30 best-selling fiction books like Free Radicals by Lila Riesen

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Free Radicals

By: Lila Riesen

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Afghan-American Mafi's sophomore year gets a whole lot more complicated when she accidentally expos…

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1. Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Martin book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Davenports (The Davenports, #1)

By: Krystal Marquis

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 1910, the Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changin… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Marquis's The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Olivia remembered the moment she'd realized that every Black person she knew was touched by the horror of slavery. Sometimes Olivia felt it like a wound hidden deep under smooth skin—one that she did…"

-Krystal Marquis, The Davenports (The Davenports, #1)

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6. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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7. Love, Off the Record

By: Samantha Markum

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two ri… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's Love, Off the Record book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

By: Nic Stone

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2) book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."

-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

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9. When You Wish Upon a Lantern

By: Gloria Chao

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Gloria Chao creates real-world magic in this luminous romance about teens who devo… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Chao's When You Wish Upon a Lantern book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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11. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

By: Patricia Park

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A multicultural teen struggles to fit into her elite prep school, her diverse Queens neighborhood, … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Park's Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
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14. Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

By: Mae Coyiuto

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina … read more

Similar categories in Mae Coyiuto's Chloe and the Kaishao Boys book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) by Katie Cotugno

17. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

By: Katie Cotugno

3.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

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18. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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19. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

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20. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Throwback

By: Maurene Goo

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's Throwback book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. The Christmas Clash

By: Suzanne Park

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Who's naughty and nice at Riverwood Mall? In this hilarious holiday rom-com, two rivals get togethe… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Park's The Christmas Clash book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. I Loved You in Another Life

By: David Arnold

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller David Arnold returns with a poignant love story about two teens whose sou… read more

Similar categories in David Arnold's I Loved You in Another Life book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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25. Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Enter the Body book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Broken people can be loved."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

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26. I Kick and I Fly

By: Ruchira Gupta

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award-winning documentarian Ruchira … read more

Similar categories in Ruchira Gupta's I Kick and I Fly book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
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27. Viva Lola Espinoza

By: Ella Cerón

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A debut young adult novel that's BOOKSMART with a dash of magic, about a Mexican American teen who … read more

Similar categories in Ella Cerón's Viva Lola Espinoza book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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28. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Love Requires Chocolate (Love in Translation)

By: Ravynn K. Stringfield

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

Whitney Curry is primed to have an epic semester abroad. She’s created the perfectitinerary and man… read more

Similar categories in Ravynn K. Stringfield's Love Requires Chocolate (Love in Translation) book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses by Katrina Emmel

30. Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses

By: Katrina Emmel

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A swoon-worthy YA rivals-to-lovers romance between a Nebraskan cowboy and California girl, thrust t… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Emmel's Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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31. Free Radicals

By: Lila Riesen

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Afghan-American Mafi's sophomore year gets a whole lot more complicated when she accidentally expos… read more

Similar categories in Lila Riesen's Free Radicals book and Lila Riesen's Free Radicals

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook

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Nic Stone

4.00

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Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

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Lying in the Deep

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3.61

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Daniel Aleman

4.06

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Byron Graves

4.16

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Hannah V. Sawyerr

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