6 must-read high school books like You Say It First by Katie Cotugno

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You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her …

"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

If you liked the high school plot in You Say It First by Katie Cotugno , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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2. This May End Badly

By: Samantha Markum

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's This May End Badly book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I grin, imagining it. “I can hear your creepy smile right now."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"Stranger Danger. You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"What, worried I’ll find your secret fetish porn stash and tell everyone about your anime bondage tentacle kink?"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"I’d say your worth isn’t decided by whether or not you can get a girl-starved demon from Winfield to lay his nasty fish lips you"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

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3. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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4. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

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5. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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6. Not Here to Stay Friends

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the su… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Not Here to Stay Friends book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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7. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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8. The Upside of Falling

By: Alex Light

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. Pe… read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's The Upside of Falling book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Just because we were pretending doesn't mean it wasn't real"

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you"

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"Read to me. Why? Because you go somewhere when you read. I want to go there with you."

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

"My dad talks about how sorry he is. But it doesn’t count if he’s only sorry after he got caught."

-Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

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9. Last Chance Books

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Don’t you just love the smell of old books in the morning? Madeline Moore does. Books & Moore, t… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's Last Chance Books book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Just a few days ago, I thought I had enough of him. Marked him as did-not-finish. But now I feel every part of him will remain to-be-read."

-Kelsey Rodkey, Last Chance Books

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10. It Sounded Better in My Head

By: Nina Kenwood

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first l… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's It Sounded Better in My Head book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I am an adult now (sort of, kind of, not really)."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"I do like to be out doing things and talking to people.' 'I like to be home, not doing things, talking to no one."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"Maybe I've never smiled or laughed at an appropriate time in my entire life and I just didn't realise until this moment."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

"People aren’t all good or all bad. You can learn from mistakes. Or you can keep making them. You can always become a better person."

-Nina Kenwood, It Sounded Better in My Head

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11. Keep My Heart in San Francisco

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

“An absolute charmer of a book…Delightful!” —Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately and Starry… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Keep My Heart in San Francisco book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Damn olfactory system. Swirling up all these old and bruising memories."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

"Silly considering we barely have a fraction of what we need, but that's what hope does. It lifts you up when everything else is dragging you down, down, down."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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12. By the Book

By: Amanda Sellet

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm knows all about Mistakes That Have Been Made, e… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Sellet's By the Book book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You said she had a condition?"

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"To my fellow readers: I hope you never run out of good books."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"When's the last time you took a risk? I'm talking IRL, not in your reading material."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

"Your life," she corrected. "It's the nature of existence. To err is human. We screw up, and then screw up some more."

-Amanda Sellet, By the Book

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13. Every Other Weekend

By: Abigail Johnson

3.94

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Can life begin again… every other weekend? Adam Moynihan’s life used to be awesome. Straight As,… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Every Other Weekend book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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14. You Say It First

By: Katie Cotugno

3.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and her … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's You Say It First book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Nice is overrated."

-Katie Cotugno, You Say It First

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15. The Pick-Up

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.49

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

When Mari hails a rideshare to a music festival, the last thing she expects is for the car to pick … read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's The Pick-Up book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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16. We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight thei… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's We Can't Keep Meeting Like This book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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17. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

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18. On the Bright Side

By: Anna Sortino

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's On the Bright Side book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Four Days of You and Me

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple's love story on the same date over four years. Ev… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Four Days of You and Me book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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20. Never Vacation with Your Ex

By: Emily Wibberley

3.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Never Vacation with Your Ex book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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21. What I Like About You

By: Marisa Kanter

3.59

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can... but in the real world, it's more … read more

Similar categories in Marisa Kanter's What I Like About You book and Katie Cotugno's You Say It First

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"First, my books need to breathe–in alphabetical order, by genre."

-Marisa Kanter, What I Like About You

"It’s knowing the world might be a trash fire, but it’s less trash when there are people to help navigate the darkness. Friendship is messy. Hard. Infuriating. Awesome. Fragile. Durable. Impossible. W…"

-Marisa Kanter, What I Like About You

21 Top fiction books like You Say It First by Katie Cotugno

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

This May End Badly

Samantha Markum

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

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Places We've Never Been

Kasie West

3.88

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12 must-read realistic fiction books like What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

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Maybe This Time

Kasie West

3.69

Transform Your Habits

A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

Laura Taylor Namey

3.62

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Erin Hahn

3.92

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