19 Top chick lit books like Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey

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Under the Southern Sky

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Recently separated Amelia Saxton, a dedicated journalist, never expected that uncovering the bigges…

If you liked the chick lit plot in Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Hissy Fit

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

"Laced with humor and a sense of place that oozes the aroma of magnolia blossoms." --Atlanta Journa… read more

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2. The Five-Star Weekend

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • drama
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

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3. The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The rules of summer book club are simple: •  No sad books •  No pressure •  Yessssss, wine! … read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Summer Book Club book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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4. The Happiness Plan

By: Susan Mallery

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Three women search for joy in #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s new novel of hop… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Happiness Plan book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • drama
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5. The Bookshop by the Bay

By: Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Bookshop by the Bay is a breezy, escapist beach read from powerhouse bestselling women’s fictio… read more

Similar categories in Pamela M. Kelley's The Bookshop by the Bay book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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6. Look on the Bright Side

By: Kristan Higgins

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Look on the Bright Side book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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7. For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable tale about finding f… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's For the Love of Summer book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • drama
"I was in love with who I wanted him to be. Not who he was."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

"She's my family and you're hers. That means we are, in some inexplicable way, connected."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

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8. The Summer We Started Over

By: Nancy Thayer

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's The Summer We Started Over book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • drama
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9. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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10. Welcome to Beach Town

By: Susan Wiggs

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Beloved  New York Times  bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale o… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Welcome to Beach Town book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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11. A Little Ray of Sunshine

By: Kristan Higgins

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A kid walks into your bookstore and... guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption e… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's A Little Ray of Sunshine book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I had thought, once, that I couldn't ever be a mother because I'd passed at the chance to raise my own son. But this summer had shown me--Matthew and Monica had shown me--that being a mother wasn't o…"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

"I had a new sense of awareness now--of my own mother, of Addison and Nicole, Monica, Grammy . . . even of Grady's ex-wife. You can't have a child and not experience terror and heartache in some way. …"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

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12. 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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13. All the Days of Summer

By: Nancy Thayer

4.02

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his ow… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's All the Days of Summer book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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14. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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15. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

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16. 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 Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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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17. Bright Lights, Big Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, co… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Bright Lights, Big Christmas book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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18. My Magnolia Summer

By: Victoria Benton Frank

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Benton Frank's My Magnolia Summer book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"Omitting the truth is also lying."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Are you planning on kissing me behind a haystack or something?" "Oh, I plan on a lot worse, Maggie."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Maybe violets don't have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"I unrolled my knife bag and saw all my old friends staring back at me. Some girls liked diamonds, some liked pearls, but just give me a good knife. Knives are sexy, that's all there is to it."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

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19. The Summer Pact

By: Emily Giffin

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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20. Under the Southern Sky

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Recently separated Amelia Saxton, a dedicated journalist, never expected that uncovering the bigges… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • audiobook
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • drama
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21. Until Next Summer

By: Ali Brady

4.00

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Two former best friends each find love at an adults-only summer camp in this romantic and nostalgic… read more

Similar categories in Ali Brady's Until Next Summer book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's Under the Southern Sky

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

20 Best fiction books like Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Transform Your Habits

The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Happiness Plan

Susan Mallery

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Bookshop by the Bay

Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

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21 best-selling fiction books like Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

Jenny Colgan

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Wishing Bridge

Viola Shipman

4.02

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