20 Best fiction books like Things I'd Rather Do Than Die by Christine Hurley Deriso

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Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

By: Christine Hurley Deriso

3.39

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American po…

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1. Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By: Aron Ralston

3.84

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

A brilliantly written, funny, honest, inspiring, and downright astonishing report from the line whe… read more

Similar categories in Aron Ralston's Between a Rock and a Hard Place book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

"Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning."

-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

"You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far."

-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

"It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life."

-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

"Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live our lives as inspirations to each other."

-Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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2. Honestly Ben (Openly Straight, #2)

By: Bill Konigsberg

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Ben Carver is back to normal. He's getting all As in his classes at the Natick School. He was just … read more

Similar categories in Bill Konigsberg's Honestly Ben (Openly Straight, #2) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

3. Sweet

By: Emmy Laybourne

4.02

Format: 982 pages, Hardcover

PEOPLE WOULD KILL TO BE THIN. Solu's luxurious celebrity-filled Cruise to Lose is billed as "the be… read more

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4. In This Moment (Baxter Family #2)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Timesbestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a brand-new Baxter Family novel abou… read more

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5. The Wedding Promise (Bridesmaids #1)

By: Melinda Curtis

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

They used to call her the Bon-Bon Heiress. As one of Bon-Bon Chocolates heiresses, Tiffany Bonander… read more

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6. Playing With Fire (Montana Fire, #2)

By: Susan May Warren

4.32

Format: 80 pages,

From RITA award-winning author Susan May Warren comes a new action romance. Book 2 in the Montana F… read more

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7. Sisterchicks Say Ooh La La! (Sisterchicks, #5)

By: Robin Jones Gunn

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Childhood Friends Reunite to Rendezvous! All giggles and wiggles, Lisa and Amy sealed their friends… read more

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8. Rocky Road (Sons of Scandal, #2)

By: Becky Wade

4.21

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Agent Jude Camden handles every aspect of his job with by-the-book professionalism. There's no … read more

Similar categories in Becky Wade's Rocky Road (Sons of Scandal, #2) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. You Know I'm No Good

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and William C. Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes the story of o… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's You Know I'm No Good book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Memory Lane (Sons of Scandal, #1)

By: Becky Wade

4.08

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

After surviving a trauma several years back, Remy Reed relocated to a cottage on one of Maine’s mos… read more

Similar categories in Becky Wade's Memory Lane (Sons of Scandal, #1) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Perfect (The Genesis Trilogy, #1)

By: L.A. Kessler

3.34

Format: 300 pages, ebook

Perfection.Juliet Huff’s life depends on it.She’s never been outside, had friends over, or attend… read more

Similar categories in L.A. Kessler's Perfect (The Genesis Trilogy, #1) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Cole and Laila Are Just Friends

By: Bethany Turner

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Cole and Laila have been inseparable since they could crawl. And they've never thought about each o… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Wait for Me (Waters of Time #4)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.27

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

When the darkness closes all around, Beauty is still there just waiting to be found. Dawson Hux… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
"I realized too late that just because I couldn't see, didn't mean I couldn't live."

-Jody Hedlund, Wait for Me (Waters of Time #4)

"When the darkness closes all around, beauty is st I’ll there just waiting to be found."

-Jody Hedlund, Wait for Me (Waters of Time #4)

"His time in the past was fleeting... They only had a few days. And that would have to be enough for both of them."

-Jody Hedlund, Wait for Me (Waters of Time #4)

"The first thing we must always do to experience beauty is slow down and pay attention to details. Too oft we move hastily or let the busyness of life distract us."

-Jody Hedlund, Wait for Me (Waters of Time #4)

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14. Switched (Ghosted, #2)

By: Sarah Ready

3.95

Format: 338 pages, ebook

For Serena Otaki, free-spirited Californian, life is simple. She loves smashing atoms at The Large … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ready's Switched (Ghosted, #2) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Before, even two weeks ago, if Henry had said these things to me, my mouth would've gone dry, my stomach would've clenched, and I would've broken out in a cold sweat. But now... I understand. I under…"

-Sarah Ready, Switched (Ghosted, #2)

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15. Cabin Fever

By: Sierra Dean

3.19

Format: 243 pages, ebook

Things can’t get much worse for Dylan Powell. She just lost her sure-bet promotion to her boyfriend… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Dean's Cabin Fever book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
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16. Mixed Signals

By: Mia Heintzelman

2.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When corporate banker Julie Laurich gets stuck in traffic beside the man of her dreams and promptly… read more

