11 must-read realistic fiction books like All We Could Have Been by T.E. Carter

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All We Could Have Been

By: T.E. Carter

3.49

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, Lexie walked home from school after her older brother failed to pick her up. When s…

"I miss what we were, but we aren’t that anymore, and it’s better to get away from the memories of all we could have been."

-T.E. Carter, All We Could Have Been

"I miss what we were, but we aren’t that anymore, and it’s better to get away from the memories of all we could have been."

-T.E. Carter, All We Could Have Been

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in All We Could Have Been by T.E. Carter , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

By: Laura Steven

4.01

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, … read more

Similar categories in Laura Steven's The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1) book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What a poet I am. Like T S Eliot but with better boobs."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Because you know my motto: do no harm, but take no shit."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Her engagement ring has a Dwayne Johnson of a diamond on it..."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

"Basically, if you're a woman, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't."

-Laura Steven, The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill, #1)

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2. Hallowed (Unearthly, #2)

By: Cynthia Hand

4.09

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's Hallowed (Unearthly, #2) book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Come on, pretty boy,"

-Cynthia Hand, Hallowed (Unearthly, #2)

"This is the part where I kiss you."

-Cynthia Hand, Hallowed (Unearthly, #2)

"Note to self: buy some nunchucks or something."

-Cynthia Hand, Hallowed (Unearthly, #2)

"He thought maybe the purest form of love is letting me go."

-Cynthia Hand, Hallowed (Unearthly, #2)

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3. Girlhood

By: Cat Clarke

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A Zoella Book Club 2017 novel Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional su… read more

Similar categories in Cat Clarke's Girlhood book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery

4. Moonrise

By: Sarah Crossan

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

'They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Coz people are gonna be telling you all kinds o… read more

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5. Girl, Missing (Girl, Missing, #1)

By: Sophie McKenzie

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Lauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that sh… read more

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6. Sister, Missing (Girl, Missing, #2)

By: Sophie McKenzie

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

It's two years after the events of 'Girl, Missing' and life is not getting any easier for 16-year-o… read more

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7. Damage Done

By: Amanda Panitch

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

22 minutes separate Julia Vann's before and after. Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, a… read more

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8. You Think You Know Me

By: Ayaan Mohamud

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate… read more

Similar categories in Ayaan Mohamud's You Think You Know Me book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Guard Your Heart

By: Sue Divin

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Derry. Summer 2016. Aidan and Iona, now eighteen, were both born on the day of the Northern Ireland… read more

Similar categories in Sue Divin's Guard Your Heart book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Dare

By: Natasha Preston

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I triple dog dare you . . . As senior year comes to an end, senior pranks are just beginning. It… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Dare book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. Mapping the Bones

By: Jane Yolen

4.01

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1942, and Chaim and Gittel, Polish twins, are forced from their beautiful home and made… read more

Similar categories in Jane Yolen's Mapping the Bones book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I think of death, not as a smokestack, but as an opening door."

-Jane Yolen, Mapping the Bones

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12. 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 T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's Catch Your Death book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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14. Harrow Lake

By: Kat Ellis

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The daughter of a horror film director is not afraid of anything--until she gets to Harrow Lake. … read more

Similar categories in Kat Ellis's Harrow Lake book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"They stop looking. Everyone stops looking."

-Kat Ellis, Harrow Lake

"When you're alone in the dark, impossible things grow bones and flesh."

-Kat Ellis, Harrow Lake

"It was a very meta way to die — Optimal, even: to become a story while making one."

-Kat Ellis, Harrow Lake

"My mother believed in monsters. At least, I think she did. But what do I know about my mother really?"

-Kat Ellis, Harrow Lake

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15. The Only Girl in Town

By: Ally Condie

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your fault? For July Fielding… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Only Girl in Town book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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16. Meet Me in the Middle

By: Alex Light

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A romance interrupted by tragedy sets two people on different paths in Wattpad superstar Alex Light… read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's Meet Me in the Middle book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can’t swing right now. I’m obviously very busy doing nothing. And catching up on the chores I’ve spent the past three weeks putting off. I’m just a busy little bee today."

