21 must-read fiction books like Wish You Weren't Here by Christy Schillig

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Wish You Weren't Here

By: Christy Schillig

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this transportive debut, a woman spending a summer in Italy finds her world completely upended–b…

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1. 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

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"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

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2. 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 Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"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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3. Effie Olsen's Summer Special

By: Rochelle Bilow

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

These childhood best friends swore they’d never speak again. But that was before a surprise summer … read more

Similar categories in Rochelle Bilow's Effie Olsen's Summer Special book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Wish You Weren't Here by Christy Schillig

4. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Christy Schillig

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this transportive debut, a woman spending a summer in Italy finds her world completely upended–b… read more

Similar categories in Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • italy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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5. Summer Fridays

By: Suzanne Rindell

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

You've Got Mail for a new generation, set in the days of AOL and instant messenger banter, about a … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Rindell's Summer Fridays book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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6. Just Some Stupid Love Story

By: Katelyn Doyle

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A debut about a rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love and a divorce attorney who does, f… read more

Similar categories in Katelyn Doyle's Just Some Stupid Love Story book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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7. Love at First Book

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing … read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Love at First Book book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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8. One Last Summer

By: Kate Spencer

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the cohost of the award-winning Forever35 podcast comes a dreamy, laugh-out-loud summer romanc… read more

Similar categories in Kate Spencer's One Last Summer book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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9. Take Me Home

By: Melanie Sweeney

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Road Trip No bad music. No detours. No falling in love. Hazel Elliot doesn’t look back. If the … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sweeney's Take Me Home book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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10. Rules for Second Chances

By: Maggie North

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she’s always been labeled different in … read more

Similar categories in Maggie North's Rules for Second Chances book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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11. The Love of My Afterlife

By: Kirsty Greenwood

4.16

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Greenwood's The Love of My Afterlife book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"I don't just hang around with people. Especially strangers. The woman pulls another face. "Then they will always be strangers if you never hang out with them. Never friends."

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

"Were you aware that emotional tears have a higher protein concentration than tears that comes from irritation? I read online that the higher protein content makes them fall down your cheeks more slow…"

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

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12. Right Where We Left Us

By: Jen Devon

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Temperance Jean Madigan and Duncan Brady have never gotten it right. After one radiant, secret summ… read more

Similar categories in Jen Devon's Right Where We Left Us book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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13. Four Weekends and a Funeral

By: Ellie Palmer

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A tender, laugh-out-loud debut romance about a woman who ends up in over her head after a little wh… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Palmer's Four Weekends and a Funeral book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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14. The Ex Vows

By: Jessica Joyce

4.28

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Estranged exes must stick close together to save their best friend’s wedding after a string of disa… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Joyce's The Ex Vows book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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15. Name Your Price

By: Holly James

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sparks ignite as a pair of broke exes get locked in a house together on a reality show for a chance… read more

Similar categories in Holly James's Name Your Price book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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16. Perfect Fit

By: Clare Gilmore

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A hilarious and heartfelt rom-com about having it all, slowing down to see the big picture, and fin… read more

Similar categories in Clare Gilmore's Perfect Fit book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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17. Until Next Summer

By: Ali Brady

4.00

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Two former best friends each find love at an adults-only summer camp in this romantic and nostalgic… read more

Similar categories in Ali Brady's Until Next Summer book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Given Our History by Kristyn J. Miller

18. Given Our History

By: Kristyn J. Miller

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Assistant professor Clara Fernsby is nothing if not driven. She’s wanted to teach history since she… read more

Similar categories in Kristyn J. Miller's Given Our History book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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19. Just One Taste

By: Lizzy Dent

3.70

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

“I love, love, love Lizzy Dent.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author Olive Stone i… read more

Similar categories in Lizzy Dent's Just One Taste book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • italy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
" Time and bravery will get you through anything "

-Lizzy Dent, Just One Taste

"The smells of barbecued seafood waft through the air, and I think about the crazy difference between here, with its blue sea and salty air; luscious, green Tuscany; and sun-burnished Sicily."

-Lizzy Dent, Just One Taste

"I want to take you into the kitchen and ravish you." "Where all the best love affairs begin," I say, turning and jumping up and wrapping my legs around his waist as he kisses me and leads me, slowly …"

-Lizzy Dent, Just One Taste

"The second dish is so inviting. I plunge my fork into a piece of soft squid, devouring too much of the North African-influenced couscous dish. There are so many potential key ingredients in here: any…"

-Lizzy Dent, Just One Taste

Cover of It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier

20. It Had to Be You

By: Eliza Jane Brazier

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two contract killers, each with a hit out on the other, must fight their growing attraction as they… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Jane Brazier's It Had to Be You book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Great Dating Fake Off by Livy Hart

21. The Great Dating Fake Off

By: Livy Hart

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

One over-the-top Italian wedding. Two fake couples. And a million hilariously disastrous possibilit… read more

Similar categories in Livy Hart's The Great Dating Fake Off book and Christy Schillig's Wish You Weren't Here

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult

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Transform Your Habits

Summer Romance

Annabel Monaghan

4.10

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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Effie Olsen's Summer Special

Rochelle Bilow

3.71

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Wish You Weren't Here

Christy Schillig

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Cole and Laila Are Just Friends

Bethany Turner

3.66

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Just Some Stupid Love Story

Katelyn Doyle

3.67

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The Art of Catching Feelings

Alicia Thompson

3.81

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The Slowest Burn

Sarah Chamberlain

3.88

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