18 Best realistic fiction books like A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor

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A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

By: Leslie Connor

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award-winning author Lesl…

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1. The Elders (Foxcraft, #2)

By: Inbali Iserles

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Isla's search for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast Wildlands. The forest is … read more

Similar categories in Inbali Iserles's The Elders (Foxcraft, #2) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of The Taken (Foxcraft, #1) by Inbali Iserles

2. The Taken (Foxcraft, #1)

By: Inbali Iserles

3.60

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Isla and her brother are two young foxes living just outside the lands of the furless -- humans. Th… read more

Similar categories in Inbali Iserles's The Taken (Foxcraft, #1) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • animals

3. Winterfrost

By: Michelle Houts

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary Danish Christmas turns extraordinary when a family overlooks an important folkloric tra… read more

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4. Absolutely Truly

By: Heather Vogel Frederick

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte's Webleads to a hunt for treasure in this hea… read more

Similar categories in Heather Vogel Frederick's Absolutely Truly book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

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5. Race to the Sun

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.04

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy s… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Race to the Sun book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

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7. Speak Up!

By: Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

For fans of Click and Brave, this touching coming-of-age middle grade graphic novel debut follows … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Burgess's Speak Up! book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Mage (Foxcraft, #3)

By: Inbali Iserles

4.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Isla has arrived at the frigid Snowlands to find her lost brother, Pirie. The tundra is a harsh pla… read more

Similar categories in Inbali Iserles's The Mage (Foxcraft, #3) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
"Run fast, be safe, live free."

-Inbali Iserles, The Mage (Foxcraft, #3)

"Dreams are just the beginning!"

-Inbali Iserles, The Mage (Foxcraft, #3)

"For friendship. For honor. Forever"

-Inbali Iserles, The Mage (Foxcraft, #3)

"Yer it gave me comfort to know the wolves would keep our fallen in their thoughts. That somewhere, in a land of ice and flames, the memory of my family lived on."

-Inbali Iserles, The Mage (Foxcraft, #3)

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9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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10. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's We Dream of Space book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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11. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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13. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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15. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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16. Juniper’s Christmas

By: Eoin Colfer

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes a heartwarming, adventurous Christmas the p… read more

Similar categories in Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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18. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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19. No Matter the Distance

By: Cindy Baldwin

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Baldwin's No Matter the Distance book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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21. The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

By: Emma Steinkellner

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Magic is harder than it looks. Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she’s ab… read more

Similar categories in Emma Steinkellner's The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1) book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"I was afraid once... And because I was afraid, my magic was weak and full of fear... If you do not trust in yourself, then you shall indeed fall. Trust in yourself, Moth. When you set your magic free…"

-Emma Steinkellner, The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

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22. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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23. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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24. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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25. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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26. Hear Me

By: Kerry O'Malley Cerra

4.30

Format: None pages, None

This #ownvoices contemporary middle-grade novel follows twelve-year-old Rayne who, at odds with her… read more

Similar categories in Kerry O'Malley Cerra's Hear Me book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Do you ever wish you could hear?" "I can hear. I just listen differently than you." hardcover page 270"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

"Mr. Lazar says, "Hearing loss is just that, a loss. It can be just as traumatic as losing a loved one or a pet, and it takes time to move on. So I wonder, have you all really given yourselves, and es…"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

Cover of A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor

27. A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

By: Leslie Connor

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award-winning author Lesl… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • dogs
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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28. A Few Bicycles More

By: Christina Uss

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the sequel to the popular Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle , our hero reunites with her long-… read more

Similar categories in Christina Uss's A Few Bicycles More book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel by Liz Braswell

29. Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel

By: Liz Braswell

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? Discover a new side of The Little Mermaid in this darkly r… read more

Similar categories in Liz Braswell's Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale Graphic Novel book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • fiction
Cover of The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake

30. The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, first ki… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Then Sunny St. James will take over the world. Or at least my little corner of it."

-Ashley Herring Blake, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

"I like this kind of quiet, the BFF kind where you're not alone but can think and you know your best friend is thinking too and it's all okay because you know that all the things you're thinking are s…"

-Ashley Herring Blake, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

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31. Always Human

By: Ari North

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

First serialized on the popular app and website WebToon, Always Human ran from 2015-2017 and amasse… read more

Similar categories in Ari North's Always Human book and Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

  • lgbt
"Do you ever get so nervous that you pass straight through terror and come out the other side? And then you stop being scared and you start being reckless?"

-Ari North, Always Human

27 Top fiction books like A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor

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The Elders (Foxcraft, #2)

Inbali Iserles

4.38

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Race to the Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.04

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The Shape of Thunder

Jasmine Warga

4.17

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Speak Up!

Rebecca Burgess

4.21

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Rebecca Burgess

4.21

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Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

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Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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Kayla Miller

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