18 best-selling realistic fiction books like Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries) by Anonymous

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Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

By: Anonymous

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, this heart-wrenching story chronicles a girl’…

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1. Crank (Crank, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.16

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

In Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Crank (Crank, #1) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • high school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A vacation is a poor substitute for love."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

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2. Twisted

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.82

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average st… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Twisted book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • high school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted

"Did you read last nights assignments?" Say "yes'" and get hammered again. Say "no'" and the same thing would happen."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted

"I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, starting when I was, what? Eight years old? Nine? You killed yourself and then you came after us."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted

"I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am. ...It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mo…"

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Twisted

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3. Beautiful

By: Amy Reed

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is dete… read more

Similar categories in Amy Reed's Beautiful book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Tilt

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Love--good and bad--forces three teens' worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Tilt book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager

By: Beatrice Sparks

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

I am so scared. I feel like I'm silently screaming for help and no one pays any attention of tries … read more

Similar categories in Beatrice Sparks's Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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6. Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care

By: Beatrice Sparks

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

This appealing teen read tells the story of Katie, a teen from an abused home, and her journey thro… read more

Similar categories in Beatrice Sparks's Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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7. Clean

By: Amy Reed

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

You're probably wondering how I ended up here. I'm still wondering the same thing. Olivia, Kelly, C… read more

Similar categories in Amy Reed's Clean book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary

By: Beatrice Sparks , Dathan Sheranian , Anonymous Teenager

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

The editor of the classic GO ASK ALICE has compiled the poignant journals of a 14-year-old date-rap… read more

Similar categories in Beatrice Sparks's It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • drama
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9. Perfect (Impulse, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high-school seniors… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Perfect (Impulse, #2) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Impulse (Impulse, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages,

Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. Three li… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Impulse (Impulse, #1) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Glass (Crank, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got h… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Glass (Crank, #2) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South, Part 2 (North and South, #2)

By: Gene Luen Yang , Gurihiru

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

Rebellion on the Horizon After attempting to kidnap Katara and Sokka, Southerner Gilak has disappea… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South, Part 2 (North and South, #2) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. Burned (Burned, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

I do know things really began to spin out of control after my first sex dream.It all started with a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Burned (Burned, #1) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Rumble

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can an atheist be saved? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the hig… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Rumble book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Fallout (Crank, #3)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.26

Format: 665 pages, Hardcover

Hunter. Autumn. Summer. Different homes. Different guardians. Different last names. Different liv… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Fallout (Crank, #3) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout"

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Clear. Cold. Empty. Like how I feel right now. Love is strange. One minute you’re jungle fever. The next you’re Artic winter."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

16. Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager

By: Beatrice Sparks

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone… read more

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17. Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager

By: Beatrice Sparks

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, and her anguishe… read more

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18. Love is Strange (I Know..., #2)

By: Whitney Bianca

3.87

Format: 251 pages, ebook

I wanted Elliot. Elliot wanted me. It sounds so simple, but it's not. It never was and never wil… read more

Similar categories in Whitney Bianca's Love is Strange (I Know..., #2) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • contemporary

19. Cut

By: Patricia McCormick

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Callie cuts herself. Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to fe… read more

Similar categories in Patricia McCormick's Cut book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

20. Identical

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the di… read more

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21. Jay's Journal

By: Beatrice Sparks

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jay was a sweet, bright high school student who cared about his grades and his friends. He had ambi… read more

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22. Go Ask Alice

By: Anonymous , Beatrice Sparks

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th Af… read more

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23. Tricks (Tricks, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. … read more

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24. Traffick (Tricks, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Five teens victimized by sex trafficking try to find their way to a new life in this riveting compa… read more

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25. Junkie (Broken Doll #1)

By: Heather C. Leigh

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

I'm a heroin addict. A junkie. A whore. I'll do anything to get my next fix. Anything. Including wa… read more

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26. The Dare

By: Natasha Preston

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I triple dog dare you . . . As senior year comes to an end, senior pranks are just beginning. It… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Dare book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
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27. Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

By: Anonymous

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, this heart-wrenching story chronicles a girl’… read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries) book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • high school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • social issues
  • drama
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28. What You Hide

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.77

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding romantic thriller from the author of We All Fall Down and Six Months Later … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's What You Hide book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
"Maybe there’s a book in here that will tell me what to do when all the smart choices feel wrong."

-Natalie D. Richards, What You Hide

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29. People Kill People

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.86

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

Someone will shoot. And someone will die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tac… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's People Kill People book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The future expected you. Now it mourns for you."

-Ellen Hopkins, People Kill People

"It doesn't matter how the gun fell into the wrong hands. It only matters that it did."

-Ellen Hopkins, People Kill People

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30. Stitching the Soul

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The final installment in this bestselling series completes the journey that Courtney Peppernell beg… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Stitching the Soul book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

  • mental health
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31. Sync

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Sync book and Anonymous's Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries)

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

19 best-selling fiction books like Breaking Bailey (Anonymous Diaries) by Anonymous

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Crank (Crank, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

4.16

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Twisted

Laurie Halse Anderson

3.82

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Beautiful

Amy Reed

3.74

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Tilt

Ellen Hopkins

3.44

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Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, and Creatures of Forever (Thirst, #2)

Christopher Pike

4.08

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Calling Maggie May (Anonymous Diaries)

Anonymous

3.80

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Lucy in the Sky

Anonymous

4.04

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Hit and Run

Lurlene McDaniel

3.79

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