20 Top chick lit books like Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer

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Surfside Sisters

By: Nancy Thayer

3.78

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A Nantucket woman returns home to find that reunions aren’t always simple, in this heartwarming nov…

"Real life was like a plot by Dickens . . ."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

"Real life was like a plot by Dickens . . ."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

"Real life was like a plot by Dickens . . ."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

"I think anger is often a kind of recycled fear."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

If you liked the chick lit plot in Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. A Million Little Things (Mischief Bay, #3)

By: Susan Mallery

3.68

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Girls of Mischief Bay and The Friends We Keepcomes a twisty tale… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's A Million Little Things (Mischief Bay, #3) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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2. The Five-Star Weekend

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

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3. The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The rules of summer book club are simple: •  No sad books •  No pressure •  Yessssss, wine! … read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Summer Book Club book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Happiness Plan

By: Susan Mallery

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Three women search for joy in #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s new novel of hop… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Happiness Plan book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Friendship Club

By: Robyn Carr

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's The Friendship Club book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Bookshop by the Bay

By: Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Bookshop by the Bay is a breezy, escapist beach read from powerhouse bestselling women’s fictio… read more

Similar categories in Pamela M. Kelley's The Bookshop by the Bay book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Look on the Bright Side

By: Kristan Higgins

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Look on the Bright Side book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable tale about finding f… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's For the Love of Summer book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I was in love with who I wanted him to be. Not who he was."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

"She's my family and you're hers. That means we are, in some inexplicable way, connected."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

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9. The Sister Effect

By: Susan Mallery

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Susan Mallery brings readers an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Sister Effect book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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11. The Cafe at Beach End

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Is Cape Sanctuary net als vroeger haar veilige haven?Vroeger, toen Meredith Collins als klein meisj… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's The Cafe at Beach End book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Cliff House (Cape Sanctuary #1)

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.11

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

Na de dood van hun moeder vinden Daisy en Bea Davonport een nieuw thuis bij hun tante Stella in het… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's The Cliff House (Cape Sanctuary #1) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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15. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

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16. Sisters by Choice (Blackberry Island, #4)

By: Susan Mallery

3.95

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Cousins by chance, sisters by choice… After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane r… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's Sisters by Choice (Blackberry Island, #4) book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Tourist Season

By: Brenda Novak

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A summer by the ocean promises new beginnings—until old secrets resurface. Ismay Chalmers is rea… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Novak's Tourist Season book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer

18. Surfside Sisters

By: Nancy Thayer

3.78

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A Nantucket woman returns home to find that reunions aren’t always simple, in this heartwarming nov… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • womens
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Real life was like a plot by Dickens . . ."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

"I think anger is often a kind of recycled fear."

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

"Life isn't all about money, Keely. Remember what you and Isabelle used to call yourselves? Surfside Sisters? Because you would both leap into life instead of dawdling at the edge, waiting, until it w…"

-Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

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19. The Summer Pact

By: Emily Giffin

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seaside Sisters by Pamela M. Kelley

20. The Seaside Sisters

By: Pamela M. Kelley

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One summer can change everything. Brooklyn-based Hannah is a bestselling author struggling to wr… read more

Similar categories in Pamela M. Kelley's The Seaside Sisters book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. 15 Summers Later

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

15 summers ago, everything changed… Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emeral… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's 15 Summers Later book and Nancy Thayer's Surfside Sisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer

Transform Your Habits

A Million Little Things (Mischief Bay, #3)

Susan Mallery

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Happiness Plan

Susan Mallery

3.91

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery

Transform Your Habits

The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Bookshop by the Bay

Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

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