Rani Choudhury Must Die, Adiba Jaigirdar

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Rani Choudhury Must Die
By Adiba Jaigirdar — Paperback, releasing November 11, 2025

In this sharp, funny, and heart-tugging sapphic YA romance from Adiba Jaigirdar (Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating), two ex–best friends turned rivals must team up to expose the boy who played them both—and maybe fall for each other in the process.

Meghna Rahman is done being compared to her infuriatingly perfect ex–best friend Rani. This year, she’s finally made it into the Young Scientist Exhibition, ready to prove she belongs among the best. But when her project fizzles out and her boyfriend Zak advances to the finals—with Rani by his side, naturally—Meghna’s frustration reaches boiling point.

Rani Choudhury, meanwhile, would rather code than care what anyone thinks. Her parents have her entire life mapped out, from her behavior to her boyfriend, but Rani wants to break free and focus on what she loves most: creating something meaningful. Then she discovers that Zak has been cheating on her—with Meghna.

Bound by betrayal, the two girls hatch a brilliant revenge plan: they’ll partner up for the European Young Scientist Exhibition to build an app that exposes cheaters. But as late nights turn into laughter and years of resentment fade, Meghna and Rani find themselves confronting more than their shared heartbreak—they’re falling for each other.

Smart, romantic, and unapologetically queer, Rani Choudhury Must Die is a coming-of-age story about rivalry, resilience, and rewriting your own rules.