21 best-selling romance books like How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins

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How Not to Fall in Love

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartfelt c…

"People think it's the fear of falling, but it's not. It's the fear of falling combined with the desire to fall [...] the more we value something, the more we fear its loss."

-Jacqueline Firkins, How Not to Fall in Love

If you liked the romance plot in How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • 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

Cover of As If on Cue by Marisa Kanter

2. As If on Cue

By: Marisa Kanter

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A pair of fierce foes are forced to work together to save the arts at their school in this swoony Y… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Kanter's As If on Cue book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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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 Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • 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 Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • 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. When You Get the Chance

By: Emma Lord

3.88

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's When You Get the Chance book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I wish more than anything I could ask him something now. I was prepared to lose him, maybe. But I wasn't prepared for what happens after the losing."

-Emma Lord, When You Get the Chance

Cover of Love, Off the Record by Samantha Markum

6. 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 Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Throw Like a Girl

By: Sarah Henning

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Morgan Matson's The Unexpected Everything in this contemporary debut wher… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's Throw Like a Girl book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • 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 Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • 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. A Disaster in Three Acts

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey'… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's A Disaster in Three Acts book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It's just one of those things where the dread of doing the activity is much worse than the actual activity. Like putting on a bra just for the sole purpose of going to Neato Burrito for takeout."

-Kelsey Rodkey, A Disaster in Three Acts

Cover of Love & Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean

11. Love & Other Great Expectations

By: Becky Dean

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up wit… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Love & Other Great Expectations book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Want to be a knight, Al?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?"

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Maybe I just wanted to spend time with a pretty, crazy American."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

"Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you."

-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

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12. Exactly Where You Need to Be

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Turtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” ( Publishers Weekly ), romantic road … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Exactly Where You Need to Be book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My OCD is a speed bump, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"My OCD is a speed bumb, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"Lauren the therapist always tells me that the only person I can compare myself to are the former versions of myself."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

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13. In the Same Boat

By: Holly Green

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sadie Scofield is just a few days away from the race of a lifetime. The Texas River Odyssey may be … read more

Similar categories in Holly Green's In the Same Boat book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor

14. The Code for Love and Heartbreak

By: Jillian Cantor

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new take on Jane Austen's classic Emma. Emma Woodhouse is a genius at math, but clueless about… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Cantor's The Code for Love and Heartbreak book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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15. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Picture Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean

16. Picture Perfect Boyfriend

By: Becky Dean

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Picture Perfect Boyfriend book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why do you care?"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"I’m sorry, I was rude?"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"I knew you were spying on me."

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

"The world needs more women in STEM"

-Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

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17. All the Right Reasons

By: Bethany Mangle

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Bachelor meets Gilmore Girls in this laugh-out-loud young adult romance about a girl who joins … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Mangle's All the Right Reasons book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins

18. How Not to Fall in Love

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartfelt c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"People think it's the fear of falling, but it's not. It's the fear of falling combined with the desire to fall [...] the more we value something, the more we fear its loss."

-Jacqueline Firkins, How Not to Fall in Love

Cover of Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer

19. Unscripted

By: Nicole Kronzer

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A funny and timely debut YA about the toxic masculinity at a famous improv comedy camp Seventeen… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Kronzer's Unscripted book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Significant others are like airplane Wi-Fi."

-Nicole Kronzer, Unscripted

"I’m not Catholic, but I read somewhere nuns are, statistically speaking, really happy. And they live super long lives. With other women. Caring for one another, not worrying about boys—well, except f…"

-Nicole Kronzer, Unscripted

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20. Those Summer Nights

By: Laura Silverman

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's Those Summer Nights book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of This Might Get Awkward by Kara McDowell

21. This Might Get Awkward

By: Kara McDowell

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Sophie Kinsella meets Sarah Dessen in the most hilarious, romantic book of the summer about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's This Might Get Awkward book and Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love

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

20 best-selling fiction books like How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins

Transform Your Habits

This May End Badly

Samantha Markum

3.87

Transform Your Habits

As If on Cue

Marisa Kanter

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Places We've Never Been

Kasie West

3.88

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21 best-selling fiction books like Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs

Transform Your Habits

Promchanted

Morgan Matson

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Places We've Never Been

Kasie West

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

Meredith Ireland

3.78

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