15 must-read chick lit books like Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

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Charm City Rocks

By: Matthew Norman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a single dad meets the former rock star crush of his youth, everything they thought they knew …

If you liked the chick lit plot in Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Thank You, Goodnight

By: Andy Abramowitz

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

Nick Hornby meets Almost Famous in this side-splittingly funny coming-of-middle-age debut novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Andy Abramowitz's Thank You, Goodnight book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • music
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Will They or Won't They

By: Ava Wilder

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

On screen, they're in love. Off screen, they can't stand each other. Two co-stars with a complex hi… read more

Similar categories in Ava Wilder's Will They or Won't They book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Celebrants

By: Steven Rowley

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Celebrants book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

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4. Family Family

By: Laurie Frankel

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Frankel's Family Family book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"

-Laurie Frankel, Family Family

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5. Summer Romance

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the architect of my own experience."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

"It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

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6. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • 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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7. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

Cover of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

9. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Business or Pleasure

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Business or Pleasure book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) by Steven  Rowley

11. 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 Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Sylvia's Second Act by Hillary Yablon

12. Sylvia's Second Act

By: Hillary Yablon

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

13. Once More with Feeling

By: Elissa Sussman

3.56

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Then. Katee Rose is living the dream as America's number one pop star, caught in a whirlwind of sol… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Sussman's Once More with Feeling book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trail of Lost Hearts by Tracey Garvis Graves

14. The Trail of Lost Hearts

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's The Trail of Lost Hearts book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah   Adler

15. Mrs. Nash's Ashes

By: Sarah Adler

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adler's Mrs. Nash's Ashes book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

16. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's The Other Side of Disappearing book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

17. Charm City Rocks

By: Matthew Norman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a single dad meets the former rock star crush of his youth, everything they thought they knew … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner

18. Colton Gentry's Third Act

By: Jeff Zentner

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) following a down on his luck country … read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Colton Gentry's Third Act book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"His heart leapt like a murmuration of starlings taking flight. Every reach of him filled with light. He wondered how anyone survived this feeling he'd just named. This delirious sweetness. Maybe no o…"

-Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act

Cover of The Second Ending by Michelle   Hoffman

19. The Second Ending

By: Michelle Hoffman

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A former prodigy who refuses to believe her best years are behind her and a young virtuoso searchin… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Hoffman's The Second Ending book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

20. Slow Dance

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK! Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up to… read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Slow Dance book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I want to remember this day, she whispered. But I also want to have so many good days that this one gets lost in the plethora."

-Rainbow Rowell, Slow Dance

Cover of Darling at the Campsite by Andy Abramowitz

21. Darling at the Campsite

By: Andy Abramowitz

4.10

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

When you end up back home, there’s always baggage to unpack. Rowan Darling, an adrift thirty-three… read more

Similar categories in Andy Abramowitz's Darling at the Campsite book and Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

21 Top fiction books like Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

Thank You, Goodnight

Andy Abramowitz

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Will They or Won't They

Ava Wilder

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Family Family

Laurie Frankel

4.00

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Transform Your Habits

Will They or Won't They

Ava Wilder

3.59

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The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

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