19 best-selling fiction books like Dangerous Play by Emma Kress

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Dangerous Play

By: Emma Kress

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fierce team of girls takes back the night in this propulsive, electrifying, and high-stakes YA de…

"Play as big as you dream."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

"Play as big as you dream."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

"We hold more power than anyone told us we could."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

"We hold more power than anyone told us we could."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

If you liked the fiction plot in Dangerous Play by Emma Kress , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. People Like Us

By: Dana Mele

3.52

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she's reinvented herself en… read more

Similar categories in Dana Mele's People Like Us book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I don't want to fall back into that wild spinning nothingness again. Because once you're in it, there are no footholds. It takes something extraordinary, a cosmic alignment of divine proportions, to …"

-Dana Mele, People Like Us

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2. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

By: Dashka Slater

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives f… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • audiobook
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3. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

By: Crystal Frasier

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please!Annie is a smart, antisocia… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Frasier's Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
"Oh? You're held to a different standard because of others' preconceptions?"

-Crystal Frasier, Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

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6. The Legacies

By: Jessica Goodman

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old money. New secrets. One killer party. Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Legacies book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. Squad

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

3.79

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing grap… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Squad book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • fiction
  • young adult
"F*ck ever needing a tampon and having no one answer when you ask for help."

-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Squad

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8. Stay Gold

By: Tobly McSmith

3.84

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more

Similar categories in Tobly McSmith's Stay Gold book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."

-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold

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9. La Nouvelle(s) (Elles, #1)

By: Kid Toussaint

4.12

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Elle, c'est une fille un peu comme tout le monde mais pas tout à fait comme les autres. Jeune fille… read more

Similar categories in Kid Toussaint's La Nouvelle(s) (Elles, #1) book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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11. Imogen, Obviously

By: Becky Albertalli

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"

-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

Cover of Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1) by Jasmine  Skye

12. Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1)

By: Jasmine Skye

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ev… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Skye's Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1) book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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13. Very Bad People

By: Kit Frick

3.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's Very Bad People book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. The Shadow Sister

By: Lily Meade

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She’s trying to help f… read more

Similar categories in Lily Meade's The Shadow Sister book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. The Bad Ones

By: Melissa Albert

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's The Bad Ones book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"

-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones

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16. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Going Bicoastal book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. The Book Proposal

By: K.J. Micciche

3.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

DESPERATELY SEEKING FICTIONAL HERO FOR HAPPILY EVER AFTER Broke up with, broke, and with a vicio… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Micciche's The Book Proposal book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I've learned from past mistakes that you should never own something as fun as a charcuterie board and save it for "special occasions," because it's highly like that the people you saved it for will s…"

-K.J. Micciche, The Book Proposal

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20. Six of Sorrow

By: Amanda Linsmeier

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Linsmeier's Six of Sorrow book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Dangerous Play by Emma  Kress

21. Dangerous Play

By: Emma Kress

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fierce team of girls takes back the night in this propulsive, electrifying, and high-stakes YA de… read more

Similar categories in Emma Kress's Dangerous Play book and Emma Kress's Dangerous Play

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult contemporary
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Play as big as you dream."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

"We hold more power than anyone told us we could."

-Emma Kress, Dangerous Play

16 Best contemporary books like Dangerous Play by Emma Kress

Transform Your Habits

People Like Us

Dana Mele

3.52

Transform Your Habits

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

Transform Your Habits

How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms

Crystal Frasier

4.24

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21 Top fiction books like The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

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The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

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Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

4.01

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Imogen, Obviously

Becky Albertalli

4.23

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