18 Top chick lit books like It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1) by Tessa Bailey

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It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.94

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi…

"Her sister was a goddess with a pure, romantic spirit, and it was about time people flocked to her."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"Her sister was a goddess with a pure, romantic spirit, and it was about time people flocked to her."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"He'd tasted her unbelievable mouth yesterday evening, and his pride demanded only the best on her tongue."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"He'd tasted her unbelievable mouth yesterday evening, and his pride demanded only the best on her tongue."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

If you liked the chick lit plot in It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1) by Tessa Bailey , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Happy Place

By: Emily Henry

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt a… read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Happy Place book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You, you, you."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"How many universes do you think we’re together in?"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"I mean that you have the weirdest laugh of anyone I’ve ever met, Harriet,"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

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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 It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • 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

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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 It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • 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. Love, Theoretically

By: Ali Hazelwood

4.11

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • 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

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6. 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 It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new 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)

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7. This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

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8. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

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9. Not in Love

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not ha… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I'd been an odd child, then an odd teenager. Then I'd become, maybe as a result, maybe unavoidably, an odd adult."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'd never felt more beautiful than when he looked at me. Like I was the final prototype of someone's entire fantasy life."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"Eli was entranced. Her servant. Spellbound. He considered begging her to let him touch her. To let him go down on her in the hallway. He would go grocery shopping and make her dinner off a YouTube re…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'm going to want to see you every day. I'm going to learn more dishes and pack your lunch and write cute little notes on it. I'm going to ask you if you want to sleep at your place or mine and alway…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

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10. Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)

By: Hannah Grace

3.83

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is goin… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Grace's Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You already make me happy. Just let me have you"

-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)

"I-"Fuck. "Well, I am angry at you, Nathan." "Good." "So fucking angry." "Perfect."

-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)

"I'm in love with her determination and her commitment, her soft side, the way she manages to tell me exactly how she's feeling and why, no matter how uncomfortable it might make her at first. She's t…"

-Hannah Grace, Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)

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11. Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)

By: Elsie Silver

4.07

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

The rules were simple . . . Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble. But now I’m… read more

Similar categories in Elsie Silver's Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I love your freckles,"

-Elsie Silver, Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)

"I want open fields, crisp air, and the Rocky Mountains at the end of the horizon. I want a man who smells like leather, looks like a glass of bourbon, and who calls me princess while drawing on my ba…"

-Elsie Silver, Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)

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12. Love and Other Words

By: Christina Lauren

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The story of the heart can never be unwritten.Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotio… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's Love and Other Words book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You're my best everything"

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"I’ll take anything you give me. Is that pathetic?"

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"His kiss is an aching prayer; devotion pours from him."

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"Eleven years later, and he still aches for what we had."

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

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13. Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery h… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The world is ending, Alexis. That’s what this feels like. So come with me now."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you know what it feels like for a man with a cold"

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you’ll know what it feels like for a man with a cold."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"You know, reading makes your penis look bigger - don't quote me on it, the science is really new."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

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14. The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

By: Abby Jimenez

3.91

Format: 372 pages, ebook

Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her … read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Even duct tape can’t fix stupid."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"...drunks and leggings always tell the truth."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"The only things you like sprung on you are snacks."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"Nothing offended me except for cauliflower and stupidity."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

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15. Every Summer After

By: Carley Fortune

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's Every Summer After book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me are special,"

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"I loved you so much that the word 'love' didn't seem big enough for how I felt."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"I liked how each book was both predictable and unique, comforting and unexpected. Safe but never boring."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

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16. Beach Read

By: Emily Henry

4.00

Format: 361 pages, Paperback

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a su… read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Beach Read book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"For now, more swoon and less doom, babycakes"

-Emily Henry, Beach Read

"You never get the paper umbrellas you were promised in this world."

-Emily Henry, Beach Read

"If you think the story has a sad ending, it's because it's not over yet."

-Emily Henry, Beach Read

"For January, I don't care how the story ends as long as I spend it with you."

-Emily Henry, Beach Read

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17. The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

By: Christina Lauren

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue."

-Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

"When I signed up for this honeymoon, I had no idea it would involve so much nudity..."

-Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

"Rumor has it your dad brought her flowers and she pulled off every petal and used them to spell PUTA in the snow."

-Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

"I wanted to translate your frowns and find out what your problem with me was and then bend you over the back of my couch."

-Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

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18. It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.94

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Her sister was a goddess with a pure, romantic spirit, and it was about time people flocked to her."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"He'd tasted her unbelievable mouth yesterday evening, and his pride demanded only the best on her tongue."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"His lips twitched, his hand rubbing circles in the center of her back. "You want to dance some more, or can I bring you home?" "Where is home?" "With me."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

"I know they don't require a picture to keep your account active. This was about making you smile, not me," His gaze fell to her mouth, taking its time finding her eyes again. "Well worth it."

-Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

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19. Love on the Brain

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in … read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Love on the Brain book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"»a murder of dragons."

-Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

"I call them the Quasimotoes."

-Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

"I will slay a murder of dragons for you."

-Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

"You were always in my head. And I could never get you out."

-Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

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20. Book Lovers

By: Emily Henry

4.13

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming.... Nora Stephens’ life is books—she… read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Book Lovers book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I love you, Nora,"

-Emily Henry, Book Lovers

"You’re a fighter,"

-Emily Henry, Book Lovers

"Until you got here,"

-Emily Henry, Book Lovers

"I hated being a kid."

-Emily Henry, Book Lovers

Cover of The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2) by Abby Jimenez

21. The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.18

Format: 401 pages, ebook

This is the second book in the companion series The Friend Zone. Two years after losing her fian… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2) book and Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You can start over again. Start now."

-Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2)

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Happy Place

Emily Henry

3.99

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Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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

Abby Jimenez

4.40

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Love, Theoretically

Ali Hazelwood

4.11

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4.04

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Bal Khabra

3.82

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3.97

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