29 Best contemporary books like The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan

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The Summer List

By: Amy Mason Doan

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they d…

"From the water it looked like a boat, with rows of small, high windows—so much like portholes—and a long, skinny dock—pirate's gangplank—to complete the effect. When the place started falling apart in the '70s, some grumbly neighbor called it The Shipwreck, and the name had stuck. It was a love-it-or-hate-it house, and the Shepherd women had loved it. So had I."

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

"From the water it looked like a boat, with rows of small, high windows—so much like portholes—and a long, skinny dock—pirate's gangplank—to complete the effect. When the place started falling apart in the '70s, some grumbly neighbor called it The Shipwreck, and the name had stuck. It was a love-it-or-hate-it house, and the Shepherd women had loved it. So had I."

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

"My childhood home in Coeur-de-Lune was now a vacation rental, managed by efficient strangers. I'd never gone back. But my mother kept a buzzing gossip line into her church women from town, and gave me sporadic updates on Casey's life. She always brought Casey up when I was lulled into complacency. When we'd had a surprisingly peaceful afternoon together. When we were outside on her balcony, or sharing a piece of her peach pie like other mothers and daughters did. Only then would she jab, a master fencer going for the unprotected sliver of my heart."

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

"My childhood home in Coeur-de-Lune was now a vacation rental, managed by efficient strangers. I'd never gone back. But my mother kept a buzzing gossip line into her church women from town, and gave me sporadic updates on Casey's life. She always brought Casey up when I was lulled into complacency. When we'd had a surprisingly peaceful afternoon together. When we were outside on her balcony, or sharing a piece of her peach pie like other mothers and daughters did. Only then would she jab, a master fencer going for the unprotected sliver of my heart."

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

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Cover of Forever a Hero (The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #3) by Linda Lael Miller

1. Forever a Hero (The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #3)

By: Linda Lael Miller

4.50

Format: 24 pages,

For the youngest Carson brother, finding--and fixing--trouble seems to be all in a day's work Mace… read more

Similar categories in Linda Lael Miller's Forever a Hero (The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #3) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Firelight Girls

By: Kaya McLaren

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The summers you spend at summer camp are indelibly etched on your heart. But what happens when the … read more

Similar categories in Kaya McLaren's The Firelight Girls book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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3. Map of the Heart

By: Susan Wiggs

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Susan Wiggs--an author "who paints the details of human relationships with the finesse of a master"… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Map of the Heart book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Passing Through Paradise

By: Susan Wiggs

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Passing Through Paradise book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • chick lit
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5. Anything for You (Blue Heron, #5)

By: Kristan Higgins

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Before you get down on bended knee... ...you should be pretty darn sure the answer will be yes. For… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Anything for You (Blue Heron, #5) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

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

6. Sister Dear

By: Laura McNeill

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

All Allie Marshall wants is a fresh start. But when dark secrets refuse to stay buried, will her ch… read more

Similar categories in Laura McNeill's Sister Dear book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

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7. When We Were Sisters

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.29

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Two sisters who haven’t spoken for twenty years. One summer to bring a family back together. Jay… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's When We Were Sisters book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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8. The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The rules of summer book club are simple: •  No sad books •  No pressure •  Yessssss, wine! … read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Summer Book Club book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. A Kiss to Remember (Rose Bend #1.5)

By: Naima Simone

3.92

Format: 177 pages, ebook

It starts with an unexpected kiss… Remi Donovan doesn’t know what possessed Declan Howard to sid… read more

Similar categories in Naima Simone's A Kiss to Remember (Rose Bend #1.5) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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10. For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable tale about finding f… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's For the Love of Summer book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"I was in love with who I wanted him to be. Not who he was."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

"She's my family and you're hers. That means we are, in some inexplicable way, connected."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

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11. The Summer We Started Over

By: Nancy Thayer

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's The Summer We Started Over book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
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12. The Summer of Songbirds

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's The Summer of Songbirds book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • 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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15. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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16. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

