14 must-read contemporary books like Run the Game by Jason Myers

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Run the Game

By: Jason Myers

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this gritty novel from the author of Exit Here and Dead End, love is a high-priced and dangerous…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Run the Game by Jason Myers , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Crank (Crank, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.16

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

In Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Crank (Crank, #1) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A vacation is a poor substitute for love."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

"Funny thing about the monster. The worse he treats you, the more you love him."

-Ellen Hopkins, Crank (Crank, #1)

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2. We All Looked Up

By: Tommy Wallach

3.52

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels: The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Wallach's We All Looked Up book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's not the end of the world."

-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

"Fiction described reality better than non-fiction."

-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

"The world is full of unknown mysteries and vague resolutions."

-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

"He was the kind of guy who had a unique facial expression dedicated to thinking."

-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

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3. Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

By: Alyson Noel

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Alyson Noël’s most darkly seductive Immortals novel yet, Ever fights for control of her body, he… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Love is a gift. Passion is a curse"

-Alyson Noel, Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

"You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness."

-Alyson Noel, Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

"What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside."

-Alyson Noel, Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

"...if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?"

-Alyson Noel, Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

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4. Tell Me Three Things

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that's what it feels like during her first week of juni… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's Tell Me Three Things book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2)

By: Alyson Noel

3.61

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Alyson Noël's bestselling Immortals series has been hailed as "addictive," "beautiful," "haunting,"… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Seeing is believing"

-Alyson Noel, Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2)

"You can’t change the past, it just is"

-Alyson Noel, Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2)

"The love of every single one of my lives."

-Alyson Noel, Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2)

"Some things are meant to be gone FOREVER."

-Alyson Noel, Blue Moon (The Immortals, #2)

6. Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines

By: Nic Sheff

3.34

Format: 320 pages,

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularl… read more

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7. Impulse (Impulse, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages,

Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. Three li… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Impulse (Impulse, #1) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. Glass (Crank, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got h… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Glass (Crank, #2) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Burned (Burned, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

9. Burned (Burned, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

I do know things really began to spin out of control after my first sex dream.It all started with a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Burned (Burned, #1) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Program (The Program, #1) by Suzanne Young

10. The Program (The Program, #1)

By: Suzanne Young

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

In Sloane's world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Young's The Program (The Program, #1) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. Run the Game

By: Jason Myers

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this gritty novel from the author of Exit Here and Dead End, love is a high-priced and dangerous… read more

Similar categories in Jason Myers's Run the Game book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
Cover of Fallout (Crank, #3) by Ellen Hopkins

12. Fallout (Crank, #3)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.26

Format: 665 pages, Hardcover

Hunter. Autumn. Summer. Different homes. Different guardians. Different last names. Different liv… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Fallout (Crank, #3) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout"

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Clear. Cold. Empty. Like how I feel right now. Love is strange. One minute you’re jungle fever. The next you’re Artic winter."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

13. Choke

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.25

Format: None pages,

Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay eld… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Palahniuk's Choke book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Night Star (The Immortals, #5) by Alyson Noel

14. Night Star (The Immortals, #5)

By: Alyson Noel

3.80

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

After fighting for centuries to be together, Ever and Damien's future hinges on one final showdown … read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Night Star (The Immortals, #5) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define us."

-Alyson Noel, Night Star (The Immortals, #5)

"Damen's The One. Always has been. Always will be."

-Alyson Noel, Night Star (The Immortals, #5)

"Ever, if I’ve learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it’s that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged."

-Alyson Noel, Night Star (The Immortals, #5)

"Six hundred years is an awfully long time, Ever. So long it's impossible for either of us to imagine. Though it is more than enough time to rack up a few dirty skeletons for the old metaphorical clos…"

-Alyson Noel, Night Star (The Immortals, #5)

15. Damned (Damned, #1)

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The newest Palahniuk novel concerns Madison, a thirteen year old girl who finds herself in Hell, un… read more

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16. Holding Up the Universe

By: Jennifer Niven

4.07

Format: None pages,

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed "America's Fattest Teen." But no one's… read more

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17. Shadowland (The Immortals, #3)

By: Alyson Noel

3.66

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Enter the realm of the Immortals—the #1 New York Times bestselling series that's been acclaimed as … read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Shadowland (The Immortals, #3) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time."

