13 Top realistic fiction books like In the Same Boat by Holly Green

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In the Same Boat

By: Holly Green

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in In the Same Boat by Holly Green , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. First & Then

By: Emma Mills

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers,… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's First & Then book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

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2. As If on Cue

By: Marisa Kanter

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A pair of fierce foes are forced to work together to save the arts at their school in this swoony Y… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Kanter's As If on Cue book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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3. 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 Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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4. 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 Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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5. The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

By: Hannah Reynolds

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A summery romance set in Nantucket that follows seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg as she uncovers … read more

Similar categories in Hannah Reynolds's The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1) book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Do you miss him? When you spend so much time with someone, it's impossible not to."

-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

"Light, air, and faint classical music filled the store. My shoulders relaxed. I breathed easier in a room full of books, as if the paper retained the capacity of the trees they'd once been. So many b…"

-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)

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6. Ride with Me

By: Lucy Keating

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this charming, contemporary YA novel, neighborhood rideshare driver Charlie Owens embarks on a c… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Keating's Ride with Me book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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7. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • sports
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8. Love, Off the Record

By: Samantha Markum

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two ri… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's Love, Off the Record book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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10. Exactly Where You Need to Be

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Turtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” ( Publishers Weekly ), romantic road … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Exactly Where You Need to Be book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"My OCD is a speed bumb, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"My OCD is a speed bump, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"Lauren the therapist always tells me that the only person I can compare myself to are the former versions of myself."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

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11. In the Same Boat

By: Holly Green

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be … read more

Similar categories in Holly Green's In the Same Boat book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • sports
Cover of All Alone with You by Amelia Diane Coombs

12. All Alone with You

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

4.11

Format: 352 pages, ebook

HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's All Alone with You book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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13. Full Flight

By: Ashley Schumacher

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Everyone else in the tiny town of Enfield, Texas calls fall football season, but for the forty-thre… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's Full Flight book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance re… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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15. Between You, Me, and the Honeybees

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.77

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

This novel follows a teen girl during her California summer of beekeeping, secrets, and stolen kiss… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Between You, Me, and the Honeybees book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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16. Even If It Breaks Your Heart

By: Erin Hahn

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A heart-buckling ride of a romance by beloved author Erin Hahn, Even If It Breaks Your Heart is abo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Hahn's Even If It Breaks Your Heart book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • sports
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17. The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Dwyer's The Atlas of Us book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Till There Was You

By: Lindsay Hameroff

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Culinary student Lexi Berman, 24, has one goal: to make her late mother proud by becoming an execut… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Hameroff's Till There Was You book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
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19. The Calculation of You and Me

By: Serena Kaylor

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's The Calculation of You and Me book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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20. Given Our History

By: Kristyn J. Miller

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Assistant professor Clara Fernsby is nothing if not driven. She’s wanted to teach history since she… read more

Similar categories in Kristyn J. Miller's Given Our History book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
Cover of Summer Nights and Meteorites (Golden Doors #3) by Hannah   Reynolds

21. Summer Nights and Meteorites (Golden Doors #3)

By: Hannah Reynolds

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Sydney Taylor Honor author comes another sweet Nantucket-set summer romance, perf… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Reynolds's Summer Nights and Meteorites (Golden Doors #3) book and Holly Green's In the Same Boat

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

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