12 Best realistic fiction books like TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

By: Jesmeen Kaur Deo

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who—after becoming the subject of an ugly mem…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

1. 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 Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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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2. Not Here to Be Liked

By: Michelle Quach

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated ne… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You can’t not submit it,"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"Is it possible to be hungover from too much boba?"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"To be human is hard enough. Don’t make it harder for yourself."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

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3. If You Could See the Sun

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's If You Could See the Sun book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Hmph,"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yeah."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yan Yan!"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"What your mama always say? If you not good person, you're nothing. Nothing."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

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4. This Time It's Real

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's This Time It's Real book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"We weren’t flirting,"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I want this to be real."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

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5. 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 Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • 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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6. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

By: Meredith Ireland

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Love, Off the Record by Samantha Markum

7. 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 Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's Seven Percent of Ro Devereux book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"We're always just looking for each other."

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

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9. 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 Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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12. The Boyfriend Wish

By: Swati Teerdhala

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower f… read more

Similar categories in Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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14. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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15. The Knockout

By: Sajni Patel

3.95

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A rising star in Muay Thai figures out what (and who) is worth fighting for in this #ownvoices YA d… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's The Knockout book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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16. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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17. Debating Darcy

By: Sayantani DasGupta

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This Pride & Prejudice retelling brings New York Times bestselling Sayantani DasGupta’s trademark w… read more

Similar categories in Sayantani DasGupta's Debating Darcy book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach

19. The Boy You Always Wanted

By: Michelle Quach

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Francine always has a plan. Ollie wants no part of it. Francine loves her grandfather, but their… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Quach's The Boy You Always Wanted book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

20. TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

By: Jesmeen Kaur Deo

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who—after becoming the subject of an ugly mem… read more

Similar categories in Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Beauty and the Besharam by Lillie Vale

21. Beauty and the Besharam

By: Lillie Vale

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Heated competition leads to even hotter romance in this YA summer rom-com for fans of Sandhya Menon… read more

Similar categories in Lillie Vale's Beauty and the Besharam book and Jesmeen Kaur Deo's TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance

21 must-read fiction books like TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Not Here to Be Liked

Michelle Quach

3.66

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If You Could See the Sun

Ann Liang

4.02

Transform Your Habits

This Time It's Real

Ann Liang

4.02

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20 Best fiction books like The Knockout by Sajni Patel

Transform Your Habits

My So-Called Bollywood Life

Nisha Sharma

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Any Sign of Life

Rae Carson

3.74

Transform Your Habits

The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

Angie Thomas

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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Nisha Sharma

3.89

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