21 must-read chick lit books like If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) by Julie Murphy

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If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

By: Julie Murphy

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground,…

"Actually," Stacy says, "Stanley Tucci is everyone's type."

-Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

"Don't you see how belittling this is! I'm not brave for wearing a dress. I'm just living!"

-Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

If you liked the chick lit plot in If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) by Julie Murphy , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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

Cover of The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2) by Tessa Bailey

2. The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky l… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • 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. Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.90

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance series with … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I just…have this pretty intense need to make sure everyone knows you’re very fucking important. Okay? Could you kindly just go along with it?"

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

"She jackknifed on the couch, screaming so loud that it could be heard clear to Orlando. This was it. Her Dateline moment. A robbery gone wrong. Or was it?, questioned Keith Morrison."

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

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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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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. 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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • 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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7. 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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • 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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8. 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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • 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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9. Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more roma… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Happily Never After book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You have to get hurt to get the good stuff, don't you see?...When you're a baby, you don't stop taking steps just because you've fallen once, or you'd never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk…"

-Lynn Painter, Happily Never After

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10. The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2)

By: Sarah Adams

3.92

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies-to-lovers, second-ch… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3)

By: Sally Thorne

3.42

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

For a hopeful and hopeless romantic, it’s love at first sight—with a little twist—in a hilarious sh… read more

Similar categories in Sally Thorne's Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Drunk on Love

By: Jasmine Guillory

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An intoxicating and sparkling new romance by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Ma… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Guillory's Drunk on Love book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) by Sariah Wilson

14. Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6)

By: Sariah Wilson

3.16

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

Valentine’s Day becomes a Roman holiday for a princess in disguise in a dizzyingly romantic short s… read more

Similar categories in Sariah Wilson's Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Drop, Cover, and Hold On (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #4)

By: Jasmine Guillory

2.96

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

It takes nothing less than a fateful natural disaster to throw two opposites together in a ground-s… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Guillory's Drop, Cover, and Hold On (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #4) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5) by Ashley Poston

16. With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5)

By: Ashley Poston

3.25

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Every person she kisses finds their true love, and it’s never her—until now, in this funny and magi… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's With Any Luck (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #5) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.00

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re falling in love, yet they’ve never met. Maybe fate can intervene in a heartwarming “what-if… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We need to manifest our own destiny. I never accepted less than what I deserved ever again."

-Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

"I don't know how, but it felt like this stranger was a guardian angel. Like the universe, had put him here to be there when i needed him, with his small giant acts of kindness. That's the thing about…"

-Abby Jimenez, Worst Wingman Ever (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #2)

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18. The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren

4.11

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hol… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The True Love Experiment book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He is the stillness to my storm, the shadow to my bright sunlight, the Styles to my Harry."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"...tight, hyperaware realization that I want him close to me every second of every day from here on out."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"I'm consumed by a distracting ache, a sharp want, a desperation for this thing I already have in my arms."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

Cover of The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) by Christina Lauren

19. The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5)

By: Christina Lauren

3.58

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

4 hours, 47 minutes A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up t… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

By: Julie Murphy

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground,… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"Actually," Stacy says, "Stanley Tucci is everyone's type."

-Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

"Don't you see how belittling this is! I'm not brave for wearing a dress. I'm just living!"

-Julie Murphy, If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

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21. A Novel Love Story

By: Ashley Poston

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merri… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's A Novel Love Story book and Julie Murphy's If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was hungover and halfway dead, and still my heart had the audacity to be horny."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"I could treat you to dinner as a thank-you..." Don't you mean I could treat you?" "You're already a treat, sweetie."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"It's when Darcy tells Elizabeth he loves her most ardently, when Mark brings Bridget her new dairy, when Harry tells Sally he loves her, when Will buys Junie the inn."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"He was close enough that I caught a note of his cologne--- cedar and black tea and, faintly, the subtle scent of a well-loved paperback. Familiar and yearning. It was mystifying."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

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4.40

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