Lists Trending New
Start free trial

Realistic Fiction

Real people face real challenges in these powerful stories of identity, belonging, and personal growth. Whether following teens navigating high school drama or adults confronting workplace dynamics, these books illuminate the raw, messy, and ultimately beautiful experiences that shape who we become.

Realistic Fiction Book Summaries

Restart Summary
Restart
by Gordon Korman 2017 256 pages
4.18
46.5K ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
The Tiger Rising Summary
The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo 2001 128 pages
3.85
31.7K ratings
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Childrens
Forbidden Summary
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma 2010 418 pages
3.96
74.9K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Cabin Fever Summary
Cabin Fever
by Jeff Kinney 2011 224 pages
4.24
129.8K ratings
Middle Grade
Humor
Childrens
It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini 2006 444 pages
4.08
259.0K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
Mexican WhiteBoy Summary
Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Peña 2008 256 pages
3.86
5.7K ratings
Young Adult
Sports
Realistic Fiction
Drama Summary
Drama
by Raina Telgemeier 2012 238 pages
4.18
155.9K ratings
Graphic Novels
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Blended Summary
Blended
by Sharon M. Draper 2018 308 pages
4.15
18.6K ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
The Sun Is Also a Star Summary
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon 2016 344 pages
3.96
350.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Summary
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han 2014 355 pages
4.04
1.0M ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares 2001 294 pages
3.85
724.8K ratings
Young Adult
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Walk Two Moons Summary
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages
4.00
171.5K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Ugly Truth Summary
The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinney 2010 217 pages
4.18
138.8K ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
Where She Went Summary
Where She Went
by Gayle Forman 2011 264 pages
3.97
302.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Dear Evan Hansen Summary
Dear Evan Hansen
by Val Emmich 2018 368 pages
3.87
70.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.91
950.0K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Bailey's Story Summary
Bailey's Story
by W. Bruce Cameron 2013 208 pages
4.31
4.8K ratings
Dogs
Animals
Middle Grade
Red, White, and Whole Summary
Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca 2021 224 pages
4.41
7.6K ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Historical Fiction
All-American Muslim Girl Summary
All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019 432 pages
3.84
4.0K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Notes from the Midnight Driver Summary
Notes from the Midnight Driver
by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006 265 pages
4.05
9.5K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Humor
Crossing the Wire Summary
Crossing the Wire
by Will Hobbs 2006 216 pages
3.83
2.7K ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Realistic Fiction
My Life as an Alphabet Summary
My Life as an Alphabet
by Barry Jonsberg 2013 256 pages
3.91
2.3K ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Will Grayson, Will Grayson Summary
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green 2010 320 pages
3.69
407.9K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
LGBT
Charming as a Verb Summary
Charming as a Verb
by Ben Philippe 2020 328 pages
3.85
7.8K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Strike Zone Summary
Strike Zone
by Mike Lupica 2019 272 pages
4.17
361 ratings
Sports
Realistic Fiction
Middle Grade
Money Hungry Summary
Money Hungry
by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages
4.10
4.4K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Summary
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages
3.94
250.4K ratings
Young Adult
Childrens
Classics
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Summary
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
by Rachel Renée Russell 2009 327 pages
4.11
112.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Fangirl Summary
Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell 2013 483 pages
3.94
768.7K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Someone Like You Summary
Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen 1998 281 pages
3.92
105.3K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Summary
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
by Liz Pichon 2014 256 pages
4.19
14.9K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Humor
Sold Summary
Sold
by Patricia McCormick 2006 268 pages
4.23
62.5K ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Banned Books
Wanting Mor Summary
Wanting Mor
by Rukhsana Khan 2009 192 pages
3.91
1.2K ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Chapter Books
Lock and Key Summary
Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen 2008 432 pages
3.99
151.7K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Before I Fall Summary
Before I Fall
by Lauren Oliver 2010 470 pages
3.88
343.4K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Anna and the French Kiss Summary
Anna and the French Kiss
by Stephanie Perkins 2010 372 pages
3.96
461.5K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Breathe and Count Back from Ten Summary
Breathe and Count Back from Ten
by Natalia Sylvester 2022 352 pages
3.84
3.5K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
That Was Then, This Is Now Summary
That Was Then, This Is Now
by S.E. Hinton 1971 159 pages
3.93
38.9K ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
The DUFF Summary
The DUFF
Designated Ugly Fat Friend
by Kody Keplinger 2010 280 pages
3.79
195.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Summary
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn 2006 183 pages
3.69
85.1K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Escape to Australia Summary
Escape to Australia
by James Patterson 2017 288 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Middle Grade
Humor
Childrens
Dog Days Summary
Dog Days
by Jeff Kinney 2009 218 pages
4.17
157.8K ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Thing About Jellyfish Summary
The Thing About Jellyfish
by Ali Benjamin 2015 352 pages
4.10
42.7K ratings
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Panic Summary
Panic
by Lauren Oliver 2014 408 pages
3.55
62.7K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Eleven Summary
Eleven
by Tom Rogers 2014 200 pages
4.33
2.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
We Are All Made of Molecules Summary
We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen 2015 256 pages
3.82
16.1K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Just Listen Summary
Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen 2006 371 pages
4.05
249.3K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Falling Short Summary
Falling Short
by Ernesto Cisneros 2022 304 pages
4.06
2.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Sports
Realistic Fiction
The Truth About Forever Summary
The Truth About Forever
by Sarah Dessen 2004 374 pages
4.12
225.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
My Life Next Door Summary
My Life Next Door
by Huntley Fitzpatrick 2012 394 pages
3.97
154.6K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Home
Search
Library
Get App
Create a free account to unlock:
Recommendations: Personalized for you
Requests: Request new book summaries
Bookmarks: Save your favorite books
History: Revisit books later
Ratings: Rate books & see your ratings
100,000+ readers
Try Full Access for 7 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
All summaries are free to read in 40 languages
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 73,530 books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 4: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 7: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jun 26,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8x More Books
2.8x more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
100,000+ readers
"...I can 10x the number of books I can read..."
"...exceptionally accurate, engaging, and beautifully presented..."
"...better than any amazon review when I'm making a book-buying decision..."
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 7-Day Free Trial
7 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

Settings
General
Widget
Loading...