The Lifeguards
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The bonds between three picture-perfect--but viciously protective--mothers and their close-knit son…
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1. Bad Summer People
By: Emma Rosenblum
3.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against … read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- thriller
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
2. 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
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- adult fiction
- suspense
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- mystery
- audiobook
3. Pineapple Street
By: Jenny Jackson
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But you know foundations shouldn't have to be the answer. The real problems are tax laws, anti-labor policies, and the slow expansion of the welfare state," Chip said. Everyone turned and looked at h…"-Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street
4. The Celebrants
By: Steven Rowley
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
5. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
6. This Summer Will Be Different
By: Carley Fortune
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
7. 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
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
8. Same Time Next Summer
By: Annabel Monaghan
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run in… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
9. The Breakaway
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
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
- 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
11. Vacationland
By: Meg Mitchell Moore
3.72
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Louisa has come to her parents' house in Maine this summer with all three of her kids, a barely wri… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
12. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
13. The Block Party
By: Jamie Day
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are en… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"My mom is fond of saying that if everyone threw their problems up in the air, people would race to catch their own. [Lettie Fox]"-Jamie Day, The Block Party
"Willow buries her face in her hands. 'How'd everything get this screwed up?' she asks in a muffled voice. I want to say: Because we were born and life seems to go awry no matter what we do. [Lettie F…"-Jamie Day, The Block Party
14. The Lifeguards
By: Amanda Eyre Ward
3.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The bonds between three picture-perfect--but viciously protective--mothers and their close-knit son… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- thriller
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
15. The Younger Wife
By: Sally Hepworth
3.79
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
THE HUSBAND A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But f… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- suspense
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"She just needed to reframe, that was all. People reframed all the time. People who realized they weren't going to live a long life. People who lost a loved one, suffered an accident, lost use of a li…"-Sally Hepworth, The Younger Wife
"Being Tully’s sister required a very specific skill set. You had to be an animated conversationalist (Tully was easily bored) but also a calming influence. You had to be fully invested in whatever sh…"-Sally Hepworth, The Younger Wife
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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
17. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
18. This Time Tomorrow
By: Emma Straub
3.80
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
What if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, belo… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"This time tomorrow, where will we be?"-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"Forward, that was the idea. Until the future, whatever it was going to be."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"It's not about the time. It's about how you spend it. Where you put your energy."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
"Happy endings were too much for some people, false and cheap, but hope - hope was honest. Hope was good."-Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow
19. The Summer Place
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.56
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdowna… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
20. Meant to Be
By: Emily Giffin
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Kingsley family is practically American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
21. The Wedding People
By: Alison Espach
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
