13 Best realistic fiction books like Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner

Cover of Girl on the Line by Faith   Gardner

Girl on the Line

By: Faith Gardner

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Life’s tough when you didn’t expect to be living it. But now that Journey has a future, she appa…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

1. 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 Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

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

2. 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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3. Now Is Everything

By: Amy Giles

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The McCauleys look perfect on the outside. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this family is hidi… read more

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4. Ten Things We Did

By: Sarah Mlynowski

4.17

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house - parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, m… read more

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5. The Last Boy and Girl in the World

By: Siobhan Vivian , Jorjeana Marie

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

What if your town was sliding underwater and everyone was ordered to pack up and leave? How would y… read more

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6. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful

By: Eric Lindstrom

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For sixteen-year-old Mel Hannigan, bipolar disorder makes life unpredictable. Her latest struggle i… read more

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7. Paperweight

By: Meg Haston

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more

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Cover of Girl on the Line by Faith   Gardner

8. Girl on the Line

By: Faith Gardner

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Life’s tough when you didn’t expect to be living it. But now that Journey has a future, she appa… read more

Similar categories in Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Words We Keep by Erin  Stewart

9. 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 Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. What Kind of Girl

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Both timely and timeless, a powerful exploration of abuse in its many forms, as well as the streng… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's What Kind of Girl book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe I have to stop trying to be one thing or another. Maybe I need to accept the ways I contradict myself. Maybe that's what it is to be human."

-Alyssa B. Sheinmel, What Kind of Girl

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11. You'd Be Home Now

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.15

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a tow… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's You'd Be Home Now book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The air was better then."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

"Maybe people just use different things to fill up the emptiness. Until it becomes less about feeling empty and more about feeding something else."

-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

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12. Scars Like Wings

By: Erin Stewart

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's Scars Like Wings book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"When a wound’s that deep, it’s the healing that hurts."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"Their stares tell me I’m different, sure, but they reveal an even deeper truth: I’m less."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"Funny how when your secret keeper is gone, all those dreams and conversations vanish, too."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

"This is why I don’t need mirrors; I can see my reflection in the eyes of everyone around me. My face always finds me."

-Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

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13. On a Scale of One to Ten

By: Ceylan Scott

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of John Green and Ned Vizzini, a heart-wrenching and witty novel about a girl with Borderl… read more

Similar categories in Ceylan Scott's On a Scale of One to Ten book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf (Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf, #1)

By: Hayley Krischer

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Rory Power and Laurie Halse Anderson, this sharp, emotional debut follows two g… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Krischer's Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf (Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf, #1) book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I’m staring at the black of the road in front of me and thinking about why a girl might cry after she has sex. I think it doesn’t have to do so much with love. I think it has a lot to do with regret."

-Hayley Krischer, Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf (Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf, #1)

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15. Something Like Gravity

By: Amber Smith

3.67

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Love, Simon and Eleanor and Park, a romantic and sweet novel about a transgender boy wh… read more

Similar categories in Amber Smith's Something Like Gravity book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. What She Found in the Woods

By: Josephine Angelini

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Magda just wants to forget what happened. But there's a nightmare lurking —and it's coming for her.… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Angelini's What She Found in the Woods book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Ever Since

By: Alena Bruzas

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intense, beautiful debut about the power of finding your voice and sharing your story after trau… read more

Similar categories in Alena Bruzas's Ever Since book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Fix

By: J. Albert Mann

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gritty, moving story of friendship, loss, pain, and addiction.  Everything was fine before. Wh… read more

Similar categories in J. Albert Mann's Fix book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Survival List

By: Courtney Sheinmel

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The only thing connecting Sloane to her older sister Talley is a list–random places, unfamiliar nam… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Sheinmel's The Survival List book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Pieces of Me by Kate  McLaughlin

20. Pieces of Me

By: Kate McLaughlin

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The next gut-punching, compulsively readable Kate McLaughlin novel, about a girl finding strength i… read more

Similar categories in Kate McLaughlin's Pieces of Me book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Stepping Off Place by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

21. The Stepping Off Place

By: Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

3.96

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Kelly Rosenblum's The Stepping Off Place book and Faith Gardner's Girl on the Line

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

15 Best fiction books like Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner

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Made You Up

Francesca Zappia

4.03

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Girl on the Line

Faith Gardner

3.82

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The Words We Keep

Erin Stewart

4.34

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What Kind of Girl

Alyssa B. Sheinmel

3.75

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Impulse (Impulse, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

3.92

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Catalyst

Laurie Halse Anderson

4.55

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Girl on the Line

Faith Gardner

3.82

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Three Things I Know Are True

Betty Culley

4.08

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