The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
By: Abbi Waxman
3.80
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a …
Want to Read $ 9.99"If you're not scared, you're not brave."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Coming out of a book was always painful."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Being with you is as good as being alone."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Is book smart the only smart that counts?"-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
If you liked the contemporary romance plot in The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman , here is a list of 13 books like this:
1. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
By: Shauna Robinson
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
3. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
5. Expiration Dates
By: Rebecca Serle
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
6. 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
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- 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
7. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
By: Elle Cosimano
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They … read more
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- romance
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We can't go in there, Vero! Do you know what happens to women who go into creepy basements? Murder! Murder happens to women to go into creepy basements."-Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
9. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
10. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
4.04
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
11. The Wishing Game
By: Meg Shaffer
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
12. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
By: Abbi Waxman
3.80
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill book and Abbi Waxman's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
"If you're not scared, you're not brave."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Coming out of a book was always painful."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Is book smart the only smart that counts?"-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
"Being with you is as good as being alone."-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
13. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
By: Colleen Oakley
4.05
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
14. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
15. The Lonely Hearts Book Club
By: Lucy Gilmore
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
"Everywhere I looked was honesty and love. Love most of all."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"They became a love letter of words and sentiment--and one that was addressed entirely to me."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"We could only choose which path to take to our destination. What happened along the way was entirely up to chance."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
"More than anything, kuds need to know they have a soft spot to land. Your Bella? She knows. She'll know it until the day she dies."-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club
16. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
By: Steven Rowley
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
17. Nora Goes Off Script
By: Annabel Monaghan
4.09
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Nora's life is about to get a rewrite... Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than an… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"To write is to re-create something as you'd like it to be."-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script
" Maybe he really likes me , I think in my tiniest thinking voice."-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script
"What if this is my new normal—showing people my heart and having them applaud it?"-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script
"There's nothing more shameful than this retrospective knowing, because it reminds you how blind you can be to things that don't jibe with the reality you're trying to believe in."-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script
18. Evvie Drake Starts Over
By: Linda Holmes
3.82
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"Oh, that's right, she thought. I remember having good days."-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over
"Everything she said, he treated like it ended in a semicolon."-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over
"Trying to buck yourself up is the tooth pliers of mental health."-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over
"All she could think as she finally, finally kissed him was finally, finally."-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over
19. Thank You for Listening
By: Julia Whelan
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
"You have a gray hair!"-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening
"Of course there should be an HEA. I’m so sick of this question. It’s a Romance! That’s the deal we make with our readers. It’s misogyny, plain and simple. You don’t see anyone telling Mystery readers…"-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening
20. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3)
By: Elle Cosimano
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing b… read more
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- romance
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
21. How to Age Disgracefully
By: Clare Pooley
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
