18 Top realistic fiction books like That's Debatable by Jen Doll

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That's Debatable

By: Jen Doll

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

That's Debatable is a witty, smart, and feminist romantic comedy, author Jen Doll explores what it …

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1. Chasing Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.50

Format: 364 pages,

Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the co… read more

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2. The Prettiest

By: Brigit Young

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young abo… read more

Similar categories in Brigit Young's The Prettiest book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • contemporary
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5. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

Cover of Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

6. Charming as a Verb

By: Ben Philippe

3.85

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at … read more

Similar categories in Ben Philippe's Charming as a Verb book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"All children are charming as an adjective, but you’re charming as a verb."

-Ben Philippe, Charming as a Verb

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7. 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 Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Every Duke Has His Day

By: Suzanne Enoch

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Michael Blumley, Duke of Loriton (age 28), is viewed as an eccentric by his peers in the ton. He do… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Enoch's Every Duke Has His Day book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's Seven Percent of Ro Devereux book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We're always just looking for each other."

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

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11. The Rosewood Hunt

By: Mackenzie Reed

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lily Rosewood dreams of taking over her family's company one day. Her grandmother, Rosewood Inc's c… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzie Reed's The Rosewood Hunt book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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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 Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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 Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. My Eyes Are Up Here

By: Laura Zimmermann

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl strug… read more

Similar categories in Laura Zimmermann's My Eyes Are Up Here book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. The Fall of Whit Rivera

By: Crystal Maldonado

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemie… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Maldonado's The Fall of Whit Rivera book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Salt and Sugar

By: Rebecca Carvalho

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Carvalho's Salt and Sugar book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"She takes off as fast as Jessie and James getting kicked into the horizon at the end of every Pokémon episode."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"The ruby guava melts into the cheesy corn cake looking like a flower sprouting in the sun-kissed earth. This is the best compromise between our families' bakeries. It's perfect ."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Bell pepper and onion skewers dripping with garlic hot sauce and a little lime. Chicken and steak skewers wrapped in bacon. And a side of farofa so we could dip the skewers and feel the crunch of kas…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Empadões sit behind the glass, the round, perfectly golden brown pot pies loaded with shredded chicken and green olives. People usually know what they want when they walk into our bakery. Five loaves…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

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17. This Summer's Secrets

By: Emily Barr

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars , intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

18. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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19. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Eight Nights of Flirting (Golden Doors #2) by Hannah   Reynolds

20. Eight Nights of Flirting (Golden Doors #2)

By: Hannah Reynolds

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A sixteen-year-old girl is on a mission to find the perfect boyfriend this Hanukkah, but love might… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Reynolds's Eight Nights of Flirting (Golden Doors #2) book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

21. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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22. The Wolves Are Waiting

By: Natasha Friend

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Natasha Friend comes a compelling investigation of sexual harassment and … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Friend's The Wolves Are Waiting book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Lord of the Fly Fest

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One of Us Is Lying meets Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Fest in this wickedly addictive and funny YA … read more

Similar categories in Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It's a condition I have where I don't care about things."

-Goldy Moldavsky, Lord of the Fly Fest

Cover of How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins

24. How Not to Fall in Love

By: Jacqueline Firkins

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartfelt c… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Firkins's How Not to Fall in Love book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"People think it's the fear of falling, but it's not. It's the fear of falling combined with the desire to fall [...] the more we value something, the more we fear its loss."

-Jacqueline Firkins, How Not to Fall in Love

Cover of Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

25. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

Cover of The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

26. The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway

By: Ashley Schumacher

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since her mother’s death, Madeline “Gwen” Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life wil… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Schumacher's The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Best Liars by Amelia Kahaney

27. All the Best Liars

By: Amelia Kahaney

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark, modern psychological thriller and coming-of-age about obsession, manipulation, and the inte… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Kahaney's All the Best Liars book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The First Thing About You by Chaz Hayden

28. The First Thing About You

By: Chaz Hayden

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A high school student with spinal muscular atrophy is determined to reinvent himself. When fifte… read more

Similar categories in Chaz Hayden's The First Thing About You book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why are you so excited to have me as a student?"

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"I guess we’re two lonely nerds sharing our sad stories over lunch."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"Normal is a difficult word for me. I would never be normal in the eyes of society. It’s all I’ve wanted, but somehow it chooses everyone else instead of me."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

Cover of My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

29. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of On the Subject of Unmentionable Things by Julia Walton

30. On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

By: Julia Walton

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl rewrites sex education, one viral post at a time, in this fiercely honest and delightfully a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Walton's On the Subject of Unmentionable Things book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of That's Debatable by Jen Doll

31. That's Debatable

By: Jen Doll

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

That's Debatable is a witty, smart, and feminist romantic comedy, author Jen Doll explores what it … read more

Similar categories in Jen Doll's That's Debatable book and Jen Doll's That's Debatable

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

29 Best fiction books like That's Debatable by Jen Doll

Transform Your Habits

The Prettiest

Brigit Young

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

3.85

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Transform Your Habits

Trouble Makes a Comeback (Trouble, #2)

Stephanie Tromly

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Act Cool

Tobly McSmith

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Paper Planes

Jennie Wood

3.66

Transform Your Habits

When You Wish Upon a Lantern

Gloria Chao

3.82

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