20 Best adult books like The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1) by Sara Desai

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The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

By: Sara Desai

3.52

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A high stakes wager pits an aspiring entrepreneur against a ruthless CEO in this sexy romantic come…

"You can’t fix anything until you fix yourself."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"Love doesn't always hit like a thunderbolt. Sometimes it can grow quietly in the background until one day you realize it is there."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"You can’t be in everyone’s head, guessing what they are going to do. The real measure of a man comes not when things go right, but what he does when things go wrong."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"You wouldn't believe how many languages I had to learn to get my software engineering degree." Sam's gaze drifted over Daisy's Riot Grrrl T-shirt. "I see English wasn't one of them."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

If you liked the adult plot in The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1) by Sara Desai , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

By: Lynn Painter

3.88

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bott… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She had piercings everywhere, but cried like a baby if she needed to get a shot."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Rejection feels like shit, even when it comes from someone who might not matter that much."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Everything with him was great, but it was great in the way a Hallmark Christmas movie was great. Everything looked perfect—the clothing, the setting, the words—but none of it felt . . . real."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Cover of Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

2. Not in Love

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not ha… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'd been an odd child, then an odd teenager. Then I'd become, maybe as a result, maybe unavoidably, an odd adult."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'd never felt more beautiful than when he looked at me. Like I was the final prototype of someone's entire fantasy life."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"Eli was entranced. Her servant. Spellbound. He considered begging her to let him touch her. To let him go down on her in the hallway. He would go grocery shopping and make her dinner off a YouTube re…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'm going to want to see you every day. I'm going to learn more dishes and pack your lunch and write cute little notes on it. I'm going to ask you if you want to sleep at your place or mine and alway…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

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3. Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more roma… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Happily Never After book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You have to get hurt to get the good stuff, don't you see?...When you're a baby, you don't stop taking steps just because you've fallen once, or you'd never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk…"

-Lynn Painter, Happily Never After

Cover of The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

4. The Shaadi Set-Up

By: Lillie Vale

3.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bail… read more

Similar categories in Lillie Vale's The Shaadi Set-Up book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There’s no need to make your bed and lie in it if there’s still a chance to get what you want,"

-Lillie Vale, The Shaadi Set-Up

Cover of Well Played (Well Met, #2) by Jen DeLuca

5. Well Played (Well Met, #2)

By: Jen DeLuca

3.52

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on… read more

Similar categories in Jen DeLuca's Well Played (Well Met, #2) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You know, love songs say crap like “love will set you free,"

-Jen DeLuca, Well Played (Well Met, #2)

"I wonder if what you’re seeing as a cage is obligation instead of love. They can look the same, especially when it comes to family. It’s hard to break free from that, and some people never do."

-Jen DeLuca, Well Played (Well Met, #2)

Cover of Quizá por eso sigo aquí by Elsa García

6. Quizá por eso sigo aquí

By: Elsa García

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Creo que puedes ser feliz y no saberlo. Tambien creo que puedes ser infeliz y no darte cuenta de… read more

Similar categories in Elsa García's Quizá por eso sigo aquí book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

Cover of The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1) by Sara Desai

7. The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

By: Sara Desai

3.52

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A high stakes wager pits an aspiring entrepreneur against a ruthless CEO in this sexy romantic come… read more

Similar categories in Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t fix anything until you fix yourself."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"Love doesn't always hit like a thunderbolt. Sometimes it can grow quietly in the background until one day you realize it is there."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"You can’t be in everyone’s head, guessing what they are going to do. The real measure of a man comes not when things go right, but what he does when things go wrong."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

"You wouldn't believe how many languages I had to learn to get my software engineering degree." Sam's gaze drifted over Daisy's Riot Grrrl T-shirt. "I see English wasn't one of them."

-Sara Desai, The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

Cover of Set on You (The Influencer, #1) by Amy  Lea

8. Set on You (The Influencer, #1)

By: Amy Lea

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy. Cu… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lea's Set on You (The Influencer, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Exes and O's (The Influencer, #2) by Amy  Lea

9. Exes and O's (The Influencer, #2)

By: Amy Lea

3.73

Format: 361 pages, Paperback

A romance novel–obsessed social media influencer revisits her exes on her hunt for true love in thi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lea's Exes and O's (The Influencer, #2) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm sorry you feel so threatened by depictions of fictional men doing more than the bare minimum."

-Amy Lea, Exes and O's (The Influencer, #2)

"My dear, you have a lot to learn about relationships if you think all problems can be solved by a single conversation."

-Amy Lea, Exes and O's (The Influencer, #2)

Cover of Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1) by Nisha Sharma

10. Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.60

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To each their own"

-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

"Being single is for white people. You need to stop it."

