21 Top contemporary books like Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6) by Marian Keyes

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Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

By: Marian Keyes

4.29

Format: 577 pages, Paperback

In her twenties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. Since her spell in rehab, though, she's come a long way o…

"It might be uncomfortable. But it's an opportunity. An opportunity for what? Personal growth. Internally, I sighed. Wretched personal growth. Always so unpleasant."

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

"- but forcing you to stop wouldn’t have gotten you clean. You had to be the one who decided. It took me nearly six months to face it, you didn’t love me enough -‘ ‘Of course I loved you!"

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

"[…] How often have I told you that is an addict doesn’t lose something, they’ve no incentive to change?’ ‘Right.’ But he didn’t like it. ‘In fact, if - and it’s not going to - but it if I ever relapsed, you couldn’t stay with me.’ ‘But what if I wanted to?’ I laughed. ‘You wouldn’t want to. I wouldn’t be me. And you wouldn’t be helping me, you’d be doing the opposite.’ He shook his head. ‘This is all very tough love. I don’t like it. I don’t like it one bit."

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

If you liked the contemporary plot in Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6) by Marian Keyes , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. You Are Here

By: David Nicholls

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way . . . Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his… read more

Similar categories in David Nicholls's You Are Here book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"You were traumatised.’ ‘I wonder if people use that word too much.’ ‘It’s the right word for something traumatic.’ ‘But it wasn’t war. People get beaten up every Friday night.’ ‘And are traumatised b…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"she went on a solo trip to Italy, role-playing a character in a Forster novel. In Florence, she read performatively in cafés and sat in the cool of exquisite churches, straining for some kind of spir…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

"Books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen, frowning at Kafka and Woolf, then tearing through John Irving and Maeve Binchy, widely read in the proper sense, making no distinction be…"

-David Nicholls, You Are Here

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2. The No-Show

By: Beth O'Leary

3.80

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon us… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The No-Show book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it?"

-Beth O'Leary, The No-Show

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3. Over Sharing

By: Jane Fallon

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The queen of revenge comedy is back with a hilariously sharp and refreshing new novel Can you li… read more

Similar categories in Jane Fallon's Over Sharing book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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4. Forever Home

By: Graham Norton

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Where do secrets live? Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son … read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's Forever Home book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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5. In a Thousand Different Ways

By: Cecelia Ahern

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Finding your way is never a simple journey… Alice sees the worst in people. She also sees the… read more

Similar categories in Cecelia Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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6. Idol

By: Louise O'Neill

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

'Follow your heart and speak your truth.'For Samantha Miller's young fans - her 'girls' - she's eve… read more

Similar categories in Louise O'Neill's Idol book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • audiobook
  • irish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But she'd clawed her way out of addiction because she believed that she was destined for greater things than an undignified death slumped over a toilet cistern"

-Louise O'Neill, Idol

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7. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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8. Cat Lady

By: Dawn O'Porter

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

CAT LADY [n.] Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone... It’s safer for … read more

Similar categories in Dawn O'Porter's Cat Lady book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"People who hate cats are like atheists, they cannot get through a conversation without telling you their views. There is such a righteousness that comes with it. You tell someone you have a cat, and …"

-Dawn O'Porter, Cat Lady

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9. The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary

3.57

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to ret… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The Wake-Up Call book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. Just Got Real

By: Jane Fallon

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

THE HILARIOUS AND RAZOR-SHARP NEW NOVEL FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING QUEEN OF REVENGE COMEDY'G… read more

Similar categories in Jane Fallon's Just Got Real book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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11. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

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12. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

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13. Between Us

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.74

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a witty, clever, emotional new novel about a wom… read more

Similar categories in Mhairi McFarlane's Between Us book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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14. Really Good, Actually

By: Monica Heisey

3.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning … read more

Similar categories in Monica Heisey's Really Good, Actually book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"You’ll like dating, everyone eats ass now."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"The truth is, if you start your eating disorder even slightly overweight, no one will notice until things are very much at the ‘what if two meals a day were soup’ stage."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"It seemed impossible that I was supposed to keep loving - even revering - my body as it decomposed in slow motion. Why not give in and have low self-esteem? Maybe I could slay in that way instead."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

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15. The Burnout

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's The Burnout book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The ride is it!"

