12 best-selling family books like The Real Mrs. Tobias by Sally Koslow

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The Real Mrs. Tobias

By: Sally Koslow

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics…

If you liked the family plot in The Real Mrs. Tobias by Sally Koslow , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Earth's the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg

1. Earth's the Right Place for Love

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Berg's Earth's the Right Place for Love book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Your girlfriend won't stay pretty for long. I myself was a hot tomato, but look at me now. 'Pretty' goes away, but what can come in its place is 'beautiful.' And that's better. Do you know what I mea…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Earth's the Right Place for Love

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2. Künstlers in Paradise

By: Cathleen Schine

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport—once dubbed “the modern-day Jewi… read more

Similar categories in Cathleen Schine's Künstlers in Paradise book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • audiobook
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"If not a lost art, then an art that often rushes away from contemporary writers with all the excited energy of a disobedient dog. At least, that dog runs off from me. The best I have been able to do …"

-Cathleen Schine, Künstlers in Paradise

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3. Flight

By: Lynn Steger Strong

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"Arresting and powerful,  Flight  examines the possibility and pain of fierce love and hope in our … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Steger Strong's Flight book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You must be active in your own life. You must engage. Interact in order to create."

-Lynn Steger Strong, Flight

"[T]hey'll all celebrate and toast each other, toast the small ways they can still care for and love one another, no matter how awful at it all of them are."

-Lynn Steger Strong, Flight

"When we're young we think we'll just choose the lives we'll have, the people we're becoming, but so much of it just happens. You can live a whole life without choosing anything at all."

-Lynn Steger Strong, Flight

"...she's the only person in the world who ever saw me the way she saw me, who loved me like that, who remembered me as all the things I'd ever been and also thought of me as all the things she still …"

-Lynn Steger Strong, Flight

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4. Signal Fires

By: Dani Shapiro

3.91

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • From the beloved author of INHERITANCE: “a haunting, moving, and propulsive … read more

Similar categories in Dani Shapiro's Signal Fires book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"How long will molecular traces of the Wilfs remain inside 18 Division Street?"

-Dani Shapiro, Signal Fires

"It wasn't scary. I mean, it was scary being in the dark and cold and everything, but when the lady, Mrs. Wilf, died, it was like everything had no beginning, and no end. Like we were lightyears away …"

-Dani Shapiro, Signal Fires

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5. The Most Likely Club

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends make a pact to finally achieve their hig… read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's The Most Likely Club book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
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6. The Matchmaker's Gift

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

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7. A Quiet Life

By: Ethan Joella

4.06

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Little Hope —a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes another “heartwarming, charact… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's A Quiet Life book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • drama
"Maybe that is love. Maybe loving someone so deeply means accepting the fact that they occupy a specific, clear place in you. You accept that there will be a hole if you lose them- the same way a pain…"

-Ethan Joella, A Quiet Life

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8. A Very Inconvenient Scandal

By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

3.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a thrilling family drama that ex… read more

Similar categories in Jacquelyn Mitchard's A Very Inconvenient Scandal book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. The Sweet Spot

By: Amy Poeppel

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between. … read more

Similar categories in Amy Poeppel's The Sweet Spot book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • new york
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"The mistake people make when life hits them with some unexpected, and often unprepared-for, catastrophe is that they think they can just return to life the way it was before. They try to rebuild exac…"

-Amy Poeppel, The Sweet Spot

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10. The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hood's The Stolen Child book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The British Booksellers

By: Kristy Cambron

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the c… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Cambron's The British Booksellers book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Perhaps days like this are exactly why we have books in the world. To remember that not all is lost, even if we find ourselves in the unknown. I like to think we provide a haven for the wanderer. And…"

-Kristy Cambron, The British Booksellers

Cover of Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton

12. Forever Hold Your Peace

By: Liz Fenton

3.58

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

Father of the Bride meets Bride Wars in Forever Hold Your Peace, in which two ex-best friends find … read more

Similar categories in Liz Fenton's Forever Hold Your Peace book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • drama
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13. Ms. Demeanor

By: Elinor Lipman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most beloved contemporary novelists, a delicious and witty story about love u… read more

Similar categories in Elinor Lipman's Ms. Demeanor book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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14. Reunion

By: Elise Juska

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes… read more

Similar categories in Elise Juska's Reunion book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Days of Wonder

By: Caroline Leavitt

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story abo… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Leavitt's Days of Wonder book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • drama
  • family
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Gilt

By: Jamie Brenner

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A luxurious and richly compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Blush , about a famous f… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Brenner's Gilt book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Real Mrs. Tobias by Sally Koslow

17. The Real Mrs. Tobias

By: Sally Koslow

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics… read more

Similar categories in Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • new york
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • drama
Cover of The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

18. The Cliffs

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more

Similar categories in J. Courtney Sullivan's The Cliffs book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. A Shoe Story

By: Jane L. Rosen

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I LOVED THIS BOOK! ...smart, sensitive and incredibly satisfying. --Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York T… read more

Similar categories in Jane L. Rosen's A Shoe Story book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • new york
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
Cover of Confessions of the Other Sister by Beth Harbison

20. Confessions of the Other Sister

By: Beth Harbison

3.40

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author of The Cookbook Club,  has written her strongest … read more

Similar categories in Beth Harbison's Confessions of the Other Sister book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a real-life scandal that was shocking even for the tumultuous Roaring Twenties, this ca… read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander book and Sally Koslow's The Real Mrs. Tobias

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook

21 Best fiction books like The Real Mrs. Tobias by Sally Koslow

Transform Your Habits

Earth's the Right Place for Love

Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Künstlers in Paradise

Cathleen Schine

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Flight

Lynn Steger Strong

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Signal Fires

Dani Shapiro

3.91

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21 Best fiction books like A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The River We Remember

William Kent Krueger

4.29

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