9 Best realistic fiction books like Madness by Heather Brewer, Zac Brewer

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Madness

By: Heather Brewer , Zac Brewer

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brooke Danvers is pretending to be fine. She's gotten so good at pretending that they're letting he…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Madness by Heather Brewer, Zac Brewer , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Falling into Place

By: Amy Zhang , Amy Zhang

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s Laws of Motion in physics class. Th… read more

Similar categories in Amy Zhang's Falling into Place book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
"There's more to life than cause and effect."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"She would die, and maybe everyone would forget that she had ever lived."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"There was a certain freedom in being on the outside. He watched instead of being watched."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"I would have pulled her back. I would have saved her from falling, but she didn’t see my hand"

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

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2. Made You Up

By: Francesca Zappia

4.03

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone o… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Made You Up book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
"I am real. This"

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"I was a schizophrenic, not a damn invalid."

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"If nothing’s real, then what does it matter?"

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

"Sometimes I think people take reality for granted."

-Francesca Zappia, Made You Up

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3. Suicide Notes

By: Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

I'm not crazy. I don't see what the big deal is about what happened. But apparently someone does th… read more

Similar categories in Michael Thomas Ford's Suicide Notes book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
"you either are or aren't"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"I didn't ask to be saved"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"Why is it okay to put someone to death, but it’s not okay for those people to do it themselves?"

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

"I didn't do it; I can just imagine doing it. Maybe that's the difference between crazy and not crazy."

-Michael Thomas Ford, Suicide Notes

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4. Before I Let Go

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Days before Corey is to return home to the snow and ice of Lost Creek, Alaska, to visit her best fr… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's Before I Let Go book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • contemporary
  • mental health
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. Madness

By: Heather Brewer , Zac Brewer

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brooke Danvers is pretending to be fine. She's gotten so good at pretending that they're letting he… read more

Similar categories in Heather Brewer's Madness book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary

6. The Art of Starving

By: Sam J. Miller

3.99

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

More Happy Than Notmeets Glory O'Brien's History of the Futurein this gritty, contemporary YA debut… read more

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7. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

By: Shaun David Hutchinson , Christine Larsen

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night. His parents did, and so did his sister, but he survi… read more

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8. Cut

By: Patricia McCormick

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Callie cuts herself. Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to fe… read more

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9. The Memory of Light

By: Francisco X. Stork

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

16-year-old Vicky Cruz wakes up in a hospital's mental ward after a failed suicide attempt. Now she… read more

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10. Identical

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the di… read more

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11. The Weight of Zero

By: None

3.81

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Seventeen-year-old Cath knows Zero is coming for her. Zero, the devastating depression born of Cath… read more

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12. The First to Die at the End

By: Adam Silvera

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

In this prequel to the bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a l… read more

Similar categories in Adam Silvera's The First to Die at the End book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Take me home, Orion."

-Adam Silvera, The First to Die at the End

"I’m not history, Orion. I’m here."

-Adam Silvera, The First to Die at the End

"I write short stories because I am one."

-Adam Silvera, The First to Die at the End

"Hey, I might suck at history, but I can make it."

-Adam Silvera, The First to Die at the End

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13. Just Breathe

By: Cammie McGovern

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of A Step Toward Falling and Say What You Will comes a new YA … read more

Similar categories in Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

14. How to Make Friends with the Dark

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.08

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Here is what happens when your mother dies. It’s the brightest day of summer and it’s dark outsi… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's How to Make Friends with the Dark book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
"Always the universe, against you."

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Are you going to kill yourself, Grace? Are you going to wrist, hang, gun?"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Last night scared me, how calm I felt, thinking about killing myself. The S word"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Somewhere in those hours, those minutes, those seconds, your mom was, and then she wasn't"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

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15. Pack Up the Moon

By: Kristan Higgins

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dyi… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Pack Up the Moon book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • contemporary
"Tell me you’ll be okay without me."

-Kristan Higgins, Pack Up the Moon

"The sadness shouldn’t cancel out what had been so bright and full and beautiful. Just because the cherry blossoms would fall didn’t mean you should mourn them on the tree."

-Kristan Higgins, Pack Up the Moon

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16. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
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17. The Mary Shelley Club

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.92

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

New girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few sch… read more

Similar categories in Goldy Moldavsky's The Mary Shelley Club book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Fear is where the truth lies."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"He's the Stu to my Billy Loomis"

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"If you want this to be over, just make sure she screams."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"We were staked out at the playground across the street, an optimal vantage for us to watch the house, and for me to watch Bram watch his girlfriend get scared."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

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18. She's Gone

By: David Bell

3.65

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A new page-turning thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. When a girl disappears… read more

Similar categories in David Bell's She's Gone book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. Late in the Day

By: Tessa Hadley

3.40

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenti… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • contemporary
"You just say the opposite to what everyone else thinks. Is that why people think you’re so clever?"

-Tessa Hadley, Late in the Day

"This agony of parting came in spasms, it appeared; one had only to endure them, to get beyond them."

-Tessa Hadley, Late in the Day

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20. The History of Jane Doe

By: Michael Belanger

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deeply funny coming-of-age story about first love, first loss, and the power of history… read more

Similar categories in Michael Belanger's The History of Jane Doe book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • contemporary
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21. Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Heather Brewer's Madness

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

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Falling into Place

Amy Zhang , Amy Zhang

3.84

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Made You Up

Francesca Zappia

4.03

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Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

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Before I Let Go

Marieke Nijkamp

3.98

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If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin

3.31

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Amber Smith

3.00

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Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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