21 must-read fiction books like Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane

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Between Us

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.74

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a witty, clever, emotional new novel about a wom…

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1. Will They or Won't They

By: Ava Wilder

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

On screen, they're in love. Off screen, they can't stand each other. Two co-stars with a complex hi… read more

Similar categories in Ava Wilder's Will They or Won't They book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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3. The Best Days of Our Lives

By: Lucy Diamond

4.14

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

When 35-year-old Leni McKenzie is knocked off her bike, her family’s world is turned upside down. … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Diamond's The Best Days of Our Lives book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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4. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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5. Summer Romance

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the architect of my own experience."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

"It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

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6. Seven Summers

By: Paige Toon

4.19

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

Six summers to fall in love. One summer to change everything. Liv and Finn meet six summers ag… read more

Similar categories in Paige Toon's Seven Summers book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If you were a book I’d highlight half your lines."

-Paige Toon, Seven Summers

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7. The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary

3.57

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to ret… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The Wake-Up Call book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

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9. My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

By: Marian Keyes

4.02

Format: 599 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes. A… read more

Similar categories in Marian Keyes's My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
Cover of Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane

10. Between Us

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.74

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a witty, clever, emotional new novel about a wom… read more

Similar categories in Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Love Interest

By: Clare Gilmore

3.74

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

A sparkling adversaries-to-lovers romcom set at a magazine publisher in Manhattan. When Casey and A… read more

Similar categories in Clare Gilmore's Love Interest book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"Beside me (he always sits next to me, and I never understand why)"

-Clare Gilmore, Love Interest

"But just because you don’t make art doesn’t mean you don’t inspire it."

-Clare Gilmore, Love Interest

"I won’t be good at it,' I admit to Alex softly, biting my lip. 'Even worse, I’ll probably choke.' His expression goes soft and open, and maybe even a little bit tortured, like my words have bothered …"

-Clare Gilmore, Love Interest

"The funny part is my gut reaction is to come up with something to say next that won't make him uncomfortable. What would I do otherwise? Cause a scene? Claim harassment by a man who likely helped pay…"

-Clare Gilmore, Love Interest

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12. How to End a Love Story

By: Yulin Kuang

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063310681. Two writers with a complicated history end up wor… read more

Similar categories in Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Burnout

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's The Burnout book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The ride is it!"

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"If you’re not kind, never mind."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"You do not need an unkind man in your life right now. Or ever."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"Maybe I can’t commune with nature, but I sure as hell can commune with carbs."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

Cover of Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk

14. Love Me Do

By: Lindsey Kelk

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

She may have given up on love – but she can still play Cupid for somebody else . . . Lovelorn Brit… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Kelk's Love Me Do book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Business or Pleasure

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Business or Pleasure book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. A Winter in New York

By: Josie Silver

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been… read more

Similar categories in Josie Silver's A Winter in New York book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It's the swoon-worthy climax of our showreel moment, this beautiful, achingly sexy kiss, slow and electric, full of pure, vulnerable kiss-me-forever magic."

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"You guys have enough baggage to fill a gosh dang carousel at JFK, but isn't that kind of the point of love, that you help each other carry the bags? Fresh starts are for Hallmark movies, not real lif…"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"By my reckoning, everyone gets a handful of movie-worthy moments in their lives. Some people would probably pick out their wedding day or the birth of their child for their showreel, but for most of …"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

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18. The Good Part

By: Sophie Cousens

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's The Good Part book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Just Haven't Met You Yet

By: Sophie Cousens

3.76

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's Just Haven't Met You Yet book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

20. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's The Other Side of Disappearing book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Story by Lindsey Kelk

21. Love Story

By: Lindsey Kelk

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

She’s a small-town schoolteacher. He’s a hotshot marketing director. Together, it’s hate at… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Kelk's Love Story book and Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook

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