15 Best realistic fiction books like 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3) by Sandhya Menon

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10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.84

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted…

"Samir leveled a gaze at her. 'Sometimes, being in control is the only thing you have going for you."

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"Considering her, Samir couldn't help but smile a little. Impractical and hot-headed as she was, he had to hand it to her. She approached everything she did with a tsunami of passion that he didn't think he'd ever felt, let alone for a game of Boggle."

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"But listen, people can change all the time. Maybe not in big, profound ways, but in little, incremental ways that end up changing essential parts of them anyway. It's like a Rubik's Cube - you start with one line at a time, and then everything begins to fit together."

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"It's crazy how all these little moments weave together and become this, like, tapestry of life, isn't it? [...] "I mean, really, it's just these mundane moments. Setting up the tent, grabbing lanterns from the shed. Putting on sunscreen. But in the larger framework of life, it's all so vital to who we are."

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3) by Sandhya Menon , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. 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 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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2. With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

After being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse wh… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach, #2) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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3. A Holly Jolly Ever After

By: Julie Murphy

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Kallum Liebermanis the funny one™. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy ba… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's A Holly Jolly Ever After book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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4. 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.84

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Samir leveled a gaze at her. 'Sometimes, being in control is the only thing you have going for you."

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"Considering her, Samir couldn't help but smile a little. Impractical and hot-headed as she was, he had to hand it to her. She approached everything she did with a tsunami of passion that he didn't th…"

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"But listen, people can change all the time. Maybe not in big, profound ways, but in little, incremental ways that end up changing essential parts of them anyway. It's like a Rubik's Cube - you start …"

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

"It's crazy how all these little moments weave together and become this, like, tapestry of life, isn't it? [...] "I mean, really, it's just these mundane moments. Setting up the tent, grabbing lantern…"

-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

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5. Promchanted

By: Morgan Matson

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two modern teens. One classic fairy tale. Absolutely no cell service. Stella Griffin doesn’t b… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Promchanted book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Whenever I tried to wear a low ponytail, I inevitably looked like a Founding Father. And not the attractive ones, like Hamilton."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"Promise,' Nisha had agreed. She'd held out her pinky and we'd linked them to get and shaken, entering what every fourth-grader knows is a binding contract."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"If you like someone, I realized in one incandescent flash, you liked them in a disgusting dungeon next to a literal pile of bones. You liked them everywhere. Because it wasn't about the setting-it wa…"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"You can't stop people from things that hurt and are hard, Stella. You can't reroute to avoid pain at all costs. You can't plan your way around everything. Sometimes, you just have to go through with …"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

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6. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Check & Mate book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

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9. Borrow My Heart

By: Kasie West

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Borrow My Heart book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

By: Laura Taylor Namey

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Taylor Namey's A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Why is it so hard to choose a direction? Part of it is that I've lost the ability to trust any of my own decisions. But there's another gap here, one I can't name. It's a Polaroid I shake and shake, …"

-Laura Taylor Namey, A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

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11. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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12. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Something Close to Magic

By: Emma Mills

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A baker’s apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prin… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's Something Close to Magic book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. Say You'll Be Mine

By: Naina Kumar

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this utterly charming debut romance, a teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense e… read more

Similar categories in Naina Kumar's Say You'll Be Mine book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Didn't See That Coming by Jesse Q. Sutanto

15. Didn't See That Coming

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.66

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identi… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Didn't See That Coming book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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16. Sleepless in Dubai

By: Sajni Patel

3.61

Format: None pages, None

From the author of My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding comes this hilarious, smart, and swoon-worthy… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's Sleepless in Dubai book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be, #3)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.86

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters—together, known a… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be, #3) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the hilarious follow-up to the breakout rom-com Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma adds shakkar and m… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

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

Cover of Reign (American Royals, #4) by Katharine McGee

20. Reign (American Royals, #4)

By: Katharine McGee

3.91

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

A queen's life hangs in the balance, and her siblings’ decisions—about what to do, and most of all,… read more

Similar categories in Katharine McGee's Reign (American Royals, #4) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice (Chai Masala Club, #2) by Annika Sharma

21. Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice (Chai Masala Club, #2)

By: Annika Sharma

3.56

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Payal is a girl on the verge―of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fas… read more

Similar categories in Annika Sharma's Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice (Chai Masala Club, #2) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

22. 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 Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. The Boyfriend Wish

By: Swati Teerdhala

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower f… read more

Similar categories in Swati Teerdhala's The Boyfriend Wish book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment by Arushi Avachat

24. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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25. A Match Made in Mehendi

By: Nandini Bajpai

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Simran "Simi" Sangha comes from a long line of Indian vichole-matchmakers-with a r… read more

Similar categories in Nandini Bajpai's A Match Made in Mehendi book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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27. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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28. Artifacts of an Ex

By: Jennifer Chen

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Chloe Chang gets dumped via USPS after moving across the county from NYC to LA, her first inst… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chen's Artifacts of an Ex book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Your face right now is pure joy. Watching you study art is worthy of any painting in a museum."

-Jennifer Chen, Artifacts of an Ex

Cover of Loveboat Forever (Loveboat, Taipei, #3) by Abigail Hing Wen

29. Loveboat Forever (Loveboat, Taipei, #3)

By: Abigail Hing Wen

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Return to the sparkling world of Loveboat, this time with Pearl Wong, on an entirely new, romantic,… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Hing Wen's Loveboat Forever (Loveboat, Taipei, #3) book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of My Big, Fat Desi Wedding by Prerna Pickett

30. My Big, Fat Desi Wedding

By: Prerna Pickett

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Desi Wedding Must-Haves: Drama. Food. Fashion. More Drama. More food. And, of course, nosy aunties … read more

Similar categories in Prerna Pickett's My Big, Fat Desi Wedding book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

31. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Sandhya Menon's 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Sonali Dev

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3.52

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4.27

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