17 best-selling contemporary books like A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

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A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

By: Jessie Tu

3.19

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-…

If you liked the contemporary plot in A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Honeybee book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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4. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Love & Virtue book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

Cover of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

5. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

By: Jessie Tu

3.19

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • music
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Space Between

By: Michelle Andrews

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the creators of the hit podcast Shameless: relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Andrews's The Space Between book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • australia
  • audiobook
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7. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Seeing Other People book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's No Hard Feelings book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Emotional Female

By: Yumiko Kadota

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and… read more

Similar categories in Yumiko Kadota's Emotional Female book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • mental health
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10. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

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11. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Kokomo

By: Victoria Hannan

3.55

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

'genuinely funny and heartbreaking' - VPLA judgesWhen Mina receives an urgent call from her best fr… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Kokomo book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Mina let Valerie envelop her in silk and perfume. The smell was so pungent Mina could see it: a sunset of whipped egg-white clouds, a field of foxgloves, pink on pink on pink on pink."

-Victoria Hannan, Kokomo

Cover of Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

13. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's Eggshell Skull book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • australia
  • audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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14. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Something Bad is Going to Happen

By: Jessie Stephens

3.86

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric un… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Something Bad is Going to Happen book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Between You and Me

By: Joanna Horton

3.72

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Between You and Me is a riveting portrayal of female friendship, and the frayed boundary between lo… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Horton's Between You and Me book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Search History

By: Amy Taylor

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A woman's obsession with her new boyfriend's dead ex-girlfriend fuels this sharp and honest debut n… read more

Similar categories in Amy Taylor's Search History book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Crushing by Genevieve Novak

19. Crushing

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Gettin… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's Crushing book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Lead Us Not

By: Abbey Lay

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

‘When we spoke, I never knew what Olive would reveal to me. There were nights where she would lie n… read more

Similar categories in Abbey Lay's Lead Us Not book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Heartsick

By: Jessie Stephens

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'Heartbreak does not seem to be a brand of grief we respect. And so we are left in the middle of th… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Heartsick book and Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • australia
  • mental health

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Craig Silvey

4.40

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Love & Virtue

Diana Reid

3.91

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21 Best audiobook books like Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

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Chanel Contos

4.56

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4.41

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Craig Silvey

4.40

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Hannah Ferguson

4.29

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