20 must-read fiction books like This Used to Be Us by Renee Carlino

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This Used to Be Us

By: Renee Carlino

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

There are two sides to every love story—and every breakup. Get ready for an emotional roller coaste…

If you liked the fiction plot in This Used to Be Us by Renee Carlino , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • humor
  • 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

Cover of This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

2. 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

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • 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

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3. 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

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • 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

Cover of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

4. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • humor
  • 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

Cover of The Days I Loved You Most by Amy  Neff

5. The Days I Loved You Most

By: Amy Neff

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming … read more

Similar categories in Amy Neff's The Days I Loved You Most book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. 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

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Summer Fridays

By: Suzanne Rindell

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

You've Got Mail for a new generation, set in the days of AOL and instant messenger banter, about a … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Rindell's Summer Fridays book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Seven Summer Weekends by Jane L. Rosen

8. Seven Summer Weekends

By: Jane L. Rosen

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A woman inherits a beach house, along with a series of weekend guests, while butting heads with the… read more

Similar categories in Jane L. Rosen's Seven Summer Weekends book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

9. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more

Similar categories in Alison Espach's The Wedding People book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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11. A Novel Love Story

By: Ashley Poston

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merri… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's A Novel Love Story book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I was hungover and halfway dead, and still my heart had the audacity to be horny."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"I could treat you to dinner as a thank-you..." Don't you mean I could treat you?" "You're already a treat, sweetie."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"It's when Darcy tells Elizabeth he loves her most ardently, when Mark brings Bridget her new dairy, when Harry tells Sally he loves her, when Will buys Junie the inn."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"He was close enough that I caught a note of his cologne--- cedar and black tea and, faintly, the subtle scent of a well-loved paperback. Familiar and yearning. It was mystifying."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

Cover of This Used to Be Us by Renee Carlino

12. This Used to Be Us

By: Renee Carlino

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

There are two sides to every love story—and every breakup. Get ready for an emotional roller coaste… read more

Similar categories in Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • humor
  • marriage
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
Cover of The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

13. The Love of My Afterlife

By: Kirsty Greenwood

4.16

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Greenwood's The Love of My Afterlife book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't just hang around with people. Especially strangers. The woman pulls another face. "Then they will always be strangers if you never hang out with them. Never friends."

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

"Were you aware that emotional tears have a higher protein concentration than tears that comes from irritation? I read online that the higher protein content makes them fall down your cheeks more slow…"

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

Cover of All I Want Is You by Falon Ballard

14. All I Want Is You

By: Falon Ballard

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Bitter exes. Professional rivals. Just one bed. What could go wrong? Jessica Carrington always … read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's All I Want Is You book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Ex Vows by Jessica  Joyce

15. The Ex Vows

By: Jessica Joyce

4.28

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Estranged exes must stick close together to save their best friend’s wedding after a string of disa… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Joyce's The Ex Vows book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann

16. Catch the Sun

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.43

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"Kissing you feels like catching the sun…" At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning wer… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's Catch the Sun book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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17. The Unraveling

By: Vi Keeland

4.00

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keelan… read more

Similar categories in Vi Keeland's The Unraveling book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Until Next Summer by Ali Brady

18. Until Next Summer

By: Ali Brady

4.00

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Two former best friends each find love at an adults-only summer camp in this romantic and nostalgic… read more

Similar categories in Ali Brady's Until Next Summer book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson

19. A Love Like the Sun

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Lifelong best friends spend a fateful summer discovering what might happen if they were to be somet… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's A Love Like the Sun book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'll take you to appointments, hold your hand when it hurts.' Tears slip from his eyes, and I start to cry remembering the ultrasound. 'I'll give you pieces of me if I'm a match, Laniah, because I kn…"

-Riss M. Neilson, A Love Like the Sun

Cover of Falling Like Stars by Emma   Scott

20. Falling Like Stars

By: Emma Scott

4.18

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

In the dazzling world of Hollywood where fame and glamour reign supreme, award-winning megastar Zac… read more

Similar categories in Emma Scott's Falling Like Stars book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
Cover of Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1) by Jewel E. Ann

21. Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)

By: Jewel E. Ann

4.49

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

Footloose meets A Star is BornA forbidden, new adult romance set in a small town. Full description … read more

Similar categories in Jewel E. Ann's Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1) book and Renee Carlino's This Used to Be Us

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Singing is performing"

-Jewel E. Ann, Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)

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Christina Lauren

4.14

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4.02

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4.15

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