12 must-read realistic fiction books like Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis

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Be Not Far from Me

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe…

"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips in my foot to the sharp corner of my jaw digging into the ground as I try to get comfortable. I’m learning the deeper parts of me, maybe even past the ones a doctor can name. Right down into my soft bits and then further, where things you can’t actually touch live."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. #MURDERTRENDING

By: Gretchen McNeil

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest 8/18 citizens can enjoy watching the executions o… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's #MURDERTRENDING book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult

2. Heretics Anonymous

By: Katie Henry

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Clubmeets Saved!in this hilarious and heartfelt YA debut by author Katie Henry about … read more

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3. In the Wild Light

By: Jeff Zentner

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's In the Wild Light book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

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4. Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

By: Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-tim… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Faria Stolarz's Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. You Know I'm No Good

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and William C. Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes the story of o… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's You Know I'm No Good book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. If These Wings Could Fly

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's If These Wings Could Fly book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

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7. What I Carry

By: Jennifer Longo

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

For readers of Robin Benway's Far From the Tree, a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl ab… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Longo's What I Carry book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The entire fucking point of being born is that someone is supposed to take care of you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Not being perfect is for people who have families; you can screw up and they still keep you."

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"Memory is a fascinating thing. Months and years can pass, uneventful and lost, but then certain tiny moments, pieces of conversation or feelings within the thousands of blank days stay sharp, clear l…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

"It's not like I'm dead inside. It's that I'm allergic to manufactured, insincere emotion. A lifetime of people saying one thing but doing the opposite has inoculated me, and now I understand how to s…"

-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry

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8. I Am Still Alive

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.87

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

After Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn’t act fast, the co… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's I Am Still Alive book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • survival
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Fire is warmth and food and clean water, but it’s hard and time-consuming, and people die because they spend all their time making the fire and no time finding water or building a shelter."

-Kate Alice Marshall, I Am Still Alive

"I look at the wall where those first words - SMART, NOT STRONG - have been joined by dozens more. Pay attention to the wind. Steep drop west of the snag. Say something out loud at least once a day. R…"

-Kate Alice Marshall, I Am Still Alive

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9. The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

By: Allan Wolf

4.18

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history's… read more

Similar categories in Allan Wolf's The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • survival
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's hi… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. This Light Between Us

By: Andrew Fukuda

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jew… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. How It All Blew Up

By: Arvin Ahmadi

3.84

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi's newest incisive look at identity … read more

Similar categories in Arvin Ahmadi's How It All Blew Up book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I rolled my eyes. " What, are you my dad now?" "Maybe your daddy..." "Just kidding," Neil said. "You probably don't even know what that means." "Hey, just because I came out like five seconds ago doe…"

-Arvin Ahmadi, How It All Blew Up

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13. After Dark with Roxie Clark

By: Brooke Lauren Davis

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Hollow Inside comes a twisty, thought-provoking YA thriller about grief, fam… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lauren Davis's After Dark with Roxie Clark book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis

14. Be Not Far from Me

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • survival
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips…"

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

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15. Fadeaway

By: E.B. Vickers

3.88

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more

Similar categories in E.B. Vickers's Fadeaway book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. Eyes of the Forest

By: April Henry

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After a bestselling fantasy author disappears, only his biggest fan believes he’s in danger and has… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Eyes of the Forest book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks)

By: Abigail Johnson

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced original paperback thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be wh… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks) book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • 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

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19. Golden Arm

By: Carl Deuker

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks find… read more

Similar categories in Carl Deuker's Golden Arm book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. We Are Not Broken

By: George M. Johnson

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New memoir from George M. Johnson that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory!Th… read more

Similar categories in George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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21. Cracking the Bell

By: Geoff Herbach

3.79

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Concussion in this powerful and important novel by Geoff Herbach, author … read more

Similar categories in Geoff Herbach's Cracking the Bell book and Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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