How to Build a Heart
By: Maria Padian
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
One young woman’s journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her …
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1. Shiny Broken Pieces (Tiny Pretty Things, #2)
By: Dhonielle Clayton , Sona Charaipotra
3.79
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
May the best dancer win. June, Bette, and Gigi have given their all to dance at Manhattan’s most… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
2. No Such Person
By: Caroline B. Cooney
3.35
Format: 256 pages, ebook
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller The Face on the Milk Carton, this riveting new … read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. How It Feels to Fly
By: Kathryn Holmes
3.93
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
The movement is all that matters. For as long as Samantha can remember, she's wanted to be a profes… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. We Deserve Monuments
By: Jas Hammonds
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments
5. The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)
By: Hannah Reynolds
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A summery romance set in Nantucket that follows seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg as she uncovers … read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Do you miss him? When you spend so much time with someone, it's impossible not to."-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)
"Light, air, and faint classical music filled the store. My shoulders relaxed. I breathed easier in a room full of books, as if the paper retained the capacity of the trees they'd once been. So many b…"-Hannah Reynolds, The Summer of Lost Letters (Golden Doors #1)
6. Borrow My Heart
By: Kasie West
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
7. The Words We Keep
By: Erin Stewart
4.34
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
8. What Kind of Girl
By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel
3.75
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"Both timely and timeless, a powerful exploration of abuse in its many forms, as well as the streng… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Maybe I have to stop trying to be one thing or another. Maybe I need to accept the ways I contradict myself. Maybe that's what it is to be human."-Alyssa B. Sheinmel, What Kind of Girl
9. The Silence that Binds Us
By: Joanna Ho
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
10. In the Orbit of You
By: Ashley Schumacher
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the Orbit of You is a YA story of enduring love from acclaimed author Ashley Schumacher, where a… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. Promise Boys
By: Nick Brooks
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
12. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)
By: Kathleen Glasgow
3.92
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
13. This Golden State
By: Marit Weisenberg
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Winslow family lives by five principles: 1. No one can know your real name. 2. Don’t stay i… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
14. Beastly Beauty
By: Jennifer Donnelly
3.69
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gend… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
"If you want to know a person, don't ask to hear their truth. Listen to their lies."-Jennifer Donnelly, Beastly Beauty
"You must do one thing and one thing only--become the person you were meant to be. No matter how daunting that task may be. Otherwise, your life is not a life; it is merely a long, protracted death."-Jennifer Donnelly, Beastly Beauty
15. I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas
By: Alessandra Olanow
3.96
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Balm for the soul—Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who ne… read more
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- contemporary
16. The Someday Daughter
By: Ellen O'Clover
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter
"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter
"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter
17. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-wh… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
18. Such Charming Liars
By: Karen M. McManus
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. When the World Tips Over
By: Jandy Nelson
4.18
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"He liked trees more than people."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over
20. How to Build a Heart
By: Maria Padian
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
One young woman’s journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her … read more
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- romance
- high school
- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- death
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
21. The Champions
By: Kara Thomas
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."-Kara Thomas, The Champions
"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"-Kara Thomas, The Champions
"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."-Kara Thomas, The Champions
"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."-Kara Thomas, The Champions
