6 Top nonfiction books like Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord

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Notes on Heartbreak

By: Annie Lord

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b…

"Why suffer for something ordinary?"

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • adult
  • contemporary
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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2. Blue Sisters

By: Coco Mellors

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death… read more

Similar categories in Coco Mellors's Blue Sisters book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • adult
  • contemporary
"A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Yet this status is used a…"

-Coco Mellors, Blue Sisters

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3. The Rachel Incident

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly funny novel about friends, lovers, Ireland in chaos, and a young woman desperately tr… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's The Rachel Incident book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
"I was twenty and I needed two things: to be in love and to be taken seriously."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

"He was a doctor and I was supposed to take what he said seriously; but he was a dentist and my dad so I didn’t."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

"It's not that we weren't capable of warmth as a family. But we were regularly seduced by the concept of being wronged."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

"I thought of my parents as heads on Easter Island, and it took moving two miles away to realise they had been people all along."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

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4. Okay Days

By: Jenny Mustard

3.76

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

‘A perfect Millennial love story ... with its acidic dialogue and languid sex scenes. A charming an… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Mustard's Okay Days book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • love
  • coming of age
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • adult
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. all she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"

-Jenny Mustard, Okay Days

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5. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

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6. Conversations on Love

By: Natasha Lunn

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of love in all its forms, featuring conversations with: Philippa Perry on falling in … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lunn's Conversations on Love book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • relationships
  • love
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"And I grew to understand that the grief I felt equalled the love. - Greg Wise"

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"The things I flew past in the race to get what I didn't have were actually the gifts all along."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between". True friends see through any level of performance or denial or avoidance."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

"It's important when you've good news to tell the right people. People who understand the dream or have a dream of their own. Otherwise, you end up feeling deflated."

-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love

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7. Evenings and Weekends

By: Oisín McKenna

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more

Similar categories in Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • adult
  • contemporary
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8. Talking at Night

By: Claire Daverley

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he … read more

Similar categories in Claire Daverley's Talking at Night book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
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9. Send Nudes

By: Saba Sams

3.53

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In ten dazzling stories, Saba Sams dives into the world of girlhood and immerses us in its contradi… read more

Similar categories in Saba Sams's Send Nudes book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • adult
  • contemporary
"The sky was black, sprinkled with crystals of salt. The moon made polite conversation. The trees stood up and waved."

-Saba Sams, Send Nudes

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10. Milk Teeth

By: Jessica Andrews

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across Engla… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Andrews's Milk Teeth book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • mental health
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11. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

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12. Cleopatra and Frankenstein

By: Coco Mellors

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant d… read more

Similar categories in Coco Mellors's Cleopatra and Frankenstein book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • mental health
"And you’re in love?"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"People are like this too, you know,"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"Cleo and Frank could not make each other happy, no matter how hard they’d tried."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

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13. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
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14. Really Good, Actually

By: Monica Heisey

3.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning … read more

Similar categories in Monica Heisey's Really Good, Actually book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
"You’ll like dating, everyone eats ass now."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"The truth is, if you start your eating disorder even slightly overweight, no one will notice until things are very much at the ‘what if two meals a day were soup’ stage."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"It seemed impossible that I was supposed to keep loving - even revering - my body as it decomposed in slow motion. Why not give in and have low self-esteem? Maybe I could slay in that way instead."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

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15. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • adult
  • contemporary
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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16. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • relationships
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • self help
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17. Dear Dolly

By: Dolly Alderton

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that t… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Dear Dolly book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • love
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
"Pero, ¿quién se enamora de lo correcto?"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"Watching a best friend become a parent is a magical thing. It can open up a part of their personality that you've never seen before and it can also open a new chapter of your friendship."

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

"...romantics are, ironically, the worst culprits for being relationship avoidant. This is for two reasons. The first being that committing to someone would mean they would have to call off the search…"

-Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly

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18. The Happy Couple

By: Naoise Dolan

3.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends… read more

Similar categories in Naoise Dolan's The Happy Couple book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • adult
  • contemporary
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. All she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

"Celine believed things for exactly as long as she wanted to. Being smart, being logical, didn't help her. It just enabled her baroque self-deceit. Phoebe took the simpler route of putting no consider…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

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19. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

Similar categories in Amy Key's Arrangements in Blue book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • love
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • contemporary
Cover of Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth by Rebecca Humphries

20. Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth

By: Rebecca Humphries

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by her boyfriend.… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Humphries's Why Did You Stay?: A Memoir About Self-Worth book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
Cover of Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord

21. Notes on Heartbreak

By: Annie Lord

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fierce, funny and raw, this unflinchingly honest exploration of heartbreak is so much more than a b… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak book and Annie Lord's Notes on Heartbreak

  • romance
  • relationships
  • love
  • memoir
  • coming of age
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
"Why suffer for something ordinary?"

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"That's the thing about pain: we forget it."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"I'll try my best to forget, but I think I'll love you for all my life."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

"Knowing Mary has gone through the same thing makes me feel less alone with my pain."

-Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak

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