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Books Like The 3 Mistakes of My Life

by Chetan Bhagat · about this book

Loved The 3 Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat? If its contemporary fiction, literary fiction and fast-paced hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Throttled, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The 3 Mistakes of My Life: Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Fast-Paced · India · Friendship and Betrayal

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   Throttled

   Lauren Asher

   Sports · Contemporary Fiction · Athlete · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   Robert Dugoni

   Religious Identity · Friendship and Betrayal · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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   Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Racial Violence

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   Shantaram

   Gregory David Roberts

   India · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Athlete · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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   When We Were Silent

   Fiona McPhillips

   Athlete · Sports · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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   One by One

   Ruth Ware

   Natural Disaster Survival · Contemporary Fiction · Fast-Paced · First Person Narrator

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   Deep End

   Ali Hazelwood

   Sports · Athlete · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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   Cutting for Stone

   Abraham Verghese

   Literary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Contemporary Fiction

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    Truly Like Lightning

    David Duchovny

    Religious Identity · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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    The Four Winds

    Kristin Hannah

    Natural Disaster Survival · Class Struggle · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Emotional

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    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown

    Class Struggle · Friendship and Betrayal · Fast-Paced · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Contemporary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Starting Over

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    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Contemporary Fiction · Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Emotional

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    The Golem and the Jinni

    Helene Wecker

    Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Emotional

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    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Racial Violence

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    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Starting Over

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    Nowhere Boy

    Katherine Marsh

    Contemporary Fiction · Religious Identity · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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    The Striker

    Ana Huang

    Contemporary Fiction · Athlete · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Emotional

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    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Literary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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