14 Best realistic fiction books like All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

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All the Bright Places

By: Jennifer Niven , None

4.12

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story a…

"Is today a good day to die?"

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Never bullshit a bullshitter."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"People rarely bring flowers to a suicide."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Because it's not a lie if it's how you feel."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, None , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. We Were Liars

By: E. Lockhart

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, po… read more

Similar categories in E. Lockhart's We Were Liars book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio

2. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

By: Gayle Forman

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; s… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Mia,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Fake it 'till you make it."

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Dying is easy. Living is hard"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"I do have a point to all this,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

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4. The Sun Is Also a Star

By: Nicola Yoon

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will n… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

By: Jenny Han

4.04

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crus… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It was over before I even had a chance."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"I hate change more than almost anything."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"It was the promise of maybe, maybe one day."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"Firsts are best because they are beginnings."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

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6. Looking for Alaska

By: John Green

3.97

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big no… read more

Similar categories in John Green's Looking for Alaska book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"We are greater than the sum of our parts."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"Have you really read all those books in your room?"

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

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7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By: Stephen Chbosky

4.23

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see wha… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
"We accept the love we think we deserve."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"It’s much easier not to know things sometimes."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"I would die for you. But I won't live for you."

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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8. The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.47

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062498533 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carte… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Hoedom is universal."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"But I'm tired of them just assuming."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"A’ight, so what do you think it means?"

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"You need Saturday to recover and Sunday to repent."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

9. They Both Die at the End

By: Adam Silvera

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give t… read more

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10. The Fault in Our Stars

By: John Green

4.13

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been a… read more

Similar categories in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"I've gotten really hot since you went blind."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

11. Every Last Word

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of… read more

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12. Eleanor & Park

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.94

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "I'm … read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You look like a protagonist."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"Goodbye. Just tonight. Not ever."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"His eyes missed her as much as the rest of him."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

"He made her feel like more than the sum of her parts."

-Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

13. Girl in Pieces

By: Kathleen Glasgow

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifet… read more

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14. Thirteen Reasons Why

By: Jay Asher

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is … read more

Similar categories in Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I’m sorry."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"Everything...affects everything"

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"A lot of you cared, just not enough."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"I can't. You can't rewrite the past."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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15. All the Bright Places

By: Jennifer Niven , None

4.12

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Is today a good day to die?"

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Never bullshit a bullshitter."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"People rarely bring flowers to a suicide."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

"Because it's not a lie if it's how you feel."

-Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

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16. Everything, Everything

By: Nicola Yoon , None

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basical… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"A photograph is a kind of time machine."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"You're not living if you're not regretting."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

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17. Paper Towns

By: John Green

3.71

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurou… read more

Similar categories in John Green's Paper Towns book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Imagine others complexly."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"At least I carpe'd that one diem."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"I spy with my little eye a great story."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"Maybe all the strings inside him broke."

-John Green, Paper Towns

18. Turtles All the Way Down

By: John Green

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, … read more

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19. Five Feet Apart

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.18

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In this moving story two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within … read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I hope my life wasn’t for nothing,"

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"If this is all we get, then lets take it."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"I’m tired of living without really living."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

"It's just life. It'll be over before we know it."

-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

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20. One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.93

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High wal… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"to err is human"

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Everybody's got secrets."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Cheating isn't a mistake. It's a choice."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

"Things'll get worse before they get better."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)

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21. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

By: Holly Jackson

4.32

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murde… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) book and Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He's innocent"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"I don’t trust coincidences."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"We’re a team, remember. You and me."

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

"Real men wear floral when trespassing"

-Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

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