6 Best realistic fiction books like Spin by Colleen Nelson

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Spin

By: Colleen Nelson

3.82

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

An aspiring teenage DJ must learn how to navigate life when people find out that she's the daughter…

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Cover of Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4) by L.J. Smith

1. Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

By: L.J. Smith

3.49

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

The Final Conflict...The Last Deadly Kiss Elena Now she rises from the dead to recreate the powerfu… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"You know why I don’t leave,"

-L.J. Smith, Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

"Damon spoke without moving. “I’m not like you."

-L.J. Smith, Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

"I suppose I should go away and not scare you anymore. Is that what you want?"

-L.J. Smith, Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

"Elena gasped back, "I can touch the ground!" "I can see you touching it!", Bonnie exclaimed with tears of joy."

-L.J. Smith, Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

Cover of The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3) by L.J. Smith

2. The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3)

By: L.J. Smith

3.50

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Stefan Tormented after losing Elena, he's determined to en… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Very touching. Do you want me to imitate a violin?"

-L.J. Smith, The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3)

"Still, there was no point in hurting Damon. She loved Damon, too. “I’ll try,"

-L.J. Smith, The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3)

"Something was shining on Damon's face. She reached toward it, touched it, and lifted her fingers away in wonder. "Don't be sad," she told him, feeling the cool wetness on her fingertips. But a pang o…"

-L.J. Smith, The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3)

"But then she remembered something else, just a flash: looking up at Damon’s face in the woods and feeling such—such excitement, such affinity with him. As if he understood the flame that burned insid…"

-L.J. Smith, The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3)

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3. Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

By: L.J. Smith

3.76

Format: 567 pages, Hardcover

The devil you know . . . With the help of charming and devious Damon, Elena rescued her vampire … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Wait."

-L.J. Smith, Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

"She couldn't help thinking, even now about how handsome Damon looked, how wild and dark and ferocious and gorgeous. She could help thinking about the times he'd smiled at her, laughed at her, come to…"

-L.J. Smith, Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

"Stefan was the one who ... the one she loved. But he'd never understood that love was not singular. He'd never understood that she could be in love with Damon and that it would never change an atom's…"

-L.J. Smith, Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

"So," dark Susurre said quietly, "if you follow the curve... in a way your Damon did die to save Fell's Church from another massacre like the one on that Japanease island. He kept saying that was what…"

-L.J. Smith, Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

Cover of Nightfall (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #1) by L.J. Smith

4. Nightfall (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #1)

By: L.J. Smith

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

To save the two vampire brothers who love her, Elena Gilbert sacrificed her life. Now that a supern… read more

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  • young adult
Cover of The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1) by L.J. Smith

5. The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1)

By: L.J. Smith

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Elena Searching for the ultimate thrill, she vowed to have… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Shadow Souls (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #2) by L.J. Smith

6. Shadow Souls (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #2)

By: L.J. Smith

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

On the run . . . Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprison… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. What Happened to Goodbye

By: Sarah Dessen

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Who is the real McLean? Since her parents' bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consul… read more

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

8. The Sky Is Everywhere

By: Jandy Nelson

4.36

Format: 512 pages,

Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive T… read more

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9. Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

By: Joe Hill , Gabriel Rodríguez

4.15

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform… read more

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  • fiction
"Kids always think they're coming into a story at the beginning, when usually they're coming in at the end."

-Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

10. The Problem with Forever

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Hardcover

A story about friendship, survival and finding your voice Growing up, Mallory Dodge learned that th… read more

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11. The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #2)

By: L.J. Smith

4.15

Format: None pages,

A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror... Damon: Determined to make Elena his queen of darkness, he'… read more

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12. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

By: Mildred D. Taylor

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"

-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

13. Someone Like You

By: Sarah Dessen

4.27

Format: 197 pages,

Halley has always followed in the wake of her best friend, Scarlett. But when Scarlett learns that … read more

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14. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (My Brother's Husband Omnibus, #1)

By: Gengoroh Tagame , Anne Ishii

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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15. The Near Witch (The Near Witch, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you mus… read more

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16. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of Isn't It Bromantic? (Bromance Book Club, #4) by Lyssa Kay Adams

17. Isn't It Bromantic? (Bromance Book Club, #4)

By: Lyssa Kay Adams

4.03

Format: 350 pages, ebook

With his passion for romance novels, it was only a matter of time before Vlad wrote one. Elena K… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Memories are unfair, you know? They don’t tell us until it’s too late that this one, this detail, is the thing you need to hang on to. Why do we remember the weird little stuff but not the big things?"