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"If you’re not kind, never mind."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"You do not need an unkind man in your life right now. Or ever."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"Maybe I can’t commune with nature, but I sure as hell can commune with carbs."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

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16. Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny and heartfelt novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here and why life isn't … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Potter's Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"I'm not saying this to be trite or to make you feel better, but believe me when I say this: the people who matter will see you, no matter what."

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

"I don't want to spend whatever time I have left looking backwards. I want to look forwards. To new things. New places. New adventures. Otherwise I'm just living a life where a part of me is missing."

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

"Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give my…"

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

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17. Love Untold

By: Ruth Jones

4.33

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'Love, mess, secrets; this story of four generations of wo… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Jones's Love Untold book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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18. Aisling Ever After

By: Emer McLysaght

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Living in the Big Apple feels like a movie, especially when Aisling finds her ex-boyfriend John on … read more

Similar categories in Emer McLysaght's Aisling Ever After book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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19. Maybe This Time

By: Jill Mansell

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 3 BESTSELLER!Heartwarming and joyful - the brand new romantic comedy from the … read more

Similar categories in Jill Mansell's Maybe This Time book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Sometimes you could meet a complete stranger and just know you really liked them."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"For every wizened female tortoise there's a male tortoise who thinks she's irresistible."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"... the worst culprits were the ones who were secretly battling with their own feelings."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

"Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too."

-Jill Mansell, Maybe This Time

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20. Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

By: Marian Keyes

4.29

Format: 577 pages, Paperback

In her twenties, Rachel Walsh was a mess. Since her spell in rehab, though, she's come a long way o… read more

Similar categories in Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6) book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"It might be uncomfortable. But it's an opportunity. An opportunity for what? Personal growth. Internally, I sighed. Wretched personal growth. Always so unpleasant."

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

"- but forcing you to stop wouldn’t have gotten you clean. You had to be the one who decided. It took me nearly six months to face it, you didn’t love me enough -‘ ‘Of course I loved you!"

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

"[…] How often have I told you that is an addict doesn’t lose something, they’ve no incentive to change?’ ‘Right.’ But he didn’t like it. ‘In fact, if - and it’s not going to - but it if I ever relaps…"

-Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

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21. You Belong with Me

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a charming, hilarious, and heartfelt new novel a… read more

Similar categories in Mhairi McFarlane's You Belong with Me book and Marian Keyes's Again, Rachel (Walsh Family, #6)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"She felt like Elizabeth Bennet promising her dad that Mr. Darcy wasn't a proud dick after all and that the great estate at Pemberley wasn't a factor, promise."

-Mhairi McFarlane, You Belong with Me

"We've come a long way since I was hired to write your life story, haven't we?' 'Fair to say, you understood the assignment. You haven't stopped writing it since."

-Mhairi McFarlane, You Belong with Me

"Do you know how much I wish I was there?' 'Is it as much as I wish you were here?' 'Is it like a whole-body longing that slides into a supercut of favourite memories? If so, yes."

-Mhairi McFarlane, You Belong with Me

"I've got a pint of black coffee with two sugars in the BA lounge, and I look like I've been exhumed by detectives who want to run toxicology tests to prove foul play. In a hailstorm. I wouldn't chang…"

-Mhairi McFarlane, You Belong with Me

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David Nicholls

4.08

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The No-Show

Beth O'Leary

3.80

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In a Thousand Different Ways

Cecelia Ahern

4.09

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The Wake-Up Call

Beth O'Leary

3.57

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Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

4.09

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Death of a Bookseller

Alice Slater

3.48

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Louise O'Neill

3.58

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