18 must-read contemporary books like The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison

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The Right Side of Reckless

By: Whitney D. Grandison

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He’s never met a rule he didn’t break… She’s followed the rules her whole life… When they meet, one…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. In the Wild Light

By: Jeff Zentner

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's In the Wild Light book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

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2. The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.67

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kep… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1) book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"...If I can't feel the good things anymore, then doing a few bad ones shouldn't hurt a bit. And they are long overdue."

-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

"I’ve borne it all with patience, the years of small cuts that heal over, my heart a pulpy mass of scars. But it was still beating, at least I could say that, right up until she took Goldie from me. N…"

-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

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3. A Year to the Day

By: Robin Benway

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones—holidays, birthdays, everything witho… read more

Similar categories in Robin Benway's A Year to the Day book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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4. Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

By: Tricia Levenseller

3.96

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe … read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1) book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I am more than my fear and weaknesses, but so much of the time, they're all I can think about."

-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

"One day, you’re going to fall madly in love. You’ll find someone who will make you want to leave the forge. You won't even see him coming."

-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

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5. The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the dark and stunning sequel to The Initial Insult, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis conclude… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2) book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Tress nods, unsurprised. Her life has taken so many turns for the worse I guess at some point you just don't expect the road signs to offer you anything better."

-Mindy McGinnis, The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

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6. The Hollow Inside

By: Brooke Lauren Davis

4.10

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Sadie meets The Glass Castle in a smart, gripping, and twisty YA debut about a girl seeking to reve… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lauren Davis's The Hollow Inside book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. After Dark with Roxie Clark

By: Brooke Lauren Davis

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Hollow Inside comes a twisty, thought-provoking YA thriller about grief, fam… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lauren Davis's After Dark with Roxie Clark book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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9. Fadeaway

By: E.B. Vickers

3.88

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more

Similar categories in E.B. Vickers's Fadeaway book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. What Beauty There Is

By: Cory Anderson

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Winter. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones. Jack Morton has nothing left. Except… read more

Similar categories in Cory Anderson's What Beauty There Is book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The Passing Playbook

By: Isaac Fitzsimons

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fitzsimons's The Passing Playbook book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"

-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook

Cover of The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison

12. The Right Side of Reckless

By: Whitney D. Grandison

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He’s never met a rule he didn’t break… She’s followed the rules her whole life… When they meet, one… read more

Similar categories in Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Don't Hate the Player

By: Alexis Nedd

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

By day, Emilia is a field hockey star with a popular boyfriend and a mother obsessed with her acade… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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15. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

By: Jared Reck

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story a… read more

Similar categories in Jared Reck's Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
" HAMBURGARE Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- POMMES FRITES Fresh-cut fries ---- ---- ---- MUNKAR ---- ---- ---- ---- "

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"Goat cheese poutine. Fresh-cut fries. Thick, rich beef gravy. Some other secret goodies splashed in. And creamy, tangy goat cheese. Jösses, the stuff was life-changing."

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"We stuck with the traditional Äpple Munk and the favorite munkhål, but we also added a seasonal one I'd been working on in Mrs. Bixler's room during this dramatic lull in school-apple leftovers. I'd …"

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

"I wonder if maybe Farfar's heaven would be steering his own kart, inside the game, his gray ponytail slowly flapping in the lessened gravity of Rainbow Road, cackling as a smiling puff-cloud fishes h…"

-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

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16. Eat Your Heart Out

By: Kelly deVos

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more

Similar categories in Kelly deVos's Eat Your Heart Out book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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17. Zyla & Kai

By: Kristina Forest

3.88

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new YA romance novel by Kristina Forest, Zyla & Kai is an epic star-crossed love story abou… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's Zyla & Kai book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. How We Ricochet

By: Faith Gardner

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Intimate, impactful, and incisive, this newest novel from Faith Gardner, critically acclaimed autho… read more

Similar categories in Faith Gardner's How We Ricochet book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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19. Now That I've Found You

By: Kristina Forest

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Now That I've Found You is a YA novel about searching for answers, love, and your eccentric grandma… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's Now That I've Found You book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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20. All the Things We Never Knew

By: Liara Tamani

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the moment Carli and Rex first locked eyes on a Texas high school basketball court, they both … read more

Similar categories in Liara Tamani's All the Things We Never Knew book and Whitney D. Grandison's The Right Side of Reckless

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison

Transform Your Habits

In the Wild Light

Jeff Zentner

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

Mindy McGinnis

3.67

Transform Your Habits

A Year to the Day

Robin Benway

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

Tricia Levenseller

3.96

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18 best-selling fiction books like What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson

Transform Your Habits

In the Wild Light

Jeff Zentner

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)

Mindy McGinnis

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Words We Keep

Erin Stewart

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Muchomory w cukrze

Marta Bijan

3.77

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