21 Best contemporary books like Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne

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Made in Manhattan

By: Lauren Layne

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady fo…

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1. A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1)

By: Mazey Eddings

3.66

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (… read more

Similar categories in Mazey Eddings's A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1) book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Harper, have you ever had the overwhelming urge to rip out your reproductive tract and use the fallopian tubes to choke the stupidity out of men? Because that’s where I’m at."

-Mazey Eddings, A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1)

"But you better keep Harper's name out of your fucking mouth or I will personally come to your house and feed your blond head up your asshole and make you tell me how it tastes."

-Mazey Eddings, A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1)

"Do you know what a honey mushroom is?" she blurted out, plucking at the hairs on his arm, which was wrapped around her. He was silent for a moment before letting out a husky laugh "No. Why?" "It's th…"

-Mazey Eddings, A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1)

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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 Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • 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. The Roughest Draft

By: Emily Wibberley

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside dow… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's The Roughest Draft book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • 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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5. Made in Manhattan

By: Lauren Layne

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady fo… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • new york
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

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

-Lauren Kate, By Any Other Name

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7. Love at First Spite

By: Anna E. Collins

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Falling in love is the ultimate payback in this delightful, breezy romcom about an interior designe… read more

Similar categories in Anna E. Collins's Love at First Spite book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Weather Girl

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Weather Girl book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. How to Fake It in Hollywood

By: Ava Wilder

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A talented Hollywood starlet and a reclusive A-lister enter into a fake relationship . . . and disc… read more

Similar categories in Ava Wilder's How to Fake It in Hollywood book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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11. Something Wilder

By: Christina Lauren

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily with… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's Something Wilder book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. How to Love Your Neighbor (Jansen Brothers, #2)

By: Sophie Sullivan

3.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Interior Design School? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check.Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to ge… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Sullivan's How to Love Your Neighbor (Jansen Brothers, #2) book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"There was no more waiting. All the things she'd patiently been putting aside were right here, within her grasp"

-Sophie Sullivan, How to Love Your Neighbor (Jansen Brothers, #2)

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13. The Wedding Crasher

By: Mia Sosa

3.67

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with another hilarious rom-com about… read more

Similar categories in Mia Sosa's The Wedding Crasher book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I suppose a guilty heart perceives blame even when it isn't warranted."

-Mia Sosa, The Wedding Crasher

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14. Dream On

By: Angie Hockman

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this fresh romantic comedy from the author of Shipped, heralded as an “absolutely sparkling debu… read more

Similar categories in Angie Hockman's Dream On book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"With an apologetic grimace, I give his cheek a pat pat, praying a portal to another universe will appear and swallow me up. It doesn’t."

-Angie Hockman, Dream On

"A sob threatens to rip through my chest, but before I can speak another word, he kisses me again and I melt into him. His lips are a promise fulfilled, and a glimpse of adventure-filled days to come."

-Angie Hockman, Dream On

"His arms tighten around me slightly, and my breath catches in my throat. He’s still sitting on his tall barstool, and I’m standing between his legs. Our bodies are fitted together so tightly I can fe…"

-Angie Hockman, Dream On

Cover of The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2) by Trish Doller

15. The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2)

By: Trish Doller

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Trish Doller’s The Suite Spot is a charming romance novel about taking a chance on a new life and a… read more

Similar categories in Trish Doller's The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2) book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mamihlapinatapai Yaghan A meaningful, but wordless, exchange between two people who both desire to initiate something but are hesitant to act upon it."

-Trish Doller, The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2)

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16. Lease on Love

By: Falon Ballard

3.73

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Beach Read meets The Flatshare in this warmly funny and delightfully sharp debut rom-com about a do… read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's Lease on Love book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • new york
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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17. In a New York Minute

By: Kate Spencer

3.66

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

A clever, tender, and romantic novel for readers of Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, and Sophie … read more

Similar categories in Kate Spencer's In a New York Minute book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • new york
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah       Adams

18. 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 Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new 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)

Cover of Starry-Eyed Love (Spark House, #2) by Helena Hunting

19. Starry-Eyed Love (Spark House, #2)

By: Helena Hunting

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Having just broken up with her boyfriend, London Spark is not in the mood to be hit on. Especially … read more

Similar categories in Helena Hunting's Starry-Eyed Love (Spark House, #2) book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1) by Lynn Painter

20. Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

By: Lynn Painter

3.68

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relatio… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1) book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

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

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"It was like the line in You've Got Mail. "All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings."

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"When things don't go as planned, we can either pout and behave like a reticent child, or take some time to reconsider our choices. Ruminate over what we've done in our past, and how best to move forw…"

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

"Instead of handing it over, I tossed it onto the floor and said, "I keep telling Mr. Wrong Number I don't need him anymore but he just won't let me go." He tossed his phone beside mine and rolled on …"

-Lynn Painter, Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)

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21. Enemies Abroad

By: R.S. Grey

3.97

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s simple: Noah Peterson and I are enemies. Our fellow teachers know it, our friends know it—even… read more

Similar categories in R.S. Grey's Enemies Abroad book and Lauren Layne's Made in Manhattan

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

21 best-selling fiction books like Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne

Transform Your Habits

A Brush with Love (A Brush with Love, #1)

Mazey Eddings

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Roughest Draft

Emily Wibberley

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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21 must-read fiction books like Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

Abby Jimenez

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

Tessa Bailey

3.90

Transform Your Habits

This Summer Will Be Different

Carley Fortune

4.02

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