14 Best realistic fiction books like Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) by Kati Gardner

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Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

By: Kati Gardner

3.99

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never reall…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) by Kati Gardner , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. When My Heart Joins the Thousand

By: A.J. Steiger

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Obviously I’m not what most people would describe as happy. But that has nothing to do with anythin… read more

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  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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2. Under Rose-Tainted Skies

By: Louise Gornall

3.97

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Norah has accepted that the four walls of her house delineate her life. She knows tha… read more

Similar categories in Louise Gornall's Under Rose-Tainted Skies book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"But it's like my mind and my brain are two separte thing, working against each other."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"Mental health is usually the last place people go when they think about someone being sick."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"It's such a noble word, unconditional. Brave. Blindly committing to situations it knows nothing about."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"I this I could reach out, put a hand on his shoulder, and ask him if he is all right. A side effect of worrying about everything and everyone; I cry at least once a week over things that shouldn't co…"

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

3. My New Crush Gave to Me

By: Shani Petroff

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Charlie Donovan knows exactly what she wants for Christmas: Teo Ortiz. He s the school s … read more

Similar categories in Shani Petroff's My New Crush Gave to Me book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Love and First Sight

By: Josh Sundquist

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Love is more than meets the eye. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Port… read more

Similar categories in Josh Sundquist's Love and First Sight book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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5. Bad Romance

By: Heather Demetrios

4.19

Format: 416 pages,

Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother ma… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. Kat and Meg Conquer the World

By: Anna Priemaza

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything, Emery Lord's When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell… read more

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7. The Beauty That Remains

By: Ashley Woodfolk

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Music brought Autumn, Shay, and Logan together. Death wants to tear them apart. Autumn always knew … read more

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8. But I Love Him

By: Mandy Hubbard , Amanda Grace

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes at night, I wake up and stare at the heart for hours. I think of how I collected each pie… read more

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9. Braced

By: Alyson Gerber

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first contemporary novel about a disorder that bends the lives of ten percent of all teenagers:… read more

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10. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

By: Eric Lindstrom

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For sixteen-year-old Mel Hannigan, bipolar disorder makes life unpredictable. Her latest struggle i… read more

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11. The Art of Feeling

By: Laura Tims

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven's New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places, this contempo… read more

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12. Just Breathe

By: Cammie McGovern

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of A Step Toward Falling and Say What You Will comes a new YA … read more

Similar categories in Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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13. My Whole Truth

By: Mischa Thrace

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Seelie Stanton never wanted to kill someone. She never wanted to be invisible in… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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15. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

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  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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16. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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17. Cabin Fever

By: Sierra Dean

3.19

Format: 243 pages, ebook

Things can’t get much worse for Dylan Powell. She just lost her sure-bet promotion to her boyfriend… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Dean's Cabin Fever book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
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18. Mixed Signals

By: Mia Heintzelman

2.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When corporate banker Julie Laurich gets stuck in traffic beside the man of her dreams and promptly… read more

Similar categories in Mia Heintzelman's Mixed Signals book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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19. Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars, #2)

By: Carla Luna

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Six nights in the Northwoods, two best friends, and one big secret. What could possibly go wrong? … read more

Similar categories in Carla Luna's Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars, #2) book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Blue Hawaiian (Blackwood Cellars #1)

By: Carla Luna

3.54

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The first rule of serving as the maid of honor at your perfect sister’s destination wedding? No mis… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel

By: Harper Shaw

2.95

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

The monster never stops, and it’ll never stop…coming for her.
 At fifteen, Iris Sinclair was always… read more

Similar categories in Harper Shaw's Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When We're Thirty by Casey Dembowski

22. When We're Thirty

By: Casey Dembowski

3.60

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Two friends. One pact. The performance of their lives. Hannah Abbott is stuck in a dead-end relatio… read more

Similar categories in Casey Dembowski's When We're Thirty book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. 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 Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
Cover of The Color of Lies by C.J. Lyons

24. The Color of Lies

By: C.J. Lyons

3.62

Format: 336 pages, ebook

High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medica… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Lyons's The Color of Lies book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of White Wedding (Blackwood Cellars, #3) by Carla Luna

25. White Wedding (Blackwood Cellars, #3)

By: Carla Luna

3.69

Format: 280 pages, ebook

Take one lavish holiday wedding. Add one evil ex and his bridezilla. And toss in a smoking-hot chef… read more

Similar categories in Carla Luna's White Wedding (Blackwood Cellars, #3) book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Postcards from Summer by Cynthia Platt

26. Postcards from Summer

By: Cynthia Platt

3.96

Format: 575 pages, Kindle Edition

The Notebook meets Love & Gelato in this heart-wrenching novel about a teen girl who travels to her… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Platt's Postcards from Summer book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Your Life Has Been Delayed by Michelle I. Mason

27. Your Life Has Been Delayed

By: Michelle I. Mason

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Past and present, friends and crushes collide in a YA debut about a girl who takes off on a flight … read more

Similar categories in Michelle I. Mason's Your Life Has Been Delayed book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) by Kati Gardner

28. Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

By: Kati Gardner

3.99

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never reall… read more

Similar categories in Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • disability
  • audiobook
Cover of Things I'd Rather Do Than Die by Christine Hurley Deriso

29. Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

By: Christine Hurley Deriso

3.39

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American po… read more

Similar categories in Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Lovestruck

By: Kate Watson

3.64

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old cupid-in-training Kali is in an Olympus-sized mountain of trouble. Rule number one… read more

Similar categories in Kate Watson's Lovestruck book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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31. Outrun the Wind

By: Elizabeth Tammi

3.56

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. A… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Tammi's Outrun the Wind book and Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
"Glancing between the four of us, I realize just how many types of love we share. And how much it hurts to lose them all."

-Elizabeth Tammi, Outrun the Wind

"It only takes about fifteen minutes for me to get totally lost. We’re somewhere in the outskirts of the property, but I’ve pushed us past the tree line too far to remember which way we came from. But…"

-Elizabeth Tammi, Outrun the Wind

21 must-read fiction books like Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) by Kati Gardner

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A.J. Steiger

4.02

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Louise Gornall

3.97

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Shani Petroff

4.10

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Josh Sundquist

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3.34

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3.63

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Erin McCarthy

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