20 Best realistic fiction books like Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett

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Serious Moonlight

By: Jenn Bennett

3.69

Format: 429 pages, Hardcover

After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel …

"Panic is the best aphrodisiac"

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

"The banging? The horizontal mambo? A little pickle-me, tickle me?"

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

"Missing people is hard. Letting new people inside is harder. But the reward for making that effort was greater than I could have imagined. Family isn't always blood, and it isn't contained in a single tree. It's a forest."

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

By: Morgan Matson

3.98

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours. . . . Amy Curry is having a terrible … read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Amy & Roger's Epic Detour book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Tomorrow will be better."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"I hope there's a God, I know there's an Elvis."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"You don't have to go away to know where your home is."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"Una verdad que se le cuenta a un desconocido en la oscuridad."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

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2. Second Chance Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.12

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Sandwiched between two exceptional siblings, Taylor Edwards never felt like she stood out—except fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Second Chance Summer book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need- love is all there is."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"Ich finde es überflüssig, mich mit Leuten abzugeben, die später mal keine Rolle mehr in meinem Leben spielen werden."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?"

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"I looked up at the stars, needing to see something fixed and permanent while everything else in my life seemed to be breaking apart."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

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3. The Unexpected Everything

By: Morgan Matson

3.91

Format: 69 pages, Hardcover

Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician's daughter who's pretty much raised yoursel… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Unexpected Everything book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Chaos of Standing Still

By: Jessica Brody

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of one chaotic night stranded at the Denver airport, Ryn confronts her shattered pa… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Chaos of Standing Still book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

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

5. Listen to Your Heart

By: Kasie West

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake… read more

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6. Open Road Summer

By: Emery Lord

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O'Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways… read more

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7. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Love, Life, and the List book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

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8. On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

By: Kasie West

4.02

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2) book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"-You gotta do your best to be the best, right?"

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I can do both at the same time," he assured me. "I'm talented like that."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"Sometimes we expect more than people are capable of giving at the moment."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I knew why I cared. Why this mattered so much. Why his opinion was the only thing that mattered. I was more than crushing on him. I loved Braden."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

9. Play On (Lewis Creek, #1)

By: Michelle Smith

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In the small town of Lewis Creek, baseball is everything. Especially for all-star pitcher Austin Br… read more

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10. By Your Side

By: Kasie West

3.86

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

An irresistible story from Kasie West that explores the timeless question: What do you do when you … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's By Your Side book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Había algo muy satisfactorio en una sonrisa que debía ser ganada"

-Kasie West, By Your Side

"The was something very satisfying about a smile that had to be earned."

-Kasie West, By Your Side

"Even though I knew this might end in heartbreak, that he might make my life scary and complicated and unpredictable, I knew I couldn't let him walk away. Because I knew he'd also make my life happy a…"

-Kasie West, By Your Side

"It was hard to remember what I'd been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn't accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable i…"

-Kasie West, By Your Side

11. Where the Stars Still Shine

By: Trish Doller

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten y… read more

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12. Maybe This Time

By: Kasie West

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Maybe This Time book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Young man, this is the face of a woman who wants you to move along. Study it because I sense you see it a lot and are oblivious to what it means."

-Kasie West, Maybe This Time

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13. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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14. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

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15. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Sunkissed book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

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

16. 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 Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • 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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17. 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 Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.06

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You like it,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM, ALTUM VIDETUR."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"People change , Rowan. Thank God they do."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

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19. Meet Me in the Middle

By: Alex Light

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A romance interrupted by tragedy sets two people on different paths in Wattpad superstar Alex Light… read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's Meet Me in the Middle book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I can’t swing right now. I’m obviously very busy doing nothing. And catching up on the chores I’ve spent the past three weeks putting off. I’m just a busy little bee today."

-Alex Light, Meet Me in the Middle

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20. The Geography of Lost Things

By: Jessica Brody

3.82

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson, a teen girl di… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Geography of Lost Things book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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22. A Disaster in Three Acts

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey'… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's A Disaster in Three Acts book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It's just one of those things where the dread of doing the activity is much worse than the actual activity. Like putting on a bra just for the sole purpose of going to Neato Burrito for takeout."

-Kelsey Rodkey, A Disaster in Three Acts

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23. We Ship It

By: Lauren Kay

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This rom-com debut has the fierce girl energy of the movie  Booksmart,  blended with the awkwardnes… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kay's We Ship It book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. The Pick-Up

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.49

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

When Mari hails a rideshare to a music festival, the last thing she expects is for the car to pick … read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's The Pick-Up book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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25. Serious Moonlight

By: Jenn Bennett

3.69

Format: 429 pages, Hardcover

After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel … read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Panic is the best aphrodisiac"

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

"The banging? The horizontal mambo? A little pickle-me, tickle me?"

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

"Missing people is hard. Letting new people inside is harder. But the reward for making that effort was greater than I could have imagined. Family isn't always blood, and it isn't contained in a singl…"

-Jenn Bennett, Serious Moonlight

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26. We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight thei… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's We Can't Keep Meeting Like This book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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27. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

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28. If I'm Being Honest

By: Emily Wibberley

3.93

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

High school senior Cameron Bright’s reputation can be summed up in one word: bitch. It’s no surpris… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's If I'm Being Honest book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"I know the truth can hurt, even when you need to hear it."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"It’s not hard to be with someone you love. It’s the most natural thing in the world,"

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"I could wither under his words and feel inferior or I could rise to them and become a better version of myself."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"If I was going to commit to someone, I wanted him to be worth the worry, worth the part of me I was going to give him."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

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29. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Time of Our Lives

By: Emily Wibberley

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A boy desperate to hold on, a girl ready to let go. Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his si… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Time of Our Lives book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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31. Music to my Ears

By: Celine L.A. Simpson

4.12

Format: 320 pages, ebook

"He had one of those side, half smiles that you read about...I always thought that was absolute non… read more

Similar categories in Celine L.A. Simpson's Music to my Ears book and Jenn Bennett's Serious Moonlight

  • romance
  • contemporary

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Second Chance Summer

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