19 must-read contemporary books like Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young

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Twelve Months and a Day

By: Louisa Young

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A poignant, modern love story about a young widow and widower and the two ghosts that bring them to…

"She'd said, "Put me on the compost heap" but she hadn't meant it. She'd meant just "don't make a fuss." But funerals are for the living, and the living wanted a fuss."

-Louisa Young, Twelve Months and a Day

"One day when we're all dead the algorithms will still be spamming away, sending their junk out eternally across the universe, trying to flog each other control leggings and online guitar courses . . ."

-Louisa Young, Twelve Months and a Day

If you liked the contemporary plot in Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Key to My Heart

By: Lia Louis

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming novel about hope after loss as a young widow receives mysterious messages of love fr… read more

Similar categories in Lia Louis's The Key to My Heart book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But if you need help," says Lucy, "then you should tell us. It's what we're here for. It's actually a very important part of friendship. Studies have shown that true lasting friendships that are buil…"

-Lia Louis, The Key to My Heart

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2. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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

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3. Bookworm

By: Robin Yeatman

2.96

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

A wickedly funny debut novel--a black comedy with a generous heart that explores the power of imagi… read more

Similar categories in Robin Yeatman's Bookworm book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

By: Audrey Burges

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Burges's The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. One Month of You

By: Suzanne Ewart

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When Alec asks Jess out, she knows it won't work. Is Alec charming? Of course. Attractive? Definite… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Ewart's One Month of You book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. End of Story

By: Kylie Scott

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Kylie Scott’s unique voice and engrossing story are perfect for fans of Sarah Hogle and Tessa Bail… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Scott's End of Story book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But here alone in my kitchen... how dare he not manhandle me. This was outrageous."

-Kylie Scott, End of Story

"Speaking of which, I need you to read this monster porn Romance novel so I can discuss it with you. It's very important."

-Kylie Scott, End of Story

"I'll eat your charcuterie board, Susie. And that's not a euphemism. Yeah, but you already like me. I was trying to suck up to your mother."

-Kylie Scott, End of Story

"I got comfortable in the wingback chair opposite him. Because odds were, his retreat from this situation would be legendary. The backpedaling of the century. Such shame. Much regret. I definitely nee…"

-Kylie Scott, End of Story

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7. Begin Again

By: Helly Acton

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this … read more

Similar categories in Helly Acton's Begin Again book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Small World

By: Laura Zigman

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“[A] brave and heartfelt book of truths.”—New York Times Book Review (A Group Text Pick and Editors… read more

Similar categories in Laura Zigman's Small World book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Yet no one is really alone; those who live no more echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become — Blessing of Memory, Mediations Before Kaddish"

-Laura Zigman, Small World

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9. Once Persuaded, Twice Shy

By: Melodie Edwards

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling chara… read more

Similar categories in Melodie Edwards's Once Persuaded, Twice Shy book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Animal

By: Ramona Ausubel

3.47

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in … read more

Similar categories in Ramona Ausubel's The Last Animal book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Twice in a Lifetime

By: Melissa Baron

3.84

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

The Time Traveler's Wife meets Oona Out of Order in this imaginative and moving debut novel of a lo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Baron's Twice in a Lifetime book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Critical Incidents (Robin Lyons, #1)

By: Lucie Whitehouse

3.81

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

A missing girl.A murdered friend.No one left to trust.A Birmingham house fire. A young mother dead.… read more

Similar categories in Lucie Whitehouse's Critical Incidents (Robin Lyons, #1) book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Society of Shame

By: Jane Roper

3.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A viral photo of a politician's wife's “feminine hygiene malfunction” catapults her to unwanted fam… read more

Similar categories in Jane Roper's The Society of Shame book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird

By: Louisa Morgan

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s ability to see ghosts draws her into a journey of redemption and unexpected friendship in… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Morgan's The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Off the Map (Beck Sisters, #3)

By: Trish Doller

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On the road to love, you don't need a GPS... Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, … read more

Similar categories in Trish Doller's Off the Map (Beck Sisters, #3) book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young

16. Twelve Months and a Day

By: Louisa Young

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A poignant, modern love story about a young widow and widower and the two ghosts that bring them to… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She'd said, "Put me on the compost heap" but she hadn't meant it. She'd meant just "don't make a fuss." But funerals are for the living, and the living wanted a fuss."

-Louisa Young, Twelve Months and a Day

"One day when we're all dead the algorithms will still be spamming away, sending their junk out eternally across the universe, trying to flog each other control leggings and online guitar courses . . ."

-Louisa Young, Twelve Months and a Day

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17. The Deja Glitch

By: Holly James

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

To break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a sing… read more

Similar categories in Holly James's The Deja Glitch book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia

18. Sammy Espinoza's Last Review

By: Tehlor Kay Mejia

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A music critic stuck in a spiral of epic proportions targets her teenage crush for a career comebac… read more

Similar categories in Tehlor Kay Mejia's Sammy Espinoza's Last Review book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Real Life and Other Fictions

By: Susan Coll

3.29

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cassie Klein has always used stories to help her fly, but now her plot points aren’t lining up. … read more

Similar categories in Susan Coll's Real Life and Other Fictions book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Fun Widow's Book Tour

By: Zoe Fishman

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the intersection of art and grief… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Fishman's The Fun Widow's Book Tour book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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21. Girl Friends

By: Holly Bourne

4.10

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Men see women in two separate categories. There are the women they sleep with, and the women they … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Girl Friends book and Louisa Young's Twelve Months and a Day

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young

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The Key to My Heart

Lia Louis

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

3.65

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Bookworm

Robin Yeatman

2.96

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The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

Audrey Burges

3.81

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21 best-selling fiction books like Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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Effie Olsen's Summer Special

Rochelle Bilow

3.71

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How to End a Love Story

Yulin Kuang

3.71

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Nikki Payne

3.69

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