11 must-read realistic fiction books like Night Music by Jennifer Marie Thorne

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Night Music

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A romantic comedy that sweeps you up with breezy writing and canny social commentary, set behind th…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Night Music by Jennifer Marie Thorne , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. My Absolute Darling

By: Gabriel Tallent

3.61

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall. She knows how to snare a rabbit, sha… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Tallent's My Absolute Darling book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Dude, with your voice you are like, 'Look at all these books I've read,' but with your eyes you are like, 'Help me."

-Gabriel Tallent, My Absolute Darling

"Her moments of happiness occur right at the margin of unbearable. She knows it will not last and she thinks, you can never forget, Turtle, what is like, here, without him. You have to hold tight on t…"

-Gabriel Tallent, My Absolute Darling

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2. Top Ten

By: Katie Cotugno

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rat… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Top Ten book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"God, the only thing worse than having a panic attack was trying to have one in secret while someone else was watching."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"If you liked being alone all the time, that would be one thing. But I don't actually think you do. I think you're just letting yourself be scared."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"It occurred to her to wonder if this was what growing up meant, to continuously find yourself in situations that you didn't feel remotely prepared to handle."

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

"She stood awkwardly for another endless moment -- a total and obvious outsider, even though this was her house where she lived. It felt like she didn't belong anywhere. It felt like she probably neve…"

-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten

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3. Second Chance Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.12

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Sandwiched between two exceptional siblings, Taylor Edwards never felt like she stood out—except fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Second Chance Summer book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need- love is all there is."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"Ich finde es überflüssig, mich mit Leuten abzugeben, die später mal keine Rolle mehr in meinem Leben spielen werden."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?"

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"I looked up at the stars, needing to see something fixed and permanent while everything else in my life seemed to be breaking apart."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

Cover of Untitled (Once & Future, #1) by None, None, A.R. Capetta

4. Untitled (Once & Future, #1)

By: None , None , A.R. Capetta

3.87

Format: 160 pages,

Aubrey Poole at Little, Brown/Jimmy Patterson has acquired, at auction, North American rights to Am… read more

Similar categories in None's Untitled (Once & Future, #1) book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • fiction
  • young adult

5. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Love, Life, and the List book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

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6. On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

By: Kasie West

4.02

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2) book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"-You gotta do your best to be the best, right?"

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I can do both at the same time," he assured me. "I'm talented like that."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"Sometimes we expect more than people are capable of giving at the moment."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I knew why I cared. Why this mattered so much. Why his opinion was the only thing that mattered. I was more than crushing on him. I loved Braden."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

7. Last Days, First Days

By: Tanaz Bhathena

4.29

Format: 426 pages,

The story of two lovestruck teens from very different backgrounds who must find the courage to be w… read more

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8. 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 Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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9. To Sir, with Love

By: Lauren Layne

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Layne's To Sir, with Love book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But I also know that we get only so many trips around the sun."

-Lauren Layne, To Sir, with Love

"Because you said you loved him. Because you deserve your fairy-tale ending. And because I’d do anything for you, Gracie Cooper. Even if it means letting you go."

-Lauren Layne, To Sir, with Love

"And I’d be lying if I didn’t take a lot of pride in what I think of as my personal superpower: the ability to accept and embrace things as they are, not as I wish they could be."

-Lauren Layne, To Sir, with Love

Cover of What Are Friends For? (Love in Fenton County, #1) by Sarah   Sutton

10. What Are Friends For? (Love in Fenton County, #1)

By: Sarah Sutton

3.77

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

FALLING IN LOVE ISN'T COMPLICATED...UNLESS IT'S WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND. I've got a problem. A bi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sutton's What Are Friends For? (Love in Fenton County, #1) book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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11. As If on Cue

By: Marisa Kanter

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A pair of fierce foes are forced to work together to save the arts at their school in this swoony Y… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Kanter's As If on Cue book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham

12. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

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13. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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14. A Show for Two

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mina Rahman has a plan for her future: • Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, … read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's A Show for Two book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"Home is where you find love"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"We're raised to see our parents as infallible, to believe they're incapable of making mistakes– but what about when they do? When they keep making them? What about when their mistakes hurt us?"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"I'm not sure how old I was when I realized my parents were never going to love me the way I wanted them to– that their love was conditional, dependent on my own behavior and whether I fit their defin…"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"This place is my home. These people are my home. I have memories in the cracks of every sidewalk, good and bad. Everywhere I go, I'll see the faces of people who have cherished me. I can run and run …"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

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15. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Not Here to Stay Friends by Kaitlyn Hill

16. Not Here to Stay Friends

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the su… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Not Here to Stay Friends book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of You Say It First by Katie Cotugno

17. You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's You Say It First book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

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18. The Reunion

By: Kayla Olson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When two former teen stars reconnect at the reunion for their hit TV show, they discover their feel… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Olson's The Reunion book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

19. More Than Just a Pretty Face

By: Syed M. Masood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love,… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's More Than Just a Pretty Face book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"That evil was the inability to recognize the humanity in experiences that were not your own, in experiences that seemed alien."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Tell me, Daynal Jilani, how exactly are you more than just a pretty face?" I gave her an adorable, irresistible grin. "I'm an absolutely gorgeous face."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Someone in a mosque once told me about the water behind people’s faces. This water, he said, changed depending on what you did and what you believed, and as you got older it began to freeze. The kind…"

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

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20. Famous in a Small Town

By: Emma Mills

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"I told August this, and he nodded I consideration. "Could be possible." "Fifty grand to fix your vacuum." "I mean, that's a deal. My vacuum cost twelve million dollars." "Really." "Uh-huh. Military-g…"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"After all, it's where the teens are at, Brit has said. It's the zone for teens. We almost can't exist in any other kind of zone. Child Zone? Forget it. Adult Zone? Fuck that noise. I am for the Teen …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

Cover of Night Music by Jennifer Marie Thorne

21. Night Music

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A romantic comedy that sweeps you up with breezy writing and canny social commentary, set behind th… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music book and Jennifer Marie Thorne's Night Music

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

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