8 Top realistic fiction books like The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos

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The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

By: NoNieqa Ramos

3.87

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others def…

"Because you're not my enemy doesn't mean you're my friend."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

"Because you're not my enemy doesn't mean you're my friend."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

"It sounds like every instrument I ever heard of fallig down a flight of stairs. Like my life."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

"It sounds like every instrument I ever heard of fallig down a flight of stairs. Like my life."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Forever...

By: Judy Blume

3.63

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year's Eve party. They're attracted to each other, they grow to… read more

Similar categories in Judy Blume's Forever... book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

"That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't."

-Judy Blume, Forever...

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2. Good Kings Bad Kings

By: Susan Nussbaum

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inside the halls of ILLC, an institution for juveniles with disabilities, we discover a place that … read more

Similar categories in Susan Nussbaum's Good Kings Bad Kings book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Once I make a decision, I stick to it."

-Susan Nussbaum, Good Kings Bad Kings

"Once you laugh with a person? That person is your friend."

-Susan Nussbaum, Good Kings Bad Kings

Cover of Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

3. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.13

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next t… read more

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  • teen
"She was too well-trained to panic."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"When do I start?" is the most refreshing thing I've heard in this whole war."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and disc…"

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

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4. Providence

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A propulsive new thriller about the obsessive nature of love when an intensifying relationship betw… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

5. The Book of Speculation

By: Erika Swyler

4.15

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and captivating debut novel about a young librarian who is sent a mysterious old book, i… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Lighter Than My Shadow

By: Katie Green

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more

Similar categories in Katie Green's Lighter Than My Shadow book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • mental illness
  • mental health

7. Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1)

By: Deborah Wiles

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with h… read more

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8. When I Was Puerto Rican

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her childhood was full of both tender… read more

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9. Rules for 50/50 Chances

By: Kate McGovern

3.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A heartrending but ultimately uplifting debut novel about learning to accept life's uncertainties; … read more

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10. Sold

By: Patricia McCormick

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Although Lakshmi's family is desperately poor her life still contains simple pleasures; but, when t… read more

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11. My Beloved World

By: Sonia Sotomayor

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life… read more

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12. A Wreath for Emmett Till

By: Marilyn Nelson , None

4.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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13. The Tiger’s Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency, #1)

By: K. Arsenault Rivera

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Even gods can be slain.... The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach--bu… read more

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14. Lights (Sheets, #3)

By: Brenna Thummler

4.27

Format: 366 pages, None

Marjorie, Eliza, and Wendell the ghost are back to uncover the secrets of Wendell’s human life in t… read more

Similar categories in Brenna Thummler's Lights (Sheets, #3) book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.67

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kep… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1) book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"...If I can't feel the good things anymore, then doing a few bad ones shouldn't hurt a bit. And they are long overdue."

-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

"I’ve borne it all with patience, the years of small cuts that heal over, my heart a pulpy mass of scars. But it was still beating, at least I could say that, right up until she took Goldie from me. N…"

-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

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16. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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17. Full Disclosure

By: Camryn Garrett

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In a community that isn't always understanding, an HIV-positive teen must navigate fear, disclosure… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Full Disclosure book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Silence that Binds Us

By: Joanna Ho

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more

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  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

19. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

By: Rick Emerson

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more

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20. The Words in My Hands

By: Asphyxia

4.22

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an explorat… read more

Similar categories in Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. This Golden State

By: Marit Weisenberg

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Winslow family lives by five principles: 1. No one can know your real name. 2. Don’t stay i… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2) by Mindy McGinnis

22. The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the dark and stunning sequel to The Initial Insult, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis conclude… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2) book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Tress nods, unsurprised. Her life has taken so many turns for the worse I guess at some point you just don't expect the road signs to offer you anything better."

-Mindy McGinnis, The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

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23. Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel

By: Ananth Hirsh

3.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic nove… read more

Similar categories in Ananth Hirsh's Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
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24. The Project

By: Courtney Summers

3.51

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The #1 Indie Next Pick and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award now in paperback with… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There is no flaw in you"

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"There is no flaw in you."

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"You wanted the truth. Or are you afraid of it now?"

-Courtney Summers, The Project

"You don't have to be our worst case, to be a worthy case."

-Courtney Summers, The Project

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25. Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most

By: Miroslav Volf

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER " Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom pu… read more

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26. Killer Content

By: Kiley Roache

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Knives Out meets One of Us is Lying! In this paperback original thriller a group of famous TikToker… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Roache's Killer Content book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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28. Reverie

By: Ryan La Sala

3.45

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Inception meets The Magicians in the most imaginative YA debut of the year! All Kane Montgomery … read more

Similar categories in Ryan La Sala's Reverie book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • young adult
"What’s scarier to the world of man than a woman limited only by her imagination?"

-Ryan La Sala, Reverie

"You think just because you've faced trauma you're excused from treating people with compassion?"

-Ryan La Sala, Reverie

"We must tell our stories ourselves, you know, or else they will destroy us in their own violent making."

-Ryan La Sala, Reverie

"Just because something is imagined doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. Sometimes the things we believe in are the most dangerous things about us. That's why people build entire worlds in their minds. Be…"

-Ryan La Sala, Reverie

Cover of The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos

29. The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

By: NoNieqa Ramos

3.87

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others def… read more

Similar categories in NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • abuse
"Because you're not my enemy doesn't mean you're my friend."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

"It sounds like every instrument I ever heard of fallig down a flight of stairs. Like my life."

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

"This whole thing is in my head, that's all. Everything is always IN MY HEAD. But isn't everything in your head? What does it mean for something to be out of your head?"

-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

Cover of Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

30. Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

By: Nora Shalaway Carpenter

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of the Year Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club Book of the Month A … read more

Similar categories in Nora Shalaway Carpenter's Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is …"

-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is …"

-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

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31. The Secrets We Keep

By: Cassie Gustafson

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

High school freshman Emma Clark harbors a secret—a secret so vile it could implode her whole world,… read more

Similar categories in Cassie Gustafson's The Secrets We Keep book and NoNieqa Ramos's The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • abuse

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Transform Your Habits

Forever...

Judy Blume

3.63

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Good Kings Bad Kings

Susan Nussbaum

3.94

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Providence

Caroline Kepnes

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Speculation

Erika Swyler

4.15

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Nothing More to Tell

Karen M. McManus

3.90

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Two Truths and a Lie

April Henry

3.36

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Natalie D. Richards

3.45

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