18 must-read chick lit books like Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

Cover of Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

Wreck the Halls

By: Tessa Bailey

3.43

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who …

"Acknowledgement. Apparently that was all it took to want to forgive someone. Just to have them acknowledge that you were hurt, out loud."

-Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

If you liked the chick lit plot in Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie   Murphy

1. A Holly Jolly Ever After

By: Julie Murphy

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Kallum Liebermanis the funny one™. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy ba… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's A Holly Jolly Ever After book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Funny Story by Emily Henry

2. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

3. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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4. Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Check & Mate book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

Cover of The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

5. The Fake Mate

By: Lana Ferguson

3.66

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Mackenzie hasn't had a successful date in months. She's only a year out of residency, and her grand… read more

Similar categories in Lana Ferguson's The Fake Mate book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

6. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

Cover of Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah  Grace

7. Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2)

By: Hannah Grace

3.87

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

The latest in the Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzl… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Grace's Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Before I met you, I hadn't considered what my happy ending might look like. I wasn't sure I'd get one. You’re my happy ending, Russ. I fell in love with you in Meadow Springs, and watching you help b…"

-Hannah Grace, Wildfire (Maple Hills, #2)

Cover of A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie   Murphy

8. A Merry Little Meet Cute

By: Julie Murphy

3.36

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sie… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's A Merry Little Meet Cute book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Happily Never After by Lynn Painter

9. Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more roma… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Happily Never After book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You have to get hurt to get the good stuff, don't you see?...When you're a baby, you don't stop taking steps just because you've fallen once, or you'd never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk…"

-Lynn Painter, Happily Never After

Cover of The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) by Sarah       Adams

10. The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

3.92

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies-to-lovers, second-ch… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3) by Sally  Thorne

11. Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3)

By: Sally Thorne

3.42

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

For a hopeful and hopeless romantic, it’s love at first sight—with a little twist—in a hilarious sh… read more

Similar categories in Sally Thorne's Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) by Elena  Armas

12. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)

By: Elena Armas

3.59

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more

Similar categories in Elena Armas's The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) by Sariah Wilson

13. Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6)

By: Sariah Wilson

3.16

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

Valentine’s Day becomes a Roman holiday for a princess in disguise in a dizzyingly romantic short s… read more

Similar categories in Sariah Wilson's Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Drop, Cover, and Hold On (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #4) by Jasmine Guillory

14. Drop, Cover, and Hold On (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #4)

By: Jasmine Guillory

2.96

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

It takes nothing less than a fateful natural disaster to throw two opposites together in a ground-s… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Guillory's Drop, Cover, and Hold On (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #4) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5) by Ashley Poston

15. With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5)

By: Ashley Poston

3.25

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Every person she kisses finds their true love, and it’s never her—until now, in this funny and magi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2) by Abby Jimenez

16. Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.00

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re falling in love, yet they’ve never met. Maybe fate can intervene in a heartwarming “what-if… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We need to manifest our own destiny. I never accepted less than what I deserved ever again."

-Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

"I don't know how, but it felt like this stranger was a guardian angel. Like the universe, had put him here to be there when i needed him, with his small giant acts of kindness. That's the thing about…"

-Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

Cover of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

17. A Winter in New York

By: Josie Silver

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been… read more

Similar categories in Josie Silver's A Winter in New York book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It's the swoon-worthy climax of our showreel moment, this beautiful, achingly sexy kiss, slow and electric, full of pure, vulnerable kiss-me-forever magic."

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"You guys have enough baggage to fill a gosh dang carousel at JFK, but isn't that kind of the point of love, that you help each other carry the bags? Fresh starts are for Hallmark movies, not real lif…"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"By my reckoning, everyone gets a handful of movie-worthy moments in their lives. Some people would probably pick out their wedding day or the birth of their child for their showreel, but for most of …"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

Cover of The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1) by Christina Lauren

18. The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1)

By: Christina Lauren

4.22

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 14, an accidental email to a stranger opens the door to an unexpected relationship in a… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

19. Wreck the Halls

By: Tessa Bailey

3.43

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • music
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Acknowledgement. Apparently that was all it took to want to forgive someone. Just to have them acknowledge that you were hurt, out loud."

-Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

Cover of Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1) by B.K. Borison

20. Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1)

By: B.K. Borison

3.91

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Two best friends fake date to reach their holiday happily ever after in this first romantic comedy … read more

Similar categories in B.K. Borison's Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s like the North Pole had a love child with Hogwarts! I want to live here forever!"

-B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1)

"It’s hard enough maintaining the charade of a fake relationship; now I have some mystery trespasser wreaking havoc."

-B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1)

"The first video is me explaining that I’m at Lovelight Farms where two idiots think they’re pretending to be in love."

-B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1)

"This feels like an oversimplification of a complicated addition to an irreplaceable relationship. I’ve watched enough romantic comedies to know that this is probably going to end badly for one of us,…"

-B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1)

Cover of The Christmas Fix (Fixer: King Siblings #2) by Lucy Score

21. The Christmas Fix (Fixer: King Siblings #2)

By: Lucy Score

3.97

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

She'll save Christmas just to spite him...When a late season hurricane hits Merry, Connecticut, cit… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Score's The Christmas Fix (Fixer: King Siblings #2) book and Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls

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

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Julie Murphy

3.52

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Emily Henry

4.27

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Check & Mate

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Elsie Silver

4.13

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4.26

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