-Alyson Noel, Shadowland (The Immortals, #3)

"While we may judge things as good or bad, karma doesn't. It's a simple case of like gets like, the ultimate balancing act, nothing more, nothing less. And if you're deteremined to fix every situation…"

-Alyson Noel, Shadowland (The Immortals, #3)

"But my attention’s elsewhere, drawn to that warm wonderful pull, the familiar loving essence that only belongs to one person—only belongs to him — Watching as Damen cuts through the water, board tuck…"

-Alyson Noel, Shadowland (The Immortals, #3)

"Where's your car? Miles asks, glancing at him as he slams his door shut and slings his backpack over his shoulder. "And whats up with your hand?" "I got rid of it," Damen says, gaze fixed on mine. Th…"

-Alyson Noel, Shadowland (The Immortals, #3)

18. Identical

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the di… read more

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19. Wild Bird

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

3.71

Format: 436 pages,

3:47 a.m. That's when they come for Wren Clemens. She's hustled out of her house and into a waiting… read more

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20. Jay's Journal

By: Beatrice Sparks

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jay was a sweet, bright high school student who cared about his grades and his friends. He had ambi… read more

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21. Go Ask Alice

By: Anonymous , Beatrice Sparks

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th Af… read more

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22. Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I

By: R.H. Sin

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel is author R.H. Sin's first book of poetry. read more

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23. Bad Girls with Perfect Faces

By: Lynn Weingarten

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Timesbestselling author of Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girlscomes a stylish thri… read more

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24. Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

By: Alyson Noel

3.59

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

The first book in Alyson Noël's extraordinary new Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world, … read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Evermore (The Immortals, #1) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"You'll always be safe with me."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"Laughing because it feels so damn good to do so."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"You never know what you have till you've lost it."

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

"It's over. Absolutely, completely, eternally over"

-Alyson Noel, Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

Cover of The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2) by Michelle Hodkin

25. The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)

By: Michelle Hodkin

4.25

Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition

Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Hodkin's The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2) book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Yes!"

-Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)

"Fuck seventeen."

-Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)

"There's some fuckery afoot."

-Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)

"I’m too selfish to leave you,"

-Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2)

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26. Satan's Affair

By: H.D. Carlton

3.71

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying hau… read more

Similar categories in H.D. Carlton's Satan's Affair book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'm not crazy!' I screech. I take a deep, calming breath and arrange the smile back on my face. 'I'm just passionate."

-H.D. Carlton, Satan's Affair

"I rip the knife from his head and start stabbing frantically, the feeling of my pretty knife cutting through flesh and bone is making my clit pulse."

-H.D. Carlton, Satan's Affair

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27. How to Make Friends with the Dark

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.08

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Here is what happens when your mother dies. It’s the brightest day of summer and it’s dark outsi… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's How to Make Friends with the Dark book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Always the universe, against you."

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Are you going to kill yourself, Grace? Are you going to wrist, hang, gun?"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Last night scared me, how calm I felt, thinking about killing myself. The S word"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Somewhere in those hours, those minutes, those seconds, your mom was, and then she wasn't"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

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28. The Words We Keep

By: Erin Stewart

4.34

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

It's been three months since The Night on the Bathroom Floor--when Lily found her older sister Alic… read more

Similar categories in Erin Stewart's The Words We Keep book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Playground

By: Aron Beauregard

3.48

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

ONCE IN A LIFETIME Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldi… read more

Similar categories in Aron Beauregard's Playground book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
"But, I’m-I’m your mother!"

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"She now looked like an ad for gape porn."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"Greg turned around, shooting laser beams though the most disappointing sperm he’d ever unleashed."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"The wheels were turning in all their heads, but the one with the dead hamster inside spoke first."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

Cover of Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds

30. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

By: Jason Reynolds

4.31

Format: 208 pages, None

Jason Reynolds's Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning, #1 New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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31. The Twin

By: Natasha Preston

3.34

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Ivy and Iris haven't lived together for years - when their mother and father divorced, each parent … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Twin book and Jason Myers's Run the Game

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

22 Top fiction books like Run the Game by Jason Myers

Transform Your Habits

Crank (Crank, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

4.16

Transform Your Habits

We All Looked Up

Tommy Wallach

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4)

Alyson Noel

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Tell Me Three Things

Julie Buxbaum

3.64

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9 Best fiction books like Impulse (Impulse, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

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Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lucy in the Sky

Anonymous

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Impulse (Impulse, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

3.92

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Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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