8 best-selling realistic fiction books like What She Missed by Liara Tamani

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What She Missed

By: Liara Tamani

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Ebony Jones is devastated when her family moves from Houston to her grandmother’s …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in What She Missed by Liara Tamani , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Nigeria Jones

By: Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Nigeria Jones book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. The Thing About Home

By: Rhonda McKnight

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Home is not a place—it’s a feeling. Casey Black needs an escape. When her picture-perfect vow renew… read more

Similar categories in Rhonda McKnight's The Thing About Home book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Their Vicious Games

By: Joelle Wellington

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A Black teen desperate to regain her Ivy League acceptance enters an elite competition only to disc… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's Their Vicious Games book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. The Oath (Secrets, #1)

By: T.M. Richardson

4.26

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Does a second chance at happiness include your husband’s three best friends? Miles, Deacon, … read more

Similar categories in T.M. Richardson's The Oath (Secrets, #1) book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • contemporary
"Use your words moma"

-T.M. Richardson, The Oath (Secrets, #1)

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5. The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by K… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters) book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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 Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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 Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. My Week with Him

By: Joya Goffney

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A cute portrait of agency, hope, and intergenerational trauma by Goffney. "— Publishers Weekly A J… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's My Week with Him book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Outdrawn

By: Deanna Grey

4.23

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

It isn’t always lonely at the top. Noah Blue’s finally got her foot in the door. After clawing h… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She could be a siren; I painted her on the water in my mind, her hair splayed across the surface, eyes daring the viewer to jump in. Would she save them? Save me? Did I want her to?"

-Deanna Grey, Outdrawn

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10. Decent People

By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more

Similar categories in De'Shawn Charles Winslow's Decent People book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
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11. Delicious Monsters

By: Liselle Sambury

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller fo… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Delicious Monsters book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
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12. I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend

By: Jessica Cage

4.19

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Open a book. Read a spell. Whoop, there he is... a demon. The last single friend in her group and … read more

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  • fiction
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13. The Dark Place

By: Britney S. Lewis

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You can only hide from your nightmares for so long. Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask… read more

Similar categories in Britney S. Lewis's The Dark Place book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. With You All the Way

By: Cynthia Hand

3.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's With You All the Way book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Rhythm & Muse

By: India Hill Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Darren Johnson lives in his head. There, he can pine for his crush—total dream girl, Delia Dawson—i… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's Rhythm & Muse book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about… read more

Similar categories in Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. What She Missed

By: Liara Tamani

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Ebony Jones is devastated when her family moves from Houston to her grandmother’s … read more

Similar categories in Liara Tamani's What She Missed book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. When the Vibe Is Right

By: Sarah Dass

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers contemporary rom… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's When the Vibe Is Right book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

By: Codie Crowley

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Murdered bad girl Annie Lane is back from the grave and hellbent on revenge . . . she just has to f… read more

Similar categories in Codie Crowley's Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) by Hayley Dennings

21. This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1)

By: Hayley Dennings

3.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, where at night the dance halls… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Dennings's This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) book and Liara Tamani's What She Missed

  • fiction
  • young adult

20 Best fiction books like What She Missed by Liara Tamani

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

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The Thing About Home

Rhonda McKnight

4.28

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Their Vicious Games

Joelle Wellington

3.99

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The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)

Kristina Forest

3.80

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14 Top mystery books like Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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Lone Women

Victor LaValle

3.72

Transform Your Habits

My Darkest Prayer

S.A. Cosby

4.00

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Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

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