She Drives Me Crazy
by Kelly Quindlen
★ Top 25 book of 2021 · #22 on Best Books of 2021
Basketball player Scottie crashes into her nemesis, cheerleader Irene, and the two end up carpooling. A bribe turns into a fake-dating scheme that starts stirring up unexpectedly real feelings.
Best for: Fans of Becky Albertalli wanting a funny teen fake-dating romance
She Drives Me Crazy is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2021, out of 59 2021 books that cleared our data bar.
What She Drives Me Crazy is about
Seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac opens the basketball season by losing to her ex-girlfriend, and things get worse when she has a fender bender with her nemesis, Irene Abraham. Irene is the head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer, as mean as she is beautiful. With Irene's car in the shop for weeks, the two have to carpool together.
Scottie sees an opening to get back at her toxic ex and move up her school's social ladder, so she bribes Irene into an elaborate fake-dating scheme. The trouble is that pretending can start to uncover feelings that are very real. A laugh-out-loud enemies-to-romance story, it will appeal to teen readers and fans of Becky Albertalli.
She Drives Me Crazy on the Best Books of 2021
She Drives Me Crazy came out in 2021. Of the 59 books first published in 2021 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #22 on our Best Books of 2021 list.
Why it made the list: 308 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2021 list
- The Hawthorne Legacy Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #20
- One Last Stop Casey McQuiston, #21
- The Things We Leave Unfinished Rebecca Yarros, #23
- Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman, #24
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 282 want to read it, 14 are reading it now and 12 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 46 | 55% |
| Reader love | 88 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 54 | 20% |
Questions about She Drives Me Crazy
When was She Drives Me Crazy published?
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen was first published in 2021.
Was She Drives Me Crazy one of the best books of 2021?
She Drives Me Crazy is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2021, out of 59 2021 books that cleared our data bar. 308 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is She Drives Me Crazy on the Best Books of 2021 list?
308 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 2021
- The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood, #1
- Twisted Games Ana Huang, #2
- Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, #3
- As Good as Dead Holly Jackson, #4
- You've Reached Sam Dustin Thao, #5
- Twisted Love Ana Huang, #6
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How we know
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