19 best-selling romance books like The Return by Nicholas Sparks

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The Return

By: Nicholas Sparks

3.90

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

In the romantic tradition of Dear John and The Lucky One, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nich…

"In the end, people generally regret the things they didn't do, not the things they did. (p. 96, Trevor Benson)"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"I wanted easy banter and deep communication and long periods when neither of us felt the need to say anything at all. (p. 168, Trevor Benson)"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"And while it may be normal to feel guilty, it's also important to remember that guilt is simply an emotion, and like all emotions, it will eventually pass. Unless you choose to hold on to it."

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"I mean it, I said, and all at once, I knew: This is what I wanted; I wanted Natalie, not just for tonight, but for a lifetime of days and nights like the one we were having right now. (p. 169, Trevor Benson)"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

If you liked the romance plot in The Return by Nicholas Sparks , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)

By: Colleen Hoover

3.14

Format: 160 pages,

Hardships and heartache brought them together... now it will tear them apart. Layken and Will have … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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2. This Girl (Slammed, #3)

By: Colleen Hoover

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

There are two sides to every love story. Now hear Will's. Colleen Hoover's New York Times bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's This Girl (Slammed, #3) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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3. Home Front

By: Kristin Hannah

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's Home Front book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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4. Fly Away (Firefly Lane, #2)

By: Kristin Hannah

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the w… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's Fly Away (Firefly Lane, #2) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Without Merit

By: Colleen Hoover

4.22

Format: 432 pages,

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Without Merit book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. Slammed (Slammed, #1)

By: Colleen Hoover

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

This is an alternate cover edition for . Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Slammed (Slammed, #1) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

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7. 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 Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • drama
"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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8. 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 Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • 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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9. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Letter

By: Rebecca Yarros

4.49

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Beckett, If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Ge… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Yarros's The Last Letter book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hope is good. Feel it. Because we have no idea what's coming around the corner. You have to take the good when it comes, because the bad isn't going to give you a choice."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Last Letter

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11. The Things We Leave Unfinished

By: Rebecca Yarros

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a br… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Yarros's The Things We Leave Unfinished book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You are the culmination of every lightning strike and twist of fate."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

"Personally, I think she liked living there, between the pages with him. Always adding little bits of memory but never closing the door."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

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12. Summer Island

By: Kristin Hannah

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer Island: Thirty-four year old Ruby Bridge is a not-too-successful comedienne who uses her mot… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's Summer Island book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • drama
"The measure of a society is its compassion."

-Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

"A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE."

-Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

"Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten."

-Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

"A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones. "

-Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

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13. Meet Me at the Lake

By: Carley Fortune

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent jus… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One day you'll find your heart's too big for just you"

-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake

"Let me tell you something about me: I am extremely picky about people. Most of them, I don't particularly like. I have very high standards for the ones I let into my life these days. And you, Will Ba…"

-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake

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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 Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • 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 Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • 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. Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)

By: Colleen Hoover

3.88

Format: 414 pages, ebook

What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love? Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally b… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Maybe Now (Maybe, #2) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s the small things people do for others that define the largest parts of them."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)

"The problem with hating yourself when you’re all alone is that you have no one to remind you of any of your good qualities. Then you just hate yourself even more, until you sabotage anything good in …"

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)

"You have got to forgive yourself for falling in love with me. We’ve shared a lot of chapters that don’t need to be torn out of our book, simply because there are things in them you don’t like. It’s p…"

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)

"He takes my face in his hands, preparing to say something to me. But instead of speaking or signing, he just drags in a speechless breath as he stares silently at me. He lowers his mouth to mine, kis…"

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)

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17. Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5)

By: Colleen Hoover

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When Warren has the opportunity to live with a female roommate, he instantly agrees. It could be an… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're so romantic, Warren. No other guy has ever promised me a kidnapping and ransom."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5)

"The only difference between falling in love and being in love is that your heart already knows how you feel, but your mind is too stuborn to admit it."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5)

"The only difference between falling in love and being in love is that your heart already knows how you feel, but your mind is too stubborn to admit it."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5)

"Im convinced that hell has an intercom system and the buzz of my alarm clock is played at full volume on repeat against the screams of all the lost souls."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Not (Maybe, #1.5)

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18. Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)

By: Colleen Hoover

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

At twenty-two years old, Sydney has a great life: She's in college, working a steady job, in love w… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I...will never...regret you."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)

"My heart made it's choice, and it chose you."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)

"Lines are drawn, but then they fade. For her I bend, for you I break."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)

"Truths are written, never said... Lines are drawn, but then they fade."

-Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)

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19. It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2)

By: Colleen Hoover

3.87

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of th… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2) book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You finally gonna kiss her?"

-Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2)

"Being near him is second nature."

-Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2)

"Jealousy doesn't have an expiration date, apparently."

-Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2)

"You're stressing over things that haven't even happened yet."

-Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us #2)

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20. The Return

By: Nicholas Sparks

3.90

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

In the romantic tradition of Dear John and The Lucky One, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nich… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Sparks's The Return book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • mystery
  • drama
"In the end, people generally regret the things they didn't do, not the things they did. (p. 96, Trevor Benson)"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"I wanted easy banter and deep communication and long periods when neither of us felt the need to say anything at all. (p. 168, Trevor Benson)"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"And while it may be normal to feel guilty, it's also important to remember that guilt is simply an emotion, and like all emotions, it will eventually pass. Unless you choose to hold on to it."

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

"I mean it, I said, and all at once, I knew: This is what I wanted; I wanted Natalie, not just for tonight, but for a lifetime of days and nights like the one we were having right now. (p. 169, Trevor…"

-Nicholas Sparks, The Return

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21. Heart Bones

By: Colleen Hoover

4.23

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carvi… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Hoover's Heart Bones book and Nicholas Sparks's The Return

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
"Shallow people don’t stare at the ocean as deeply as you do."

-Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

"I know what love is, because I spent my whole life knowing what it isn’t."

-Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

"I don’t come across people who hoard secrets like I do. Most people want a listener. Someone they can spill everything to."

-Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

"-Don’t worry. Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break' -“If there’s nothing inside a heart that can break, why does it feel like mine is going to snap in half when it’s time for me to move…"

-Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

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