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Books Like The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

by Kody Keplinger · about this book

Loved The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger? If its young adult, female lead and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Better Than the Movies, Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Jemima J. 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 DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend: Young Adult · Female Lead · First Person Narrator · Body Image · Contemporary Fiction

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   Better Than the Movies

   Lynn Painter

   Enemies to Lovers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Romantic Comedy · Teenagers

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   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green, David Levithan

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

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   Jemima J

   Jane Green

   Body Image · Romantic Comedy · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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   10 Blind Dates

   Ashley Elston

   Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Romantic Comedy · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers

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   Threadneedle

   Cari Thomas

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Female Friendship · Coming of Age · Teenagers

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   Good in Bed

   Jennifer Weiner

   Body Image · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Funny

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   Spoiler Alert

   Olivia Dade

   Body Image · Romantic Comedy · Contemporary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Funny

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8. 

   The Twelve Dates of Christmas

   Jenny Bayliss

   Romantic Comedy · Contemporary Fiction · Female Friendship · Self-Discovery · Funny

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9. 

   Book Lovers

   Emily Henry

   Romantic Comedy · Enemies to Lovers · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Funny

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10. 

    The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Jenny Han

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age · Teenagers

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11. 

    The Hating Game

    Sally Thorne

    Enemies to Lovers · Romantic Comedy · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Funny

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12. 

    Mile High

    Liz Tomforde

    Enemies to Lovers · Contemporary Fiction · Romantic Comedy · Toxic Family Dynamics · Witty Banter

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13. 

    Tilly in Technicolor

    Mazey Eddings

    Romantic Comedy · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Romance

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14. 

    City of Bones

    Cassandra Clare

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Self-Discovery · Witty Banter

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    Way of the Argosi

    Sebastien de Castell

    Self-Discovery · Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Young Adult · First Person Narrator

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    Reckless

    Lauren Roberts

    Enemies to Lovers · Young Adult · Teenagers · Friendship and Betrayal · Witty Banter

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17. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Coming of Age

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18. 

    Serpent & Dove

    Shelby Mahurin

    Enemies to Lovers · Young Adult · Toxic Family Dynamics · Witty Banter · First Person Narrator

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19. 

    The List of Things That Will Not Change

    Rebecca Stead

    Divorced Parents · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator

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20. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

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