9 must-read realistic fiction books like The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone

Cover of The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone

The Arrival of Someday

By: Jen Malone

3.87

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

In this heartfelt and emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the life of…

"Fear is not the boss of me; courage is."

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"Fear is not the boss of me; courage is."

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"What's the boss of us?" "Courage!" "What's never the boss of us?" "Fear!"

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"What's the boss of us?" "Courage!" "What's never the boss of us?" "Fear!"

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Rodzina by Karen Cushman

1. Rodzina

By: Karen Cushman

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn't have to board the or… read more

Similar categories in Karen Cushman's Rodzina book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
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2. The Key to Extraordinary

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Emma's family is special. Her ancestors include Revolutionary War spies, brilliant scie… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's The Key to Extraordinary book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer

3. Morning Glory

By: LaVyrle Spencer

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

LOVE IN A STRANGER'S EYES... ELLY In town, they called her "Crazy Widow Dinsmore." But Elly was no … read more

Similar categories in LaVyrle Spencer's Morning Glory book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game, #2) by Evelyn Skye

4. The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game, #2)

By: Evelyn Skye

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha's coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Skye's The Crown's Fate (The Crown's Game, #2) book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

5. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

By: Ashley Herring Blake

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tend… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

6. Golden Boy

By: Abigail Tarttelin

2.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Walker family is good at keeping secrets from the world. They are even better at keeping them f… read more

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7. 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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8. At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2)

By: Amy Spalding

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall, and Meryl Wilsner will fall for this sweetly sexy, gloriously… read more

Similar categories in Amy Spalding's At Her Service (Out in Hollywood, #2) book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Wicked Unseen

By: Gigi Griffis

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The new girl in town is having trouble fitting into a community that believes there's a secret Sata… read more

Similar categories in Gigi Griffis's The Wicked Unseen book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
"If I had the Taser, Truck Nuts would be Electric Nuts"

-Gigi Griffis, The Wicked Unseen

"Fantasma. She didn't alert. That probably means it's animal blood. Or fake, maybe. ENGLISH! Get fucked. How's that?"

-Gigi Griffis, The Wicked Unseen

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10. You Won't Believe Me

By: Cyn Balog

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Willow is alone, confined to a bed with restraints. She can't remember how she got there...or how l… read more

Similar categories in Cyn Balog's You Won't Believe Me book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Lifeboat 12

By: Susan Hood

4.19

Format: 337 pages, Unknown Binding

With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects h… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Lifeboat 12 book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen

12. No Fixed Address

By: Susin Nielsen

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homele… read more

Similar categories in Susin Nielsen's No Fixed Address book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"I get why Winnie believes in God. I get why Dylan believes in Bernard. I get why I wanted to believe in Mel. It can give a person comfort, feeling that something mysterious and otherworldly is lookin…"

-Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address

Cover of It's All in How You Fall by Sarah Henning

13. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Lake House

By: Sarah Beth Durst

3.40

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s j… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Lake House book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of In Search of a Prince (In Search of a Prince, #1) by Toni Shiloh

15. In Search of a Prince (In Search of a Prince, #1)

By: Toni Shiloh

4.19

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer… read more

Similar categories in Toni Shiloh's In Search of a Prince (In Search of a Prince, #1) book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The King of Jam Sandwiches

By: Eric Walters

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's The King of Jam Sandwiches book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Pixels of You: A Graphic Novel by Ananth Hirsh

18. 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 Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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19. Far From Normal

By: Becky Wallace

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Normal girl” Maddie must repair the image of Major League Soccer’s bad boy to ace her internship. … read more

Similar categories in Becky Wallace's Far From Normal book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. This Spells Disaster

By: Tori Anne Martin

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Fake dating gets a magical twist in this enchanting queer romantic comedy where a witch worries tha… read more

Similar categories in Tori Anne Martin's This Spells Disaster book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

21. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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22. Letting Go of Gravity

By: Meg Leder

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites. Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful. C… read more

Similar categories in Meg Leder's Letting Go of Gravity book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Little parts of my heart break off then, for Finn, for Ruby, for Charlie, for me, for all the ways we've let ourselves become who people think we should be instead of who we really are."

-Meg Leder, Letting Go of Gravity

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23. The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, first ki… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Then Sunny St. James will take over the world. Or at least my little corner of it."

-Ashley Herring Blake, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

"I like this kind of quiet, the BFF kind where you're not alone but can think and you know your best friend is thinking too and it's all okay because you know that all the things you're thinking are s…"

-Ashley Herring Blake, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

Cover of I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk

24. I'll Be Waiting for You

By: Mariko Turk

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the buzzworthy tearjerker  You've Reached Sam , this emotional will-they-won't-… read more

Similar categories in Mariko Turk's I'll Be Waiting for You book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone

25. The Arrival of Someday

By: Jen Malone

3.87

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

In this heartfelt and emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the life of… read more

Similar categories in Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • illness
  • audiobook
"Fear is not the boss of me; courage is."

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"What's the boss of us?" "Courage!" "What's never the boss of us?" "Fear!"

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"Unanswered questions leave more room for possibilities. -Maybe/Maybe Not Dying Girl"

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

"Isn't that what the process of making the art is for, to reveal yourself who you truly are? Let the blank page whisper to you."

-Jen Malone, The Arrival of Someday

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26. Flawless Girls

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.17

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionabl… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Flawless Girls book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1) by Emma V.R. Noyes

27. The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1)

By: Emma V.R. Noyes

3.91

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Amare Bellamy is not a witch. Orphaned as a child and raised on a ship by the most dangerous men in… read more

Similar categories in Emma V.R. Noyes's The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1) book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"On the day I ruin my mortal life, I think I’ve struck gold."

-Emma V.R. Noyes, The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1)

"But the truth is this: the whole world is dangerous for young women like me. There was only one place the Captain trusted I would be safe, and that was the sea."

-Emma V.R. Noyes, The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1)

"To ruin me would take just one word: witch. A whisper from one man to another. A curse upon my name, to be passed about the ship like a bottle of rum. A rumor that would surely end with my dead body …"

-Emma V.R. Noyes, The Sunken City (The Sunken City #1)

Cover of A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens

28. A Wicked Magic

By: Sasha Laurens

3.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The Craft when modern witches must save teens stolen by an… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Laurens's A Wicked Magic book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Le garçon d'encre by Marie-Christine Chartier

29. Le garçon d'encre

By: Marie-Christine Chartier

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

À la mort de son père, Maxine doit retourner dans son village natal, qu’elle a fui six ans plus tôt… read more

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Cover of On the Line by Paul Coccia

30. On the Line

By: Paul Coccia

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old basketball star Jordan Ryker feels like his life is falling apart . All Jordie wa… read more

Similar categories in Paul Coccia's On the Line book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • young adult
Cover of Someday We'll Find It by Jennifer      Wilson

31. Someday We'll Find It

By: Jennifer Wilson

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A riveting coming-of-age story about a girl sleepwalking through a hot Midwestern summer until the … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Wilson's Someday We'll Find It book and Jen Malone's The Arrival of Someday

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Ashley Herring Blake

3.15

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Amy Spalding

3.86

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Susin Nielsen

4.24

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Sarah Henning

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Victoria Ying

4.01

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

3.79

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