15 Top realistic fiction books like Have a Little Faith in Me by Sonia Hartl

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Have a Little Faith in Me

By: Sonia Hartl

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"Saved!" meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that takes …

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1. Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)

By: Rachel E. Carter

3.99

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

She survived a trial year at the Academy of Magic, but that was the easy part… Now sixteen-year-… read more

Similar categories in Rachel E. Carter's Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2) book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Well done, Darren!"

-Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)

"I know exactly who you are."

-Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)

"I told you not to trust a wolf,"

-Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)

"I’m not that pitiful little girl you bullied last year."

-Rachel E. Carter, Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2)

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2. A Totally Awkward Love Story

By: Tom Ellen , Lucy Ivison

3.54

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Kate Sullivan at Delacorte has won North American rights at auction to Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison's … read more

Similar categories in Tom Ellen's A Totally Awkward Love Story book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Proof of Forever

By: Lexa Hillyer

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Before: It was the perfect summer of first kisses, skinny-dipping, and bonfires by the lake. Joy, T… read more

Similar categories in Lexa Hillyer's Proof of Forever book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

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

4. Wild Bird

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

3.71

Format: 436 pages,

3:47 a.m. That's when they come for Wren Clemens. She's hustled out of her house and into a waiting… read more

Similar categories in Wendelin Van Draanen's Wild Bird book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

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5. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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6. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

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7. Woke Up Like This

By: Amy Lea

4.03

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

For two high school seniors, it’s seventeen going on thirty—overnight—in a magical romantic comedy … read more

Similar categories in Amy Lea's Woke Up Like This book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more

Similar categories in Sylvie Cathrall's A Letter to the Luminous Deep book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
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9. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's Three Things I Know Are True book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

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10. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. A Disaster in Three Acts

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey'… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's A Disaster in Three Acts book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's just one of those things where the dread of doing the activity is much worse than the actual activity. Like putting on a bra just for the sole purpose of going to Neato Burrito for takeout."

-Kelsey Rodkey, A Disaster in Three Acts

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13. The Matchbreaker Summer

By: Annie Rains

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Matchbreaker Summer book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Kate in Waiting

By: Becky Albertalli

3.81

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Car… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gro…"

-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting

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15. Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

4.13

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Stiefvater's Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2) book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Balls,"

-Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)

"It’s bonkers, really,"

-Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)

"By the time we’re married,"

-Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)

"Her secret was this: She was tired of trying."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)

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16. 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 Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Picture Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean

17. Picture Perfect Boyfriend

By: Becky Dean

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Picture Perfect Boyfriend book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why do you care?"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"I’m sorry, I was rude?"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"I knew you were spying on me."

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"The world needs more women in STEM"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

Cover of Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen

18. Fake It Till You Break It

By: Jenn P. Nguyen

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Mia and Jake have known each other their whole lives. They’ve endured summer vacations, Sunday brun… read more

Similar categories in Jenn P. Nguyen's Fake It Till You Break It book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Camp

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed Jack of Hearts (and other parts) comes a sweet and sharp screwball… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Camp book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I just feel stupid’ ‘Not stupid,’ George says. ‘A romantic maybe. A dreamer.’ ‘A theater kid,’ Ashley says. ‘But never stupid,’ George finishes."

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Camp

Cover of How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins

20. How Not to Fall in Love

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartfelt c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"People think it's the fear of falling, but it's not. It's the fear of falling combined with the desire to fall [...] the more we value something, the more we fear its loss."

-Jacqueline Firkins, How Not to Fall in Love

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21. Circling Back To You

By: Julie Tieu

3.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Julie Tieu, an exciting new and diverse voice in contemporary romance, returns with a hilarious an… read more

Similar categories in Julie Tieu's Circling Back To You book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway

22. Hills Like White Elephants

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.85

Format: 6 pages, Kindle Edition

A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems. Hi… read more

Similar categories in Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • fiction
Cover of Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

23. Not So Pure and Simple

By: Lamar Giles

4.05

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Not So Pure and Simple book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."

-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple

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24. Eat Your Heart Out

By: Kelly deVos

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more

Similar categories in Kelly deVos's Eat Your Heart Out book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park

25. Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous

By: Suzanne Park

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A social media influencer is shipped off to a digital detox summer camp in this coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Park's Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Dwyer's The Atlas of Us book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Have a Little Faith in Me by Sonia Hartl

27. Have a Little Faith in Me

By: Sonia Hartl

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"Saved!" meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that takes … read more

Similar categories in Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2) by Megan Bannen

28. The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2)

By: Megan Bannen

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best frien… read more

Similar categories in Megan Bannen's The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2) book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Calculation of You and Me by Serena Kaylor

29. 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 Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. The Truth According to Ember

By: Danica Nava

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more

Similar categories in Danica Nava's The Truth According to Ember book and Sonia Hartl's Have a Little Faith in Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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