10 best-selling realistic fiction books like Big Bones by Laura Dockrill

Cover of Big Bones by Laura Dockrill

Big Bones

By: Laura Dockrill

3.34

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. She lov…

"I doubt I could get a tan anyway. I love pyjamas."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"I doubt I could get a tan anyway. I love pyjamas."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"I don't mean to scare myself but leaving school is like leaving the womb for the second time."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"I don't mean to scare myself but leaving school is like leaving the womb for the second time."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Big Bones by Laura Dockrill , here is a list of 10 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 Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • 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)

Cover of Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index by Julie Israel

2. Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index

By: Julie Israel

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been sixty-five days since the accident that killed Juniper's sister, and ripped Juniper's wor… read more

Similar categories in Julie Israel's Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Noah Can't Even by Simon James Green

3. Noah Can't Even

By: Simon James Green

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poor Noah Grimes! His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute act is an unaccept… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Noah Can't Even book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Trouble by Non Pratt

4. Trouble

By: Non Pratt

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship--from the boy who pr… read more

Similar categories in Non Pratt's Trouble book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite

5. To Sir, With Love

By: E.R. Braithwaite

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The all-time Classic schoolroom drama - as relevant as today's headlines ... He shamed them, wrestl… read more

Similar categories in E.R. Braithwaite's To Sir, With Love book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. The State of Grace

By: Rachael Lucas

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost. Grac… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lucas's The State of Grace book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

7. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

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8. Undead Girl Gang

By: Lily Anderson

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Mila Flores and her best friend Riley have always been inseparable. There's not much excitement in … read more

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9. Boys Don't Knit (in Public) (Boys Don't Knit, #1)

By: T.S. Easton

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more 'feminine' side following an unfortunate incident with… read more

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10. The Brightsiders

By: Jen Wilde

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Holly West at Swoon Reads has bought Queens of Geek author Jen Wilde's LGBTQ+ YA contemporary novel… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wilde's The Brightsiders book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

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11. Meat Market

By: Juno Dawson

4.14

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

Jana Novak's history sounds like a classic model cliché: tall and gangly, she's uncomfortable with … read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Meat Market book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

Similar categories in Mary Mahoney's Dolls of Our Lives book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • feminism
Cover of The Yearbook by Holly Bourne

13. The Yearbook

By: Holly Bourne

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The dramas, the traumas, the rumours - it's time to expose it all... The Perks of Being a Wallflowe… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's The Yearbook book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Just keep telling the truth, Paige,"

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"Well, the weird thing about people,"

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"If you’re not scared, then it’s not courage."

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

"It hadn’t felt safe. Then I told my story, and now I did."

-Holly Bourne, The Yearbook

Cover of Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett

14. Friday I'm in Love

By: Camryn Garrett

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Friday I'm in Love book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Not My Problem

By: Ciara Smyth

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more

Similar categories in Ciara Smyth's Not My Problem book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"

-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem

Cover of Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Ultimate Warrior (8-Bit Warrior, #5) by Cube Kid

16. Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Ultimate Warrior (8-Bit Warrior, #5)

By: Cube Kid

4.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in book 5 of the very popular 8-Bit Warrior series of the jour… read more

Similar categories in Cube Kid's Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Ultimate Warrior (8-Bit Warrior, #5) book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • fiction
Cover of Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

17. Suggested Reading

By: Dave Connis

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this standalone, a bookworm finds a way to fight back when her school bans dozens of classic and… read more

Similar categories in Dave Connis's Suggested Reading book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friends who hurt deeply but connected in the same way I had."

-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading

"What we do, before and after we read, is our choice. And that choice is freedom."

-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading

"You stand up because you believe, not because you want to win. I don't want you add more hate to this world. We have enough."

-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading

"If you don't realize the importance and responsibility of the freedoms we've been given, then you won't realize what freedom actually is."

-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading

Cover of How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi

18. How It All Blew Up

By: Arvin Ahmadi

3.84

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi's newest incisive look at identity … read more

Similar categories in Arvin Ahmadi's How It All Blew Up book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I rolled my eyes. " What, are you my dad now?" "Maybe your daddy..." "Just kidding," Neil said. "You probably don't even know what that means." "Hey, just because I came out like five seconds ago doe…"

-Arvin Ahmadi, How It All Blew Up

Cover of Layoverland by Gabby Noone

19. Layoverland

By: Gabby Noone

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two teens, one stuck atoning for her sins and one destined for heaven, fall in love in purgatory in… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Noone's Layoverland book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. The Depths

By: Nicole Lesperance

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Lesperance's The Depths book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Time After Time by Louise Pentland

21. Time After Time

By: Louise Pentland

3.73

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Tabitha is stuck. She still lives in the small town she grew up in...the town she's barely ever lef… read more

Similar categories in Louise Pentland's Time After Time book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Please Write Soon: An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II by Michael Rosen

22. Please Write Soon: An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II

By: Michael Rosen

4.30

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true family story, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing account of perseverance, lov… read more

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23. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

Cover of The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna  Bright

24. The Hedgewitch of Foxhall

By: Anna Bright

3.73

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous stand-alone fantasy romance perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft… read more

Similar categories in Anna Bright's The Hedgewitch of Foxhall book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

25. Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things

By: Margie Fuston

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this “equal parts heartbreaking and joyful” (School Library Journal) debut YA novel that’s The C… read more

Similar categories in Margie Fuston's Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last to Pie (Pies Before Guys Mystery #3) by Misha Popp

26. The Last to Pie (Pies Before Guys Mystery #3)

By: Misha Popp

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mia P. Manansala and Elle Cosimano, in Misha Popp’s third Pies Before Guys myst… read more

Similar categories in Misha Popp's The Last to Pie (Pies Before Guys Mystery #3) book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • food
  • fiction
Cover of Home Girl by Alex Wheatle

27. Home Girl

By: Alex Wheatle

3.54

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life tak… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wheatle's Home Girl book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Girls Like Her by Melanie Sumrow

28. Girls Like Her

By: Melanie Sumrow

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to st… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sumrow's Girls Like Her book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the '90s by Anna Doble

29. Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the '90s

By: Anna Doble

4.09

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'I love this book!' SARAH CRACKNELL, SAINT ETIENNE'Poignant and wonderfully warm' CATHY NEWMAN, CHA… read more

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Cover of Big Bones by Laura Dockrill

30. Big Bones

By: Laura Dockrill

3.34

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. She lov… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dockrill's Big Bones book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I doubt I could get a tan anyway. I love pyjamas."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"I don't mean to scare myself but leaving school is like leaving the womb for the second time."

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"Why does exercise feel so alien to me anyway? Why doesn't it come naturally to girls like it seems to come to boys?"

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

"Jobs are so tight anyway these days, that you're not even just going against people your own age any more. Like, you could be going for a job at a clothes shop that like a forty-five-year-old mum is …"

-Laura Dockrill, Big Bones

Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

31. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Laura Dockrill's Big Bones

  • fiction

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

Laura Steven

4.01

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Julie Israel

3.10

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Noah Can't Even

Simon James Green

4.05

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Trouble

Non Pratt

3.00

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What Monstrous Gods

Rosamund Hodge

3.32

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A Crane Among Wolves

June Hur

4.03

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Lyra Selene

3.77

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Hafsah Faizal

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