21 Top realistic fiction books like All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen

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All You Have to Do

By: Autumn Allen

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a grippin…

"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."

-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do

"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."

-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do

"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."

-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

2. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • audiobook
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4. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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5. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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13. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

Similar categories in Candice Iloh's Salt the Water book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver #1)

By: Vanessa Le

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The tantalizing romance of These Violent Delights meets the mechanical wonders of Cinder in The Las… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Le's The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver #1) book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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16. Forgive Me Not

By: Jennifer Baker

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Baker's Forgive Me Not book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

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17. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth M. Cadow's Gather book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By: Kip Wilson

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

20. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom

By: Shannon C.F. Rogers

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more

Similar categories in Shannon C.F. Rogers's I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. A Little Like Waking

By: Adam Rex

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, surreal and fully illustrated love sto… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's A Little Like Waking book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Looking for Smoke

By: K.A. Cobell

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Cobell's Looking for Smoke book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. I Am Not Alone

By: Francisco X. Stork

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in … read more

Similar categories in Francisco X. Stork's I Am Not Alone book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Color of a Lie

By: Kim Johnson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's The Color of a Lie book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • historical
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen

27. All You Have to Do

By: Autumn Allen

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a grippin… read more

Similar categories in Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."

-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do

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28. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Good as Gold by Candace Buford

29. Good as Gold

By: Candace Buford

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Netflix's Outer Banks will devour this contemporary YA novel with a propulsive mystery abou… read more

Similar categories in Candace Buford's Good as Gold book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. True True

By: Don P. Hooper

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit … read more

Similar categories in Don P. Hooper's True True book and Autumn Allen's All You Have to Do

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

4.46

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Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Blackwoods

Brandy Colbert

3.79

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Brighter Than the Sun

Daniel Aleman

4.06

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Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

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All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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