21 best-selling realistic fiction books like Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy

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Good Enough

By: Jen Petro-Roy

4.11

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Before she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a run…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Skinny

By: Ibi Kaslik

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Do you ever get hungry?  Too hungry to eat? Holly's older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Hau… read more

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  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Heart lesson #3: post-heartbreak survival. The heart is resilient, I mean literally. When a body is burned, the heart is the last organ to oxidize. While the rest of the body can catch flame like a p…"

-Ibi Kaslik, Skinny

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2. What I Lost

By: Alexandra Ballard

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and he… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Lost in the Sun

By: Lisa Graff

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

4. Perfect

By: Natasha Friend

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Depicting with humor and insight the pressure to be outwardly perfect, this novel for ages 10-13 sh… read more

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5. Elena Vanishing

By: Clare B. Dunkle , Elena Dunkle

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fe… read more

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6. Wintergirls

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, L… read more

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7. Stella by Starlight

By: Sharon M. Draper , None

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery b… read more

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8. Paperweight

By: Meg Haston

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more

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9. How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia

By: Kelsey Osgood

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

She devoured their memoirs and magazine articles, committing the most salacious details of their ca… read more

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10. One Came Home

By: Amy Timberlake

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Be… read more

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11. How to Find What You're Not Looking For

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's How to Find What You're Not Looking For book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. 96 Miles

By: J.L. Esplin

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never though… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But the thing is, if you do survive, when it's all said and done, you still have to live with yourself."

-J.L. Esplin, 96 Miles

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13. Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues as Sunny finds herself in the spotlight in a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5) book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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15. Dress Coded

By: Carrie Firestone

4.17

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"

-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded

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16. Maybe He Just Likes You

By: Barbara Dee

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee e… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation."

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

"I just meant this stuff with me is different . And I definitely wouldn't call it regular bullying." "So what would you call it, then?" I opened my mouth to answer. But I didn't have any words. Becaus…"

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

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17. Up for Air

By: Laurie Morrison

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Annabelle struggles in school, no matter how hard she tries. But as soon as she d… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Morrison's Up for Air book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • middle grade
  • teen
  • family
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19. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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20. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • family
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21. On a Scale of One to Ten

By: Ceylan Scott

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of John Green and Ned Vizzini, a heart-wrenching and witty novel about a girl with Borderl… read more

Similar categories in Ceylan Scott's On a Scale of One to Ten book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Year I Didn't Eat

By: Samuel Pollen

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. The Girls at 17 Swann Street

By: Yara Zgheib

3.97

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I do not suffer from anorexia, I have anorexia. The two states are not the same. I know my anorexia, I understand it better than the world around me."

-Yara Zgheib, The Girls at 17 Swann Street

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24. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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25. Good Enough

By: Jen Petro-Roy

4.11

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Before she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a run… read more

Similar categories in Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • teen
  • health
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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26. Everything I Know About You

By: Barbara Dee

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Everything I Know About You book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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27. Break the Fall

By: Jennifer Iacopelli

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Audrey Lee is going to the Olympics.A year ago, she could barely do a push up as she recovered from… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Iacopelli's Break the Fall book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Break to You

By: Neal Shusterman

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young a… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Break to You book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. AfterMath

By: Emily Barth Isler

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This book is a gift to the culture. --Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brothe… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barth Isler's AfterMath book and Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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31. 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 Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction

23 Top fiction books like Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy

Transform Your Habits

Skinny

Ibi Kaslik

3.43

Transform Your Habits

What I Lost

Alexandra Ballard

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Lost in the Sun

Lisa Graff

4.21

Transform Your Habits

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

Veera Hiranandani

4.28

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29 Best fiction books like How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani

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How to Become a Planet

Nicole Melleby

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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How to Find What You're Not Looking For

Veera Hiranandani

4.28

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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