20 Best chick lit books like The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

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The Stepsisters

By: Susan Mallery

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfel…

"What she hadn't counted on was the fact that she couldn't see a way out. Which would have been something she could manage if only she'd been able to pretend that she wasn't the problem. Because her being the problem implied the only thing standing between her and happiness was herself, and how on earth was she supposed to fix that?"

-Susan Mallery, The Stepsisters

If you liked the chick lit plot in The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Summer That Made Us

By: Robyn Carr

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins--they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's The Summer That Made Us book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • 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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3. The Friendship Club

By: Robyn Carr

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's The Friendship Club book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
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4. Must Love Flowers

By: Debbie Macomber

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hard… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's Must Love Flowers book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Summer We Started Over

By: Nancy Thayer

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's The Summer We Started Over book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • drama
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6. 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

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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7. Welcome to Beach Town

By: Susan Wiggs

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Beloved  New York Times  bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale o… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Welcome to Beach Town book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. A Little Ray of Sunshine

By: Kristan Higgins

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A kid walks into your bookstore and... guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption e… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's A Little Ray of Sunshine book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I had thought, once, that I couldn't ever be a mother because I'd passed at the chance to raise my own son. But this summer had shown me--Matthew and Monica had shown me--that being a mother wasn't o…"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

"I had a new sense of awareness now--of my own mother, of Addison and Nicole, Monica, Grammy . . . even of Grady's ex-wife. You can't have a child and not experience terror and heartache in some way. …"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

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9. 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

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. All the Days of Summer

By: Nancy Thayer

4.02

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his ow… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's All the Days of Summer book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Best Is Yet to Come

By: Debbie Macomber

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's The Best Is Yet to Come book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • 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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13. 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 Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • 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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14. The Friendship Pact (Sunrise Cove, #2)

By: Jill Shalvis

3.99

Format: 384 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving stor… read more

Similar categories in Jill Shalvis's The Friendship Pact (Sunrise Cove, #2) book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Out of the Clear Blue Sky

By: Kristan Higgins

4.22

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A funny and surprising new novel about second chances--and why the lies we tell ourselves are the m… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Out of the Clear Blue Sky book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What no one tells you is that there will be a last time you ever carry your child. A last time you tuck them in. A last time they run into your arms off the school bus. All through his infancy, Dylan…"

-Kristan Higgins, Out of the Clear Blue Sky

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16. A Family Affair

By: Robyn Carr

3.98

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Life’s biggest dilemmas can provide its sweetest rewards Anna McNichol knows how to take charge. Ra… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's A Family Affair book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
Cover of The Lemon Sisters (Wildstone, #3) by Jill Shalvis

17. The Lemon Sisters (Wildstone, #3)

By: Jill Shalvis

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of Rainy Day Friends and Lost and Found Sisters returns to Wi… read more

Similar categories in Jill Shalvis's The Lemon Sisters (Wildstone, #3) book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. It's Better This Way

By: Debbie Macomber

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a ne… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's It's Better This Way book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

19. The Stepsisters

By: Susan Mallery

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfel… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
"What she hadn't counted on was the fact that she couldn't see a way out. Which would have been something she could manage if only she'd been able to pretend that she wasn't the problem. Because her b…"

-Susan Mallery, The Stepsisters

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20. The Bookstore on the Beach

By: Brenda Novak

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven't closed the book on the previous one?Ei… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Novak's The Bookstore on the Beach book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No puedes decirle al corazón a quién tiene que querer."

-Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach

"Siempre estaba dispuesta a retirarse al mundo imaginario que creaban los buenos autores."

-Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach

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21. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay

By: Robyn Carr

3.90

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Sometimes the happiness we’re looking for has been there all along… Adele and Justine have never… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's Sunrise on Half Moon Bay book and Susan Mallery's The Stepsisters

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery

Transform Your Habits

The Summer That Made Us

Robyn Carr

3.89

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The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber

4.17

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21 Best fiction books like The Summer We Started Over by Nancy Thayer

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

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For the Love of Summer

Susan Mallery

4.28

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