25 must-read adult books like Real Love by Rachel Lindsay

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Real Love

By: Rachel Lindsay

3.23

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from th…

If you liked the adult plot in Real Love by Rachel Lindsay , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain by Courtney Robertson, Deb Baer

1. I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain

By: Courtney Robertson , Deb Baer

3.56

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Courtney Robertson joined season 16 of The Bachelor looking for love. A working model and newly sin… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Robertson's I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • chick lit
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2. It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak Into Happily Never After

By: Andi Dorfman

3.15

Format: None pages,

Andi Dorfman, the beloved finalist of season eighteen of The Bachelorwho infamously rejected Juan P… read more

Similar categories in Andi Dorfman's It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak Into Happily Never After book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.82

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor t… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters) book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen a…"

-Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

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4. Romantic Comedy

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on… read more

Similar categories in Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Just to be clear,"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion."

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"Isn't the goal to live with out demons, not to expect them to go away?"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

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5. Same Time Next Summer

By: Annabel Monaghan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run in… read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Lunar Love

By: Lauren Kung Jessen

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This sweet, enemies-to-lovers debut rom-com filled with Chinese astrology will undoubtedly prove to… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kung Jessen's Lunar Love book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History

By: Alan Sepinwall

4.18

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Welcome to the O.C., b* it's the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show… read more

Similar categories in Alan Sepinwall's Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook
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8. Right on Cue

By: Falon Ballard

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Just My Type and Lease on Love comes a new romantic comedy in which a fo… read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's Right on Cue book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Once More with Feeling

By: Elissa Sussman

3.56

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Then. Katee Rose is living the dream as America's number one pop star, caught in a whirlwind of sol… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Sussman's Once More with Feeling book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. How to Win The Bachelor: The Secret to Finding Love and Fame on America's Favorite Reality Show

By: Chad Kultgen

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Bachelor Nation and Seinfeldia , an illuminating deep dive into the most succes… read more

Similar categories in Chad Kultgen's How to Win The Bachelor: The Secret to Finding Love and Fame on America's Favorite Reality Show book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook
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11. One-Star Romance

By: Laura Hankin

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend’s wedding with the man who … read more

Similar categories in Laura Hankin's One-Star Romance book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I mean... There have been moments when I read something in a book that feels like it was written just for me. Like the author reached inside my brain, took all the thoughts I didn't know how to expre…"

-Laura Hankin, One-Star Romance

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12. Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more

Similar categories in Mai Nguyen's Sunshine Nails book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Reunion

By: Kayla Olson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When two former teen stars reconnect at the reunion for their hit TV show, they discover their feel… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Olson's The Reunion book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

By: Tracey Livesay

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Tracey Livesay returns in this seriously sexy sequel to American Royalty , following Duchess and Pr… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Livesay's The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2) book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Dani glanced up from her phone and froze. Her eyes swept him from head to toe and her lips parted. Pleasure at her obvious approval warmed his chest. She nodded, setting the device down on the cushio…"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

"He needed certainty and routine, craving the sense of calm and organization it brought him. But loving Dani was akin to setting a bull loose in the china shop of his life. Sure, he could try to stop …"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

"The emotional trinity of resentment, fear, and anger burned like acid reflux in her chest. She'd pushed through the lack of thoughtfulness, excitement, and enthusiasm because people didn't understand…"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

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15. Next-Door Nemesis

By: Alexa Martin

3.59

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Two rival candidates for a homeowner’s association presidency are about to find out how dirty subur… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Martin's Next-Door Nemesis book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Too Wrong to Be Right

By: Melonie Johnson

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat… read more

Similar categories in Melonie Johnson's Too Wrong to Be Right book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen but Not Known by Ben Higgins

17. Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen but Not Known

By: Ben Higgins

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Are you tired of people knowing who you are but no one really knowing you? As the star of the tw… read more

Similar categories in Ben Higgins's Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen but Not Known book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook
Cover of Real Love by Rachel   Lindsay

18. Real Love

By: Rachel Lindsay

3.23

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lindsay's Real Love book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations with a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness

By: Matt James

3.74

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Matt James, the first Black bachelor on ABC’s beloved television show, The Bachelor , shares his vi… read more

Similar categories in Matt James's First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations with a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday: And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating by Nick Viall

20. Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday: And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating

By: Nick Viall

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From celebrity heartthrob, esteemed host of The Viall Files podcast, and adore… read more

Similar categories in Nick Viall's Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday: And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Jana Goes Wild

By: Farah Heron

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged delivers a delightful rom-com of one woman tryi… read more

Similar categories in Farah Heron's Jana Goes Wild book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

Cover of Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah    Brown

23. Mistakes We Never Made

By: Hannah Brown

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An epic coastal road-trip gives two lifelong rivals a second chance at love in this debut novel fro… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Brown's Mistakes We Never Made book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Take the Lead (Dance Off, #1) by Alexis Daria

24. Take the Lead (Dance Off, #1)

By: Alexis Daria

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Alexis Daria, author of the critically acclaimed, international bestseller You Had Me at Hola,… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Daria's Take the Lead (Dance Off, #1) book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. The One

By: Julia Argy

3.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A razor-sharp and seductively hypnotic debut novel about the very fantasy of falling in love. Emil… read more

Similar categories in Julia Argy's The One book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Not That Kind of Ever After

By: Luci Adams

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Fairytale meets feminism in Luci Adams's Not That Kind of Ever After, a frothy adventure of one wom… read more

Similar categories in Luci Adams's Not That Kind of Ever After book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Malibu Summer

By: Libby Gill

3.06

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Lose yourself in this opposites-attract romance set on a sunny Malibu hillside Ivy Bauer is a yo… read more

Similar categories in Libby Gill's Malibu Summer book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. While You Were Dreaming

By: Alisha Rai

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This YA debut from powerhouse romance author Alisha Rai tackles undocumented immigration against th… read more

Similar categories in Alisha Rai's While You Were Dreaming book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Not the Plan by Gia de Cadenet

29. Not the Plan

By: Gia de Cadenet

3.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleagu… read more

Similar categories in Gia de Cadenet's Not the Plan book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Humor Me by Cat Shook

30. Humor Me

By: Cat Shook

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to the New York City stand-up scene, as told by a charmingly jaded assistant at a lat… read more

Similar categories in Cat Shook's Humor Me book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation by Van Lathan Jr.

31. Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation

By: Van Lathan Jr.

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Podcaster and former TMZ host Van Lathan Jr. writes a sharp, funny, and brutally honest, cultural c… read more

Similar categories in Van Lathan Jr.'s Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation book and Rachel Lindsay's Real Love

  • audiobook

23 Top fiction books like Real Love by Rachel Lindsay

Transform Your Habits

The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

Kristina Forest

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Same Time Next Summer

Annabel Monaghan

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Lunar Love

Lauren Kung Jessen

3.48

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31 Best fiction books like Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

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Will They or Won't They

Ava Wilder

3.59

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The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

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Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

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