# Books like Check & Mate

**10** books similar to *Check & Mate* by Ali Hazelwood (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** new york times bestseller, romance, contemporary
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## Similar books

- [The Sun is Also a Star](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sun-is-also-a-star) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of romance, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Five Survive](https://readinglist.school/book/five-survive) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of new york times bestseller, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [I Must Betray You](https://readinglist.school/book/i-must-betray-you) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Room](https://readinglist.school/book/room) by Emma Donoghue _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of new york times bestseller, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Inheritance Games](https://readinglist.school/book/the-inheritance-games) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of new york times bestseller, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Dairy Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/dairy-queen) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/drums-girls-and-dangerous-pie) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Everything, Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-everything) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [My Sister's Keeper](https://readinglist.school/book/my-sisters-keeper) by Jodi Picoult _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Patron Saints of Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/patron-saints-of-nothing) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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