9 must-read realistic fiction books like Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

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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…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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2. Hot British Boyfriend

By: Kristy Boyce

3.38

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

After a horrifying public rejection by her crush, Ellie Nichols does what any girl would do: she fl… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Boyce's Hot British Boyfriend book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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3. I Hope This Doesn't Find You

By: Ann Liang

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"No,"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"She clucks her tongue at me. “Where’s your confidence disappeared to?"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

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4. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • 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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6. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • 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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7. My Mechanical Romance

By: Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The … read more

Similar categories in Alexene Farol Follmuth's My Mechanical Romance book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you into opera or something?"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"honestly? physics is easy. what's hard is feeling like i want to be invisible all the time."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"You're such a nerd." "Oh, I know. My mom tells me all the time, but apparently nerds are hot now."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"Everyone at this school has plans, and then they want me to have plans, and I’m just so overwhelmed by their good intentions that I constantly feel the need to lie down for a solid five minutes befor…"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

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8. See You Yesterday

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.89

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But whe… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's See You Yesterday book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Maybe not," he says. "But it's nice to dream."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, See You Yesterday

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9. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. The Summer Love Strategy

By: Ray Stoeve

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to find summer romance like they’ve s… read more

Similar categories in Ray Stoeve's The Summer Love Strategy book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1)

By: Kristy Boyce

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dat… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Boyce's Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1) book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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12. We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight thei… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's We Can't Keep Meeting Like This book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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14. Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more

Similar categories in Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

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15. Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance re… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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16. The Girl Least Likely

By: Katy Loutzenhiser

3.80

Format: None pages, ebook

To All the Boys meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (with a dash of Dumplin’) in this funny, romantic, … read more

Similar categories in Katy Loutzenhiser's The Girl Least Likely book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Shipped

By: Meredith Tate

3.88

Format: 362 pages, ebook

Can two IRL enemies find their happily ever after online? Stella Greene and Wesley Clarke are Ge… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Tate's Shipped book and Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"If you’re so afraid of rejection that you won’t take risks, you’ll miss out on a lot in life."

-Meredith Tate, Shipped

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18. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • sports
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. 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 Alexis Nedd's Don't Hate the Player

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

21 must-read fiction books like Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Hot British Boyfriend

Kristy Boyce

3.38

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang

4.18

Transform Your Habits

As If on Cue

Marisa Kanter

3.58

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21 Top fiction books like The Girl Least Likely by Katy Loutzenhiser

Transform Your Habits

The Romantics

Leah Konen

4.10

Transform Your Habits

This May End Badly

Samantha Markum

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

Meredith Ireland

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Ride with Me

Lucy Keating

3.54

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