5 must-read chick lit books like How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

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How Not to Die Alone

By: Richard Roper

3.68

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine th…

"Cameron was continuing to give a disproportionately large shit about these stupid dinner parties."

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"Cameron was continuing to give a disproportionately large shit about these stupid dinner parties."

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"The idea of people looking at me all sympathetic... I just can't deal with that." "Yep. I hear you," Peggy said. ... "I mean their hearts are in the right place but if you have not been through it then it's impossible to understand. It's like we're in the club or something."

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"The idea of people looking at me all sympathetic... I just can't deal with that." "Yep. I hear you," Peggy said. ... "I mean their hearts are in the right place but if you have not been through it then it's impossible to understand. It's like we're in the club or something."

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

If you liked the chick lit plot in How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Eggshells

By: None

3.59

Format: 128 pages,

Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in - never has. She lives alone in a house in north Dublin that h… read more

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2. Lucky You: A Novel

By: None

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Three women, early twenties, find themselves aimlessly adrift in Erika Carter's fierce and darkly f… read more

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3. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. How Lucky

By: Will Leitch

3.77

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first n… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

By: Beth Morrey

4.06

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The world has changed around Missy Carmichael. At seventy-nine, she's estranged from her daughter; … read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Love was just love, that was all. Flawed, uneven, complicated, overlapping, but still essential"

-Beth Morrey, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

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7. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman

3.80

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a … read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If you're not scared, you're not brave."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Coming out of a book was always painful."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Is book smart the only smart that counts?"

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Being with you is as good as being alone."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

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8. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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9. The Collected Regrets of Clover

By: Mikki Brammer

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? … read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"Maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life— and the people we love—will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live."

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

"Grief plays tricks on you that way - a familiar whiff of cologne or a potential sighting of your person in a crowd, and all the knots you've tied inside yourself to manage the pain of losing them sud…"

-Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

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10. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

11. How Not to Die Alone

By: Richard Roper

3.68

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine th… read more

Similar categories in Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone book and Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Cameron was continuing to give a disproportionately large shit about these stupid dinner parties."

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"The idea of people looking at me all sympathetic... I just can't deal with that." "Yep. I hear you," Peggy said. ... "I mean their hearts are in the right place but if you have not been through it th…"

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"But there were moments - when he saw groups of friends sitting in neat, symmetrical rows on pub benches, or couples holding hands in the street, where he felt a wave of embarrassment that he [...] ha…"

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

"It was Andrew realized, not because of tension or nervousness, but purely because of the pulse of her heart, and suddenly he was gripped by possibility once again, that as long as there was that move…"

-Richard Roper, How Not to Die Alone

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12. Obehöriga äga ej tillträde (Forshammar, #3)

By: Cecilia Klang

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Det är oroligt i Forshammar. En bil har brunnit i centrum och invånarna spekulerar om vem eller vil… read more

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13. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Jag älskar Astrid Lindgren

By: Elin Lucassi

3.26

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Ylva har nyligen blivit fråntagen sitt barn. Hon ser tecken och samband överallt. Nummer. Namn. Sit… read more

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15. Sibilė

By: Lina Dirmotė

3.85

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Kartą gyveno tokia Ingrida Eleonora Drungilaitė, paprasta nedidelės šalies pilietė, patirianti mote… read more

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16. Svaber – en vaskeekte detektiv

By: Zahid Ali

3.44

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Forfatterdebuten til komiker Zahid Ali. Wassim har i årevis vasket de samme gangene og toaletten… read more

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  • humor
Cover of Don't Sweat It: How to make 'the change' a good one by Nicky Pellegrino

17. Don't Sweat It: How to make 'the change' a good one

By: Nicky Pellegrino

4.28

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Funny, frank and optimistic - a refreshing and up-to-the-minute guide to menopause and perimenopaus… read more

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18. Where the Road Bends

By: David Rawlings

3.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

How did I get here? He ripped back the zip, his heart pounding as red dust trickled in and landed o… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Läuft schon!: How to run - eine Anleitung von der unsportlichsten Joggerin der Welt

By: Nicole Staudinger

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Keine Ausreden In diesem Motivationsbuch bringt Bestseller-Autorin Nicole Staudinger auch Sport-Mu… read more

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20. Med knäppta händer på Pressbyråns kundtoalett

By: Annelie Adamsdotter

3.72

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

"Fan. Fan. Fan. Kära Gud. Jag ber dig. Av hela mitt hjärta. Av allt jag äger. Av ... fan. … read more

Similar categories in Annelie Adamsdotter's Med knäppta händer på Pressbyråns kundtoalett book and Richard Roper's How Not to Die Alone

  • fiction
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21. Flowers for the Dead

By: C.K. Williams

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

I am the reason girls are told not to trust strangers. I am their cautionary tale.Nineteen years ag… read more

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