13 best-selling realistic fiction books like My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

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My Eyes Are Up Here

By: Laura Zimmermann

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl strug…

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Cover of Trouble Makes a Comeback (Trouble, #2) by Stephanie Tromly

1. Trouble Makes a Comeback (Trouble, #2)

By: Stephanie Tromly

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"How do you like life in the fast lane?" Digby said. "Is it everything you thought it would be?" Go… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Tromly's Trouble Makes a Comeback (Trouble, #2) book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. All in Pieces

By: Suzanne Young

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

"Anger-management issues." That's how they classified Savannah Sutton after she stuck a pencil in h… read more

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3. The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily

By: None

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, who has Asperger… read more

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4. Act Cool

By: Tobly McSmith

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Named a Rainbow Book List Title and one of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year. A tran… read more

Similar categories in Tobly McSmith's Act Cool book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"My reality is that I was born in the wrong body. Their reality is an old book full of rules, and if you follow the rules then you go to heaven. How real is that? More real than me?"

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

"Love can be good and beautiful, like me and Davina. But sometimes it can be a fever dream running hot and cold, leaving you with art that looks like someone took a poop on a canvas."

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

"Each trans and nonbinary person is like a unique and beautiful snowflake. Some people are more comfortable in their body and don’t need surgery or hormone therapy, and others do. No one way is right …"

-Tobly McSmith, Act Cool

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5. Paper Planes

By: Jennie Wood

3.66

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Ca… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Wood's Paper Planes book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. When You Wish Upon a Lantern

By: Gloria Chao

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Gloria Chao creates real-world magic in this luminous romance about teens who devo… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Chao's When You Wish Upon a Lantern book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura  Zimmermann

8. My Eyes Are Up Here

By: Laura Zimmermann

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl strug… read more

Similar categories in Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

9. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Krew, która nas dzieli (Krew, która nas dzieli, #1)

By: Edyta Prusinowska

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Kto by przypuszczał, że w Windermore mieszkają wampiry? Na pewno nie Dakota. Zbliżały się egz… read more

Similar categories in Edyta Prusinowska's Krew, która nas dzieli (Krew, która nas dzieli, #1) book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Button Pusher

By: Tyler Page

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to … read more

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12. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

Cover of Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) by Olivia A. Cole

13. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

Cover of Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

14. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

15. More Than Just a Pretty Face

By: Syed M. Masood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love,… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's More Than Just a Pretty Face book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That evil was the inability to recognize the humanity in experiences that were not your own, in experiences that seemed alien."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Tell me, Daynal Jilani, how exactly are you more than just a pretty face?" I gave her an adorable, irresistible grin. "I'm an absolutely gorgeous face."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Someone in a mosque once told me about the water behind people’s faces. This water, he said, changed depending on what you did and what you believed, and as you got older it began to freeze. The kind…"

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

Cover of The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer

16. The Assignment

By: Liza M. Wiemer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of the classic The Wave and inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explo… read more

Similar categories in Liza M. Wiemer's The Assignment book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"HumanKIND Welcome Here!"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"This much I've learned, and I want to shout it to the world instead of in my head: THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT RACES OF HUMAN BEINGS! The idea of inferior or superior races is a human construct. It's made…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"For students, speaking out against any injustice, especially when adults are involved, can be a formidable task. But it's crucial, life-changing, and perhaps even life saving. Here is what I hope you…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

Cover of Noël à contretemps by Joanie Boutin

17. Noël à contretemps

By: Joanie Boutin

4.03

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

23 décembre. Anaïs, 17 ans, a moins de 48 heures pour faire la chasse au trésor qui lui permettra d… read more

Similar categories in Joanie Boutin's Noël à contretemps book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund

18. Heartbreakers and Fakers

By: Cameron Lund

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Best Laid Plans comes another fresh voiced, hilarious rom-com perfect for fa… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Lund's Heartbreakers and Fakers book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Girls Like Her

By: Melanie Sumrow

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to st… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sumrow's Girls Like Her book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle

20. Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel

By: Rex Ogle

4.12

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Four Eyes, comes the second book in this humorous an… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
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21. That's Debatable

By: Jen Doll

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

That's Debatable is a witty, smart, and feminist romantic comedy, author Jen Doll explores what it … read more

Similar categories in Jen Doll's That's Debatable book and Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here

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

18 Best fiction books like My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

Transform Your Habits

Trouble Makes a Comeback (Trouble, #2)

Stephanie Tromly

4.00

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Act Cool

Tobly McSmith

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Paper Planes

Jennie Wood

3.66

Transform Your Habits

When You Wish Upon a Lantern

Gloria Chao

3.82

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Hungry Ghost

Victoria Ying

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Roast

Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Baker and the Bard

Fern Haught

3.62

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