Best contemporary realistic YA books

1.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,225 ratings
2.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,739 ratings
3.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,510 ratings
4.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,965 ratings
5.
Wench With Wings
Wench With Wings 3.75 avg rating — 48 ratings
6.
Wintergirls
Wintergirls 3.96 avg rating — 124,798 ratings
6.
Finding Home
Finding Home 3.44 avg rating — 232 ratings
8.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,522 ratings
9.
At First Blush
At First Blush 3.87 avg rating — 212 ratings
10.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,460 ratings
10.
Ways to Live Forever
Ways to Live Forever 4.20 avg rating — 9,467 ratings
12.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating — 38,161 ratings
12.
Tilt
Tilt 4.19 avg rating — 18,361 ratings
14.
The Mockingbirds
The Mockingbirds 3.79 avg rating — 6,230 ratings
14.
Harmless
Harmless 3.42 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
16.
Burned (Burned, #1)
Burned (Burned, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 70,240 ratings
17.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by: Jenny Han
3.75 avg rating — 1,008,268 ratings
17.
We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
by: Jenny Han
3.78 avg rating — 580,194 ratings
17.
It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
by: Jenny Han
3.76 avg rating — 645,137 ratings
20.
Cracked Up to Be
Cracked Up to Be 3.73 avg rating — 19,532 ratings
21.
The Chick Friends Rules! Freshman Year (The Chick Friends Rules! #1)
The Chick Friends Rules! Freshman Year (The Chick Friends Rules! #1) 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings
21.
Born Confused (Born Confused #1)
Born Confused (Born Confused #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,332 ratings
21.
The Consequences of Forever
The Consequences of Forever 4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
21.
Spiralling Out of Control (The Spiralling Trilogy Book 1)
Spiralling Out of Control (The Spiralling Trilogy Book 1) 4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings
21.
Songs from the Phenomenal Nothing
Songs from the Phenomenal Nothing 4.26 avg rating — 100 ratings
21.
Lambs for Dinner
Lambs for Dinner 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
21.
The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land
The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land 3.98 avg rating — 63 ratings
21.
The Dead I Know
The Dead I Know 3.82 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
21.
What Happens Next
What Happens Next 3.96 avg rating — 6,169 ratings
21.
Before Life Happened (Before, #1)
Before Life Happened (Before, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 122 ratings
21.
My Life Next Door
My Life Next Door 3.97 avg rating — 155,106 ratings
21.
No Turning Back (Liliana, #3)
No Turning Back (Liliana, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
21.
10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face, #2)
10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 54 ratings
21.
Stumped
Stumped 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings
21.
Foreign Exchange
Foreign Exchange 4.07 avg rating — 61 ratings
21.
I Thirst (The Veritas Chronicles, #1)
I Thirst (The Veritas Chronicles, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 84 ratings
21.
Everything's Not Fine
Everything's Not Fine 4.24 avg rating — 117 ratings
21.
Hearing Lies (Seeing Voices #2)
Hearing Lies (Seeing Voices #2) 4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings
21.
A Thousand Lies
A Thousand Lies 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
40.
The Chick Friends Rules! Sophomore Year (The Chick Friends Rules! #2)
The Chick Friends Rules! Sophomore Year (The Chick Friends Rules! #2) 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
40.
Empress of the World (Battle Hall Davies, #1)
Empress of the World (Battle Hall Davies, #1)
by: Sara Ryan
3.73 avg rating — 13,068 ratings
40.
The Sound
The Sound 3.88 avg rating — 2,686 ratings
40.
Love Letters to the Dead
Love Letters to the Dead 3.79 avg rating — 91,452 ratings
40.
On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)
On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 64,019 ratings
40.
Outcast (Living Out Loud, #1)
Outcast (Living Out Loud, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings
40.
The Rose and the Sword (The Veritas Chronicles, #2)
The Rose and the Sword (The Veritas Chronicles, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings
40.
All the Walls of Belfast
All the Walls of Belfast 3.84 avg rating — 503 ratings
40.
There You'll Find Me
There You'll Find Me 4.01 avg rating — 14,117 ratings
49.
The chick friends rules! Junior year (Volume 3)
The chick friends rules! Junior year (Volume 3) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
49.
What I Thought Was True
What I Thought Was True 3.71 avg rating — 25,005 ratings
49.
Peter (The Veritas Chronicles, #3)
Peter (The Veritas Chronicles, #3) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
49.
Once at the Edge of the Sea
Once at the Edge of the Sea 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
49.
Freerunner
Freerunner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
54.
The Distance Between Us (Old Town Shops, #1)
The Distance Between Us (Old Town Shops, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 80,109 ratings
54.
The Silence of Murder
The Silence of Murder 3.82 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
56.
Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness 3.73 avg rating — 334 ratings
56.
Fall for Anything
Fall for Anything 3.75 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
56.
If You Find Me
If You Find Me 4.08 avg rating — 24,248 ratings
56.
Saint Anything
Saint Anything 4.03 avg rating — 65,542 ratings
56.
This Season... Have Love/Have Faith
This Season... Have Love/Have Faith 4.33 avg rating — 189 ratings
56.
Catching Hope
Catching Hope 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings
62.
Some Girls Are
Some Girls Are 3.87 avg rating — 15,263 ratings
62.
The Fill-In Boyfriend
The Fill-In Boyfriend 3.89 avg rating — 68,365 ratings
62.
The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid, #1)
The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 87 ratings
65.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by: Jenny Han
4.04 avg rating — 1,020,539 ratings
66.
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
by: Jenny Han
4.01 avg rating — 412,948 ratings