19 best-selling fiction books like The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable

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The Summer I Met Jack

By: Michelle Gable

3.76

Format: 515 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between JFK and Alicia Corning Clark - and th…

"Jack loved Hollywood but could never sit through a full reel. Fifteen, twenty minutes in, he took to pacing, tapping, scratching doodles on a pad. Jack Kennedy was never at rest."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

"Jack loved Hollywood but could never sit through a full reel. Fifteen, twenty minutes in, he took to pacing, tapping, scratching doodles on a pad. Jack Kennedy was never at rest."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

"When they weren't on the beach or sailing, Alicia and Jack were indoors, usually in the basement watching movies. Alicia missed so many important films during those frightening years."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

"When they weren't on the beach or sailing, Alicia and Jack were indoors, usually in the basement watching movies. Alicia missed so many important films during those frightening years."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

If you liked the fiction plot in The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath

By: Mimi Alford

3.58

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

In '62, Mimi Beardsley was a naive teen, a product of her class & time. She'd attended the same exc… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Alford's Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • historical
  • politics
  • audiobook
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2. Best Friends

By: Martha Moody

3.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From their first meeting as new roommates at Oberlin College in 1973, the friendship of two very di… read more

Similar categories in Martha Moody's Best Friends book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
"We were very...anachronistic. The love that dared not speak its name."

-Martha Moody, Best Friends

"Still, we're less betrayed by others, it seems, than by our own hopes and dreams."

-Martha Moody, Best Friends

"You can gussy them up with all the pretty rationales you want, but most major life decisions are whims."

-Martha Moody, Best Friends

"When you're in college you haven't had that much life. Parents, school, assorted youth activities—that's about it."

-Martha Moody, Best Friends

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3. The Girls of August

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

3.16

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever c… read more

Similar categories in Anne Rivers Siddons's The Girls of August book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie

By: Christopher Andersen

4.15

Format: 333 pages, ebook

#1 New York Timesbestselling biographer "Christopher Andersen has a real track record when it comes… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Andersen's These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • politics
  • audiobook
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5. Fairytale Interrupted: What JFK Jr. Taught Me About Life, Love, and Loss

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Working Girlmeets What Remains, this is the behind-the-scenes story of an unlikely friendship betwe… read more

Similar categories in RoseMarie Terenzio's Fairytale Interrupted: What JFK Jr. Taught Me About Life, Love, and Loss book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • audiobook

6. The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill , Gerald Blaine

3.65

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The New York Timesbestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and… read more

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7. Life's a Beach

By: Claire Cook

4.37

Format: None pages,

People Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who finds herself single at 41 and back… read more

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8. Eye of the Beholder

By: Jayne Ann Krentz

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Best of the Best. J.L. Trask, a hard-nosed hotelier trying to unearth the truth about his father's … read more

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9. Cocoa Beach

By: Beatriz Williams

4.03

Format: 288 pages, ebook

The New York Timesbestselling author of A Certain Agetransports readers to sunny Florida in this lu… read more

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10. After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family--1968 to the Present

By: J. Randy Taraborrelli

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

For more than half a century, Americans have been captivated by the Kennedys - their joy and heartb… read more

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11. Summer of '69

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything chang… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Summer of '69 book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing you raised a hero."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69

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12. 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 Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • unfinished
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13. The Days I Loved You Most

By: Amy Neff

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming … read more

Similar categories in Amy Neff's The Days I Loved You Most book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. A Wedding in Lake Como (Meet Me in Italy, #3)

By: Jennifer Probst

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A destination wedding in Italy’s Lake Como brings three best friends back together to face the secr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Probst's A Wedding in Lake Como (Meet Me in Italy, #3) book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Last Dance of the Debutante

By: Julia Kelly

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of young women are swept up in a life-changing journey as they become three of the last deb… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Last Dance of the Debutante book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port

By: Kate Storey

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Kate Storey's White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • historical
  • politics
  • audiobook
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17. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

By: ReShonda Tate

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more

Similar categories in ReShonda Tate's The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Silent Woman (Cat Carlisle, #1)

By: Terry Lynn Thomas

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you sell your secrets? Catherine Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat… read more

Similar categories in Terry Lynn Thomas's The Silent Woman (Cat Carlisle, #1) book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. All the Summers in Between

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summ… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's All the Summers in Between book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Park Avenue Summer

By: Renée Rosen

3.95

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada as Renée Rosen draws readers into the glamour of 1965 New York … read more

Similar categories in Renée Rosen's Park Avenue Summer book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Audrey Hepburn Estate

By: Brenda Janowitz

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A CBS New York Book Club pick! When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate wher… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Janowitz's The Audrey Hepburn Estate book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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22. The Summer I Met Jack

By: Michelle Gable

3.76

Format: 515 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between JFK and Alicia Corning Clark - and th… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • love story
  • unfinished
  • historical
  • politics
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Jack loved Hollywood but could never sit through a full reel. Fifteen, twenty minutes in, he took to pacing, tapping, scratching doodles on a pad. Jack Kennedy was never at rest."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

"When they weren't on the beach or sailing, Alicia and Jack were indoors, usually in the basement watching movies. Alicia missed so many important films during those frightening years."

-Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack

Cover of You and Me and Us by Alison Hammer

23. You and Me and Us

By: Alison Hammer

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother and daughter struggling to be a family without th… read more

Similar categories in Alison Hammer's You and Me and Us book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Kennedy Debutante

By: Kerri Maher

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I want to tell you how happy you make me. On our last night together you told me I make you happy, but you fell asleep before I could explain just how perfect and wonderful you are, and how perfectly…"

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

"For it was Kick who stole the fame he’d so coveted that night. All eyes were on her. He watched, too, mesmerized. She was so relaxed, despite being completely out of place and hardly the prettiest of…"

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

Cover of And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton

26. And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

By: Stephanie Marie Thornton

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O… Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fat… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Marie Thornton's And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • politics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"All I want is a man with a little imagination. Is that too much to ask?"

-Stephanie Marie Thornton, And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

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27. The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

By: Jean Kennedy Smith

3.84

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child … read more

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  • politics
  • audiobook
"(Dad) could not abide us feeling sorry for ourselves. Life was far too good for us to whine about small things. It was selfish, and on top of that, it was boring."

-Jean Kennedy Smith, The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

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28. The Lost Diary of M

By: Paul Wolfe

3.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bo… read more

Similar categories in Paul Wolfe's The Lost Diary of M book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • politics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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29. The Last Lady of the Silver Screen

By: Deanna Lynn Sletten

4.31

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

The streets of old Hollywood are paved with glitter and gold, secrets and lies. What’s real, and wh… read more

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30. The Beautiful Strangers

By: Camille Di Maio

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A legendary hotel on the Pacific becomes a haven where dreams, love, and a beguiling mystery come a… read more

Similar categories in Camille Di Maio's The Beautiful Strangers book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Love, Jack by Gunilla von Post

31. Love, Jack

By: Gunilla von Post

3.38

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

He was a dashing young senator pursued by an Italian contessa and the imposing forces of his destin… read more

Similar categories in Gunilla von Post's Love, Jack book and Michelle Gable's The Summer I Met Jack

  • politics

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