22 must-read realistic fiction books like This Is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

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This Is Not a Personal Statement

By: Tracy Badua

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From rising star Tracy Badua comes a poignant, propulsive standalone YA novel about a teen who, aft…

"I grew sideways to get my share of the sun, letting my roots claw into the unwelcoming rock. Withering is not an option."

-Tracy Badua, This Is Not a Personal Statement

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in This Is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

By: Jessica Parra

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Graduation is only a few months away, and so far Rubi Ramos’s recipe for success is on track. *S… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Parra's Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Two silhouettes blocked out the hard sun. The shapes came into focus as my vision adjusted to the light. One of them revealed itself to be a longboard. The other, the smoking-hot, dripping-wet guy wh…"

-Jessica Parra, Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

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3. The Black Queen

By: Jumata Emill

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. M… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's The Black Queen book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Friday I'm in Love

By: Camryn Garrett

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Friday I'm in Love book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's Seven Percent of Ro Devereux book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We're always just looking for each other."

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

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6. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Sleepless in Dubai

By: Sajni Patel

3.61

Format: None pages, None

From the author of My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding comes this hilarious, smart, and swoon-worthy… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's Sleepless in Dubai book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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9. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

By: Gretchen Schreiber

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schre… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Schreiber's Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

By: Patricia Park

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A multicultural teen struggles to fit into her elite prep school, her diverse Queens neighborhood, … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Park's Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of This Is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

13. This Is Not a Personal Statement

By: Tracy Badua

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From rising star Tracy Badua comes a poignant, propulsive standalone YA novel about a teen who, aft… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • college
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I grew sideways to get my share of the sun, letting my roots claw into the unwelcoming rock. Withering is not an option."

-Tracy Badua, This Is Not a Personal Statement

Cover of We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

14. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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15. Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

By: Mae Coyiuto

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina … read more

Similar categories in Mae Coyiuto's Chloe and the Kaishao Boys book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You)

By: Jessie Weaver

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds hide the darkest—and bloodiest—secrets.Social media influen… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's Throwback book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Briarcliff Prep (Briarcliff Prep #1)

By: Brianna Peppins

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Avielle LeBeau is starting her freshman year at Briarcliff Preparatory School for… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Peppins's Briarcliff Prep (Briarcliff Prep #1) book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. Love & Resistance

By: Kara H.L. Chen

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Olivia Chang is at her fourth school in seven years. Her self-imposed solitude i… read more

Similar categories in Kara H.L. Chen's Love & Resistance book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. The Wrong Kind of Weird

By: James Ramos

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cameron Carson has a secret. A secret with the power to break apart his friend group.Cameron Carson… read more

Similar categories in James Ramos's The Wrong Kind of Weird book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more

Similar categories in Justine Pucella Winans's Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. While You Were Dreaming

By: Alisha Rai

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This YA debut from powerhouse romance author Alisha Rai tackles undocumented immigration against th… read more

Similar categories in Alisha Rai's While You Were Dreaming book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win

By: Susan Azim Boyer

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Most Anticipated YA by Buzzfeed, BookRiot, Epic Reads, Publishers Weekly , and more! A fresh spin … read more

Similar categories in Susan Azim Boyer's Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The time to stand up is when everyone is putting you down."

-Susan Azim Boyer, Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win

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27. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Shen's The Queens of New York book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

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28. Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other)

By: Livia Blackburne

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Got Mail gets a YA twist in this rom-com that spotlights the power of activism and community… read more

Similar categories in Livia Blackburne's Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other) book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Last Chance Dance

By: Lakita Wilson

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An utterly charming YA romance perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Leah Johnson. Leila is devastat… read more

Similar categories in Lakita Wilson's Last Chance Dance book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. NerdCrush

By: Alisha Emrich

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Happily Ever Afters meets You've Got Mail  in this geeky, Black Girl Magic filled debut romance abo… read more

Similar categories in Alisha Emrich's NerdCrush book and Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement

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

28 must-read fiction books like This Is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Jessica Parra

3.77

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The Black Queen

Jumata Emill

3.98

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Friday I'm in Love

Camryn Garrett

3.84

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We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

4.30

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Byron Graves

4.16

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Angie Thomas

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