19 Best fiction books like The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

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The Best at It

By: Maulik Pancholy

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul K…

"Being different is what makes us fun, remember?"

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"Even when he's doing nothing, personality spills out of his every pore."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I pick up my pencil. Shoot. My hand is shaking. How is it possible to still be this nervous? I've felt this way for over eight hours now."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I feel like I could do anything. The world is my oyster. If I ate oysters, which I don't. My family's vegetarian. But you know what I mean."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

If you liked the fiction plot in The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Paper Things

By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Richard Jacobson's Paper Things book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

Similar categories in Amina Luqman-Dawson's Freewater book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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3. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Best at It

By: Maulik Pancholy

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul K… read more

Similar categories in Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • audiobook
  • queer
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Being different is what makes us fun, remember?"

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"Even when he's doing nothing, personality spills out of his every pore."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I pick up my pencil. Shoot. My hand is shaking. How is it possible to still be this nervous? I've felt this way for over eight hours now."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I feel like I could do anything. The world is my oyster. If I ate oysters, which I don't. My family's vegetarian. But you know what I mean."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

Cover of The Fort by Gordon Korman

6. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • middle grade
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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9. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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10. Maybe He Just Likes You

By: Barbara Dee

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee e… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Maybe He Just Likes You book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation."

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

"I just meant this stuff with me is different . And I definitely wouldn't call it regular bullying." "So what would you call it, then?" I opened my mouth to answer. But I didn't have any words. Becaus…"

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

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11. Ashlords (Ashlords, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Red Rising meets The Scorpio Races in this epic fantasy following three phoenix horse riders--skill… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's Ashlords (Ashlords, #1) book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. A High Five for Glenn Burke

By: Phil Bildner

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger a… read more

Similar categories in Phil Bildner's A High Five for Glenn Burke book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • queer
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15. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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17. My Life in the Fish Tank

By: Barbara Dee

4.21

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's My Life in the Fish Tank book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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18. Chirp

By: Kate Messner

4.14

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's Chirp book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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19. A Good Kind of Trouble

By: Lisa Moore Ramée

4.24

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Moore Ramée's A Good Kind of Trouble book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"And I like saying something, even if I'm saying it quietly."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"When I think too much about Jace, I feel happy and sad at the same time."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"That's the problem with a three-way friendship. When one of us is missing, it's hard to talk about anything important."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"In junior high, we run a mile every week and we're supposed to get faster each time. Logically, there has to be a point when this is physically impossible, but Coach West doesn't seem to think so."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

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20. This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes: from why our brains form them to how recog… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Lloyd Kyi's This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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21. The Only Black Girls in Town

By: Brandy Colbert

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Only Black Girls in Town book and Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

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Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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Maulik Pancholy

4.17

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Gordon Korman

4.31

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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4.15

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