11 Best realistic fiction books like The Year I Didn't Eat by Samuel Pollen

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The Year I Didn't Eat

By: Samuel Pollen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even…

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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 Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • psychology
  • 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. Skinny

By: Ibi Kaslik

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Do you ever get hungry?  Too hungry to eat? Holly's older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Hau… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Kaslik's Skinny book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • psychology
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Heart lesson #3: post-heartbreak survival. The heart is resilient, I mean literally. When a body is burned, the heart is the last organ to oxidize. While the rest of the body can catch flame like a p…"

-Ibi Kaslik, Skinny

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3. A List of Cages

By: Robin Roe

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school p… read more

Similar categories in Robin Roe's A List of Cages book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. What I Lost

By: Alexandra Ballard

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and he… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Ballard's What I Lost book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Lighter Than My Shadow

By: Katie Green

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more

Similar categories in Katie Green's Lighter Than My Shadow book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • mental illness
  • mental health
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6. A Trick of the Light

By: Lois Metzger

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferers--young men--A Trick of … read more

Similar categories in Lois Metzger's A Trick of the Light book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Heavyweight

By: M.B. Mulhall

3.59

Format: None pages, ebook

Secrets. Their weight can be crushing, but their release can change everything--and not necessarily… read more

Similar categories in M.B. Mulhall's Heavyweight book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • young adult
  • contemporary

8. The Art of Starving

By: Sam J. Miller

3.99

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

More Happy Than Notmeets Glory O'Brien's History of the Futurein this gritty, contemporary YA debut… read more

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9. Elena Vanishing

By: Clare B. Dunkle , Elena Dunkle

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fe… read more

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10. Wintergirls

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, L… read more

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11. Purge

By: Sarah Darer Littman

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littman, a striking story about a girl's recovery from bulimia in… read more

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12. 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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13. Believarexic

By: J.J. Johnson

3.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer has to force her family to admit she needs help for her eating disorder. … read more

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14. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

By: Hadley Freeman

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Hadley Freeman's Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • audiobook
  • mental illness
  • psychology
  • mental health
"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"

-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

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15. I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

By: Ruby Wax

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 - writing abou… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wax's I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • audiobook
  • mental illness
  • psychology
  • mental health
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16. Every Star That Falls

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This much-anticipated sequel to the acclaimed fan-favorite novel Suicide Notes is a funny, touching… read more

Similar categories in Michael Thomas Ford's Every Star That Falls book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • psychology
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Year I Didn't Eat

By: Samuel Pollen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • psychology
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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18. The Girls at 17 Swann Street

By: Yara Zgheib

3.97

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, … read more

Similar categories in Yara Zgheib's The Girls at 17 Swann Street book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I do not suffer from anorexia, I have anorexia. The two states are not the same. I know my anorexia, I understand it better than the world around me."

-Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

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19. Good Enough

By: Jen Petro-Roy

4.11

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Before she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a run… read more

Similar categories in Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Before We Were Blue

By: E.J. Schwartz

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Get healthy on their own—or stay sick together? At Recovery and Relief, a treatment center for… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Schwartz's Before We Were Blue book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Samuel Pollen's The Year I Didn't Eat

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

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