8 Best realistic fiction books like An Education in Ruin by Alexis Bass

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An Education in Ruin

By: Alexis Bass

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sophisticated standalone YA suspense for readers of E. Lockhart and Karen McManus, featuring them…

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1. Ruined (Ruined, #1)

By: Paula Morris

3.84

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

A gripping YA supernatural novel set in New Orleans: Twilight with a ghostly twist.Rebecca couldn't… read more

Similar categories in Paula Morris's Ruined (Ruined, #1) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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2. Before I Let Go

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Days before Corey is to return home to the snow and ice of Lost Creek, Alaska, to visit her best fr… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's Before I Let Go book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Talon (Talon, #1) by Julie Kagawa

3. Talon (Talon, #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

3.76

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

THE DRAGONS OF TALON: Once hunted nearly to extinction, they are now poised to take over the world.… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's Talon (Talon, #1) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Tonight, Garret the soldier didn't exist."

-Julie Kagawa, Talon (Talon, #1)

"They wanted me to sit, listen, learn, be quiet, when I wanted to run, shout, jump, fly."

-Julie Kagawa, Talon (Talon, #1)

"The air in the black sedan was cold and stale, and annoyingly, the driver had engaged the child safety locks so I couldn't roll down the window."

-Julie Kagawa, Talon (Talon, #1)

"Rnesh karr slithis," I hissed back, which was Draconic for eat your own tail, the dragon version of go screw yourself. No extra translation needed."

-Julie Kagawa, Talon (Talon, #1)

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4. The Boy Most Likely To

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Audio CD

Surprises abound and sparks ignite in the highly anticipated, utterly romantic companion to My Life… read more

Similar categories in Huntley Fitzpatrick's The Boy Most Likely To book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Radiance (Riley Bloom, #1)

By: Alyson Noel

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Riley has crossed the bridge into the afterlife--a place called Here, where time is always Now. She… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Radiance (Riley Bloom, #1) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • fiction
  • young adult

6. The Moon and More

By: Sarah Dessen

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through h… read more

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7. The Wicker King

By: K. Ancrum

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one … read more

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8. The Fixer (The Fixer, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

This thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars. Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entir… read more

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9. Body & Soul (The Ghost and the Goth, #3)

By: Stacey Kade

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

The final book in The Ghost and the Goth Trilogy! The Ghost I've been trapped in the body of Lily "… read more

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10. What I Thought Was True

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Gwen Castle has never so badly wanted to say good-bye to her island home till now: the summer her B… read more

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11. The Long Game (The Fixer, #2)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Kendricks help make the problems of the Washington elite disappear...but some secrets won't sta… read more

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12. Bad Girls with Perfect Faces

By: Lynn Weingarten

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Timesbestselling author of Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girlscomes a stylish thri… read more

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13. Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

By: Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-tim… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Faria Stolarz's Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Congratulations, by the way," he called after Nash. "On the babies."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows who to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows how to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Beside Avery, Jameson was looking at her like she was the sun and the moon and the stars and eternity, all rolled into one."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

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15. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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16. The Ivies

By: Alexa Donne

3.69

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get i… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's The Ivies book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • boarding school
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. Message Not Found

By: Dante Medema

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce au… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. The Woods Are Always Watching

By: Stephanie Perkins

3.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A companion to There's Someone Inside Your House. Bears aren't the only predators in these woods… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Perkins's The Woods Are Always Watching book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Trembling, Neena repeated it until she believed it."

-Stephanie Perkins, The Woods Are Always Watching

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20. Admission

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.54

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer. She's headed off to the college of her dreams. She's going to… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's Admission book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Money makes you weak because it tricks you into thinking you’re strong."

-Julie Buxbaum, Admission

"I think about all the things money can and cannot buy. A spot at SCC, but not a moral compass. Health care and rehab, but not immunity from our worst impulses. Fluency in Mandarin, but not the abilit…"

-Julie Buxbaum, Admission

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21. Far From Normal

By: Becky Wallace

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Normal girl” Maddie must repair the image of Major League Soccer’s bad boy to ace her internship. … read more

Similar categories in Becky Wallace's Far From Normal book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. The Sophomore (College Years, #2)

By: Monica Murphy

3.84

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jackson Rivers. My not so secret crush. He’s popular. Gorgeous. Talented. Also my biggest … read more

Similar categories in Monica Murphy's The Sophomore (College Years, #2) book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • contemporary
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23. Hide With Me

By: Sorboni Banerjee

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this heart-pounding, deeply-felt debut for fans of Jeff Zentner and Marieke Nijkamp, Sorboni Ban… read more

Similar categories in Sorboni Banerjee's Hide With Me book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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24. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. 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

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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26. Heartbreak for Two

By: C.W. Farnsworth

3.86

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Some couples have chemistry. Others have a connection. We have both. We took turns, wal… read more

Similar categories in C.W. Farnsworth's Heartbreak for Two book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • contemporary
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27. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

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28. Forget This Ever Happened

By: Cassandra Rose Clarke

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes there's a town called Indianola. And sometimes there isn't. Summer, 1993. Claire h… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Rose Clarke's Forget This Ever Happened book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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29. Margot Mertz for the Win

By: Carrie McCrossen

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars meets Moxie in the hilarious and thought-provoking sequel to Margot Mertz Takes it Do… read more

Similar categories in Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • mystery
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of An Education in Ruin by Alexis Bass

30. An Education in Ruin

By: Alexis Bass

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sophisticated standalone YA suspense for readers of E. Lockhart and Karen McManus, featuring them… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin book and Alexis Bass's An Education in Ruin

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • boarding school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Champions by Kara Thomas

31. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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

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