7 Best realistic fiction books like Exit Through the Gift Shop by Maryam Master

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Exit Through the Gift Shop by Maryam Master , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. As Happy as Here

By: Jane Godwin

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find … read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's As Happy as Here book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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8. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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9. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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10. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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11. His Name Was Walter

By: Emily Rodda

4.32

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER COMES A STORY, WITHIN A STORY, THAT SHOWS US THE EXTRAORDINA… read more

Similar categories in Emily Rodda's His Name Was Walter book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. A Glasshouse of Stars

By: Shirley Marr

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncl… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Marr's A Glasshouse of Stars book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
"It is then you understand that Kevin isn't angry at the world; he's angry at himself."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"The promise touches your face softly and wraps itself gently around you, planting a seed of hope in your heart."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you…"

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

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14. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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15. Huda and Me

By: H. Hayek

4.03

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because s… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda and Me book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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16. Dragon Skin

By: Karen Foxlee

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Dragon Skin book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

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17. The Little Wave

By: Pip Harry

4.44

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very dif… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's The Little Wave book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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19. Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel

By: Nicki Greenberg

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Greenberg's The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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21. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary

12 best-selling fiction books like Exit Through the Gift Shop by Maryam Master

Transform Your Habits

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

4.11

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Sick Bay

Nova Weetman

4.28

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

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Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

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Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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