13 must-read realistic fiction books like Keep My Heart in San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs

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Keep My Heart in San Francisco

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

“An absolute charmer of a book…Delightful!” —Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately and Starry…

"Damn olfactory system. Swirling up all these old and bruising memories."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

"Silly considering we barely have a fraction of what we need, but that's what hope does. It lifts you up when everything else is dragging you down, down, down."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Keep My Heart in San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Distance Between Us

By: Kasie West

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and aft… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's The Distance Between Us book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. First & Then

By: Emma Mills

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers,… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's First & Then book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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3. With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse wh… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2) book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. This May End Badly

By: Samantha Markum

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's This May End Badly book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I grin, imagining it. “I can hear your creepy smile right now."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"Stranger Danger. You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"What, worried I’ll find your secret fetish porn stash and tell everyone about your anime bondage tentacle kink?"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"I’d say your worth isn’t decided by whether or not you can get a girl-starved demon from Winfield to lay his nasty fish lips you"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

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6. Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss (Love, Life, and the List, #2)

By: Kasie West

3.71

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss (Love, Life, and the List, #2) book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why entertainment?"

-Kasie West, Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss (Love, Life, and the List, #2)

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7. Meet Me at Midnight

By: Jessica Pennington

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's Meet Me at Midnight book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
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8. Love from Scratch

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coa… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Love from Scratch book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We met just a few minutes ago and he's already making fun of how I talk," I say. "All required ingredients in a recipe for success." "Don't get your petticoats in a twist, Scarlett O'Hara," Benny sho…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"Reese," I say, still in a daze. I am totally dead-fishing our handshake, but he doesn't seem to notice. "Like Reese's Cups, the best candy in the history of the world?" He gives me a lopsided grin an…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I've ended up with what are essentially dinner rolls that tried to dress as pretzels for Halloween. Benny's, meanwhile, are mall-food-court-level perfection. Apparently the boiling part---plus baking…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I'm pouring the nuts into the food processor when I notice Benny is already pulling a bowl out from under the stand mixer and starting to fold in dry ingredients by hand. "Why do I feel like you're w…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

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9. The Charmed List

By: Julie Abe

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, Ellie Kobata is ready to take some risks and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's The Charmed List book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I brought some Honey & Butter."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"And please, you know you’re cute."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"But we can’t leave without a book,"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"Is that—is that the Enchanted Forest?"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

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10. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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

Cover of Keep My Heart in San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs

12. Keep My Heart in San Francisco

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

“An absolute charmer of a book…Delightful!” —Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately and Starry… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Damn olfactory system. Swirling up all these old and bruising memories."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

"Silly considering we barely have a fraction of what we need, but that's what hope does. It lifts you up when everything else is dragging you down, down, down."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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13. The Edge of Summer

By: Erica George

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson will be swept away by this big-hearted novel about one girl … read more

Similar categories in Erica George's The Edge of Summer book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Love & Other Great Expectations

By: Becky Dean

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up wit… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Love & Other Great Expectations book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Want to be a knight, Al?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Maybe I just wanted to spend time with a pretty, crazy American."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

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15. The Matchbreaker Summer

By: Annie Rains

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Matchbreaker Summer book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Always Never Yours

By: Emily Wibberley

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Shouldn't a girl get to star in her own love story? Seventeen-year-old Megan Harper is about due… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Always Never Yours book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You can’t expect anything to happen if you don’t make a move."

-Emily Wibberley, Always Never Yours

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17. You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's You Say It First book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

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18. The Secret Recipe for Moving On

By: Karen Bischer

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Ellie is dumped by her boyfriend, she's forced to make new friends (while watching her ex swoo… read more

Similar categories in Karen Bischer's The Secret Recipe for Moving On book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding: A Novel

By: Sajni Patel

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, witty rom-com romp set against the backdrop of a high-profile music competition and a riot… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding: A Novel book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Six More Months of June

By: Daisy Garrison

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A romantic debut about the exhilarating highs and messy lows that swirl together when high school c… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Garrison's Six More Months of June book and Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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

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Kasie West

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Marissa Meyer

3.90

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Ripley Jones

3.49

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Samantha Markum

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Erin L. Schneider

4.12

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Morgan Matson

4.12

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Kasie West

4.02

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