-Lyssa Kay Adams, Isn't It Bromantic? (Bromance Book Club, #4)

Cover of Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5) by Martha Wells

18. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.10

Format: 19 pages, ebook

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’… read more

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  • fiction
"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"

-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)

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19. Over My Dead Body: A Witchy Graphic Novel

By: Sweeney Boo

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will love diving into the mysterious and witchy world of awa… read more

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  • young adult
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20. Blackout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and elect… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Destroy the Day (Defy the Night, #3) by Brigid Kemmerer

21. Destroy the Day (Defy the Night, #3)

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.21

Format: 550 pages, Hardcover

Left for dead, but desperate to survive . . . they have one last chance to save their kingdom. P… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Mind your mettle, Tessa"

-Brigid Kemmerer, Destroy the Day (Defy the Night, #3)

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22. The Henna Wars

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"Nishat can be anything she wants to be, exept herself."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"It’s not something that happens, Ammu. It’s something I am."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

"She’s inching forward. Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

Cover of The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1) by M.A. Carrick

23. The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.04

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars. Ren is a con artist who has come to the sparkli… read more

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  • fiction
"Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us."

-M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

Cover of None Shall Sleep (None Shall Sleep, #1) by Ellie Marney

24. None Shall Sleep (None Shall Sleep, #1)

By: Ellie Marney

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Do you think you're self aware, Emma?"

-Ellie Marney, None Shall Sleep (None Shall Sleep, #1)

"Why are some guys so fucked up?’ ‘It’s a kind of sickness, I think. Or a defect of the soul."

-Ellie Marney, None Shall Sleep (None Shall Sleep, #1)

Cover of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

25. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By: Jesse Thistle

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more

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Cover of Rebel (Legend, #4) by Marie Lu

26. Rebel (Legend, #4)

By: Marie Lu

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel.… read more

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  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"We can’t save the world..."

-Marie Lu, Rebel (Legend, #4)

"Change never happens unless you force it."

-Marie Lu, Rebel (Legend, #4)

"...sometimes, broken pieces find a way to make a new whole."

-Marie Lu, Rebel (Legend, #4)

"You rarely regret the things you do, but always the things you don't."

-Marie Lu, Rebel (Legend, #4)

Cover of Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1) by Emiko Jean

27. Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

By: Emiko Jean

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her sma… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Radish, I'm so heartsick for you."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Kanji is an expression of the soul"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"...why does anybody do anything? Money?"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Dear Crown Prince Toshihito, I think I'm your daughter..."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

Cover of The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

28. 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

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

-Stephanie Perkins, The Woods Are Always Watching

Cover of Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli

29. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

Cover of This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

30. This Will Be Funny Someday

By: Katie Henry

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A girl walks into a bar… then onto a stage, and up to the mic. Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to … read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"you are biologically incapable of being funny"

-Katie Henry, This Will Be Funny Someday

"How do you know they both went to Harvard? Mom smiles. 'It's like with vegans, sweetheart. They tell you."

-Katie Henry, This Will Be Funny Someday

"...that's the biggest reason people laugh at anything. Surprise. Unpredictability. We love being wrong about things... The surprise is the best part."

-Katie Henry, This Will Be Funny Someday

"The world wants girls to be pretty and polite,’ Mo says. ‘And careful and deferential and selfless. You can’t be any of those things onstage. The world is a better place when you’re onstage."

-Katie Henry, This Will Be Funny Someday

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31. Spin

By: Colleen Nelson

3.82

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

An aspiring teenage DJ must learn how to navigate life when people find out that she's the daughter… read more

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  • music
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

22 Best fiction books like Spin by Colleen Nelson

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Dark Reunion (The Vampire Diaries, #4)

L.J. Smith

3.49

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L.J. Smith

3.50

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Midnight (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #3)

L.J. Smith

3.76

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3.81

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.37

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Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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