18 best-selling fiction books like The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus

Cover of The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus

The Mess We’re In

By: Annie Macmanus

3.40

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready. It’s the turn of the millennium and, la…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Promising Young Women by Caroline O'Donoghue

1. Promising Young Women

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of THE COWS, SWEETBITTER or CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS - as well as for fans of FLEABAG… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's Promising Young Women book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O'Donoghue

2. Scenes of a Graphic Nature

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Do you know what céad mile fáilte means?' 'A hundred thousand welcomes.' 'Not a hundred thousand… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's Scenes of a Graphic Nature book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

3. Juno Loves Legs

By: Karl Geary

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juno loves Legs. She's loved him since their first encounter at school in Dublin, the time she foug… read more

Similar categories in Karl Geary's Juno Loves Legs book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Close to Home by Michael  Magee

4. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • novels
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

5. Blue Sisters

By: Coco Mellors

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death… read more

Similar categories in Coco Mellors's Blue Sisters book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Yet this status is used a…"

-Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

Cover of Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

6. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nolan's Ordinary Human Failings book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

Cover of Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna

7. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
  • ireland
  • audiobook
Cover of Milk Teeth by Jessica  Andrews

8. Milk Teeth

By: Jessica Andrews

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across Engla… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Andrews's Milk Teeth book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Good Material by Dolly Alderton

9. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

Cover of Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

10. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The List by Yomi Adegoke

11. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

Cover of Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

12. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

Similar categories in Katriona O'Sullivan's Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus

13. The Mess We’re In

By: Annie Macmanus

3.40

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

I’m a Londoner now. I’m a voice in the noise. I’m ready. It’s the turn of the millennium and, la… read more

Similar categories in Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • music
  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • novels
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Soft Lad by Nick Grimshaw

14. Soft Lad

By: Nick Grimshaw

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Soft Lad, for the first time, Grimmy will share his outlooks, surprising obsessions, the things … read more

Similar categories in Nick Grimshaw's Soft Lad book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • audiobook
Cover of Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict by Elizabeth Day

15. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • audiobook
Cover of Weirdo by Sara  Pascoe

16. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Weirdo book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

17. The Happy Couple

By: Naoise Dolan

3.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends… read more

Similar categories in Naoise Dolan's The Happy Couple book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. All she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

"Celine believed things for exactly as long as she wanted to. Being smart, being logical, didn't help her. It just enabled her baroque self-deceit. Phoebe took the simpler route of putting no consider…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

Cover of Just for Today by Nell Hudson

18. Just for Today

By: Nell Hudson

3.83

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'A yearning, tenderly bruising beauty of a book and a brilliant portrayal of friendship in the roar… read more

Similar categories in Nell Hudson's Just for Today book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill

19. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dockrill's I Love You, I Love You, I Love You book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Second Self by Chloë Ashby

20. Second Self

By: Chloë Ashby

3.81

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

When Cathy and Noah first got together neither saw children in their future. Eight years later, the… read more

Similar categories in Chloë Ashby's Second Self book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Girls by Kirsty Capes

21. Girls

By: Kirsty Capes

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS follows the story of two sisters - Mattie and Nora - and the thorny relationship with their f… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Capes's Girls book and Annie Macmanus's The Mess We’re In

  • novels
  • fiction

7 best-selling novels books like The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus

Transform Your Habits

Promising Young Women

Caroline O'Donoghue

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Good Material

Dolly Alderton

3.91

View all the books

20 Best fiction books like Second Self by Chloë Ashby

Transform Your Habits

Jaded

Ela Lee

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Okay Days

Jenny Mustard

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

3.78

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.