19 Best fiction books like Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan

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Lady Sunshine

By: Amy Mason Doan

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

ONE ICONIC FAMILY. ONE SUMMER OF SECRETS. THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA. For Jackie Pi…

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1. A Touch of Stardust

By: Kate Alcott

3.65

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

When Julie Crawford leaves Fort Wayne, Indiana for Hollywood, she never imagines she'll cross paths… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alcott's A Touch of Stardust book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

2. The Collector of Dying Breaths (Reincarnationist, #6)

By: M.J. Rose

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A lush and imaginative novel that crisscrosses time as a perfumer and a mythologist search for the … read more

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3. The Summer of Naked Swim Parties

By: Jessica Anya Blau

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Fourteen-year-old Jamie will never forget the summer of 1976. It's the summer when she has her firs… read more

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4. 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 Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical 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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5. Famous in a Small Town

By: Viola Shipman

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

For most of her eighty years, Mary Jackson has endured the steady invasion of tourists, influencers… read more

Similar categories in Viola Shipman's Famous in a Small Town book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He throws his arms open, and I hug him. In a world - and school system - where hugs are not often allowed anymore, I still hug. I know sometimes that can make a huge difference in the life of a child…"

-Viola Shipman, Famous in a Small Town

"I finally understand that there is no age limit on growth and self-discovery. We see our lives and ourselves in different chapters, different versions, through different perspectives as we age. We ar…"

-Viola Shipman, Famous in a Small Town

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6. 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 Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Songs in Ursa Major

By: Emma Brodie

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1969, and the Bayleen Island Folk Fest is abuzz with one name: Jesse Reid. Tall and sof… read more

Similar categories in Emma Brodie's Songs in Ursa Major book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • music
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Sister Stardust

By: Jane Green

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK In her first n… read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's Sister Stardust book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Sunshine Girls

By: Molly Fader

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

12 hours “A breathtaking story of an extraordinary friendship and the transcendent power of a m… read more

Similar categories in Molly Fader's The Sunshine Girls book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Spectacular book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

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11. California Golden

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters navigate the turbulent, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Benjamin's California Golden book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Mary Jane

By: Jessica Anya Blau

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her churc… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Anya Blau's Mary Jane book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • music
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But there I was, in Roland Park, and a big, heavy shattered-glass storm had landed."

-Jessica Anya Blau, Mary Jane

"Feelings were splattered around the household with the intensity of a spraying fire hose."

-Jessica Anya Blau, Mary Jane

"No one on this Earth would pay five cents to see my talents if I didn't look the way I do."

-Jessica Anya Blau, Mary Jane

"It had never before occurred to me that sometimes dishes weren't just dishes, that things could represent ideas in more powerful ways than the ideas themselves."

-Jessica Anya Blau, Mary Jane

Cover of Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan

13. Lady Sunshine

By: Amy Mason Doan

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

ONE ICONIC FAMILY. ONE SUMMER OF SECRETS. THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA. For Jackie Pi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • music
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

14. 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 Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • music
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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15. Groupies

By: Sarah Priscus

3.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a debut perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six, Mary Jane, and The Final Revival of Opal & Ne… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Priscus's Groupies book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • music
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Desire's not deviant. It's human nature."

-Sarah Priscus, Groupies

"If I didn’t do this one thing, I’d never do anything at all."

-Sarah Priscus, Groupies

"We needed something to nurture, and they needed nurturing. Constant attention made you need it even more. The band never learned to be alone and neither did we. But if they were starved for attention…"

-Sarah Priscus, Groupies

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16. The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers

By: Sarah Tomlinson

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and Almost Famous , a gripping debut about the complicate… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Tomlinson's The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • music
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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18. Big in Sweden

By: Sally Franson

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A charming, wise, and laugh-out-loud funny novel following an American woman competing on a Swedish… read more

Similar categories in Sally Franson's Big in Sweden book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Carnegie Hill

By: Jonathan Vatner

3.25

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Deception is just another day in the lives of the elite. At age thirty-three, Penelope “Pepper” … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Vatner's Carnegie Hill book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Lightning Bottles

By: Marissa Stapley

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a love letter… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
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21. The Art of Pretend

By: Lauren Kuhl

3.49

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A tantalizing debut about a woman drawn into the orbit of her friend's wealthy artist family in New… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kuhl's The Art of Pretend book and Amy Mason Doan's Lady Sunshine

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

14 must-read contemporary books like Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan

Transform Your Habits

Famous in a Small Town

Viola Shipman

3.91

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Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

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Songs in Ursa Major

Emma Brodie

3.89

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Sister Stardust

Jane Green

3.58

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The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

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First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

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