18 must-read contemporary books like The Next Big Thing by James Colley

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The Next Big Thing

By: James Colley

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Part young-love rom-com, part David and Goliath story, The Next Big Thing is a heartwarming, hilari…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Next Big Thing by James Colley , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Accident

By: Fiona Lowe

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Accident book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Love, Just In

By: Natalie Murray

3.82

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

In the vein of Emily Henry's You and Me On Vacation , Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Murray's Love, Just In book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Other Bridget book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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8. Gone

By: Glenna Thomson

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing girl ... a cold case ... a sister who won’t give up … 'I was there on the day Rebecca … read more

Similar categories in Glenna Thomson's Gone book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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9. The School Run

By: Ali Lowe

3.86

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect your children? For parents living in the beautiful coastal town … read more

Similar categories in Ali Lowe's The School Run book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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10. Joy Moody is Out of Time

By: Kerryn Mayne

3.96

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody – proprietor of Bayside’s premier laundroma… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Joy Moody is Out of Time book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2) book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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12. The House That Joy Built

By: Holly Ringland

3.88

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

An uplifting, powerful and inspiring book about breaking through fear and finding joy through creat… read more

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13. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Clifford's It Takes a Town book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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15. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Glass House book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) by Dinuka McKenzie

18. Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate M… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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19. Emergency Exit Only

By: Michelle Upton

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

No evacuation plan, no safety net. Amelia's quitting the daily grind to find her fantasy job. But a… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Upton's Emergency Exit Only book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Next Big Thing

By: James Colley

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Part young-love rom-com, part David and Goliath story, The Next Big Thing is a heartwarming, hilari… read more

Similar categories in James Colley's The Next Big Thing book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Sidelines

By: Karen Viggers

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more

Similar categories in Karen Viggers's Sidelines book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Every Last Suspect

By: Nicola Moriarty

3.95

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Moriarty's Every Last Suspect book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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23. Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not

By: Imbi Neeme

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A charming, nostalgic, quirky, uplifting novel of people young and old finding their tribe, gaining… read more

Similar categories in Imbi Neeme's Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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24. Down the Track

By: Stella Quinn

4.07

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Digging up the past isn't easy ... Sweet, funny and feel-good, the unmissable rural romance from th… read more

Similar categories in Stella Quinn's Down the Track book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
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25. The Rivertown Vet

By: Jennifer Scoullar

4.36

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Local vet Jana Malinski runs a wombat sanctuary with her sister on their family’s serene property b… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Scoullar's The Rivertown Vet book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
Cover of Love from Scratch (Sit, Stay, Love, #2) by Amy Hutton

26. Love from Scratch (Sit, Stay, Love, #2)

By: Amy Hutton

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud rom-com about a heart-throb actor, the grumpy woman who mi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hutton's Love from Scratch (Sit, Stay, Love, #2) book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. All the Beautiful Things You Love

By: Jonathan Seidler

3.63

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Elly and Enzo love each other.Elly and Enzo are breaking up.Now, everything must go.When Enzo sudde… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Seidler's All the Beautiful Things You Love book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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28. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's The Honeyeater book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. The Concierge

By: Abby Corson

3.52

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I suppose it would be fitting to explain that I am talking into a dictaphone and the lovely Helen w… read more

Similar categories in Abby Corson's The Concierge book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
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30. A Language of Limbs

By: Dylin Hardcastle

4.56

Format: 277 pages, ebook

The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire i… read more

Similar categories in Dylin Hardcastle's A Language of Limbs book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. Tilda Is Visible

By: Jane Tara

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A woman starts to disappear—literally—in midlife, and only then begins to discover herself in this … read more

Similar categories in Jane Tara's Tilda Is Visible book and James Colley's The Next Big Thing

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Support groups are like bras – some aren’t that supportive."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

28 Best fiction books like The Next Big Thing by James Colley

Transform Your Habits

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

Transform Your Habits

What Happened to Nina?

Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Accident

Fiona Lowe

3.86

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21 Best fiction books like What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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