8 must-read realistic fiction books like Margot Mertz for the Win by Carrie McCrossen

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Margot Mertz for the Win

By: Carrie McCrossen

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars meets Moxie in the hilarious and thought-provoking sequel to Margot Mertz Takes it Do…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Margot Mertz for the Win by Carrie McCrossen , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. 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 Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

2. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

By: Maureen Johnson

3.81

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn’t going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studyin… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Not Here to Stay Friends

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the su… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Not Here to Stay Friends book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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6. Perfect Little Monsters

By: Cindy R.X. He

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl’s friends are suspects… read more

Similar categories in Cindy R.X. He's Perfect Little Monsters book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. The Only Girl in Town

By: Ally Condie

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your fault? For July Fielding… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Only Girl in Town book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. One Last Breath

By: Ginny Myers Sain

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Myers Sain's One Last Breath book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • young adult
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10. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Night in Question (The Agathas #2) book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. The Prince & The Apocalypse

By: Kara McDowell

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An American teen stranded in London is forced to team up with the British crown prince if she wants… read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's The Prince & The Apocalypse book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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13. The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When fif… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's The Headmaster's List book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Cancelled

By: Farrah Penn

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

With its clever snark and searing perspective, Cancelled is a funny, fearless novel about the reali… read more

Similar categories in Farrah Penn's Cancelled book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. This Is Not a Personal Statement

By: Tracy Badua

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From rising star Tracy Badua comes a poignant, propulsive standalone YA novel about a teen who, aft… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Badua's This Is Not a Personal Statement book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I grew sideways to get my share of the sun, letting my roots claw into the unwelcoming rock. Withering is not an option."

-Tracy Badua, This Is Not a Personal Statement

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16. Bad Girls Never Say Die

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Moxie comes a gripping gender-flipped reimagining of The Outsiders tha… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's Bad Girls Never Say Die book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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17. Friends Like These

By: Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twisted secrets that will have readers guessing with every flip of the page. Perfect for fans of GO… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Thin Air

By: Kellie M. Parker

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more

Similar categories in Kellie M. Parker's Thin Air book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. Dancing Barefoot

By: Alice Boyle

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher… read more

Similar categories in Alice Boyle's Dancing Barefoot book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Going Dark

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

21. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. Those Summer Nights

By: Laura Silverman

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's Those Summer Nights book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. The Museum of Broken Things

By: Lauren Draper

4.00

Format: 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback

I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Draper's The Museum of Broken Things book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Girls Who Burn

By: M.K. Pagano

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A twisty, pulse-pounding enemies-to-lovers thriller full of secrets, privilege, and murder. The… read more

Similar categories in M.K. Pagano's Girls Who Burn book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

25. Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her … read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • young adult
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26. Social Queue

By: Kay Kerr

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Social Queue book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

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27. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Two Sides to Every Murder book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

Cover of A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy (A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy, #1) by Jeff  Bishop

28. A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy (A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy, #1)

By: Jeff Bishop

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Reached Sam meets John Hughes in a funny and heartfelt debut about a boy’s delirious summert… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Bishop's A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy (A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy, #1) book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Margot Mertz for the Win by Carrie McCrossen

29. Margot Mertz for the Win

By: Carrie McCrossen

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars meets Moxie in the hilarious and thought-provoking sequel to Margot Mertz Takes it Do… read more

Similar categories in Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

30. An Academy for Liars

By: Alexis Henderson

4.01

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • mystery
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

31. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Carrie McCrossen's Margot Mertz for the Win

  • young adult

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Jessica Goodman

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Kaitlyn Hill

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Rosamund Hodge

3.32

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Somaiya Daud

3.92

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Lyra Selene

3.51

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Zoraida Córdova

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