8 best-selling realistic fiction books like Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach

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Not Here to Be Liked

By: Michelle Quach

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated ne…

"You can’t not submit it,"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"Is it possible to be hungover from too much boba?"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"To be human is hard enough. Don’t make it harder for yourself."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Tweet Cute book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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2. Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a marr… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1) book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Lie first; figure out the rest later."

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"Do you think of me as some all-controlling harpy wife?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"Beautiful. Arrogant. Conniving. In this decade, who wasn't?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"What is family for if not to love us and then break our hearts?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

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3. I Hope This Doesn't Find You

By: Ann Liang

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"No,"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"She clucks her tongue at me. “Where’s your confidence disappeared to?"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

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4. The Do-Over

By: Lynn Painter

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Do-Over book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Everybody likes cats in sweaters"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

" I had a marvelous time ruining everything "

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I know that I'm the only one who truly cares about my happiness, so I make it a priority"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I fell in love with you on Valentine’s day, Emilie, but I need more than just seven minutes."

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

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5. Not Here to Be Liked

By: Michelle Quach

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated ne… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You can’t not submit it,"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"Is it possible to be hungover from too much boba?"

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"To be human is hard enough. Don’t make it harder for yourself."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

"everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do."

-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

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6. If You Could See the Sun

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's If You Could See the Sun book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Hmph,"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yeah."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yan Yan!"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"What your mama always say? If you not good person, you're nothing. Nothing."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

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7. This Time It's Real

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's This Time It's Real book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"We weren’t flirting,"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I want this to be real."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

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8. My Mechanical Romance

By: Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The … read more

Similar categories in Alexene Farol Follmuth's My Mechanical Romance book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you into opera or something?"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"honestly? physics is easy. what's hard is feeling like i want to be invisible all the time."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"You're such a nerd." "Oh, I know. My mom tells me all the time, but apparently nerds are hot now."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"Everyone at this school has plans, and then they want me to have plans, and I’m just so overwhelmed by their good intentions that I constantly feel the need to lie down for a solid five minutes befor…"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

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9. See You Yesterday

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.89

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But whe… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's See You Yesterday book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Maybe not," he says. "But it's nice to dream."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, See You Yesterday

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10. XOXO

By: Axie Oh

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets myst… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's XOXO book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It’s important to take time for yourself, even with responsibilities. You can’t be there for other people if you’re not first there for yourself."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"My girlfriend that I was in love with who broke up with me on a hospital rooftop three months ago in Seoul shows up right before my concert in New York City. Yeah, I forgot about it."

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"People do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave enough to ta…"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

"I'm saying, people do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave …"

-Axie Oh, XOXO

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11. A Show for Two

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mina Rahman has a plan for her future: • Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, … read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's A Show for Two book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Home is where you find love"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"We're raised to see our parents as infallible, to believe they're incapable of making mistakes– but what about when they do? When they keep making them? What about when their mistakes hurt us?"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"I'm not sure how old I was when I realized my parents were never going to love me the way I wanted them to– that their love was conditional, dependent on my own behavior and whether I fit their defin…"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

"This place is my home. These people are my home. I have memories in the cracks of every sidewalk, good and bad. Everywhere I go, I'll see the faces of people who have cherished me. I can run and run …"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, A Show for Two

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12. Counting Down with You

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life afte… read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's Counting Down with You book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Even though it's wrong, all I feel is relief."

-Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down with You

"I just don't like making other people feel bad"

-Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down with You

"I'm not a bad person for wanting. But I feel like I am."

-Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down with You

"I'm a puppet on strings, playing out my parents' dreams."

-Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down with You

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13. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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14. Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.06

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"You like it,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM, ALTUM VIDETUR."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"People change , Rowan. Thank God they do."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

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15. Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

By: Lynn Painter

4.29

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic t… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1) book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"She's not you." "What?" "She.Isn't.You"

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"I pulled back and let myself stare at his handsome face, at the person who had always been there for me, even when I hadn’t wanted him to be."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"Here’s how it usually went: I would see a cute guy, daydream about him for weeks and totally build him up in my mind to be my one-and-only soul mate."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

"I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn you cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you."

-Lynn Painter, Better than the Movies (Better than the Movies, #1)

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16. ASAP

By: Axie Oh

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's ASAP book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I didn't want to chase you," he says, and I wince. Did he finally realize I'm not worth chasing? "I wanted to run with you."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

"Do you mean it?" he asks softly. His fingers around my wrist tighten infinitesimally. "I mean it," I say. "With my heart, with my body, with my soul."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

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17. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1) by Abigail Hing Wen

18. Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)

By: Abigail Hing Wen

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the s… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Hing Wen's Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1) book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I don't care what baggage they dragged over the ocean. They have no right to make me carry it the rest of my life."

-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)

"--and at every turn, he finds excuses to touch me, pushing money into my hand, running his palm down my back, around the curve of my waist."

-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)

"He takes his time. A slow burn that builds and builds, until I am clawing at the stones and my back arches, and my toes splash and my body ripens under his grip."

-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)

"I snatch my body as well as my bad from Rick. My heart pounds in my throat. His hand and arm have branded themselves through the fabric of my clothes into my skin."

-Abigail Hing Wen, Loveboat, Taipei (Loveboat, Taipei, #1)

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19. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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20. Seoulmates

By: Susan Lee

3.55

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lee's Seoulmates book and Michelle Quach's Not Here to Be Liked

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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21. TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

By: Jesmeen Kaur Deo

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who—after becoming the subject of an ugly mem… read more

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

21 must-read fiction books like Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

Chloe Gong

4.23

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

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21 Top fiction books like My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Transform Your Habits

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

3.89

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Not Here to Be Liked

Michelle Quach

3.66

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