Similar categories in Mia Heintzelman's Mixed Signals book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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17. Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars, #2)

By: Carla Luna

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Six nights in the Northwoods, two best friends, and one big secret. What could possibly go wrong? … read more

Similar categories in Carla Luna's Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars, #2) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Clean Break

By: Abby Vegas

3.56

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Lane Haviland can't seem to catch a break. She's dead broke, barely functioning as an adult, and co… read more

Similar categories in Abby Vegas's Clean Break book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Blue Hawaiian (Blackwood Cellars #1)

By: Carla Luna

3.54

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The first rule of serving as the maid of honor at your perfect sister’s destination wedding? No mis… read more

Similar categories in Carla Luna's Blue Hawaiian (Blackwood Cellars #1) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Premonition at Withers Farm

By: Jaime Jo Wright

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1910 Michigan, Perliett VanHilton is a self-proclaimed rural healer, leaving the local doctor, G… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Jo Wright's The Premonition at Withers Farm book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Empathy. Empathy was the emotion that warred with the brutality of death."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Premonition at Withers Farm

"Living was sometimes far more terrifying than staring death in the face and accepting one’s fate."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Premonition at Withers Farm

"But this time—for the first time in a long time—the not-saying-anything said absolutely everything."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Premonition at Withers Farm

"Whether coming from a fellow mourner or God himself, words were hardly comforting when the heart had shattered into a thousand pieces."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Premonition at Withers Farm

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21. When We're Thirty

By: Casey Dembowski

3.60

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Two friends. One pact. The performance of their lives. Hannah Abbott is stuck in a dead-end relatio… read more

Similar categories in Casey Dembowski's When We're Thirty book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3)

By: Jody Hedlund

4.28

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Sacrificing and dying to oneself is costly. But doing so brings new purpose and joy. As a priva… read more

Similar categories in Jody Hedlund's Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You will be here when I return, and we shall find a way to be together."

-Jody Hedlund, Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3)

"For many years she’d felt lost, that she didn’t know who she was. But here, now, with him, she was finally home."

-Jody Hedlund, Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3)

"Was that then, the true secret to life? In the sacrificing and dying to oneself, a person could find a deeper sense of purpose and joy?"

-Jody Hedlund, Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3)

"He didn't want to be carried by his hardships aimlessly. Instead, he wanted to find a way to carry the hardships with grace and purpose."

-Jody Hedlund, Stay with Me (Waters of Time, #3)

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23. White Wedding (Blackwood Cellars, #3)

By: Carla Luna

3.69

Format: 280 pages, ebook

Take one lavish holiday wedding. Add one evil ex and his bridezilla. And toss in a smoking-hot chef… read more

Similar categories in Carla Luna's White Wedding (Blackwood Cellars, #3) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. When We Were Young (The Baxter Family, #4)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.18

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a classic story about second chance… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kingsbury's When We Were Young (The Baxter Family, #4) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Marriage is not 50/50. There will be days when one of you falls short. Make it your goal to give 100% every day. That way you're both covered. Every day, forever!"

-Karen Kingsbury, When We Were Young (The Baxter Family, #4)

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25. Mixed Emotions

By: Mia Heintzelman

3.53

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Two truths. One lie. Only their hearts are off limits. Truth: Zora Monroe could rule the worl… read more

Similar categories in Mia Heintzelman's Mixed Emotions book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
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26. I Love You S’more

By: Wendy Dalrymple

3.24

Format: 130 pages, ebook

Freshly divorced and worn out from years of single-handedly running her marketing company, Samantha… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Dalrymple's I Love You S’more book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Finding Balance (Brave Enough, #2)

By: Kati Gardner

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Jase Ellison doesn’t remember having Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia when he was three years old. His ca… read more

Similar categories in Kati Gardner's Finding Balance (Brave Enough, #2) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • high school
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1)

By: Kati Gardner

3.99

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never reall… read more

Similar categories in Kati Gardner's Brave Enough (Brave Enough, #1) book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

By: Christine Hurley Deriso

3.39

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American po… read more

Similar categories in Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • high school
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Lonely for You Only

By: Monica Murphy

3.54

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Young heiress Scarlett Lancaster is delighted when her father tells her he hired a famous pop star … read more

Similar categories in Monica Murphy's Lonely for You Only book and Christine Hurley Deriso's Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. The Way Back (Broken Mirror Book 3)

By: Danielle Stewart

4.27

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Alexandria runs. She hides. She evades. The last ten years of her life have been spent trying to su… read more

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