12 must-read mental health books like Not Hungry by Kate Karyus Quinn

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Not Hungry

By: Kate Karyus Quinn

3.43

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sequel ALWAYS JUNE is now available! June is fat. June also has an eating disorder, but no o…

If you liked the mental health plot in Not Hungry by Kate Karyus Quinn , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Alexandra Ballard's What I Lost book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. House Arrest

By: K.A. Holt

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's House Arrest book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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3. We All Fall Down

By: Natalie D. Richards

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's We All Fall Down book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

4. Forget Me Not

By: Ellie Terry

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A girl with Tourette syndrome starts a new school and tries to hide her quirks in this debut middle… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Terry's Forget Me Not book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Idol House of Astarte: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

3.86

Format: None pages, ebook

Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems Years ago, a murder was committed… read more

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6. The Dirt Diary (The Dirt Diary, #1)

By: Anna Staniszewski

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

WANTED: Maid for the most popular kids in 8th grade. Cleaning up after the in-crowd gets Rachel … read more

Similar categories in Anna Staniszewski's The Dirt Diary (The Dirt Diary, #1) book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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7. Moo

By: Sharon Creech

3.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Catwill love her newest tw… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's Moo book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • poetry
  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction

8. 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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9. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (Delilah Dirk, #1)

By: Tony Cliff

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk has travelled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New Worl… read more

Similar categories in Tony Cliff's Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (Delilah Dirk, #1) book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

10. 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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11. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • mental health
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12. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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13. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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14. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

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15. Flight 171

By: Amy Christine Parker

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Devon Marsh is haunted by secrets. Like the identity of the person who killed her twin sister, Emil… read more

Similar categories in Amy Christine Parker's Flight 171 book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • high school
  • fiction
  • young adult
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16. The Art of Insanity

By: Christine Webb

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she ke… read more

Similar categories in Christine Webb's The Art of Insanity book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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18. August and Everything After

By: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Summer on the New Jersey shore offers Quinn a new start at life and love, but only if she can come … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's August and Everything After book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Not Hungry by Kate Karyus Quinn

19. Not Hungry

By: Kate Karyus Quinn

3.43

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The sequel ALWAYS JUNE is now available! June is fat. June also has an eating disorder, but no o… read more

Similar categories in Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • poetry
  • high school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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20. Deepfake

By: Sarah Darer Littman

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens when anyone can make a video of you saying anything? Dara Simons and Will Hochman h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Darer Littman's Deepfake book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • high school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. My Life in the Fish Tank

By: Barbara Dee

4.21

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's My Life in the Fish Tank book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

22. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom

By: Shannon C.F. Rogers

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more

Similar categories in Shannon C.F. Rogers's I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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23. We Were Beautiful

By: Heather Hepler

3.79

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

It's been a year since fifteen-year-old Mia Hopkins was in the car crash that killed her older sist… read more

Similar categories in Heather Hepler's We Were Beautiful book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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24. Fugly

By: Claire Waller

3.38

Format: None pages, None

A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who m… read more

Similar categories in Claire Waller's Fugly book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
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25. Jumper

By: Melanie Crowder

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In a ripped-from-the-headlines story, nineteen-year-old Blair's passion for fighting fires lands he… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Crowder's Jumper book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. How You Ruined My Life

By: Jeff Strand

3.43

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Rod and his cousin take family rivalry to a new level in this rollicking comedy from Jeff Strand. … read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's How You Ruined My Life book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I’m not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I’m not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I’m not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I’m not…"

-Jeff Strand, How You Ruined My Life

Cover of When You Know What I Know by Sonja K. Solter

27. When You Know What I Know

By: Sonja K. Solter

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This is an alternate cover edition of this book. A sensitive, harrowing, and ultimately hopefu… read more

Similar categories in Sonja K. Solter's When You Know What I Know book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S. Zrull

28. Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe

By: Lindsay S. Zrull

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Bounced between foster homes since the age of seven, Jessica knows better than to set down roots. M… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay S. Zrull's Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Golden Arm

By: Carl Deuker

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks find… read more

Similar categories in Carl Deuker's Golden Arm book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of Manning Up (YA Verse) by Bee Walsh

30. Manning Up (YA Verse)

By: Bee Walsh

3.73

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Jack is at the top of his game. He's a senior running back on the football team, dominating every o… read more

Similar categories in Bee Walsh's Manning Up (YA Verse) book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • high school
  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Date (The Do-Over) by Brenda Scott Royce

31. The Date (The Do-Over)

By: Brenda Scott Royce

2.76

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

On the last day of school, Maribel attempts to ask her crush, Evan, out on a date to the bonfire pa… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Scott Royce's The Date (The Do-Over) book and Kate Karyus Quinn's Not Hungry

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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Transform Your Habits

What I Lost

Alexandra Ballard

3.69

Transform Your Habits

House Arrest

K.A. Holt

3.81

Transform Your Habits

We All Fall Down

Natalie D. Richards

4.25

Forget Me Not

Ellie Terry

3.63

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The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

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Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Charles Waters

4.02

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