15 Best realistic fiction books like Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum

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Hope and Other Punchlines

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Sometimes looking to the past helps you find your future. Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every othe…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Love? Maybe by Heather Hepler

1. Love? Maybe

By: Heather Hepler

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Just because Piper's birthday is on Valentine's Day does not mean she's a romantic. In fact, after … read more

Similar categories in Heather Hepler's Love? Maybe book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. The Chaos of Standing Still

By: Jessica Brody

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of one chaotic night stranded at the Denver airport, Ryn confronts her shattered pa… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Chaos of Standing Still book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Side Effects May Vary

By: Julie Murphy

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, she vows to spend her final months righting… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's Side Effects May Vary book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

4. Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the Holocaust

By: Todd Hasak-Lowy , None

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Resilience shines throughout a boy's firsthand, present-tense account of life in the Terezin concen… read more

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5. How It Ends

By: Catherine Lo

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

There are two sides to every story. It's friends-at-first-sight for Jessie and Annie, proving the o… read more

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6. Hope and Other Punchlines

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Sometimes looking to the past helps you find your future. Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every othe… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Mon cœur a déménagé

By: Michel Bussi

4.05

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

La mort d'une mère La quête d'une fille Une vengeance implacable " Papa a tué maman. " Rouen,… read more

Similar categories in Michel Bussi's Mon cœur a déménagé book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Even If I Fall

By: Abigail Johnson

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to th… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Even If I Fall book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We didn't always need the things we wanted, but some things were worth holding on to anyway."

-Abigail Johnson, Even If I Fall

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9. In Another Life

By: C.C. Hunter

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chloe was three years old when she became Chloe Holden, but her adoption didn’t scar her, and she’s… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Hunter's In Another Life book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. 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 Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. On the Bright Side

By: Anna Sortino

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's On the Bright Side book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. This Might Get Awkward

By: Kara McDowell

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Sophie Kinsella meets Sarah Dessen in the most hilarious, romantic book of the summer about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's This Might Get Awkward book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Julieta and the Romeos

By: Maria E. Andreu

3.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You've Got Mail meets a YA Beach Read with a bookish mystery at its heart in the newest rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Maria E. Andreu's Julieta and the Romeos book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. The Lucky Ones

By: Liz Lawson

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How do you put yourself back together when it seems like you've lost it all? May is a survivor. … read more

Similar categories in Liz Lawson's The Lucky Ones book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. With You All the Way

By: Cynthia Hand

3.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's With You All the Way book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of PhonePlay (PhonePlay, #2) by Morgane Bicail

17. PhonePlay (PhonePlay, #2)

By: Morgane Bicail

3.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Morgane Bicail's PhonePlay (PhonePlay, #2) book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
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18. Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

By: Wes Moore

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidescopic account of five days in the life of a city on the edge, told through seven characte… read more

Similar categories in Wes Moore's Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • audiobook
"… our fates are profoundly intertwined. We have to take care of one another."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"Poverty is so concentrated because it is generational and, research shows, created with relentless intention."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"… the criminal justice system affects more than the men whose lives are irrevcocably changed when they encounter the system."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"The stigma and lifelong negative bias that results from even a fleeting encounter with the criminal justice system is absolutely life changing."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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19. Our Wayward Fate

By: Gloria Chao

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Ali Chu knows that as the only Asian person at her school in middle-of-nowhere I… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Chao's Our Wayward Fate book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Tout ce que tu vas vivre by Lorraine Fouchet

20. Tout ce que tu vas vivre

By: Lorraine Fouchet

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Le cœur du père de Dom cesse de battre dans les bras d'une femme qui s'éclipse après avoir ouvert a… read more

Similar categories in Lorraine Fouchet's Tout ce que tu vas vivre book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

"Kom ihåg vad sjömännen brukar säga: När du ser Groix ser du ljuset. Alla glädjeämnen försvann inte med din pappa. Musiken finns kvar vilka sorger vi än har. Och havet. Trogna vänner. Antika böcker. O…"

-Lorraine Fouchet, Tout ce que tu vas vivre

"Jag har en lägenhet i världens vackraste stad, ett hus på den mest underbara ön i Bretagne. Varför i hela världen skulle jag dra mig undan i den här avkroken? Med en kvinna jag knappt känner och som …"

-Lorraine Fouchet, Tout ce que tu vas vivre

Cover of The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom by Allison L. Bitz

21. The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom

By: Allison L. Bitz

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A bright and fun fat-positive coming-of-age novel about self-discovery, humility, friendship, love,… read more

Similar categories in Allison L. Bitz's The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom book and Julie Buxbaum's Hope and Other Punchlines

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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The Chaos of Standing Still

Jessica Brody

4.48

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Side Effects May Vary

Julie Murphy

3.61

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Hope and Other Punchlines

Julie Buxbaum

3.90

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Mon cœur a déménagé

Michel Bussi

4.05

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Estelle Maskame

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Estelle Maskame

4.06

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Aimée Bianca

4.23

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Nine Gorman

4.21

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