17 must-read contemporary books like The Popularity Code (mix) by Stephanie Faris

Cover of The Popularity Code (mix) by Stephanie Faris

The Popularity Code (mix)

By: Stephanie Faris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Mean Girls meets The Clique in this relatable M!X novel that tackles the effects of online bullying…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Popularity Code (mix) by Stephanie Faris , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of When by Victoria Laurie

1. When

By: Victoria Laurie

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Laurie's When book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3) by Shannon Messenger

2. Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.49

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Sophie uncovers shocking secrets—and faces treacherous new enemies—in this electrifying third book … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
"Hindsight is a dangerous game"

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"Remember who you can trust, and keep them close."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"She wasn't going to cry. She was going to fight."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"I already did a cave of horrors thing with you a few weeks ago, and it wasn't awesome."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

Cover of Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #5) by Shannon Messenger

3. Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #5)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.62

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Dark schemes unfold--and Sophie's loyalty is pushed to the limit--in this thrilling fifth book in t… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #5) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
Cover of Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) by Shannon Messenger

4. Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She's a Telepath--someone who hears the thoughts of eve… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
Cover of Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

5. Prisoner B-3087

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087 book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
Cover of Spy School (Spy School #1) by Stuart Gibbs

6. Spy School (Spy School #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.06

Format: None pages,

Can a normal, average kid become a superstar secret agent? Maybe not, but it'll be fun to watch him… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Spy School (Spy School #1) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade

7. The One and Only Ivan

By: Katherine Applegate , Patricia Castelao

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accu… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

Cover of Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

8. Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ban This Book book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
  • school
  • contemporary
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

Cover of Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael  Grant

9. Gone (Gone, #1)

By: Michael Grant

3.86

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but no… read more

Similar categories in Michael Grant's Gone (Gone, #1) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

"I don't think it was God."

-Michael Grant, Gone (Gone, #1)

"Who am I? I’m the Breeze, bitch!"

-Michael Grant, Gone (Gone, #1)

"That's your solution? Have a cookie?"

-Michael Grant, Gone (Gone, #1)

"Sam grinned. He even laughed. “What’s funny?"

-Michael Grant, Gone (Gone, #1)

10. Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls

By: Beth McMullen

3.94

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn … read more

Similar categories in Beth McMullen's Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

11. Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.20

Format: 160 pages,

Sophie Foster is on the run--but at least she's not alone. Her closest friends from the Lost Cities… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

Cover of Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

12. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Cover of Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

13. Several People Are Typing

By: Calvin Kasulke

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack … read more

Similar categories in Calvin Kasulke's Several People Are Typing book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
"what is a workplace but a cult where everyone gets paid"

-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing

"When is have a break? We already had lunch, man. The next break happens when the work is over. I showed you on your gcal, remember? When is have a break from self meat? LOL. Uh, death, I guess. But t…"

-Calvin Kasulke, Several People Are Typing

Cover of Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards

14. Seven Dirty Secrets

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.66

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers a… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Seven Dirty Secrets book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz

15. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
Cover of Bellegarde by Jamie Lilac

16. Bellegarde

By: Jamie Lilac

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bellegarde reimagines the 90s romcom classic She's All That in 18th-century Paris, France. The l… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Lilac's Bellegarde book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney

17. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

Similar categories in Mary Mahoney's Dolls of Our Lives book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

Cover of Whale Fall by Elizabeth  O'Connor

18. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso

19. The Summer She Went Missing

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige R… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's The Summer She Went Missing book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

20. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

Similar categories in Kayvion Lewis's Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

21. Dress Coded

By: Carrie Firestone

4.17

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Firestone's Dress Coded book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
  • school
  • contemporary
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"

-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded

Cover of The Ivies by Alexa Donne

22. The Ivies

By: Alexa Donne

3.69

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get i… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's The Ivies book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Wink by Rob Harrell

23. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
  • school
  • contemporary
Cover of Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

24. Forget Me Not

By: Alyson Derrick

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Derrick's Forget Me Not book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of Flight 171 by Amy Christine Parker

25. Flight 171

By: Amy Christine Parker

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Devon Marsh is haunted by secrets. Like the identity of the person who killed her twin sister, Emil… read more

Similar categories in Amy Christine Parker's Flight 171 book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

Cover of Admission by Julie Buxbaum

26. Admission

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.54

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer. She's headed off to the college of her dreams. She's going to… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's Admission book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
"Money makes you weak because it tricks you into thinking you’re strong."

-Julie Buxbaum, Admission

"I think about all the things money can and cannot buy. A spot at SCC, but not a moral compass. Health care and rehab, but not immunity from our worst impulses. Fluency in Mandarin, but not the abilit…"

-Julie Buxbaum, Admission

Cover of The Matchbreaker Summer by Annie Rains

27. The Matchbreaker Summer

By: Annie Rains

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Matchbreaker Summer book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of The Lies We Tell by Katie Zhao

28. The Lies We Tell

By: Katie Zhao

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Anna Xu moving out of her parent's home and into the dorms across town as she starts freshman year … read more

Similar categories in Katie Zhao's The Lies We Tell book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • contemporary
Cover of I Speak Boy by Jessica Brody

29. I Speak Boy

By: Jessica Brody

4.07

Format: None pages, None

A phone-obsessed twelve-year-old girl, frustrated by the cryptic boys in her life, discovers a magi… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's I Speak Boy book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • middle grade
  • contemporary
Cover of The Popularity Code (mix) by Stephanie Faris

30. The Popularity Code (mix)

By: Stephanie Faris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Mean Girls meets The Clique in this relatable M!X novel that tackles the effects of online bullying… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix) book and Stephanie Faris's The Popularity Code (mix)

  • school
  • middle grade
  • mental illness
  • social media
  • contemporary

11 Best middle grade books like The Popularity Code (mix) by Stephanie Faris

Transform Your Habits

Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

Shannon Messenger

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #5)

Shannon Messenger

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)

Shannon Messenger

3.09

Transform Your Habits

Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

View all the books

21 best-selling fiction books like Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

Transform Your Habits

A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck

4.22

Transform Your Habits

We Had to Remove This Post

Hanna Bervoets

2.93

Transform Your Habits

Rouge

Mona Awad

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

3.78

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.