20 Top contemporary romance books like The Me I Meant to Be by Sophie Jordan

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The Me I Meant to Be

By: Sophie Jordan

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

G irl  C Never date a friend’s ex. Willa Evans has no intention of breaking the code. So what if …

If you liked the contemporary romance plot in The Me I Meant to Be by Sophie Jordan , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Maybe One Day

By: Melissa Kantor

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Zoe and her best friend, Olivia, have always had big plans for the future, none of which included O… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Kantor's Maybe One Day book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I wanted to kill someone and I wanted to die and I wanted to run as far and as fast as I could because she was never coming back. She had fallen off the face of the earth and she was never coming bac…"

-Melissa Kantor, Maybe One Day

"I hate gender stereotypes like girls love princesses and boys like guns. . . my point is that tying particular behaviors and interests to particular gender seems to be the major reason guys who like …"

-Melissa Kantor, Maybe One Day

"I was just thoughts, just air. There was nothingness all around me. Was this what it was like to be dead? When you died, did you still sense everything going on around you, only it was happening so f…"

-Melissa Kantor, Maybe One Day

Cover of After the Dark (Killer Instinct, #1) by Cynthia Eden

2. After the Dark (Killer Instinct, #1)

By: Cynthia Eden

4.00

Format: 321 pages,

In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's gripping new series, a disgraced FBI profiler m… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Eden's After the Dark (Killer Instinct, #1) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • contemporary

3. Big Boned (Heather Wells, #3)

By: Meg Cabot

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Life is reasonably rosy for plus-size ex-pop star turned Assistant Dormitory Director and sometime … read more

Similar categories in Meg Cabot's Big Boned (Heather Wells, #3) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

4. Hot as Puck (Bad Motherpuckers, #1)

By: Lili Valente

3.77

Format: None pages,

The NHL's biggest bad boy is about to fall for the virgin next door... I am the world's biggest dat… read more

Similar categories in Lili Valente's Hot as Puck (Bad Motherpuckers, #1) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

5. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells, #2)

By: Meg Cabot

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at Ne… read more

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6. The Do-Over

By: Lynn Painter

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Do-Over book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"Everybody likes cats in sweaters"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

" I had a marvelous time ruining everything "

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I know that I'm the only one who truly cares about my happiness, so I make it a priority"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I fell in love with you on Valentine’s day, Emilie, but I need more than just seven minutes."

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

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7. Cold Day in the Sun

By: Sara Biren

3.96

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happen… read more

Similar categories in Sara Biren's Cold Day in the Sun book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Figure it out. Work through it. You’ll find your answer. What’s my plan? I don’t have one, except to do what I do every day. Keep moving forward. “Get through today? Get through practice, and our gam…"

-Sara Biren, Cold Day in the Sun

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8. Perfect Little Flaws

By: Jennifer Ann Shore

3.78

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s impossible to ignore Vince Novak. He’s all anyone can talk about—speculating on the reason … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ann Shore's Perfect Little Flaws book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller by Meredith Ireland

9. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

By: Meredith Ireland

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer

10. Call It What You Want

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player t… read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Call It What You Want book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"One choice doesn’t determine your whole future."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"I don't carry a grudge but I have a functioning memory."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"Other people don’t have the challenges we have... but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"When you've lost everything,' he says, 'sometimes you don't see anything wrong with taking a little back."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

Cover of To Marry and to Meddle (The Regency Vows, #3) by Martha Waters

11. To Marry and to Meddle (The Regency Vows, #3)

By: Martha Waters

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Regency Vows series continues with a witty, charming, and joyful novel following a seasoned deb… read more

Similar categories in Martha Waters's To Marry and to Meddle (The Regency Vows, #3) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover

12. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's Seven Percent of Ro Devereux book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"We're always just looking for each other."

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

Cover of The Game Can't Love You Back by Karole Cozzo

13. The Game Can't Love You Back

By: Karole Cozzo

3.88

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Eve is used to being the odd woman out. As the only girl on her school's baseball team, she knows e… read more

Similar categories in Karole Cozzo's The Game Can't Love You Back book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

14. How to Hack a Heartbreak

By: Kristin Rockaway

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster. By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpde… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Rockaway's How to Hack a Heartbreak book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"The right opportunities are the ones you create yourself."

