31 Top fiction books like You Can't Stay Here Forever by Katherine Lin

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You Can't Stay Here Forever

By: Katherine Lin

3.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named a must-read book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the…

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1. Bad Summer People

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against … read more

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Happiness Falls

By: Angie Kim

3.75

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more

Similar categories in Angie Kim's Happiness Falls book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"

-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls

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4. Leaving

By: Roxana Robinson

3.87

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? “I never thought I’d see you her… read more

Similar categories in Roxana Robinson's Leaving book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Being a mother is paying it forward, sending that energy and feeling to someone who needed it at first to survive, but who, the older she becomes, needs you less. The older you become, the more irrel…"

-Roxana Robinson, Leaving

"The justification for leaving a marriage was that you were increasing the sum of happiness in the world. You were ending your own unhappiness, and your spouse’s (if you weren’t happy, your spouse cou…"

-Roxana Robinson, Leaving

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5. You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more

Similar categories in Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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7. The Celebrants

By: Steven Rowley

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Celebrants book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

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8. Family Family

By: Laurie Frankel

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Frankel's Family Family book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"

-Laurie Frankel, Family Family

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9. Come and Get It

By: Kiley Reid

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Reid's Come and Get It book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

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10. Holding Pattern

By: Jenny Xie

3.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE Holding Pattern. Noun. 1. A state of suspende… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Xie's Holding Pattern book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Welcome Home, Stranger

By: Kate Christensen

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growin… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's Welcome Home, Stranger book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's The Breakaway book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Little Monsters

By: Adrienne Brodeur

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complica… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Brodeur's Little Monsters book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Our scars are what make us unique. Nothing broken is ever lost."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"To stare into the spiral of a shell was to see the swirl of a galaxy, the logarithmic spiral of life itself, the intertwined miracle of art and science."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

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14. The Divorcées

By: Rowan Beaird

3.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lois Saunders thought marrying the right man would cure her loneliness, but as picture-perfect as h… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Beaird's The Divorcées book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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16. Hedge

By: Jane Delury

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An emotionally charged, richly observed novel about a woman balancing the demands of motherhood and… read more

Similar categories in Jane Delury's Hedge book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Pete and Alice in Maine

By: Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Shetterly's Pete and Alice in Maine book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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18. Hope

By: Andrew Ridker

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and ideal… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Ridker's Hope book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. You Can Trust Me

By: Wendy Heard

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her plac… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's You Can Trust Me book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Prom Mom

By: Laura Lippman

3.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lippman's Prom Mom book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"How do you live with yourself? How does anyone live with themselves, in the end? The way I see it, you either admit to yourself exactly who you are - or you lie to yourself the way you lie to the res…"

-Laura Lippman, Prom Mom

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22. Save What's Left

By: Elizabeth Castellano

3.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Castellano's Save What's Left book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. You Are Here

By: Karin Lin-Greenberg

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal the local … read more

Similar categories in Karin Lin-Greenberg's You Are Here book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. The Sunset Crowd

By: Karin Tanabe

3.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and r… read more

Similar categories in Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. 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

Similar categories in Jane L. Rosen's On Fire Island book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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26. The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Faulkner's The Other Mothers book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Fireworks Every Night

By: Beth Raymer

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A young woman trapped in a deeply dysfunctional family in the seedy wilds of 1990s South Florida ha… read more

Similar categories in Beth Raymer's Fireworks Every Night book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Very Bad Company

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Every year executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an e… read more

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Very Bad Company book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

Similar categories in Claire Lombardo's Same As It Ever Was book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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30. 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 Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. You Can't Stay Here Forever

By: Katherine Lin

3.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named a must-read book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever book and Katherine Lin's You Can't Stay Here Forever

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • travel
  • france
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook

31 Best contemporary books like You Can't Stay Here Forever by Katherine Lin

Transform Your Habits

Bad Summer People

Emma Rosenblum

3.43

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Leaving

Roxana Robinson

3.87

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The Beautiful People

Michelle Gable

3.73

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The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

3.64

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The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.84

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Nicola Harrison

3.80

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