21 must-read contemporary books like Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley

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Talk Bookish to Me

By: Kate Bromley

3.60

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Inspiration can come from the most unlikely—and inconvenient—sources. Kara Sullivan’s life is full …

"Everyone knows that pancakes are the international breakfast food of love."

-Kate Bromley, Talk Bookish to Me

"Everyone knows that pancakes are the international breakfast food of love."

-Kate Bromley, Talk Bookish to Me

If you liked the contemporary plot in Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

By: Lynn Painter

3.88

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bott… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2) book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She had piercings everywhere, but cried like a baby if she needed to get a shot."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Rejection feels like shit, even when it comes from someone who might not matter that much."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Everything with him was great, but it was great in the way a Hallmark Christmas movie was great. Everything looked perfect—the clothing, the setting, the words—but none of it felt . . . real."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

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2. 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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • 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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3. 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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult 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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4. Plot Twist

By: Bethany Turner

3.61

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

An aspiring screenwriter has a chance encounter with an actor who could be the man of her dreams. O… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Turner's Plot Twist book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • 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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6. Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more roma… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Happily Never After book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You have to get hurt to get the good stuff, don't you see?...When you're a baby, you don't stop taking steps just because you've fallen once, or you'd never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk…"

-Lynn Painter, Happily Never After

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7. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Meet Me in the Margins

By: Melissa Ferguson

3.61

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ferguson's Meet Me in the Margins book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"His smile grows. ''After all, not everyone at Pennington shares the same appreciation of the more ... adventurous fiction as you and me."

-Melissa Ferguson, Meet Me in the Margins

Cover of Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley

9. Talk Bookish to Me

By: Kate Bromley

3.60

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Inspiration can come from the most unlikely—and inconvenient—sources. Kara Sullivan’s life is full … read more

Similar categories in Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • italy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Everyone knows that pancakes are the international breakfast food of love."

-Kate Bromley, Talk Bookish to Me

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10. By Any Other Name

By: Lauren Kate

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kate's By Any Other Name book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"If faith in love were a source of energy, you could power a small planet."

-Lauren Kate, By Any Other Name

Cover of The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella

11. 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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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

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12. The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

3.92

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies-to-lovers, second-ch… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2) by Sarah       Adams

14. Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

4.02

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

A small-town sweetheart and an emotionally unavailable bad boy try to find some common ground in th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2) book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren

4.11

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hol… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The True Love Experiment book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He is the stillness to my storm, the shadow to my bright sunlight, the Styles to my Harry."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"...tight, hyperaware realization that I want him close to me every second of every day from here on out."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"I'm consumed by a distracting ache, a sharp want, a desperation for this thing I already have in my arms."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

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16. Georgie, All Along

By: Kate Clayborn

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

A wise and witty new novel that echoes with timely questions about love, career, reconciling with t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's Georgie, All Along book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter

17. Accidentally Amy

By: Lynn Painter

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

IT STARTED WITH A CUP… Isabella Shay is usually a very honest person. But when she’s running … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Accidentally Amy book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

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 Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

By: Sarah Adams

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No one loves anything they're miserably chained to."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?"

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

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21. Just My Type

By: Falon Ballard

3.67

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

To win the job of her dreams, a relationship-prone journalist needs to learn how to stay single in … read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's Just My Type book and Kate Bromley's Talk Bookish to Me

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

21 Best fiction books like Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley

Transform Your Habits

The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Summer Romance

Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Plot Twist

Bethany Turner

3.61

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21 Best fiction books like By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

Transform Your Habits

The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Roughest Draft

Emily Wibberley

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Meet Me in the Margins

Melissa Ferguson

3.61

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