15 Best realistic fiction books like The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

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The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

By: Ashley Schumacher

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since her mother’s death, Madeline “Gwen” Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life wil…

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1. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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2. Tilly in Technicolor

By: Mazey Eddings

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed exec… read more

Similar categories in Mazey Eddings's Tilly in Technicolor book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Couples that stim together stay together."

-Mazey Eddings, Tilly in Technicolor

"...feeling empowered for existing just as they are."

-Mazey Eddings, Tilly in Technicolor

"I love you without conditions. Without expectations."

-Mazey Eddings, Tilly in Technicolor

"ADHD hasn't changed me...It is me. It's an undeniable and simple fact of who I am." - Tilly"

-Mazey Eddings, Tilly in Technicolor

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3. Ghosted (Northanger Abbey, #1)

By: Amanda Quain

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Never Have I Ever meets The X-Files in Amanda Quain's Ghosted, a gender-bent contemporary retelling… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Quain's Ghosted (Northanger Abbey, #1) book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. You Wouldn't Dare

By: Samantha Markum

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A rom com about trying to have the summer of your life before everything changes - only to realize … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's You Wouldn't Dare book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • 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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6. 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 Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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7. Love, Off the Record

By: Samantha Markum

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two ri… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's Love, Off the Record book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. All That’s Left to Say

By: Emery Lord

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and powerful story of a grieving girl willing to risk everything, perfect for fans of Ro… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lord's All That’s Left to Say book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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11. An Improbable Season (An Improbable Season, #1)

By: Rosalyn Eves

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

When Thalia, Kalliope, and Charis set off to Regency London for their first Season, they know exact… read more

Similar categories in Rosalyn Eves's An Improbable Season (An Improbable Season, #1) book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1)

By: Kristy Boyce

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dat… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Boyce's Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1) book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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14. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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15. On the Bright Side

By: Anna Sortino

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's On the Bright Side book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

By: Ashley Schumacher

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since her mother’s death, Madeline “Gwen” Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life wil… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. Harvest House

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith delivers a thril… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Leitich Smith's Harvest House book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"In the gutter atop the empty, boarded-up building on my side of the road, Mourning Doves sense my dread and shudder in a cozy nest tucked in the gutter. Their kin have flown to warmer, brighter skies…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Harvest House

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19. An Appetite for Miracles

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must co… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's An Appetite for Miracles book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"...Faith doesn't work without common sense."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Dear God. I know our relationship is not supposed to be transactional. But, You are the one who invented an eye for an eye, so, maybe I can entice you with a good deal."

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

"Because there are people in our lives; rare unexpected people who don't just walk beside us through life; they witness our lives too. They hold our memories in their DNA. So that when one body forget…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles

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20. The Weight of Everything

By: Marcia Argueta Mickelson

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left … read more

Similar categories in Marcia Argueta Mickelson's The Weight of Everything book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. The Jump

By: Brittney Morris

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of SLAY and The Cost of Knowing comes an action-driven, high-octane “thri… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Jump book and Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Tilly in Technicolor

Mazey Eddings

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Ghosted (Northanger Abbey, #1)

Amanda Quain

3.74

Transform Your Habits

You Wouldn't Dare

Samantha Markum

3.75

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20 Best fiction books like The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy

Transform Your Habits

Brighter Than the Sun

Daniel Aleman

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

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All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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