson , Brandy Colbert , Alaya Dawn Johnson , Justina Ireland , Suzanne Young , E.C. Myers , Tim Floreen , Stephanie Kuehn , Robin Talley , Marieke Nijkamp

3.94

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13 Best fiction books like A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Transform Your Habits

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

Lynn Weingarten

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Transform Your Habits

How It Feels to Float

Helena Fox

3.83

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