9 best-selling adult fiction books like Swimming for Sunlight by Allie Larkin

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Swimming for Sunlight

By: Allie Larkin

3.95

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark move back in with Katie’s grandmother in…

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1. Love...Under Different Skies

By: Nick Spalding

4.13

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the hardest part of staying together is keeping a straight face... Ever wish you coul… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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2. The Knitting Circle

By: Ann Hood

4.00

Format: None pages,

"An intelligent, moving read" (Pages) and "a testament to women's friendship and to Ann Hood's tale… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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3. Why Can't I Be You

By: None

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At one time or another, everyone has wished she could be someone else. Exploring this universal lon… read more

Similar categories in None's Why Can't I Be You book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. One Last Thing Before I Go

By: Jonathan Tropper

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"Mistakes have been made." Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn't going to turn out as he … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Tropper's One Last Thing Before I Go book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

5. The Golden Son

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

4.70

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of traditi… read more

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6. Long Gone

By: Alafair Burke

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

After a layoff and months of struggling, Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new … read more

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7. The English Teacher

By: Lily King

3.62

Format: 186 pages,

"Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived from Texas alone and pregnant at Fayer Academy. She has since… read more

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8. No Place Like Home: A Novel

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.51

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and comi… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • adult
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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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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  • romance
  • 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

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11. The Orphan Thief

By: Glynis Peters

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From the international bestselling author of The Secret Orphan When all seems lost… As Hitler… read more

Similar categories in Glynis Peters's The Orphan Thief book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. A Harmless Lie (Louise Rick #10)

By: Sara Blaedel

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A woman is haunted by a heartwrenching decision she made as a teenager in this darkly atmospheric, … read more

Similar categories in Sara Blaedel's A Harmless Lie (Louise Rick #10) book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Mr. Nobody

By: Catherine Steadman

3.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A man lacking identification and unable to speak is found semiconscious on a British beach and imme… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Steadman's Mr. Nobody book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Swimming for Sunlight

By: Allie Larkin

3.95

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark move back in with Katie’s grandmother in… read more

Similar categories in Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • animals
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Trouble with You

By: Ellen Feldman

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose be… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Feldman's The Trouble with You book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. When You Read This

By: Mary Adkins

3.57

Format: 400 pages, ebook

“Warm, original, funny and heartbreaking, this novel made me drop everything so I could read it in … read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I think regretting is a way to believe (incorrectly) that we have control over life."

-Mary Adkins, When You Read This

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17. The People We Keep

By: Allison Larkin

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The People We Keep is about a young songwriter longing to find a home in the world.Little River, Ne… read more

Similar categories in Allison Larkin's The People We Keep book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"If you're in survival mode you can keep problems buried, because the way you grew up, that wasn't okay. When you upend your life, you don't have to sit with how unfair it was. And whatever drama you …"

-Allison Larkin, The People We Keep

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18. The First to Lie

By: Hank Phillippi Ryan

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens when an undercover reporter gets in too deep? And when a practiced liar has to face of… read more

Similar categories in Hank Phillippi Ryan's The First to Lie book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot (Light & Life Series Book 2)

By: Marta Molnar

4.35

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

By the time Suzanne Valadon was 15 years old, she’s been a horse walker, a milliner’s assistant, a … read more

Similar categories in Marta Molnar's Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot (Light & Life Series Book 2) book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • fiction
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20. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

Similar categories in Wanda M. Morris's What You Leave Behind book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Not the Plan

By: Gia de Cadenet

3.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleagu… read more

Similar categories in Gia de Cadenet's Not the Plan book and Allie Larkin's Swimming for Sunlight

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

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Nick Spalding

4.13

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4.00

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Why Can't I Be You

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Jonathan Tropper

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Emily Henry

4.27

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Tessa Bailey

3.71

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Abby Jimenez

4.40

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Christina Lauren

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