13 must-read realistic fiction books like How to Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

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How to Be Luminous

By: Harriet Reuter Hapgood

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Minnie Sloe's mother disappears, so does her ability to see color. How can …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in How to Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Distance from Me to You

By: Marina Gessner

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Wild  meets  Endless Love  in this multilayered story of love, survival, and self-discovery. McK… read more

Similar categories in Marina Gessner's The Distance from Me to You book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

By: Morgan Matson

3.98

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours. . . . Amy Curry is having a terrible … read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Amy & Roger's Epic Detour book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
"Tomorrow will be better."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"I hope there's a God, I know there's an Elvis."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"You don't have to go away to know where your home is."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

"Una verdad que se le cuenta a un desconocido en la oscuridad."

-Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

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3. Made You Up

By: Francesca Zappia

4.03

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone o… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Made You Up book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
"I am real. This"

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"I was a schizophrenic, not a damn invalid."

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"If nothing’s real, then what does it matter?"

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"Sometimes I think people take reality for granted."

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

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4. A Short History of the Girl Next Door

By: Jared Reck

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The unrequited love of the girl next door is the centerpiece of this fiercely funny, yet heart-brea… read more

Similar categories in Jared Reck's A Short History of the Girl Next Door book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Persona normal

By: Benito Taibo

4.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Una grandiosa e increíble aventura para ser todo... excepto normal. Tenía un par de padres di… read more

Similar categories in Benito Taibo's Persona normal book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"—Te amo, Viernes. —Y yo a ti, jefe — contesté."

-Benito Taibo, Persona normal

"Uno no es de donde es, sino de done quiere ser."

-Benito Taibo, Persona normal

"Nunca pierdas el tiempo por aquello que no tiene solución. Nunca pierdas el sueño por aquello que tiene solución"

-Benito Taibo, Persona normal

" "Entendí todo de golpe. Cayeron sobre mi cabeza siglos de comprensión humana. El precio a pagar es sencillamente, ser uno mismo." "

-Benito Taibo, Persona normal

6. 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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7. Goodbye Stranger

By: Rebecca Stead

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Bridge is an accident survivor who's wondering why she's still alive. Emily has new curves and an a… read more

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8. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

By: Alice Oseman

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"

-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

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9. Invisible

By: Eloy Moreno

4.34

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Emotiva, conmovedora, diferente... Invisible narra, a través de los ojos de un niño, una historia q… read more

Similar categories in Eloy Moreno's Invisible book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
"Un héroe puede ser cualquiera, incluso alguien haciendo algo tan simple como poner un abrigo alrededor de un joven para hacerle saber que el mundo no ha terminado."

-Eloy Moreno, Invisible

"¿Cómo arreglar el castillo de arena ajeno que tu mismo has destrozado? ¿Cómo regalar una flor sin arrancarla del suelo?¿Como recuperar la piedra que has tirado al lago?"

-Eloy Moreno, Invisible

"Por eso ahora, noche tras noche, mantiene sobre su cuerpo una mano que es a la vez el ancla que le permite que ambos sigan unidos como lo estuvieron antes de nacer, con aquella seguridad de estar jun…"

-Eloy Moreno, Invisible

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10. Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto

By: Inma Rubiales

4.50

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Nunca pospongas las cosas importantes de la vida «Me aprendí el nombre completo de Maeve, su canci… read more

Similar categories in Inma Rubiales's Todos los lugares que mantuvimos en secreto book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
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11. Boy meets Maria

By: Peyo .

4.30

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Taiga, que desde pequeño ha sentido fascinación por los héroes, encuentra a la chica de su vida al … read more

Similar categories in Peyo .'s Boy meets Maria book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
Cover of Cómo (no) escribí nuestra historia by Elísabet Benavent

12. Cómo (no) escribí nuestra historia

By: Elísabet Benavent

3.80

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Una nueva forma de leer el amor. Porque a veces la verdad (no) es solo aquello que queremos cree… read more

Similar categories in Elísabet Benavent's Cómo (no) escribí nuestra historia book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. Un cuento perfecto

By: Elísabet Benavent

4.15

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

¿Qué sucede cuando descubres que el final de tu cuento no es como soñabas? Érase una vez una muj… read more

Similar categories in Elísabet Benavent's Un cuento perfecto book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
"Ella es tormenta."

-Elísabet Benavent, Un cuento perfecto

"Aunque cures la herida, la cicatriz nunca será tuya"

-Elísabet Benavent, Un cuento perfecto

"—Venga, Margot, que las aventuras no se viven solas."

-Elísabet Benavent, Un cuento perfecto

"El problema, Margot, es que el amor no arregla lo que está roto."

-Elísabet Benavent, Un cuento perfecto

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14. La teoría de los archipiélagos

By: Alice Kellen

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

«La teoría de los archipiélagos viene a decir que todos somos islas, llegamos solos a este mundo y … read more

Similar categories in Alice Kellen's La teoría de los archipiélagos book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
"Que la vida se mide en besos: los que se quedan esperando y los que se dan y son eternos."

