15 Top realistic fiction books like Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills

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Famous in a Small Town

By: Emma Mills

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, a…

"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of thing."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of thing."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Top Ten

By: Katie Cotugno

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rat… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Top Ten book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"God, the only thing worse than having a panic attack was trying to have one in secret while someone else was watching."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"If you liked being alone all the time, that would be one thing. But I don't actually think you do. I think you're just letting yourself be scared."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"It occurred to her to wonder if this was what growing up meant, to continuously find yourself in situations that you didn't feel remotely prepared to handle."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"She stood awkwardly for another endless moment -- a total and obvious outsider, even though this was her house where she lived. It felt like she didn't belong anywhere. It felt like she probably neve…"

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

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2. Giant Days, Vol. 7

By: John Allison , Liz Fleming

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

Esther, Susan, and Daisy continue to face the rigors of young adulthood in this Eisner-nominated se… read more

Similar categories in John Allison's Giant Days, Vol. 7 book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Starry Eyes

By: Jenn Bennett

3.70

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic dramedy from the author of Alex, Approximately, a teen girl's way-too-ordinary lif… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bennett's Starry Eyes book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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5. This Time It's Real

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's This Time It's Real book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We weren’t flirting,"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I want this to be real."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

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6. Charming as a Verb

By: Ben Philippe

3.85

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at … read more

Similar categories in Ben Philippe's Charming as a Verb book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"All children are charming as an adjective, but you’re charming as a verb."

-Ben Philippe, Charming as a Verb

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7. 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 Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. Borrow My Heart

By: Kasie West

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Borrow My Heart book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

By: Laura Taylor Namey

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Taylor Namey's A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide) book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why is it so hard to choose a direction? Part of it is that I've lost the ability to trust any of my own decisions. But there's another gap here, one I can't name. It's a Polaroid I shake and shake, …"

-Laura Taylor Namey, A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

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11. Take Me Home Tonight

By: Morgan Matson

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I have a crippling fear of being without a dog."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"It's always easier to believe someone is perfect and never wrong. Easier - but never true."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"I had a theory—even though I'd never told anyone, not even Kat—that love was about paying attention. It's the one thing you can't buy or fake or make up for at the last minute. So the things that mea…"

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

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12. My Week with Him

By: Joya Goffney

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A cute portrait of agency, hope, and intergenerational trauma by Goffney. "— Publishers Weekly A J… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's My Week with Him book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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13. Fade Into the Bright

By: Jessica Koosed Etting

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Five Feet Apart meets Tell Me Three Things in this YA contemporary novel about two sisters, one sum… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Koosed Etting's Fade Into the Bright book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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14. Always Never Yours

By: Emily Wibberley

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Shouldn't a girl get to star in her own love story? Seventeen-year-old Megan Harper is about due… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Always Never Yours book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You can’t expect anything to happen if you don’t make a move."

-Emily Wibberley, Always Never Yours

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15. You Have a Match

By: Emma Lord

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A new love, a secret sister, and a summer she'll never forget. When Abby signs up for a DNA serv… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's You Have a Match book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"But you're...you're a forever kind of person to me."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"Love makes you do things you thought you never would."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"If you learn to capture a feeling, it’ll always be louder than words."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

"he doesn’t like me the way I like him. And if he did once, he doesn’t anymore."

-Emma Lord, You Have a Match

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16. Layoverland

By: Gabby Noone

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two teens, one stuck atoning for her sins and one destined for heaven, fall in love in purgatory in… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Noone's Layoverland book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance re… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Famous in a Small Town

By: Emma Mills

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"I told August this, and he nodded I consideration. "Could be possible." "Fifty grand to fix your vacuum." "I mean, that's a deal. My vacuum cost twelve million dollars." "Really." "Uh-huh. Military-g…"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"After all, it's where the teens are at, Brit has said. It's the zone for teens. We almost can't exist in any other kind of zone. Child Zone? Forget it. Adult Zone? Fuck that noise. I am for the Teen …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

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19. 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 Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley

20. Heiress Takes All

By: Emily Wibberley

3.56

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's 11 in this thrilling YA adventure about a teenager determined t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Heiress Takes All book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Don't Read the Comments

By: Eric Smith

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Divya Sharma is a queen. Or she is when she’s playing Reclaim the Sun, the year’s hottest online ga… read more

Similar categories in Eric Smith's Don't Read the Comments book and Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town

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

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