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 …
Want to Read $ 9.99"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
"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
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1. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
2. 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
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3. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- adult
- book club
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- audiobook
4. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
5. 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
- fiction
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- chick lit
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"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
6. 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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- adult fiction
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"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)
7. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
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- 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
8. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
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"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
9. 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
- 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)
10. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
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"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
11. 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
- adult
- audiobook
12. The Lost Bookshop
By: Evie Woods
4.09
Format: 448 pages, ebook
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of myster… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- books about books
- audiobook
13. 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
14. Cassandra in Reverse
By: Holly Smale
3.56
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse
15. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
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- 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
16. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
17. The Collected Regrets of Clover
By: Mikki Brammer
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- book club
- audiobook
"Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live."-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
"Grief plays tricks on you that way - a familiar whiff of cologne or a potential sighting of your person in a crowd, and all the knots you've tied inside yourself to manage the pain of losing them sud…"-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover
18. 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
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- book club
- 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, kids 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
19. The Last Love Note
By: Emma Grey
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
20. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
21. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
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- adult
- books about books
- audiobook
