6 Top realistic fiction books like Wreck by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

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Wreck

By: Kirstin Cronn-Mills

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes loss has its own timetable. Set on the shores of Lake Superior, Wreck follows high school…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Wreck by Kirstin Cronn-Mills , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Gargoyle

By: Andrew Davidson

3.38

Format: None pages,

An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. The Way You Make Me Feel

By: Maurene Goo

3.58

Format: 366 pages, ebook

From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of summer love, new fri… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

3. 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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4. The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

By: Jenna Fischer

4.23

Format: 321 pages, ebook

An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna… read more

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"Invest in the people in your lives. Find that friend who makes you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof. Build them up and encourage them. Show up for each other no matter how big or small the occasion…"

-Jenna Fischer, The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

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5. Triple Cross (Alex Cross, #30)

By: James Patterson

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next b… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Amazing Grace Adams

By: Fran Littlewood

3.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Bernadette , Eleanor Oliph… read more

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  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
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7. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.21

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more

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  • fiction
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8. The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)

By: Jess Lourey

4.23

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes—decades of secrets yet to be unearthed… read more

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  • fiction
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9. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelso… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's a locked room mystery,' says Tony. 'Like in the books.' 'Nothing,' says Nelson, 'is like it is in the books."

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The churches are all closed. She was surprised how shocked she'd been to hear this news. Judy might be a lapsed Catholic, but she'd always assumed that, all her life, mass would be carrying on somewh…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"The air is so sweet and pure that it almost takes her breath away. It's as if nature is conspiring to make lockdown a less terrifying experience. Ruth has already noticed herself becoming interested …"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

"There are no commuters, no children jostling for school buses, no taxis, no old men in hats driving in the centre of the road. It should feel like heaven but, as Nelson drives through the old city ga…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14)

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10. Somebody's Daughter

By: Ashley C. Ford

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: … read more

Similar categories in Ashley C. Ford's Somebody's Daughter book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • family
  • contemporary
"I wanted to be seen, but I didn't want to be watched."

-Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

"There are few words worthy of the wonders they describe, but sunrise sounds like it feels. A u sunken to the bottom of one's throat, and an i, pointing upward and onward to a warm beyond."

-Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

"I wanted to assert my own style, which posed a problem, because I didn't really have any style. Grandma would shake her head at me and say, "Someday baby, you'll really understand how to dress. I'm j…"

-Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

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11. Little Monsters

By: Adrienne Brodeur

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complica… read more

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  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Our scars are what make us unique. Nothing broken is ever lost."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"To stare into the spiral of a shell was to see the swirl of a galaxy, the logarithmic spiral of life itself, the intertwined miracle of art and science."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

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12. The Second Chance Store

By: Lauren Bravo

3.61

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

If clothes can get a second chance, why can’t we? Brimming with life, love, and the stories bound u… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Bravo's The Second Chance Store book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Oh William!

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she conf… read more

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  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."

-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

"Mensen zijn eenzaam, dat wil ik hier maar mee zeggen. Veel mensen kunnen niet tegen degenen die ze goed kennen zeggen wat ze misschien wel zouden willen zeggen."

-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

"Er was iets aan haar wat ten diepste -bijna wezenlijk- in harmonie was met zichzelf, zoals iemand is, denk ik, wanneer allebei zijn ouders van hem hebben gehouden."

-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

"Verdriet is zoiets- o, het is zoiets éénzaams; dat is het beangstigende ervan, denk ik. Het is alsof je langs de glaswand van een heel hoog gebouw naar beneden glijdt terwijl niemand je ziet."

-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

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14. The Russian (Michael Bennett #13)

By: James Patterson

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A killer crashes Michael Bennett's wedding in the thirteenth thrilling novel by James Patterson fea… read more

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  • fiction
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15. The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's The Museum of Ordinary People book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
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16. Shark Heart

By: Emily Habeck

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their weddin… read more

Similar categories in Emily Habeck's Shark Heart book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What if magic is just mislabeled peace?"

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"What a privilege it was to mark time with the sun."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"What a tragedy it is, being a woman. I would rather be a million other things."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

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17. The Liar's Daughter

By: Megan Cooley Peterson

3.89

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Piper was raised in a cult.She just doesn't know it. Seventeen-year-old Piper knows that Father… read more

Similar categories in Megan Cooley Peterson's The Liar's Daughter book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Some Girls Do

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star fal… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"You're just really full of surprises." And yeah. I kind of like the sound of that"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy."

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

"[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn'…"

-Jennifer Dugan, Some Girls Do

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19. The Castle School (for Troubled Girls)

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When Moira Dreyfuss's parents announce that they're sending her to an all-girls boarding school dee… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Whiteout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Whiteout book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. The Edge of Anything

By: Nora Shalaway Carpenter

3.98

Format: None pages, None

A *Kirkus Reviews* Best Book of 2020 One of A Mighty Girl's Best Books of the Year Finalist for t… read more

Similar categories in Nora Shalaway Carpenter's The Edge of Anything book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. If We Say Goodbye

By: Jasmine Little

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been three months since my brother’s car accident, and I’ve chosen to ignore the world around … read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Little's If We Say Goodbye book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. Symptoms of a Heartbreak

By: Sona Charaipotra

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―… read more

Similar categories in Sona Charaipotra's Symptoms of a Heartbreak book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. When We Were Lost

By: Kevin Wignall

3.86

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

When their plane crashes in a remote rainforest with no adults left alive, a group of high school s… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. The Fixed Stars

By: Molly Wizenberg

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexu… read more

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"She walked the line between man and woman, smudged it under her foot."

-Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars

"Do not marry someone who will not go to therapy, both on their own and with you. Refusing to go to therapy with your partner is like looking the other way when they're drowning."

-Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars

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26. What Does It Feel Like?

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.66

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's What Does It Feel Like? book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Wreck

By: Kirstin Cronn-Mills

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes loss has its own timetable. Set on the shores of Lake Superior, Wreck follows high school… read more

Similar categories in Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck book and Kirstin Cronn-Mills's Wreck

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

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