31 must-read contemporary books like One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite

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One of the Good Ones

By: Maika Moulite

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning …

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1. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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2. Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more

Similar categories in Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

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3. Grown

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Grown book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. The Black Queen

By: Jumata Emill

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. M… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's The Black Queen book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's hi… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. The Black Kids

By: Christina Hammonds Reed

4.03

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re… read more

Similar categories in Christina Hammonds Reed's The Black Kids book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Nobody calls boys sluts."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"It's not just about Rodney. It's about all of us."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"They don't fucking see us even when they're looking right at us."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"Sometimes when you want to disappear, it's easiest to hide in music."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

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10. The Cost of Knowing

By: Brittney Morris

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down w… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Cost of Knowing book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Amelia Unabridged

By: Ashley Schumacher

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future. Eighteen-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's Amelia Unabridged book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"One of the things I love—loved—about books is that no matter how dreadful the characters’ plights or how insurmountable the conflicts, everything turns out for the best in the end. Not necessarily ha…"

-Ashley Schumacher, Amelia Unabridged

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12. This Is My America

By: Kim Johnson

4.46

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist in… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's This Is My America book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • 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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16. The Secret Recipe for Moving On

By: Karen Bischer

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Ellie is dumped by her boyfriend, she's forced to make new friends (while watching her ex swoo… read more

Similar categories in Karen Bischer's The Secret Recipe for Moving On book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Let Me Hear a Rhyme

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Let Me Hear a Rhyme book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."

-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

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18. 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 Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Where Sleeping Girls Lie book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. Love Is a Revolution

By: Renée Watson

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a new YA--a love story … read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Love Is a Revolution book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.13

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Being in a shadow is never just as simple as stepping out of it. Shadows can camouflage a lot of things."

-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

"Your grandma used to always tell me that just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't successful. All things end at some point."

-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

"I dreamed of going to the most remote places on this earth to dig for old bones, older than people. Before humans and their stupid ideas. Before hate. Maybe even before love, too. Dinosaurs just exis…"

-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

"Because it is the hardness of the floor, and the abrupt halt in momentum, and the unyielding nature of the surface, that causes a thing to crack. Even if it is not that thing's fault. And then we tal…"

-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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23. Off the Record

By: Camryn Garrett

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Off the Record book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I always thought of sex as the thing straight cis people do to make babies, but Marius leaving kisses on my thighs feels like sex, too."

-Camryn Garrett, Off the Record

Cover of How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

24. How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A romance starring a Mexican American teen who discovers love and profound truths about the univers… read more

Similar categories in Raquel Vasquez Gilliland's How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite

25. One of the Good Ones

By: Maika Moulite

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning … read more

Similar categories in Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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26. When You Look Like Us

By: Pamela N. Harris

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—people think you’re trouble. No… read more

Similar categories in Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Doesn't matter that I'm the guy in here trying to work. My popping melanin makes me the aggressor in every situation."

-Pamela N. Harris, When You Look Like Us

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27. Roman and Jewel

By: Dana L. Davis

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

If Romeo and Juliet got the Hamilton treatment...who would play the leads? This is the story of a g… read more

Similar categories in Dana L. Davis's Roman and Jewel book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Accept what's yours. Honor what's theirs."

-Dana L. Davis, Roman and Jewel

"If you're patient, the universe has a way of balancing things out. Trust the process."

-Dana L. Davis, Roman and Jewel

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28. Baby & Solo

By: Lisabeth Posthuma

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Joel’s new job at the video store is just what the therapist ordered. But what happens if the first… read more

Similar categories in Lisabeth Posthuma's Baby & Solo book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Muted

By: Tami Charles

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Eliza… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's Muted book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Twice as Perfect

By: Louisa Onomé

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Onomé's Twice as Perfect book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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31. Kneel

By: Candace Buford

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The system is rigged. For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their sma… read more

Similar categories in Candace Buford's Kneel book and Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

31 best-selling fiction books like One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite

Transform Your Habits

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Theory

Nic Stone

4.16

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18 Best fiction books like Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

Transform Your Habits

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Theory

Nic Stone

4.16

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Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

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Angie Thomas

4.19

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