8 Best realistic fiction books like You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

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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…

"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

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Michael Thomas Ford's Suicide Notes book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I didn't ask to be saved"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"you either are or aren't"

-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. A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

By: Tillie Cole

4.07

Format: 316 pages, ebook

One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime. One boy. One girl. A bond that … read more

Similar categories in Tillie Cole's A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Forever always"

-Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

"moonbeam hearts and sunshine smiles"

-Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

"I brought you here tonight to remind you of when we were happy. When we were inseparable, best friends and more. But— [...] “What?"

-Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

"...life didn't always have to be so serious. That life was to be lived. That life was one great adventure, to be lived well and to the full."

-Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Laura Nowlin's If He Had Been with Me book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. 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

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Way I Used to Be

By: Amber Smith

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN . In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Amber Smith's The Way I Used to Be book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

6. Holding Up the Universe

By: Jennifer Niven

4.07

Format: None pages,

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed "America's Fattest Teen." But no one's… read more

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7. 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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8. Paperweight

By: Meg Haston

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more

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9. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Way I Am Now (The Way I Used to Be, #2)

By: Amber Smith

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Eden and Josh decide to give their relationship another chance in this much anticipated sequel to t… read more

Similar categories in Amber Smith's The Way I Am Now (The Way I Used to Be, #2) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. How It Feels to Float

By: Helena Fox

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And sh… read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's How It Feels to Float book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Truth and truth split in two and walk side by side."

-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

"Here I am, in borrowed bones, in makeshift skin, looking out it eyes that are a construct, breathing with lungs that are only a step–a basic rearrangement–away from leaves. How funny, to have a body …"

-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

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12. 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

Similar categories in Laura Nowlin's If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • 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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13. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

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14. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

By: Holly Jackson

3.78

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out where it all started for Pip in this prequel novella to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him. 'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said. 'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet."

-Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

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16. Five Survive

By: Holly Jackson

4.08

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a r… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Five Survive book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"That's what she said -Simon"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"She wasn’t fine but she was alive and, really, how was that much different from the rest of her life?"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"His whole life has been a war, that does something to your head, I think. It's done something to my head."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"Trapped. Shut in. Only thirty-one feet to share between them, that extra foot important enough not to round down."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

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17. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

By: Holly Jackson

4.29

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast a… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"That's worth the risk. It's too important."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"Time is in charge here, not me, and that's terrifying"

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"MY DAD ISNT A KILLER!!!" he yelled. -paragraph- "cant relate," Cara shrugged."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"It was done, it was gone. There was no going back now. This was her, and it was OK."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

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18. As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

By: Holly Jackson

4.21

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Not then and there. Here and now."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Machines didn’t lie, only people did."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Well,’ Pip smiled, ‘I’m still me.’ She hoped that was true."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"The game had changed.Her against them.Save herself to save herself."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

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19. 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

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • 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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20. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

By: Holly Jackson

4.32

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murde… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He's innocent"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"I don’t trust coincidences."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"We’re a team, remember. You and me."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"Real men wear floral when trespassing"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

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21. Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her

By: Laura Nowlin

3.84

Format: 752 pages, Unknown Binding

Friends to Lovers series | Volume 1 and 2 as soft cover read more

Similar categories in Laura Nowlin's Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her book and Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • audiobook

18 must-read fiction books like You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

Transform Your Habits

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

Tillie Cole

4.07

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

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18 must-read fiction books like Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

Tillie Cole

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Ugly Love

Colleen Hoover

4.54

It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover

3.66

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