19 Top realistic fiction books like It's My Life by Stacie Ramey

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It's My Life

By: Stacie Ramey

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

If she wants a future with him, she'll have to make peace with her past.Jenna's never let her cer…

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1. Say What You Will

By: Cammie McGovern

3.64

Format: 218 pages, ebook

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully writt… read more

Similar categories in Cammie McGovern's Say What You Will book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"WHY DID YOU TELL PEOPLE MY ESSAY WASN’T TRUE?"

-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will

"This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not."

-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will

"JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO SCARED TO TAKE ANY RISKS DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US SHOULD BE."

-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will

"Let's don't wait forever for our lives to start. Let's begin them ourselves. Let's be fearless for once and say, we can do this."

-Cammie McGovern, Say What You Will

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2. Payback (Masterminds, #3)

By: Gordon Korman

4.37

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From the master of middle grade, Gordon Korman, comes the final book in the bestselling Masterminds… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Payback (Masterminds, #3) book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. When My Heart Joins the Thousand

By: A.J. Steiger

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Obviously I’m not what most people would describe as happy. But that has nothing to do with anythin… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Steiger's When My Heart Joins the Thousand book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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4. The Thing with Feathers

By: McCall Hoyle

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she's homeschooled, her best friend is her seizure dog, and… read more

Similar categories in McCall Hoyle's The Thing with Feathers book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Deenie

By: Judy Blume

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of th… read more

Similar categories in Judy Blume's Deenie book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

6. Anatomy of a Misfit

By: Andrea Portes

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

This emotional, hilarious, devastating, and ultimately triumphant YA debut, based on actual events,… read more

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7. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

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8. Invincible (Invincible, #1)

By: Amy Reed

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Fault in Our Starsmeets Go Ask Alicein this dramatic romance about a teenage girl who survives … read more

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9. The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

By: Jenn Bennett

4.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to fol… read more

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10. Click'd

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Allie Navarro can't wait to show her best friends the app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. CLICK… read more

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11. The Running Dream

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning and inspiring novel. When Jessica's dreams are shattered, she puts herself back to… read more

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12. Absolutely Truly

By: Heather Vogel Frederick

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte's Webleads to a hunt for treasure in this hea… read more

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13. Just Breathe

By: Cammie McGovern

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of A Step Toward Falling and Say What You Will comes a new YA … read more

Similar categories in Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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14. If These Wings Could Fly

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's If These Wings Could Fly book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"

-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly

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15. Pie in the Sky

By: Remy Lai

4.24

Format: 385 pages, None

When eleven-year-old Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is t… read more

Similar categories in Remy Lai's Pie in the Sky book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Jingwen, the worst kind of lie ... is the one you tell to benefit yourself but will hurt others."

-Remy Lai, Pie in the Sky

"I stop at hi. Because what if he asks other questions? I won't have the replies ready, and I'll be staring at him like a frozen booger. I can't possibly prepare all the questions and all the answers.…"

-Remy Lai, Pie in the Sky

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16. The Silence Between Us

By: Alison Gervais

3.86

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing school for the first time. As if … read more

Similar categories in Alison Gervais's The Silence Between Us book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
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17. Amelia Unabridged

By: Ashley Schumacher

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future. Eighteen-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's Amelia Unabridged book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"One of the things I love—loved—about books is that no matter how dreadful the characters’ plights or how insurmountable the conflicts, everything turns out for the best in the end. Not necessarily ha…"

-Ashley Schumacher, Amelia Unabridged

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18. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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19. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moskowitz's Sick Kids in Love book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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20. Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

By: Gretchen Schreiber

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schre… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Schreiber's Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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21. By the Book

By: Amanda Sellet

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm knows all about Mistakes That Have Been Made, e… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Sellet's By the Book book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You said she had a condition?"

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"To my fellow readers: I hope you never run out of good books."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"When's the last time you took a risk? I'm talking IRL, not in your reading material."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"Your life," she corrected. "It's the nature of existence. To err is human. We screw up, and then screw up some more."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

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22. Every Time You Go Away

By: Abigail Johnson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Every Time You Go Away book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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23. Eat, and Love Yourself

By: Sweeney Boo

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A story about Mindy, a woman living with an eating disorder who has to learn how to love herself ag… read more

Similar categories in Sweeney Boo's Eat, and Love Yourself book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Until the Ribbon Breaks

By: E.K. Blair

4.34

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This is a powerful and unflinching story about high school relationships, family strife, mental ill… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Blair's Until the Ribbon Breaks book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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25. What I Like About You

By: Marisa Kanter

3.59

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can... but in the real world, it's more … read more

Similar categories in Marisa Kanter's What I Like About You book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"First, my books need to breathe–in alphabetical order, by genre."

-Marisa Kanter, What I Like About You

"It’s knowing the world might be a trash fire, but it’s less trash when there are people to help navigate the darkness. Friendship is messy. Hard. Infuriating. Awesome. Fragile. Durable. Impossible. W…"

-Marisa Kanter, What I Like About You

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26. Take A Moment

By: Nina Kaye

3.94

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Alex. She has a wonderful fiancé, a job she thrives in, and a best friend she’s known since ch… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kaye's Take A Moment book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • disability
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Private Label

By: Kelly Yang

3.89

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang delivers a heartfelt and powerful YA romance about a C… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Private Label book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Everybody make mistake. Best way is to apologize," she tells me, putting her scissors down and sitting next to me. "But you never apologize." She frowns at me. "Because I'm always right."

-Kelly Yang, Private Label

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28. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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29. It's My Life

By: Stacie Ramey

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

If she wants a future with him, she'll have to make peace with her past.Jenna's never let her cer… read more

Similar categories in Stacie Ramey's It's My Life book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • health
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
Cover of 10 Things I Hate About Prom by Elle Gonzalez Rose

30. 10 Things I Hate About Prom

By: Elle Gonzalez Rose

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A fun, fresh contemporary rom-com that covers all the ways in which prom is overrated, and the bigg… read more

Similar categories in Elle Gonzalez Rose's 10 Things I Hate About Prom book and Stacie Ramey's It's My Life

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess by Emma Grey

31. Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess

By: Emma Grey

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

ROYAL WEDDING; ROYAL MESS! WHAT HAS 18-YEAR-OLD PR INTERN TILLY MAGUIRE LANDED HERSELF IN? Aspir… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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Cammie McGovern

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Gordon Korman

4.37

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Judy I. Lin

3.58

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Eliza Chan

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