9 best-selling contemporary romance books like The [Fake] Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky

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The [Fake] Dating Game

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit…

"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

If you liked the contemporary romance plot in The [Fake] Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

1. You Should Be So Lucky

By: Cat Sebastian

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance about grief and found family, b… read more

Similar categories in Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say: Well, he’s fucked, but he’s trying."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"But he also wants that feeling he had earlier, that feeling of being seen for who he is, and of being liked anyway."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"This urge to be kind to a relative stranger is unfamiliar and disconcerting, as if he's discovered in himself a hunger for raw meat or an enthusiasm for vaudeville."

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

"The actual problem is incredibly boring, and Mark hates admitting it even to himself. Unless a couple has the good fortune to get hit by the same freight train, their story ends in exactly one way. H…"

-Cat Sebastian, You Should Be So Lucky

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2. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

3. The Boyfriend Subscription

By: Steven Salvatore

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription i… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's The Boyfriend Subscription book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The [Fake] Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky

4. The [Fake] Dating Game

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ready. Set. Faux . Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audit… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Because, despite everything, I want to see the good in people"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Amber bulbs dangle on white strings above our heads, making everyone in the restaurant look like a cartoon character with a bright idea."

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

"Under the roar of the crowd, Leo whispers into my ear. "You are full of surprises." "On the night we met, you said surprises aren't all they're cracked up to be." "You're the exception to the rule." …"

-Timothy Janovsky, The [Fake] Dating Game

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5. Skater Boy

By: Anthony Nerada

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Nerada's Skater Boy book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."

-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy

Cover of Napkins and Other Distractions (Teachers in Love, #3) by M.A. Wardell

6. Napkins and Other Distractions (Teachers in Love, #3)

By: M.A. Wardell

4.00

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

On paper, they’re a disaster. In the sheets, they’re a perfect match. Kent Lester is proud of th… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Wardell's Napkins and Other Distractions (Teachers in Love, #3) book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Chasing the Light

By: Alexis Hall

4.09

Format: 164 pages, ebook

Chasing the Light is a companion novella that will be available to read in Waiting for the Flood (2… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Chasing the Light book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • queer
Cover of Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) by Alexis  Hall

8. Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • queer
"I don't need you to take care of me." "No, you need a kick up the arse."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"To gather up the dust of my heart and scatter it again on the winds of hope."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"It's d-d-dishonourable to peek at someone else's cards." "Cribbage is cutthroat."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"He grinned, teeth and dimples and freckles moving like dust in a ray of sunlight. "Ayup, petal." Oh "

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

Cover of How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) by Anita Kelly

9. How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3)

By: Anita Kelly

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball from the aut… read more

Similar categories in Anita Kelly's How You Get the Girl (Love & Other Disasters, #3) book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy

10. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker

11. Teenage Dirtbags

By: James Acker

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an… read more

Similar categories in James Acker's Teenage Dirtbags book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman

12. The Prospects

By: K.T. Hoffman

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The pressure cooker of minor league baseball leads to major chemistry in this exhilarating, sexy, a… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Hoffman's The Prospects book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
"Glasses on or off?" Luis asks. "Off." Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them."

-K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

Cover of The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio

13. The Gay Best Friend

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

an alternate cover edition can be found here He's always been the token gay best friend. Now, st… read more

Similar categories in Nicolas DiDomizio's The Gay Best Friend book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Worryin only gives the small things big shadows"

-Nicolas DiDomizio, The Gay Best Friend

Cover of The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew  Hubbard

14. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

By: Matthew Hubbard

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Hubbard's The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"The best revenge is believing in yourself."

-Matthew Hubbard, The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

Cover of The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

15. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's The Breakup Lists book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

16. Another First Chance

By: Robbie Couch

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult n… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Couch's Another First Chance book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Nearlywed by Nicolas DiDomizio

17. Nearlywed

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An engaged couple's compatibility is put to the test during their ill-fated early honeymoon in this… read more

Similar categories in Nicolas DiDomizio's Nearlywed book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of The Bump by Sidney Karger

18. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam  Sass

19. Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts

By: Adam Sass

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A swoony contemporary romance from Adam Sass following a boy who is cursed to doom any romantic rel… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

20. Prince of the Palisades

By: Julian Winters

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Young Royals meets Red, White, and Royal Blue in this heart-pumping romance by award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Julian Winters's Prince of the Palisades book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • m m romance
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of I'll Have What He's Having by Adib Khorram

21. I'll Have What He's Having

By: Adib Khorram

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A smart, tender, vivacious romantic comedy about mistaken identities, the line between love and sex… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's I'll Have What He's Having book and Timothy Janovsky's The [Fake] Dating Game

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • queer

21 must-read fiction books like The [Fake] Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Stars in Your Eyes

Kacen Callender

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Boyfriend Subscription

Steven Salvatore

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The [Fake] Dating Game

Timothy Janovsky

3.66

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18 best-selling fiction books like I'll Have What He's Having by Adib Khorram

Transform Your Habits

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Teenage Dirtbags

James Acker

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Swordcrossed

Freya Marske

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Prospects

K.T. Hoffman

4.25

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