-Alice Kellen, La teoría de los archipiélagos

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15. Tsunami Girl

By: Julian Sedgwick

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Tsunami Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Yuki Hara Jones who gets caught up in… read more

Similar categories in Julian Sedgwick's Tsunami Girl book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Prince of Song & Sea (Princes, #1)

By: Linsey Miller

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Twisted Tales and Villains is a brand new YA series that retells the classic Disney sto… read more

Similar categories in Linsey Miller's Prince of Song & Sea (Princes, #1) book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
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17. Boulevard

By: Flor M. Salvador

3.69

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Luke y Hasley no eran el prototipo de una pareja perfecta. Sin embargo, ambos le pusieron una defin… read more

Similar categories in Flor M. Salvador's Boulevard book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"-Eres como un pequeño boulevard de esperanzas.."

-Flor M. Salvador, Boulevard

"Entonces hice lo más sensato del mundo: alejarme."

-Flor M. Salvador, Boulevard

"Rompe mi corazón si quieres, pero no te vayas. Nunca lo hagas."

-Flor M. Salvador, Boulevard

"¨Rompe mi corazón si quieres, pero no te vayas. Nunca lo hagas¨"

-Flor M. Salvador, Boulevard

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18. She's Too Pretty to Burn

By: Wendy Heard

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too P… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's She's Too Pretty to Burn book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The photo already had its hooks in me."

-Wendy Heard, She's Too Pretty to Burn

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19. Toffee

By: Sarah Crossan

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate, Sarah Crossan. … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Toffee book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • family
  • contemporary
"I miss you, she says. I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"I miss you", she says. "I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"It will rain by noon. And then it will be fine again. It will."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"No goodbye is forever unless you can erase everything you ever knew about a person and everything you once felt."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

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20. My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow #2)

By: Lauren Wolk

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lauren Wolk returns to the world of Wolf Hollow, in this sequel to her beloved, … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow #2) book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • realistic fiction
  • family
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21. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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22. Love & Other Great Expectations

By: Becky Dean

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up wit… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Love & Other Great Expectations book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Want to be a knight, Al?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Maybe I just wanted to spend time with a pretty, crazy American."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

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23. The Art of Insanity

By: Christine Webb

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

High schooler Natalie Cordova has just been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her mom insists she ke… read more

Similar categories in Christine Webb's The Art of Insanity book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
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24. Again Again

By: E. Lockhart

3.14

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud comes a complex novel… read more

Similar categories in E. Lockhart's Again Again book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"Adelaide wished to love someone and be loved back. And to love someone and know that it was him she loved, not some idea of him. Maybe that was two wishes. Maybe it was only one."

-E. Lockhart, Again Again

"And with that recitation, Adelaide Buchwald gave Jack Cavallero her heart. Impulsively, gloriously, openly, she gave it to him, falling in love with someone she did not know, wondering at the curve o…"

-E. Lockhart, Again Again

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25. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

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26. Esnob

By: Elísabet Benavent

3.84

Format: 600 pages, Paperback

Torna Elísabet Benavent amb una novel·la diferent on el protagonista és ell Imagina: ets un taur… read more

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"Algún día entenderás que, hasta que te conocí, mi mundo era muy pequeño."

-Elísabet Benavent, Esnob

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27. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

By: Holly Bourne

3.94

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at “normality” for … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
"Because trying to use logic to explain anxiety is like using a banana to open a locked safe."

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"I think real kindness, real compassion, is having the strength to stop and try and see where another person is coming from. To try and work out why they're being the way they're being. It takes time …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

"You don't have to stop looking after yourself just to help the world. In fact, sometimes it's better for the world if you put yourself first. That's not being selfish, in fact looking after yourself …"

-Holly Bourne, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

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28. Ravencave

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.76

Format: None pages, None

A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from the late Marcus Se… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Sedgwick's Ravencave book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
Cover of Después del océano by Belén Martínez Sánchez

29. Después del océano

By: Belén Martínez Sánchez

4.26

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

11 de marzo de 2011. Nanami Tendo tuvo que abandonar Miako, su pueblo natal. Ese mismo día, un terr… read more

Similar categories in Belén Martínez Sánchez's Después del océano book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • young adult
Cover of How to Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

30. How to Be Luminous

By: Harriet Reuter Hapgood

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Minnie Sloe's mother disappears, so does her ability to see color. How can … read more

Similar categories in Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • art
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • death
  • mental illness
  • family
  • contemporary
  • illness
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31. Hecha de estrellas

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.20

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Mara y Owen son los gemelos más cercanos del mundo. Así que cuando él es acusado de violación, ella… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Hecha de estrellas book and Harriet Reuter Hapgood's How to Be Luminous

  • contemporary
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
"–No eres una víctima. Eres una sobreviviente"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Hecha de estrellas

"¿Cómo nos involucramos tanto al punto de no poder imaginar una vida sin ella?"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Hecha de estrellas

"We are worth the telling. We are worth the fight. We are worth a good life and love after."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Hecha de estrellas

"Hablar con sus padres sobre ella, sobre cualquier cosa de ella, siempre ha sido una especie de campo minado para Charlie"

-Ashley Herring Blake, Hecha de estrellas

23 must-read contemporary books like How to Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

Transform Your Habits

The Distance from Me to You

Marina Gessner

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

Morgan Matson

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Made You Up

Francesca Zappia

4.03

Transform Your Habits

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

Jared Reck

3.86

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Transform Your Habits

Mentira (Mentira, #1)

Care Santos

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Las lágrimas de Shiva

César Mallorquí

3.50

Transform Your Habits

El día que dejó de nevar en Alaska

Alice Kellen

4.43

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Invisible

Eloy Moreno

4.34

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