16 must-read contemporary books like The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala

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The Boyfriend Wish

By: Swati Teerdhala

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower f…

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1. With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse wh… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2) book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Promchanted

By: Morgan Matson

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two modern teens. One classic fairy tale. Absolutely no cell service. Stella Griffin doesn’t b… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Promchanted book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Whenever I tried to wear a low ponytail, I inevitably looked like a Founding Father. And not the attractive ones, like Hamilton."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"Promise,' Nisha had agreed. She'd held out her pinky and we'd linked them to get and shaken, entering what every fourth-grader knows is a binding contract."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"If you like someone, I realized in one incandescent flash, you liked them in a disgusting dungeon next to a literal pile of bones. You liked them everywhere. Because it wasn't about the setting-it wa…"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"You can't stop people from things that hurt and are hard, Stella. You can't reroute to avoid pain at all costs. You can't plan your way around everything. Sometimes, you just have to go through with …"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

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3. The Worst Ronin

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an unlikely pair of female samurai join forces, what begins as your run-of-the-mill quest for … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's The Worst Ronin book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • fiction
  • young adult
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4. Love, Off the Record

By: Samantha Markum

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two ri… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's Love, Off the Record book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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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 Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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

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6. Kindling

By: Traci Chee

3.76

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-r… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's Kindling book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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7. Deep Is the Fen

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Merry doesn’t need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fi… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's Deep Is the Fen book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. Sleepless in Dubai

By: Sajni Patel

3.61

Format: None pages, None

From the author of My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding comes this hilarious, smart, and swoon-worthy… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's Sleepless in Dubai book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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10. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Royal Scandal (Royal Blood, #2)

By: Aimee Carter

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by … read more

Similar categories in Aimee Carter's Royal Scandal (Royal Blood, #2) book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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13. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. The Boyfriend Wish

By: Swati Teerdhala

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower f… read more

Similar categories in Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear by Robin Wasley

15. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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17. Match Me If You Can

By: Swati Hegde

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A young magazine writer in Mumbai must prove her matchmaking skills—and contend with growing feelin… read more

Similar categories in Swati Hegde's Match Me If You Can book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

18. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Calculation of You and Me by Serena Kaylor

19. The Calculation of You and Me

By: Serena Kaylor

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's The Calculation of You and Me book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Dispatches from Parts Unknown

By: Bryan Bliss

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Dispatches from Parts Unknown book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3) by Nisha Sharma

21. Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3)

By: Nisha Sharma

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The third and final installment in Nisha Sharma’s beloved Shakespeare-inspired rom-com trilogy—an o… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3) book and Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish

  • romance
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

21 Best fiction books like The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala

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With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2)

Marissa Meyer

3.90

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Promchanted

Morgan Matson

3.69

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The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Love, Off the Record

Samantha Markum

4.16

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21 Top fiction books like Match Me If You Can by Swati Hegde

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Match Me If You Can

Swati Hegde

3.56

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Maya's Laws of Love

Alina Khawaja

3.58

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Amanda Sellet

3.09

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Emma Lord

3.46

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