16 must-read contemporary books like The First Move by Jenny Ireland

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The First Move

By: Jenny Ireland

3.79

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exist…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The First Move by Jenny Ireland , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Murder on a School Night

By: Kate Weston

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious murder mystery–rom-com from author and comedian Kate Weston investigates the sinister s… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weston's Murder on a School Night book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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3. My Love Life and the Apocalypse

By: Melissa Welliver

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Planet Earth Sucks. Humans have gone and cities are empty, looked after by bots. But not all… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Welliver's My Love Life and the Apocalypse book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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4. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's How to Die Famous book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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6. Girl, Goddess, Queen

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's Girl, Goddess, Queen book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

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7. Didn't See That Coming

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.66

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identi… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Didn't See That Coming book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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8. Finding Phoebe

By: Gavin Extence

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

'Totally enchanting, warm and funny' Ciara Smyth, author of Not My Problem‘Neurodiversity has a voi… read more

Similar categories in Gavin Extence's Finding Phoebe book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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10. Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts

By: William Hussey

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com with Heart Jesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he'll r… read more

Similar categories in William Hussey's Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The First Move

By: Jenny Ireland

3.79

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exist… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Ireland's The First Move book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • chess
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • disability
  • audiobook
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12. Where the Light Goes

By: Sara Barnard

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching exploration of grief, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that … read more

Similar categories in Sara Barnard's Where the Light Goes book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. Sing If You Can't Dance

By: Alexia Casale

3.86

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she co… read more

Similar categories in Alexia Casale's Sing If You Can't Dance book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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14. SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

By: Xena Knox

4.14

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

COSMOPOLITAN'S BEST NEW BOOKS OUT IN JUNE 2023'Funny, direct ... and romantic' - The Guardian'Compe… read more

Similar categories in Xena Knox's SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Where the Heart Should Be book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. This Is How You Fall in Love

By: Anika Hussain

3.46

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Zara and Adnan are just friends. Always have been, always will be. Even if they have to pretend to … read more

Similar categories in Anika Hussain's This Is How You Fall in Love book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. The Boy You Always Wanted

By: Michelle Quach

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Francine always has a plan. Ollie wants no part of it. Francine loves her grandfather, but their… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Quach's The Boy You Always Wanted book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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20. Little Bang

By: Kelly McCaughrain

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of… read more

Similar categories in Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Influential

By: Amara Sage

3.89

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Almond Brown has no friends in real life . . . but 3.5 million followers online. A heart-felt, whip… read more

Similar categories in Amara Sage's Influential book and Jenny Ireland's The First Move

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

19 best-selling fiction books like The First Move by Jenny Ireland

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Murder on a School Night

Kate Weston

3.46

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My Love Life and the Apocalypse

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3.95

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How to Die Famous

Benjamin Dean

3.65

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Crossing the Line

Tia Fisher

4.28

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HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

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4.04

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4.69

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