10 must-read realistic fiction books like As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

Cover of As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.63

Format: 60 pages, ebook

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly ch…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of This Night So Dark (Starbound, #1.5) by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

1. This Night So Dark (Starbound, #1.5)

By: Amie Kaufman , Meagan Spooner

3.78

Format: 109 pages, ebook

Tarver still has nightmares about the night, six months before the Icarus crash, when he rescued c… read more

Similar categories in Amie Kaufman's This Night So Dark (Starbound, #1.5) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • teen
  • novella
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Girlfriend Request by Jodie Andrefski

2. The Girlfriend Request

By: Jodie Andrefski

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Updating best friend to girlfriend is more than a change of status... Emma has been best friends wi… read more

Similar categories in Jodie Andrefski's The Girlfriend Request book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Nanny Arrangement (Country Blues, #2) by Rachel  Harris

3. The Nanny Arrangement (Country Blues, #2)

By: Rachel Harris

3.97

Format: 112 pages,

Soft-spoken and shy Hannah Fisher is determined to make the man she's loved her entire life finally… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harris's The Nanny Arrangement (Country Blues, #2) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary

4. A Bollywood Affair

By: Sonali Dev

3.67

Format: None pages,

Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more

Similar categories in Sonali Dev's A Bollywood Affair book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary

5. The Way You Make Me Feel

By: Maurene Goo

3.58

Format: 366 pages, ebook

From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of summer love, new fri… read more

Similar categories in Maurene Goo's The Way You Make Me Feel book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like, #1.5) by Jennifer E. Smith

6. Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like, #1.5)

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.68

Format: 593 pages, ebook

Ellie O'Neill and Graham Larkin fell hard for each other when a misspelled email address unexpected… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer E. Smith's Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like, #1.5) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • novella
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Chasing Impossible (Pushing the Limits, #5) by Katie McGarry

7. Chasing Impossible (Pushing the Limits, #5)

By: Katie McGarry

4.11

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Tough and independent, 17-year-old Abby lets very few people into her inner circle. It's common kno… read more

Similar categories in Katie McGarry's Chasing Impossible (Pushing the Limits, #5) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

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

8. Treasure

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

4.25

Format: 328 pages, ebook

Her sister's bachelorette party is the highlight of a miserable year for Alexis Chambers, but once … read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Weatherspoon's Treasure book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

9. Love and Other Train Wrecks

By: Leah Konen

5.00

Format: 30 pages, ebook

A twenty-four-hour romance about two teens who meet--and perhaps change their minds about love--on … read more

Similar categories in Leah Konen's Love and Other Train Wrecks book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

Cover of This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender

10. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

By: Kacen Callender

3.38

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy a… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe the way you love changes from person to person."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"Maybe the ending isn't even really the point. Just as long as there was a happy somewhere along the way."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m sick and tired of looking around at everyone else falling in love, and telling myself that I don’t deserve it, too."

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

"I’m realizing it doesn’t really matter if we have a happy ending or not. We’re happy right now. That’s the important part, right?"

-Kacen Callender, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Cover of The Legal Affair (The Singh Family, #2) by Nisha Sharma

11. The Legal Affair (The Singh Family, #2)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.81

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Rajneet Hothi built her empire with sweat, blood, and information. She knows everything there is to… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's The Legal Affair (The Singh Family, #2) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi

12. It All Comes Back to You

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.49

Format: 432 pages, ebook

After Kiran Noorani's mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close. Then out of … read more

Similar categories in Farah Naz Rishi's It All Comes Back to You book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Where you live, where you love, where you breathe--that is where your home will be."

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"Who you have feelings for—that is not a choice. Feelings happen whether you want them to or not. But love isn’t a feeling; it’s the act of planting a seed and putting in the time and care it needs to…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"DEEN: What about you? KIRAN: Hmm . . . seeing the future! KIRAN: I want to be able to see the future. DEEN: Feeling anxious about the future? KIRAN: Yeah. Always. KIRAN: Especially lately. DEEN: How’…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

"There are millions of shayaris and ghazals and songs that spin beautiful words about what love is: fire, wine, pain," he goes on. "But that is all passion. Feeling. Love, on the other hand, is an act…"

-Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You

Cover of This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura

13. This Time Will Be Different

By: Misa Sugiura

3.72

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived… read more

Similar categories in Misa Sugiura's This Time Will Be Different book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

14. Not So Pure and Simple

By: Lamar Giles

4.05

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Not So Pure and Simple book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."

-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple

Cover of Sway With Me by Syed M. Masood

15. Sway With Me

By: Syed M. Masood

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana, his 100-year-old great-grandfather. This include… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's Sway With Me book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You can't reason your way to faith or love. Your heart has to take you there."

-Syed M. Masood, Sway With Me

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16. Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley … read more

Similar categories in Robin Talley's Music from Another World book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I'm a child. They're the ones hurting me"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"We know how the world works, but that doesn't change who we are."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"There’s no point worrying so hard you can’t breathe. Life’s short, and you’ve got to make sure there's time to live it."

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

"Then I kissed her. And I finally understand all those songs I didn’t get before. This is what people mean when they write songs about love. This feeling. This perfect, overwhelming knowledge that eve…"

-Robin Talley, Music from Another World

Cover of Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra

17. Symptoms of a Heartbreak

By: Sona Charaipotra

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―… read more

Similar categories in Sona Charaipotra's Symptoms of a Heartbreak book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

18. As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.63

Format: 60 pages, ebook

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly ch… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • novella
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Everyone's a Critic by Jennifer Weiner

19. Everyone's a Critic

By: Jennifer Weiner

3.20

Format: 30 pages, ebook

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Everything and In Her Shoes masterfully combines S… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's Everyone's a Critic book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Society of Wishes (Wish Quartet, #1) by Elise Kova

20. Society of Wishes (Wish Quartet, #1)

By: Elise Kova

3.56

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

First book in the Wish Quartet, a new-adult, urban fantasy series BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. … read more

Similar categories in Elise Kova's Society of Wishes (Wish Quartet, #1) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of In The Grip Of It (Nora Watts, #1.5) by Sheena Kamal

21. In The Grip Of It (Nora Watts, #1.5)

By: Sheena Kamal

3.59

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

On a surveillance assignment for a child custody case, PI-in-training Nora Watts finds herself ensc… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Kamal's In The Grip Of It (Nora Watts, #1.5) book and Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

  • short stories
  • fiction

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