-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

"It’s hard to communicate the immigrant experience with those who don’t understand. We want to support and be with our families, and sometimes we sacrifice our mental health and our emotional well-bei…"

-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

"Romance novels sell an idealized fantasy that we all want to experience. They may be fiction, but there is a reason why so many people connect to love stories. Because that’s the type of feeling we w…"

-Nisha Sharma, Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

Cover of The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

11. The Worst Best Man

By: Mia Sosa

3.55

Format: 368 pages, ebook

USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A romantic comedy that's fun and flirty, young and fresh." – PopSugar … read more

Similar categories in Mia Sosa's The Worst Best Man book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I fantasize all the way home, and it doesn't make me feel any better."

-Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man

"Listen, there are different ways of getting closure and one of those ways might be to make someone miserable for the sake of satisfying your petty soul."

-Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man

"Lina did love Andrew, once upon a time but she certainly doesn't love him now. She wanted to marry him because she didn't love him. Love means breaking down your walls for the person who's willing to…"

-Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man

"Thing is," he says, his chin resting on my head, "there's no single way to be a badass. Your mother and aunts coming here and making new lives for themselves? Badass. My mother running her own firm e…"

-Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man

Cover of The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) by Elena  Armas

12. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)

By: Elena Armas

3.59

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more

Similar categories in Elena Armas's The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Catch (The Influencer, #3) by Amy  Lea

13. The Catch (The Influencer, #3)

By: Amy Lea

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A grumpy lobster fisherman tosses a fashion influencer’s impeccably curated life overboard in the n… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lea's The Catch (The Influencer, #3) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Told ya. Lobsterfest is wild. The Catch "

-Amy Lea, The Catch (The Influencer, #3)

Cover of Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2) by Nisha Sharma

14. Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the hilarious follow-up to the breakout rom-com Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma adds shakkar and m… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1) by Tessa Bailey

15. Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A steamy new rom-com about a starchy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every tur… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’d dim her glow. I’d change her, and I would hate myself for it."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

"And as a queen of avoidance, she would rather not know. Sneaking around for the rest of her life sounded so much easier."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

"But he found himself wondering what it might be like to fill that role for Hallie. In another life, obviously. A full-time giver of Hallie smiles."

-Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess, #1)

Cover of The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa

16. The Wedding Crasher

By: Mia Sosa

3.67

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with another hilarious rom-com about… read more

Similar categories in Mia Sosa's The Wedding Crasher book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I suppose a guilty heart perceives blame even when it isn't warranted."

-Mia Sosa, The Wedding Crasher

Cover of First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2) by Sajni Patel

17. First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)

By: Sajni Patel

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

On the verge of realizing her dream of being a doctor, Preeti Patel should be ecstatic. But between… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Love is enough. Its society's views and old-world thinking that broke everything."

-Sajni Patel, First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)

"I knew this floor plan. I’d never been here before, but I knew every room. “Daniel,"

-Sajni Patel, First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)

"He raised himself onto his elbow, his temple cradled in his hand. “I won’t bite. Well, unless you want me to."

-Sajni Patel, First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)

"Is this the ring from the gala shopping trip with Brandy? When she told me to try on rings while I was there because she wanted to give Jackson an idea for her engagement ring?"

-Sajni Patel, First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)

Cover of Well Matched (Well Met, #3) by Jen DeLuca

18. Well Matched (Well Met, #3)

By: Jen DeLuca

3.85

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for twelve years with a wall around her heart.… read more

Similar categories in Jen DeLuca's Well Matched (Well Met, #3) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah       Adams

19. When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

By: Sarah Adams

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No one loves anything they're miserably chained to."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?"

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

Cover of The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1) by Sajni Patel

20. The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1)

By: Sajni Patel

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. Th… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You have to let it go before it completely consumes you."

-Sajni Patel, The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1)

"Do you think you can escape me so easily. What? Just drive off to Dallas and think I won’t find you?"

-Sajni Patel, The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1)

"The plight of a woman has to work to make money, but the purpose of a woman is to help her husband by taking care of the home and his needs…"

-Sajni Patel, The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1)

Cover of Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1) by Lynn Painter

21. Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

By: Lynn Painter

3.68

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relatio… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1) book and Sara Desai's The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
""

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"It was like the line in You've Got Mail. "All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings."

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"When things don't go as planned, we can either pout and behave like a reticent child, or take some time to reconsider our choices. Ruminate over what we've done in our past, and how best to move forw…"

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"Instead of handing it over, I tossed it onto the floor and said, "I keep telling Mr. Wrong Number I don't need him anymore but he just won't let me go." He tossed his phone beside mine and rolled on …"

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

20 Top audiobook books like The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1) by Sara Desai

Transform Your Habits

The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Not in Love

Ali Hazelwood

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Happily Never After

Lynn Painter

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Shaadi Set-Up

Lillie Vale

3.45

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Bride

Ali Hazelwood

4.04

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Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)

Tessa Bailey

3.71

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Abby Jimenez

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