17 Top realistic fiction books like Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern

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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 …

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1. When My Heart Joins the Thousand

By: A.J. Steiger

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Obviously I’m not what most people would describe as happy. But that has nothing to do with anythin… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Steiger's When My Heart Joins the Thousand book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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2. Under Rose-Tainted Skies

By: Louise Gornall

3.97

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Norah has accepted that the four walls of her house delineate her life. She knows tha… read more

Similar categories in Louise Gornall's Under Rose-Tainted Skies book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"But it's like my mind and my brain are two separte thing, working against each other."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"Mental health is usually the last place people go when they think about someone being sick."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"It's such a noble word, unconditional. Brave. Blindly committing to situations it knows nothing about."

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

"I this I could reach out, put a hand on his shoulder, and ask him if he is all right. A side effect of worrying about everything and everyone; I cry at least once a week over things that shouldn't co…"

-Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

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3. The Thing with Feathers

By: McCall Hoyle

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she's homeschooled, her best friend is her seizure dog, and… read more

Similar categories in McCall Hoyle's The Thing with Feathers book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Zac and Mia

By: A.J. Betts

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster.… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Betts's Zac and Mia book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

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

5. Bleed Like Me

By: Christa Desir

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Fault Linecomes an edgy and heartbreaking novel about two self-destructive teens… read more

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6. The Lies About Truth

By: Courtney C. Stevens

4.80

Format: 360 pages, ebook

Sadie Kingston, is a girl living in the aftermath. A year after surviving a car accident that kille… read more

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7. Say You'll Remember Me

By: Katie McGarry

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Drix was convicted of a crime--one he didn't commit--he thought his life was over. But opportu… read more

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8. The Art of Feeling

By: Laura Tims

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven's New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places, this contempo… read more

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9. 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 Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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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 Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • young adult contemporary
  • 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. The Truth Project

By: Dante Medema

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school.… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I've been cut open and spread out so everyone can see how every moment my heart pumps is a moment it bleeds."

-Dante Medema, The Truth Project

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12. A Breath Too Late

By: Rocky Callen

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Girl in Pieces, All the Bright Places, and Girl, Interrupted comes a haunting and breat… read more

Similar categories in Rocky Callen's A Breath Too Late book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"And then I told our story. Without our names. Without this town. I told a story of swords and sorrow and secrets. I told of a shadow who learned to breathe and a boy who learned to paint the world br…"

-Rocky Callen, A Breath Too Late

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13. The Silence Between Us

By: Alison Gervais

3.86

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing school for the first time. As if … read more

Similar categories in Alison Gervais's The Silence Between Us book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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15. Things We Know by Heart

By: Jessi Kirby

3.98

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unforgettable novel, Quinn Sullivan falls for the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated hear… read more

Similar categories in Jessi Kirby's Things We Know by Heart book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I don't even know what's in my heart anymore."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I just assumed he was okay. Safe. I let myself forget there's no such thing."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"...It's terrifying to realize how much of your world is wrapped around loving another person."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

"I could leave and make sure our paths never crossed again. Close the door I shouldn't have opened."

-Jessi Kirby, Things We Know by Heart

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16. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Moskowitz's Sick Kids in Love book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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17. Someone I Used to Know

By: Patty Blount

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by he… read more

Similar categories in Patty Blount's Someone I Used to Know book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Every time there’s a terrorist attack, everybody starts screaming for border closings and tighter security at airports. Does anybody ever shrug it off and say, ‘Oh, it’s just extremists being extremi…"

-Patty Blount, Someone I Used to Know

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18. All Alone with You

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

4.11

Format: 352 pages, ebook

HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's All Alone with You book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

By: Kati Gardner

3.99

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never reall… read more

Similar categories in Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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20. Maybe We're Electric

By: Val Emmich

3.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A story of two teens who find themselves thrown together overnight during a snowstorm and discover … read more

Similar categories in Val Emmich's Maybe We're Electric book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. It's My Life

By: Stacie Ramey

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

If she wants a future with him, she'll have to make peace with her past.Jenna's never let her cer… read more

Similar categories in Stacie Ramey's It's My Life book and Cammie McGovern's Just Breathe

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability

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4.02

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