13 best-selling realistic fiction books like I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk

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I'll Be Waiting for You

By: Mariko Turk

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the buzzworthy tearjerker  You've Reached Sam , this emotional will-they-won't-…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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2. I Wish You Would

By: Eva Des Lauriers

3.76

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In this drama-filled love story, private confessions are scattered on the beach during a senior cla… read more

Similar categories in Eva Des Lauriers's I Wish You Would book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. 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 Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. 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 Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Not Like Other Girls

By: Meredith Adamo

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma,… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Adamo's Not Like Other Girls book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. Shut Up, This Is Serious

By: Carolina Ixta

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more

Similar categories in Carolina Ixta's Shut Up, This Is Serious book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
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7. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. 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 Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"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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9. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
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11. 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 Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • realistic fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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13. The Girl in Question

By: Tess Sharpe

4.35

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's The Girl in Question book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It's fucking with fate."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

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14. Heir, Apparently

By: Kara McDowell

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An American teen learns she may have accidentally married the King of England, only to end up stran… read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's Heir, Apparently book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. I'll Be Waiting for You

By: Mariko Turk

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the buzzworthy tearjerker  You've Reached Sam , this emotional will-they-won't-… read more

Similar categories in Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • ghosts
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • horror
  • contemporary
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16. Looking for Smoke

By: K.A. Cobell

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Cobell's Looking for Smoke book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • contemporary
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
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17. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
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18. The Calculation of You and Me

By: Serena Kaylor

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's The Calculation of You and Me book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. Lie Until It's True

By: Jessie Weaver

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Knives Out in this haunting YA thriller. To redeem herself, tru… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Lie Until It's True book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

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21. Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire

By: Paula Yoo

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paula Yoo’s latest is a compelling, nuanced account of Los Angeles’s 1992 uprising and its impact o… read more

Similar categories in Paula Yoo's Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire book and Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You

20 Top contemporary books like I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

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I Wish You Would

Eva Des Lauriers

3.76

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Love, Off the Record

Samantha Markum

4.16

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All That’s Left to Say

Emery Lord

3.73

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20 Top fiction books like Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

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Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

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Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

4.16

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On the Bright Side

Anna Sortino

4.20

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