20 Best realistic fiction books like The 9:09 Project by Mark H. Parsons

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The 9:09 Project

By: Mark H. Parsons

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful exploration about finding oneself, learning to hope after loss, and recognizing the r…

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Cover of Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1) by Aimee Carter

1. Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1)

By: Aimee Carter

4.10

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Royalty, murder and scandal combine in this thrilling new series about an American girl who becomes… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Carter's Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1) book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The Infinity Particle

By: Wendy Xu

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Xu's The Infinity Particle book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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4. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • 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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6. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • death
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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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel

By: Jessica Walton

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of fallin… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Walton's Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Funeral Songs for Dying Girls book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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16. This Place Is Still Beautiful

By: XiXi Tian

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De… read more

Similar categories in XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."

-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful

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17. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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18. Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's Throwback book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Star Splitter

By: Matthew J. Kirby

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Crash-landed on a desolate planet lightyears from Earth, sixteen-year-old Jessica Mathers must unra… read more

Similar categories in Matthew J. Kirby's Star Splitter book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

21. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • high school
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. The First Thing About You

By: Chaz Hayden

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A high school student with spinal muscular atrophy is determined to reinvent himself. When fifte… read more

Similar categories in Chaz Hayden's The First Thing About You book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • high school
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why are you so excited to have me as a student?"

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"I guess we’re two lonely nerds sharing our sad stories over lunch."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"Normal is a difficult word for me. I would never be normal in the eyes of society. It’s all I’ve wanted, but somehow it chooses everyone else instead of me."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

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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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of What's Coming to Me by Francesca  Padilla

24. What's Coming to Me

By: Francesca Padilla

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant a… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Padilla's What's Coming to Me book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork

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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The 9:09 Project by Mark H. Parsons

26. The 9:09 Project

By: Mark H. Parsons

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful exploration about finding oneself, learning to hope after loss, and recognizing the r… read more

Similar categories in Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • high school
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

27. Beating Heart Baby

By: Lio Min

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is a love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock When a… read more

Similar categories in Lio Min's Beating Heart Baby book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

28. The Minus-One Club

By: Kekla Magoon

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down , Light It Up , and… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Minus-One Club book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

29. We Light Up the Sky

By: Lilliam Rivera

3.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a haunting, genre-bending YA, award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the social and racial… read more

Similar categories in Lilliam Rivera's We Light Up the Sky book and Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Good as Gold by Candace Buford

30. 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 Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project

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

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