-Alex Light, Meet Me in the Middle

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17. Don't Breathe a Word

By: Jordyn Taylor

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Eva has never felt like she belonged... not in her own family or with her friends in … read more

Similar categories in Jordyn Taylor's Don't Breathe a Word book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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18. My Brother's Name Is Jessica

By: John Boyne

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and … read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's My Brother's Name Is Jessica book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. I Have Lost My Way

By: Gayle Forman

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A powerful display of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of If I … read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's I Have Lost My Way book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"They can't explain it. But that doesn't make it any less real."

-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way

"To be the holder of other people's loss is to be the keeper of their love. To share your loss with people is another way of giving your love."

-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way

"They may be complete strangers, with different lives and different problems, but there in that examination room they are measuring sadness the same way. They are measuring it in loss."

-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way

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20. Gone Too Far

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From Natalie D. Richards, the New York Times bestselling author of mystery books for teens, comes a… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Gone Too Far book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"Malum Non Vide: See No Evil"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

"My whole day has been a unicorn ride through a field of rainbows"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

"My phone buzzes and I fish it from my pocket, expecting Tacey or maybe my parents checking in to make sure I’m okay. But it’s an unfamiliar number. Do you blame yourself? I read the words once. Twice…"

-Natalie D. Richards, Gone Too Far

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21. Even If I Fall

By: Abigail Johnson

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to th… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Even If I Fall book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"We didn't always need the things we wanted, but some things were worth holding on to anyway."

-Abigail Johnson, Even If I Fall

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22. Every Line of You

By: Naomi Gibson

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Gibson's Every Line of You book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I’m fine, honestly."

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

"I nod and smile again, although inside I feel completely different. I would like to scream loudly and beat everything to pieces"

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

"People just don't get it. You think, funeral, okay, maybe a little grief counseling, but then that's okay. We should kindly finish this and move on. But it's not over and it will never be over and ho…"

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

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23. Everything I Thought I Knew

By: Shannon Takaoka

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A teenage girl wonders if she’s inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsivel… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Takaoka's Everything I Thought I Knew book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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24. Every Single Lie

By: Rachel Vincent

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping YA novel about social media bullying and half-truths, one girl's discovery of a de… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Vincent's Every Single Lie book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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25. You're Next

By: Kylie Schachte

3.79

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she u… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Schachte's You're Next book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. These Bodies Between Us

By: Sarah Van Name

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wistful coming-of-age story with a haunting twist about four friends who spend their summer learn… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Van Name's These Bodies Between Us book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. All These Beautiful Strangers

By: Elizabeth Klehfoth

3.86

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In the last day of summer, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Allister … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Klehfoth's All These Beautiful Strangers book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. Goodbye from Nowhere

By: Sara Zarr

3.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Kyle Baker thought his family was happy. Happy enough, anyway. That’s why, when Kyle learns that hi… read more

Similar categories in Sara Zarr's Goodbye from Nowhere book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Roam

By: C.H. Armstrong

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Seventeen year-old Abby Lunde and her family are living on the streets. They had a normal life back… read more

Similar categories in C.H. Armstrong's Roam book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. All We Could Have Been

By: T.E. Carter

3.49

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Five years ago, Lexie walked home from school after her older brother failed to pick her up. When s… read more

Similar categories in T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • dark
  • own
"I miss what we were, but we aren’t that anymore, and it’s better to get away from the memories of all we could have been."

-T.E. Carter, All We Could Have Been

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31. Things to Do Before the End of the World

By: Emily Barr

3.41

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Timely and powerful; the new coming-of-age thriller from the bestselling author of The One Memory o… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's Things to Do Before the End of the World book and T.E. Carter's All We Could Have Been

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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3.64

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