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17. Tourist Season

By: Brenda Novak

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A summer by the ocean promises new beginnings—until old secrets resurface. Ismay Chalmers is rea… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Novak's Tourist Season book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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18. The Summer of Sunshine and Margot

By: Susan Mallery

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Su… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Summer of Sunshine and Margot book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Love Shack

By: Lori Foster

4.13

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

They’ve been trying to avoid each other.But this town has other ideas… When Berkley Carr opened The… read more

Similar categories in Lori Foster's The Love Shack book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
Cover of Summer at Lake Haven (Haven Point, #11) by RaeAnne Thayne

20. Summer at Lake Haven (Haven Point, #11)

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A lakeside summer, a new beginning… Samantha Fremont has been struggling with the weight of her … read more

Similar categories in RaeAnne Thayne's Summer at Lake Haven (Haven Point, #11) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Friends We Keep

By: Jane Green

3.66

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

As seen on The Today Show!The Friends We Keep is the heartwarming and unforgettable New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's The Friends We Keep book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. You, Me, and the Sea

By: Meg Donohue

3.74

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding an… read more

Similar categories in Meg Donohue's You, Me, and the Sea book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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23. Behind the Red Door

By: Megan Collins

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The author of the “suspenseful, atmospheric, and completely riveting” (Megan Miranda, New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Megan Collins's Behind the Red Door book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. With Love From Rose Bend (Rose Bend #3)

By: Naima Simone

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

He came to Rose Bend to hide. But she’ll help him find everything he’s been missing. Leontyne De… read more

Similar categories in Naima Simone's With Love From Rose Bend (Rose Bend #3) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Cottage at the Beach (The Off Season #1) by Lee Tobin McClain

25. Cottage at the Beach (The Off Season #1)

By: Lee Tobin McClain

4.01

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape to the Chesapeake Bay, where beach life is full of love, surprises and second chances… Wh… read more

Similar categories in Lee Tobin McClain's Cottage at the Beach (The Off Season #1) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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26. The Summer List

By: Amy Mason Doan

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they d… read more

Similar categories in Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"From the water it looked like a boat, with rows of small, high windows—so much like portholes—and a long, skinny dock—pirate's gangplank—to complete the effect. When the place started falling apart i…"

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

"My childhood home in Coeur-de-Lune was now a vacation rental, managed by efficient strangers. I'd never gone back. But my mother kept a buzzing gossip line into her church women from town, and gave m…"

-Amy Mason Doan, The Summer List

Cover of Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6) by Debbie Mason

27. Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6)

By: Debbie Mason

4.01

Format: 343 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this instant USA Today bestseller, a wedding planner breaks her #1 rule: Never, ever fall for th… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Mason's Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
"You’re my dirty little secret,"

-Debbie Mason, Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6)

"Hey, Cinderella, you lost your shoe."

-Debbie Mason, Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6)

"When love was meant to be, it was a beautiful thing."

-Debbie Mason, Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6)

"This is the first time I’ve seen a couple use a cake tasting as a form of foreplay."

-Debbie Mason, Sandpiper Shore (Harmony Harbor #6)

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28. The Same Bright Stars

By: Ethan Joella

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's The Same Bright Stars book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. A Novel Summer

By: Jamie Brenner

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A bestselling author finds love and second chances in the stacks of a quaint beach town bookshop … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Brenner's A Novel Summer book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. Do This For Me

By: Eliza Kennedy

3.56

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of I Take You a high-powered attorney and mother of two delves into the m… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Kennedy's Do This For Me book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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31. Autumn at the Willow River Guesthouse (The Warm Days of Autumn Book 2)

By: C.P. Ward

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Autumn at the Willow River Guesthouse – a delightful and heart-warming romantic comedy from CP Ward… read more

Similar categories in C.P. Ward's Autumn at the Willow River Guesthouse (The Warm Days of Autumn Book 2) book and Amy Mason Doan's The Summer List

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Anything for You (Blue Heron, #5)

Kristan Higgins

4.55

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Susan Mallery

3.84

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Naima Simone

3.92

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3.82

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4.25

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