10 best-selling realistic fiction books like Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson

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Strong Like You

By: T.L. Simpson

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

I haven’t cried one time since you disappeared. Not even at football practice when Paton Roper told…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Have You Seen This Girl

By: Nita Tyndall

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbin… read more

Similar categories in Nita Tyndall's Have You Seen This Girl book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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2. Perfect Little Monsters

By: Cindy R.X. He

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl’s friends are suspects… read more

Similar categories in Cindy R.X. He's Perfect Little Monsters book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. Make Me a Liar

By: Melissa Landers

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars gets a fantastical twist in this novel about a girl with a transferrable consciousnes… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Make Me a Liar book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • young adult
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4. 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 T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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5. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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6. 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 T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"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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7. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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8. Stay Dead

By: April Henry

3.86

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author April Henry delivers a thrilling murder mystery featuring a teen… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Stay Dead book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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9. Sync

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Sync book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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10. Girls Who Burn

By: M.K. Pagano

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A twisty, pulse-pounding enemies-to-lovers thriller full of secrets, privilege, and murder. The… read more

Similar categories in M.K. Pagano's Girls Who Burn book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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12. 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 T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. The Calculation of You and Me

By: Serena Kaylor

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's The Calculation of You and Me book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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14. Break to You

By: Neal Shusterman

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young a… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Break to You book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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15. Dispatches from Parts Unknown

By: Bryan Bliss

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Dispatches from Parts Unknown book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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16. Hearts Overboard

By: Becky Dean

4.04

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Set sail with this banter-filled rivals-to-lovers romance between a STEM-loving girl and a jock guy… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Hearts Overboard book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"I love a good s’more"

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"He dumped you in public on the last day of school. You do not need him."

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"I glared at Tanner, who mouthed at me to ‘smile,’ because a guy telling a girl to do that was guaranteed to end well."

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"I'd be fine without either of them. I didn't need a guy. But was it wrong to enjoy spending time with one who made me happy and brought out parts of me I didn't know existed?"

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

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17. The Breakup Artists

By: Adriana Mather

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Adriana Mather, New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch, brings her signature wit,… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Mather's The Breakup Artists book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. Strong Like You

By: T.L. Simpson

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

I haven’t cried one time since you disappeared. Not even at football practice when Paton Roper told… read more

Similar categories in T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • sports
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19. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. Our Shouts Echo

By: Jade Adia

4.23

Format: None pages, None

Survival Tip #1: The world is going to shit. Whatever you do, trust no one. Sixteen-year old Nia… read more

Similar categories in Jade Adia's Our Shouts Echo book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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21. Ruin Road

By: Lamar Giles

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"My twin, Lamar, is a phenomenal innovative storyteller. His thrillers have laid the groundwork for… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Ruin Road book and T.L. Simpson's Strong Like You

  • fiction
  • young adult

20 best-selling fiction books like Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson

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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

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Perfect Little Monsters

Cindy R.X. He

3.65

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Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

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Love, Off the Record

Samantha Markum

4.16

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Erica George

4.03

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Daisy Garrison

3.85

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Ellen Oh

3.46

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