8 must-read realistic fiction books like Happy Messy Scary Love by Leah Konen

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Happy Messy Scary Love

By: Leah Konen

3.54

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

As everyone at her Brooklyn high school announces their summer adventures, Olivia harbors a dirty s…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Happy Messy Scary Love by Leah Konen , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Amor loco nunca muere (Bad Boy Series #1) by Blair Holden, jessgirl93

1. Amor loco nunca muere (Bad Boy Series #1)

By: Blair Holden , jessgirl93

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

"Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remark… read more

Similar categories in Blair Holden's Amor loco nunca muere (Bad Boy Series #1) book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. The Troublemaker Next Door (The McCauley Brothers, #1)

By: Marie Harte

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

He can fix her sink, but can he wrench his way into her heart? Flynn McCauley never thought he'd be… read more

Similar categories in Marie Harte's The Troublemaker Next Door (The McCauley Brothers, #1) book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Future of Us

By: Jay Asher , Carolyn Mackler

3.20

Format: 168 pages,

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almos… read more

Similar categories in Jay Asher's The Future of Us book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Flower

By: Elizabeth Craft , Shea Olsen

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

These are the things that I've always wanted: To get the top grades in my class. To make my grandmo… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Craft's Flower book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

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

5. Teen Idol

By: Meg Cabot

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

High school junior Jenny Greenley is so good at keeping secrets that she's the school newspaper's a… read more

Similar categories in Meg Cabot's Teen Idol book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

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6. Field Notes on Love

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.81

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Having just been dumped by his girlfriend, British-born Hugo is still determined to take his last-h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer E. Smith's Field Notes on Love book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'll manage... I'm half pretzel."

-Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

"There’s no such thing as bad pizza."

-Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

"It’s not supposed to reflect reality,"

-Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

"Everything is always beginning again."

-Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

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7. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

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8. 10 Truths and a Dare

By: Ashley Elston

3.75

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

It's Senior Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, choc… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's 10 Truths and a Dare book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I crank the music up so loud I can't think about any of the things that could go wrong today"

-Ashley Elston, 10 Truths and a Dare

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9. Ride with Me

By: Lucy Keating

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this charming, contemporary YA novel, neighborhood rideshare driver Charlie Owens embarks on a c… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Keating's Ride with Me book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Prom House

By: Chelsea Mueller

2.83

Format: None pages, ebook

What happens when the best night of your life turns into the worst? Full of menace and suspense, th… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Mueller's Prom House book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. Njegova devojka

By: Bler Holden

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Roman koji je na internetu pročitalo 200.000.000 ljudi. Tesa O'Konel sebe doživljava kao tipičnu ti… read more

Similar categories in Bler Holden's Njegova devojka book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult
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12. It Sounded Better in My Head

By: Nina Kenwood

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first l… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I am an adult now (sort of, kind of, not really)."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"I do like to be out doing things and talking to people.' 'I like to be home, not doing things, talking to no one."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"Maybe I've never smiled or laughed at an appropriate time in my entire life and I just didn't realise until this moment."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"People aren’t all good or all bad. You can learn from mistakes. Or you can keep making them. You can always become a better person."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

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13. 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 Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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14. The Broken Hearts Club

By: Susan Bishop Crispell

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When the perpetually single daughter of a magical matchmaker reconnects with the boy she’s pretende… read more

Similar categories in Susan Bishop Crispell's The Broken Hearts Club book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bad Boy's Heart (Bad Boy, #2) by Blair Holden

15. The Bad Boy's Heart (Bad Boy, #2)

By: Blair Holden

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Tessa O'Connell is a girl as in love as possible. For a moment she had it all: friends, family, and… read more

Similar categories in Blair Holden's The Bad Boy's Heart (Bad Boy, #2) book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. A Shot at Normal

By: Marisa Reichardt

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Villapando told me to get a good attorney. He wasn't serious. But I am. I'm going to sue my par… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Reichardt's A Shot at Normal book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. More Than Just a Pretty Face

By: Syed M. Masood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love,… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's More Than Just a Pretty Face book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That evil was the inability to recognize the humanity in experiences that were not your own, in experiences that seemed alien."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Tell me, Daynal Jilani, how exactly are you more than just a pretty face?" I gave her an adorable, irresistible grin. "I'm an absolutely gorgeous face."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Someone in a mosque once told me about the water behind people’s faces. This water, he said, changed depending on what you did and what you believed, and as you got older it began to freeze. The kind…"

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

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18. The Way Back Home

By: Courtney Peppernell

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When a dark storm settled upon the earth, you lost many things—your hope, your strength, yourself. … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's The Way Back Home book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • contemporary
"They wonder why we need big parades filled with color and confetti or a month dedicated to asking for recognition and empathy. And to them, I do not respond in anger or affliction, even if sometimes …"

-Courtney Peppernell, The Way Back Home

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19. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Quarantine: A Love Story

By: Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Oliver wants a girlfriend, and there's a girl back home who might be interested in him. The problem… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cicatelli-Kuc's Quarantine: A Love Story book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Happy Messy Scary Love by Leah Konen

21. Happy Messy Scary Love

By: Leah Konen

3.54

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

As everyone at her Brooklyn high school announces their summer adventures, Olivia harbors a dirty s… read more

Similar categories in Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love book and Leah Konen's Happy Messy Scary Love

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Amor loco nunca muere (Bad Boy Series #1)

Blair Holden , jessgirl93

3.18

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The Troublemaker Next Door (The McCauley Brothers, #1)

Marie Harte

4.23

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The Future of Us

Jay Asher , Carolyn Mackler

3.20

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Flower

Elizabeth Craft , Shea Olsen

3.80

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Yung Pueblo

4.22

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4.23

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Amanda Lovelace

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