26 must-read contemporary books like The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser

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The Next Thing You Know

By: Jessica Strawser

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing…

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1. What Dies in Summer

By: Tom Wright

4.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jim Beaudry is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. E… read more

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2. 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

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • 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

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3. 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 Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • drama
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5. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's The Truth about the Devlins book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. It All Comes Down to This

By: Therese Anne Fowler

3.37

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic mo… read more

Similar categories in Therese Anne Fowler's It All Comes Down to This book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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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

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's The Breakaway book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Local Gone Missing (Elise King, #1)

By: Fiona Barton

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and week… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barton's Local Gone Missing (Elise King, #1) book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Favor

By: Nora Murphy

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping debut domestic suspense novel, The Favor explores with compassion and depth what can hap… read more

Similar categories in Nora Murphy's The Favor book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Days I Loved You Most

By: Amy Neff

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming … read more

Similar categories in Amy Neff's The Days I Loved You Most book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Last House on the Street

By: Diane Chamberlain

4.23

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweave… read more

Similar categories in Diane Chamberlain's The Last House on the Street book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Violence is the weapon of the weak. - Ralph Abernathy"

-Diane Chamberlain, The Last House on the Street

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14. 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

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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15. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Love of my Life

By: Rosie Walsh

3.89

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an u… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Walsh's The Love of my Life book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...it's only when something's damaged beyond repair that we realize how beautiful it was. [LEO PHILBET]"

-Rosie Walsh, The Love of my Life

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17. The Next Thing You Know

By: Jessica Strawser

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • music
  • audiobook
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • drama
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18. 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

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's The Younger Wife book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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19. The Girls We Sent Away

By: Meagan Church

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“[A]n important and vital story. With exquisite writing, Church exposes a murky little pocket of hi… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Girls We Sent Away book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • drama
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. The Trail of Lost Hearts

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's The Trail of Lost Hearts book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Our Little World

By: Karen Winn

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel c… read more

Similar categories in Karen Winn's Our Little World book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. My Wife is Missing

By: D.J. Palmer

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two childr… read more

Similar categories in D.J. Palmer's My Wife is Missing book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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24. What Happened to the Bennetts

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.80

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel. Your family has bee… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's What Happened to the Bennetts book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. I'll Be You

By: Janelle Brown

3.73

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

11 hours, 41 minutes Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart--until… read more

Similar categories in Janelle Brown's I'll Be You book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Her Last Affair

By: John Searles

3.33

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help for the Haunted and Strange but True, a new novel of character-… read more

Similar categories in John Searles's Her Last Affair book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Days of Wonder

By: Caroline Leavitt

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story abo… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Leavitt's Days of Wonder book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • drama
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28. The Unsinkable Greta James

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Greta James's meteoric rise to ind… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer E. Smith's The Unsinkable Greta James book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The truth is, being a parent is mostly just reacting. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes you don't. You give what you can. And at the end of the day, most of it is just being there."

-Jennifer E. Smith, The Unsinkable Greta James

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29. Can't Look Away

By: Carola Lovering

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's 2013, and twenty-three-year-old Brooklyn barista Molly Diamond has just locked eyes with Jake … read more

Similar categories in Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird

30. Last Dance on the Starlight Pier

By: Sarah Bird

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) by Jean Hanff Korelitz

31. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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