You Were There Too
By: Colleen Oakley
3.88
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of…
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1. How to Walk Away
By: Katherine Center
4.08
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the pro… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"It's the trying that heals you. That's all you have to do. Just try."-Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
"Needing to find reasons to live had forced me to build a life worth living."-Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
"When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else."-Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
"You can't fix everything. Not even close. But you can look for reasons to be grateful. More than that, you can work to create them."-Katherine Center, How to Walk Away
2. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
3. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
4. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
5. 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
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- 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
6. 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
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- 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)
7. 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
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- 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
8. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
9. 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
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- romance
- 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
10. Expiration Dates
By: Rebecca Serle
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates
11. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
12. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens 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
13. Meet Me at the Lake
By: Carley Fortune
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent jus… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"One day you'll find your heart's too big for just you"-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake
"Let me tell you something about me: I am extremely picky about people. Most of them, I don't particularly like. I have very high standards for the ones I let into my life these days. And you, Will Ba…"-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake
14. The Breakaway
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
15. 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
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- 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
16. The Wishing Game
By: Meg Shaffer
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
17. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
18. What You Wish For
By: Katherine Center
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Samantha Casey is a school librarian who loves her job, the kids, and her school family with passio… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"If you never let yourself want anything,"-Katherine Center, What You Wish For
"We made a choice to do joy on purpose. Not in spite of life’s sorrows. But because of them."-Katherine Center, What You Wish For
"...courage makes everything easier next time. And I'm not going to let you live your life in fear."-Katherine Center, What You Wish For
"I'm telling you. I know all about darkness. That's why I am so hell-bent, every damn day, on looking for the light."-Katherine Center, What You Wish For
19. Ready or Not
By: Cara Bastone
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A surprise pregnancy leads to even more life-changing revelations in this heartfelt, slow-burn, fri… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
20. The Last Love Note
By: Emma Grey
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
21. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
By: Steven Rowley
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
22. 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
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- 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
23. The Summer Pact
By: Emily Giffin
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
24. The Second Chance Year
By: Melissa Wiesner
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this unforgettable story full of charm, wit—and just a bit of magic—a woman down on her luck is … read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- audiobook
"Nothing that starts with ‘come on, it will be fun’ is ever fun."-Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year
"I click over to Instagram, the only thing that can make me feel worse."-Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year
25. Everything After
By: Jill Santopolo
3.57
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Light We Lost mixes with a touch of Daisy Jones and the Six in this novel of first love, passio… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
26. The Good Part
By: Sophie Cousens
4.03
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
27. On Fire Island
By: Jane L. Rosen
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"Dazzling...as funny as it is poignant, nostalgic as it is sharp." —Carley Fortune, New York Times … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"He took in a deep breath of salty sea air and smiled. He was looking forward to summer, but it felt significantly bigger than that. He felt like he was looking forward."-Jane L. Rosen, On Fire Island
28. You Were There Too
By: Colleen Oakley
3.88
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
29. More Than Words
By: Jill Santopolo
3.53
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- womens fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- contemporary romance
- adult
- audiobook
"Grief felt like it mixed up her brain and her heart, put them back in the wrong places. She wasn’t sure how she’s set that right ever again."-Jill Santopolo, More Than Words
"She was not only grateful but angry. At life, at the way things turned out, and, illogically, at her father. How dare you leave me before I've figured out my life, she thought. How dare you leave me …"-Jill Santopolo, More Than Words
30. No One Does It Like You
By: Katie Shepard
3.25
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
College sweethearts reunite to restore more than just an old inn in this new romance by Katie Shepa… read more
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- romance
- contemporary romance
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Junie
By: Erin Crosby Eckstine
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating trut… read more
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- adult
- magical realism
- fiction
