19 Top fiction books like Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

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Much Ado about Nada

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On…

"Life really was bizarre on occasion."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

If you liked the fiction plot in Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. She Wore Red Trainers

By: Na'ima B. Robert

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her--her hijab, her long eyelashes and her… read more

Similar categories in Na'ima B. Robert's She Wore Red Trainers book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

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2. Sex, Lies and Sensibility

By: Nikki Payne

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated, beach town inn but must learn to work with … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Payne's Sex, Lies and Sensibility book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Business or Pleasure

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Business or Pleasure book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Say You'll Be Mine

By: Naina Kumar

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this utterly charming debut romance, a teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense e… read more

Similar categories in Naina Kumar's Say You'll Be Mine book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits)

By: S.K. Ali

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fun and fresh sequel to Saints and Misfits, Janna hopes her brother’s wedding will be the p… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits) book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Throughout our lives, pain visits us in turns. There isn't a human alive that hasn't been touched by pain. We all carry scars and wounds, but only some rise to the surface to be seen and commented on…"

-S.K. Ali, Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits)

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6. 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 Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Good Fortune

By: C.K. Chau

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in conte… read more

Similar categories in C.K. Chau's Good Fortune book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Brendan looked at Jane, Jane looked at Brendan, Elizabeth looked at Darcy, and Darcy stared at the opposite wall, straight at the grease-splattered calendar showing an outdated month."

-C.K. Chau, Good Fortune

"They left their daughters to grow into their hollowed Chinese, plugging English into whatever sprang a leak, stumbling on the wrong sounds, chasing intelligibility--but as Jade insisted, at least the…"

-C.K. Chau, Good Fortune

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8. Full Moon Over Freedom (Milagro Street, #2)

By: Angelina M. Lopez

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Gillian Armstead-Bancroft—Pride of the East Side and once-perfect bruja, wife, and mother—is going … read more

Similar categories in Angelina M. Lopez's Full Moon Over Freedom (Milagro Street, #2) book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Courting Samira

By: Amal Awad

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in Sydney, Australia, Courting Samira is a charming and frothy romantic comedy about a twenty-s… read more

Similar categories in Amal Awad's Courting Samira book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more

Similar categories in Mai Nguyen's Sunshine Nails book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Much Ado about Nada

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On… read more

Similar categories in Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • canada
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life really was bizarre on occasion."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

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12. To Have and to Heist

By: Sara Desai

3.53

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

To exonerate her best friend, one woman must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the s… read more

Similar categories in Sara Desai's To Have and to Heist book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Watch your back." "I thought that was your job." I looked over my shoulder, only to catch Jack's gaze on my ass. "It's more of a hobby right now," he said."

-Sara Desai, To Have and to Heist

"Wild Heart, a magnificent necklace containing twenty-six oval-shaped pink diamonds surrounded by diamonds and emeralds with a forty-carat heart-shaped pink diamond pendant center."

-Sara Desai, To Have and to Heist

"Are you wearing a suit?" I felt behind me, stroked my hand over his thigh. "Feels like jeans." "You're making it very difficult to be a gentleman," he said. "I think we should keep the below-the-belt…"

-Sara Desai, To Have and to Heist

"Chloe rarely went out, so she took advantage of every opportunity. She'd blown out her hair into soft waves and dressed up in a gorgeous flowy mauve slip dress that had a boho crochet lace bralette t…"

-Sara Desai, To Have and to Heist

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13. Jana Goes Wild

By: Farah Heron

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged delivers a delightful rom-com of one woman tryi… read more

Similar categories in Farah Heron's Jana Goes Wild book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Love from Mecca to Medina

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprisin… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Love from Mecca to Medina book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"So he would get away from it all and sit in the cave to grieve and pray for change-yes, in the best ways he knew how. And then"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe and act upon it, everything and everyone around upou will feel at peace with you"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe it and act upon it, everything and everyone around you will feel at peace with you."

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

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16. Maya's Laws of Love

By: Alina Khawaja

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A bride-to-be convinced she’s cursed in romance finds her luck changing—at exactly the wrong time. … read more

Similar categories in Alina Khawaja's Maya's Laws of Love book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • canada
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed

By: Noreen Mughees

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev and Uzma Jalaluddin, Noreen Mughees’s sparkling debut novel reunites… read more

Similar categories in Noreen Mughees's The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi

18. When a Brown Girl Flees

By: Aamna Qureshi

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After Zahra Paracha makes a decision at odds with her beliefs, her mother forces Zahra to make an i… read more

Similar categories in Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • audiobook
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My life had been so full, so why had I felt so empty in it?"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

"Loneliness was like an old pair of socks I should have gotten rid of ages ago- though worn and slightly scratchy, they were somehow comfortable despite the discomfort"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

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19. If I Loved You Less

By: Aamna Qureshi

3.93

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A joyful romantic comedy retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma! I know what you’re thinking: poor litt… read more

Similar categories in Aamna Qureshi's If I Loved You Less book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Dig Up

By: I. Farah

4.02

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Mulki, an aspiring archaeologist on the brink of finishing her Ph.D. Her heart's deepest desir… read more

Similar categories in I. Farah's The Dig Up book and Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • muslims
"And no stone or diamond could be as precious as the treasure I was gifted with yesterday."

-I. Farah, The Dig Up

"As long as Allah grants me life, I will do everything in my power to make sure you never feel alone again."

-I. Farah, The Dig Up

"A driving granny, on a solo mission to see her grandson in the big city, this is getting better by the minute."

-I. Farah, The Dig Up

"Mulki realized she had despite losing those closest to her, she had never been alone, she had always, had, and will always have her Lord and Protector, Allah."

-I. Farah, The Dig Up

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 Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook

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3.76

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Say You'll Be Mine

Naina Kumar

3.81

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Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits)

S.K. Ali

3.91

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4.06

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4.16

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Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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