5 best-selling realistic fiction books like The Girl with the Broken Heart by Lurlene McDaniel

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The Girl with the Broken Heart

By: Lurlene McDaniel

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Sorry, John Green fans, but McDaniel's been making us cry . . . for decades ." --Bustle.com An in…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Girl with the Broken Heart by Lurlene McDaniel , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

By: Mark Batterson

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Sharing inspiring stories from his own experiences as a prayer circle maker, Batterson will help re… read more

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"His willingness to look foolish resulted in epic miracles."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"Imagination is the road less taken, but it is the pathway of prayer."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"There is nothing God loves more that keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"Goal setting is good stewardship. Instead of letting things happen, goals help us make things happen. Instead of living by default, goals help us live by design. Instead of living out of memory, goal…"

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

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2. Love & Luck

By: Jenna Evans Welch

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt's over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop … read more

Similar categories in Jenna Evans Welch's Love & Luck book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of 14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14) by James  Patterson, Maxine Paetro

3. 14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club, #14)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Lindsay Boxer and her three best friends are back and recovering from the events that pus… read more

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4. Just Listen

By: Sarah Dessen

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything" -- at least that's the part she played in the … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's Just Listen book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Once We Were Brothers

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides … read more

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6. Hate List

By: Jennifer Brown

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot try… read more

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7. Kids Like Us

By: Hilary Reyl

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Martin is an American teen on the autism spectrum living in France with his mom and sister for the … read more

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8. Your Voice Is All I Hear

By: Leah Scheier

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

I was the one he trusted. I was the one he loved, the only one who believed him, even when his own … read more

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9. Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

By: John Grogan

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect… read more

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10. 10th Anniversary (Women's Murder Club, #10)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is cal… read more

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11. The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box, #1)

By: Richard Paul Evans

3.97

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Richard, a busy and preoccupied father, discovers a Christmas box full of love letters from an old … read more

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"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood"

-Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box, #1)

"The human life cycle no less than evolves around the box; from the open-topped box called a bassinet, to the pine box we call a coffin, the box is our past and, just as assuredly, our future. It shou…"

-Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box, #1)

12. Alex, Approximately

By: Jenn Bennett

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams--she just doesn't know it y… read more

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13. Stay With Me (She's With Me, #2)

By: Ava Violet

3.49

Format: None pages, Wattpad

THIS WILL BE THE SEQUEL TO SHE'S WITH ME. If you haven't read the first one, this one will make ABS… read more

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14. Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club, #13)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Women's Murder Club is stalked by a killer with nothing to lose.When two dead bodies are found … read more

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15. 12th of Never (Women's Murder Club, #12)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

4.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor--while two killers are on the loose. Lindsay… read more

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16. Once and for All

By: Sarah Dessen

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth … read more

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17. Mosquitoland

By: David Arnold

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my so… read more

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18. The Bookshop by the Bay

By: Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Bookshop by the Bay is a breezy, escapist beach read from powerhouse bestselling women’s fictio… read more

Similar categories in Pamela M. Kelley's The Bookshop by the Bay book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • contemporary
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19. Maybe This Time

By: Kasie West

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Maybe This Time book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Young man, this is the face of a woman who wants you to move along. Study it because I sense you see it a lot and are oblivious to what it means."

-Kasie West, Maybe This Time

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20. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

Cover of The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2) by Kiera Cass

21. The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2)

By: Kiera Cass

3.75

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The sequel to THE BETROTHED, a glittering royal romance, from New York Times bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Kiera Cass's The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2) book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
"Worlds could be changed when we chose not to walk into a room operating as if everyone was our enemy."

-Kiera Cass, The Betrayed (The Betrothed, #2)

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22. Midnight Sun

By: Trish Cook

3.85

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount o… read more

Similar categories in Trish Cook's Midnight Sun book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I realize that even in the worst of times there’s always a ray of hope."

-Trish Cook, Midnight Sun

"He's pretty much the perfect guy... which is why he doesn't need me and my problems in his life, I quickly conclude."

-Trish Cook, Midnight Sun

"I have walked alone, with the stars in the moonlit night, I have walked alone, no one by my side. Now I walk with you, with my head held high, in the darkest night, I feel so alive."

-Trish Cook, Midnight Sun

"And that's pretty much why I figure it's better to stick to who and what I know than take a chance trying to branch out friendship-wise in the real world. I refuse to give any more bullies an invitat…"

-Trish Cook, Midnight Sun

Cover of Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers, #2) by Rebecca Jenshak

23. Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers, #2)

By: Rebecca Jenshak

3.84

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Gavin Leonard is the worst. He lives in the best party house off campus at Valley U, overrun by jo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Jenshak's Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers, #2) book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • new adult
  • contemporary
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24. Things We Know by Heart

By: Jessi Kirby

3.98

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unforgettable novel, Quinn Sullivan falls for the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated hear… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Kirby's Things We Know by Heart book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • death
  • contemporary
"I don't even know what's in my heart anymore."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I just assumed he was okay. Safe. I let myself forget there's no such thing."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"...It's terrifying to realize how much of your world is wrapped around loving another person."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I could leave and make sure our paths never crossed again. Close the door I shouldn't have opened."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

Cover of Quarterbacks Don’t Fall For Invisible Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #1) by Emma  Dalton

25. Quarterbacks Don’t Fall For Invisible Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #1)

By: Emma Dalton

3.68

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Every invisible girl deserves to be seen. I’m the Invisible Girl. No one at school knows I exist… read more

Similar categories in Emma Dalton's Quarterbacks Don’t Fall For Invisible Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #1) book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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26. Baggage Claim

By: Juliana Smith

3.73

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Olive Moore has been avoiding her hometown for three years now. But a phone call with her mom has h… read more

Similar categories in Juliana Smith's Baggage Claim book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of Billionaires Don’t Fall For Awkward Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #2) by Emma  Dalton

27. Billionaires Don’t Fall For Awkward Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #2)

By: Emma Dalton

3.91

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Every awkward girl deserves a happily ever after. I’m the Awkward Girl, dirt-poor with an uncoor… read more

Similar categories in Emma Dalton's Billionaires Don’t Fall For Awkward Girls (Invisible Girls Club, #2) book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. Keeping Denver

By: Sandy Alvarez

3.45

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

Life has never been easy for Denver Hollis. But at twenty-three years old, she didn't foresee losin… read more

Similar categories in Sandy Alvarez's Keeping Denver book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • new adult
  • contemporary
Cover of I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison (Dr. Harper Therapy, #2) by Dr. Harper

29. I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison (Dr. Harper Therapy, #2)

By: Dr. Harper

4.01

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated sequel to I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Sho… read more

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Cover of The Girl with the Broken Heart by Lurlene McDaniel

30. The Girl with the Broken Heart

By: Lurlene McDaniel

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Sorry, John Green fans, but McDaniel's been making us cry . . . for decades ." --Bustle.com An in… read more

Similar categories in Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • animals
  • young adult
  • death
  • contemporary
  • new adult
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31. Thin Ice

By: Nichole Greene

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One accidental hit and hockey player Brody Bennett is in the penalty box of community service.Olym… read more

Similar categories in Nichole Greene's Thin Ice book and Lurlene McDaniel's The Girl with the Broken Heart

  • romance
  • contemporary

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