5 Top realistic fiction books like Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

Cover of Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

Lenny's Book of Everything

By: Karen Foxlee

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was sca…

"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."

-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything

"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."

-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction

2. Two Wolves

By: Tristan Bancks

3.40

Format: None pages,

One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver's front door. Minutes after they leave, his pa… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Two Wolves book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

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3. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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6. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • historical
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

By: Holly Ringland

4.04

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland, comes a ha… read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There's a certain kind of beauty that can only exist because of darkness."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"You can see it, but it's not really there. Just like the end of a rainbow, the horizon is an illusion."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Catch the gold in your eyelashes so we have light for later, Starry, so it won't be dark in our dreams."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Everything I've wanted most in life has been on the other side of finding the courage to ask for the help I need."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

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8. Something to Talk About (Rose Hill, #2)

By: Rachael Johns

4.25

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the opposite of love at first sight...or is it? Dairy farmer Tabitha Cooper-Jones has a heart… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's Something to Talk About (Rose Hill, #2) book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mildenhall's The Hummingbird Effect book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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11. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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12. As Happy as Here

By: Jane Godwin

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find … read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's As Happy as Here book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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13. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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15. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
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16. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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17. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

Cover of Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

20. Lenny's Book of Everything

By: Karen Foxlee

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was sca… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."

-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything

Cover of Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth by Anna Fienberg

21. Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth

By: Anna Fienberg

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweetly moving story about friendship and finding happiness, for readers who loved Wonder and Len… read more

Similar categories in Anna Fienberg's Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth book and Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • contemporary

16 Best fiction books like Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

Transform Your Habits

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

4.11

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

4.25

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12 Best childrens books like Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

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Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

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Silver Linings

Katrina Nannestad

4.32

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Outlaw Girls

Emily Gale

4.04

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