-Kristin Rockaway, How to Hack a Heartbreak

Cover of Love, Naturally (Rock Bottom Love, #1) by Sophie Sullivan

15. Love, Naturally (Rock Bottom Love, #1)

By: Sophie Sullivan

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Presley Ayers is not the woman you bring on a camping trip. An accomplished concierge at an exclusi… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Sullivan's Love, Naturally (Rock Bottom Love, #1) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Lies You Never Told Me by Jennifer Donaldson

16. Lies You Never Told Me

By: Jennifer Donaldson

3.80

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

"A compulsive page-turner with a shocking twist--get ready to stay up all night!" --Sara Shepard, #… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Donaldson's Lies You Never Told Me book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. If I'm Being Honest

By: Emily Wibberley

3.93

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

High school senior Cameron Bright’s reputation can be summed up in one word: bitch. It’s no surpris… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's If I'm Being Honest book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"I know the truth can hurt, even when you need to hear it."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"It’s not hard to be with someone you love. It’s the most natural thing in the world,"

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"I could wither under his words and feel inferior or I could rise to them and become a better version of myself."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

"If I was going to commit to someone, I wanted him to be worth the worry, worth the part of me I was going to give him."

-Emily Wibberley, If I'm Being Honest

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18. Berries and Greed (Deep Earth Dating, #1)

By: Lily Mayne

4.21

Format: 564 pages, Kindle Edition

Greid I may hate everyone, but you can only take being alone for so long. Sooner or later, you get… read more

Similar categories in Lily Mayne's Berries and Greed (Deep Earth Dating, #1) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
Cover of Boys I Know by Anna  Gracia

19. Boys I Know

By: Anna Gracia

3.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and muc… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gracia's Boys I Know book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"After a lifetime of being told I wasn’t enough on my own, I’d begun to believe everyone who had told me the same thing."

-Anna Gracia, Boys I Know

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20. The Me I Meant to Be

By: Sophie Jordan

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

G irl  C Never date a friend’s ex. Willa Evans has no intention of breaking the code. So what if … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
Cover of The Do-Over by Suzanne Park

21. The Do-Over

By: Suzanne Park

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the author of Loathe at First Sight and So We Meet Again, a fun rom-com about a young Korean-A… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Park's The Do-Over book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Big Finish

By: Brooke Fossey

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Meet Duffy, an old curmudgeon who lives in an assisted living home. Meet Josie, a desperate youn… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Fossey's The Big Finish book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Things don’t go rotten unless they’re good first. Otherwise, how would you know the difference?"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"Whatever it is you’re mourning from back when, don’t. It brought you here, now, to do what you’re doing, and what you’re doing is honorable and right."

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"...you had to look loss in the eye, and if you were going to survive it, you had to believe that there were two different parts of every person: the stuff that ended up in the ground, and the stuff t…"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"I never regretted not having children, or, better said: I never regretted not inflicting myself on a child. Children need too much love, and despite what everyone likes to say, love is not free. Love…"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

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23. The Name Drop

By: Susan Lee

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Elijah Ri arrives in New York City for an internship at his father’s massive tech company, Han… read more

Similar categories in Susan Lee's The Name Drop book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley

24. 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 Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) by Elise Bryant

25. One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2)

By: Elise Bryant

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a ma… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of I Loved You in Another Life by David  Arnold

26. I Loved You in Another Life

By: David Arnold

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller David Arnold returns with a poignant love story about two teens whose sou… read more

Similar categories in David Arnold's I Loved You in Another Life book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

27. Rent a Boyfriend

By: Gloria Chao

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this incisive romantic comedy about a colle… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Chao's Rent a Boyfriend book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"Sometimes I'm ashamed of how I've clung to them with bloody, torn-apart hands, trying to make it work even after they show me again and again it's not worth it. But I'm somehow also ashamed of choosi…"

-Gloria Chao, Rent a Boyfriend

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28. Heartbreakers and Fakers

By: Cameron Lund

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Best Laid Plans comes another fresh voiced, hilarious rom-com perfect for fa… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Lund's Heartbreakers and Fakers book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of It Started with a Dog (Lucky Dog, #2) by Julia London

29. It Started with a Dog (Lucky Dog, #2)

By: Julia London

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Thanks to an accidental phone swap, two adorable rescue pups, and a coffeehouse clash, a holiday fl… read more

Similar categories in Julia London's It Started with a Dog (Lucky Dog, #2) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5) by Lynn Painter

30. Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5)

By: Lynn Painter

4.19

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Lynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoying… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5) book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"A laugh I'd recognize anywhere"

-Lynn Painter, Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5)

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31. If You Only Knew

By: Prerna Pickett

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A boy recently released from jail and the daughter of a prosecutor fall for each other against the … read more

Similar categories in Prerna Pickett's If You Only Knew book and Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant to Be

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance

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