12 must-read contemporary books like Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong

Cover of Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong

Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice …

"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

If you liked the contemporary plot in Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. Borderland

By: None

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Borderland- a coming-of-age, YA eco-thriller about Indigenous land rights, with sci-fi elements. St… read more

Similar categories in None's Borderland book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

2. Friday Brown

By: Vikki Wakefield

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

I am Friday Brown. I buried my mother. My grandfather buried a swimming pool. A boy who can't speak… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Wakefield's Friday Brown book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

Cover of Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6) by Lynette Noni

3. Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6)

By: Lynette Noni

4.28

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

She didn’t hesitate to open the door and step through it, just as she had thousands of times before… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Noni's Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6) book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy Doak

4. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

6. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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7. Royals

By: Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more

Similar categories in Tegan Bennett Daylight's Royals book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

Similar categories in Megan Williams's Let’s Never Speak of This Again book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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10. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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11. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) by Lili Wilkinson

12. A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Except now there is a raven in the rowan tree."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"What good are stories when the monsters are real?"

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"A girl so full of wildness and passion and rage that maybe she couldn't contain the whole of herself."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"If you stay home all the time, stories never happen. Sometimes you have to break something in order for the story to leak out through the cracks."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

Cover of Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong

13. Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more

Similar categories in Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • gaming
  • contemporary romance
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

Cover of The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart by Samera Kamaleddine

14. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

Similar categories in Samera Kamaleddine's The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • contemporary
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15. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

Cover of Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice

16. Stuck Up & Stupid

By: Angourie Rice

3.05

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern trans-Pacific twist on Pride and Prejudice, from an authentic team of debut authors who kn… read more

Similar categories in Angourie Rice's Stuck Up & Stupid book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of If You tell Anyone, You're Next by Jack Heath

17. If You tell Anyone, You're Next

By: Jack Heath

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exclusive group chat. A deadly challenge. How far would you go to join? Jayden Jones is missing.… read more

Similar categories in Jack Heath's If You tell Anyone, You're Next book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda Was Here book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • contemporary
Cover of Being Jimmy Baxter by Fiona Lloyd

19. Being Jimmy Baxter

By: Fiona Lloyd

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lloyd's Being Jimmy Baxter book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • realistic fiction
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20. We Could Be Something

By: Will Kostakis

3.97

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more

Similar categories in Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

Cover of Eta Draconis by Brendan Ritchie

21. Eta Draconis

By: Brendan Ritchie

3.74

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Elora is leaving her hometown for university. Leaving behind friends, family, and safety to follow … read more

Similar categories in Brendan Ritchie's Eta Draconis book and Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game

  • fiction
  • young adult
"She had seen how distance could turn into forever in this world."

-Brendan Ritchie, Eta Draconis

"The town would blink away quietly, forgotten to the world amid the chaos and light."

-Brendan Ritchie, Eta Draconis

13 must-read fiction books like Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Let’s Never Speak of This Again

Megan Williams

3.80

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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