19 Best contemporary books like One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak

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One Perfect Summer

By: Brenda Novak

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak comes a novel about finding family in unexpecte…

"Not every change comes about peaceably, even changes that are for the best."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

"Not every change comes about peaceably, even changes that are for the best."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

"But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

"But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

If you liked the contemporary plot in One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Sunset Bay

By: Susan Mallery

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

What if you got another chance at the life that got away? In an emotional story brimming with wry h… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's Sunset Bay book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

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2. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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4. The Friendship Club

By: Robyn Carr

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's The Friendship Club book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"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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7. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
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8. The Sister Effect

By: Susan Mallery

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Susan Mallery brings readers an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Sister Effect book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • mystery
  • 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • 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. The Cafe at Beach End

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Is Cape Sanctuary net als vroeger haar veilige haven?Vroeger, toen Meredith Collins als klein meisj… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's The Cafe at Beach End book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. Mermaid Beach

By: Sheila Roberts

4.25

Format: 400 pages, ebook

“Roberts proves again why she is the premier purveyor of small-town, feel-good romance.” —BooklistU… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Roberts's Mermaid Beach book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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16. The Seaside Sisters

By: Pamela M. Kelley

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One summer can change everything. Brooklyn-based Hannah is a bestselling author struggling to wr… read more

Similar categories in Pamela M. Kelley's The Seaside Sisters book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Snowbound in Sweetwater Ranch: A Christmas Romance Novel (Logan's Legacy Book 14) by RaeAnne Thayne

17. Snowbound in Sweetwater Ranch: A Christmas Romance Novel (Logan's Legacy Book 14)

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.17

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Enjoy this fan-favorite by New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne, originally published a… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's Snowbound in Sweetwater Ranch: A Christmas Romance Novel (Logan's Legacy Book 14) book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. One Perfect Summer

By: Brenda Novak

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak comes a novel about finding family in unexpecte… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Not every change comes about peaceably, even changes that are for the best."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

"But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it."

-Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

Cover of A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey

19. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's A Happier Life book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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20. 15 Summers Later

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

15 summers ago, everything changed… Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emeral… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's 15 Summers Later book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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21. A Beach House Beginning

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartfelt romance novel from New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne Sometimes, the r… read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's A Beach House Beginning book and Brenda Novak's One Perfect Summer

  • romance
  • contemporary romance

19 best-selling fiction books like One Perfect Summer by Brenda Novak

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The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Happiness Plan

Susan Mallery

3.91

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery

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The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber

4.17

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The Bookshop by the Bay

Pamela M. Kelley

3.95

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