Happy & You Know It
By: Laura Hankin
3.68
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dark, witty page-turner set around a group of wealthy mothers and the young musician who takes a …
Want to Read $ 11.99"We are all so obsessed with protecting out child, aren't we?" "That's how we got into this mess in the first place. We want to paint a lovely picture that we hang over their window to block out how the world really works, to give them these lives. And to do that, we think we need to keep ourselves perfect too. But no mother in the history of the world has been able to protect her child forever. the world barges in through the front door eventually."-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
"We are all so obsessed with protecting out child, aren't we?" "That's how we got into this mess in the first place. We want to paint a lovely picture that we hang over their window to block out how the world really works, to give them these lives. And to do that, we think we need to keep ourselves perfect too. But no mother in the history of the world has been able to protect her child forever. the world barges in through the front door eventually."-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
"We are all so obsessed with protecting out child, aren't we?" "That's how we got into this mess in the first place. We want to paint a lovely picture that we hang over their window to block out how the world really works, to give them these lives. And to do that, we think we need to keep ourselves perfect too. But no mother in the history of the world has been able to protect her child forever. the world barges in through the front door eventually."-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
"Why was there no fucking TrueDaddy? The answer was clear. Because men wouldn't fall for it. Not that they were smarter- Amara firmly believed she could trounce the average man in a battle of wits- but because they weren't primed from birth like women were, told that they could be anything they wanted to be while handicapped at every turn by invisible forces, told that they were more than just their looks while also culturally programmed to believe that their value was tied to their desirability. Men aged into silver foxes while women aged into obsolescence. And when you added in children, oh, that was when everything really went to shit. Because even though father stamped their children with their last names, the world didn't ask as much of them. No one really expected fathers to consider giving up their careers to put their children first, to stop managing a company and start managing a household. Women had to grapple with a choice that men never did while remaining uncomplaining and generous so that they didn't nag their husbands straight into the arms of uncomplicated lovers."-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
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1. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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- fiction
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- audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
2. Listen for the Lie
By: Amy Tintera
4.13
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more
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- adult fiction
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"Men say shit,"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"What are you doing here?"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie
3. Margo's Got Money Troubles
By: Rufi Thorpe
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
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"I’m just saying,"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
4. Funny Story
By: Emily Henry
4.27
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
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- adult
- audiobook
"No, no, no,"-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
5. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
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- chick lit
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- mystery
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6. One Perfect Couple
By: Ruth Ware
3.68
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more
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- adult fiction
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- audiobook
7. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
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- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
8. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
9. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
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- mystery
- audiobook
10. The Resort
By: Sara Ochs
3.55
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A searing vacation thriller set on a remote island in Thailand following two mysterious women, a ch… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
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- adult
- audiobook
"There isn't a flood that will not subside."-Sara Ochs, The Resort
11. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- 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
12. Darling Girls
By: Sally Hepworth
4.04
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
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- adult
- audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
13. 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
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- contemporary
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- 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
14. How to End a Love Story
By: Yulin Kuang
3.71
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063310681. Two writers with a complicated history end up wor… read more
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15. Bad Tourists
By: Caro Carver
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Three tight-knit friends embark on an extravagant divorce trip to the Maldives where they can unwin… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"Her default setting is to say no to any offers of help, that she’s fine, even when she’s not."-Caro Carver, Bad Tourists
16. The Next Mrs. Parrish (Mrs. Parrish, #2)
By: Liv Constantine
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forg… read more
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- audiobook
17. A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3)
By: Peter Swanson
3.61
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer—in this spectacularl… read more
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- fiction
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- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
18. House of Glass
By: Sarah Pekkanen
3.99
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perf… read more
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- fiction
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- audiobook
19. The Return of Ellie Black
By: Emiko Jean
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl w… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
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- adult
- audiobook
"you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief."-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black
"When you study what you’ve been through, what happened to you, it loses its power, and then you have a choice: stay or move on."-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black
20. 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
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- adult fiction
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- mystery
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21. 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
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- adult fiction
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- contemporary
- chick lit
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22. Bye, Baby
By: Carola Lovering
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told. On a brisk fall night in … read more
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- adult fiction
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"Instantly calming as she suckles by breast. It's a relief for both of us..."-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby
"Ella is on my nipple like a magnet... my breasts engorged and tingling from the let-down."-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby
"Ella begins to fuss in her stroller... I feel a wave of love for her as my nipples tingle on instinct - my milk coming down."-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby
23. Honey
By: Isabel Banta
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"-Isabel Banta, Honey
"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."-Isabel Banta, Honey
"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."-Isabel Banta, Honey
24. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
25. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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- fiction
- mystery
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- audiobook
26. Happy & You Know It
By: Laura Hankin
3.68
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dark, witty page-turner set around a group of wealthy mothers and the young musician who takes a … read more
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- adult fiction
- new york
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- thriller
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"We are all so obsessed with protecting out child, aren't we?" "That's how we got into this mess in the first place. We want to paint a lovely picture that we hang over their window to block out how t…"-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
"Why was there no fucking TrueDaddy? The answer was clear. Because men wouldn't fall for it. Not that they were smarter- Amara firmly believed she could trounce the average man in a battle of wits- bu…"-Laura Hankin, Happy & You Know It
27. Jackpot Summer
By: Elyssa Friedland
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy liv… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
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- audiobook
28. Four Weekends and a Funeral
By: Ellie Palmer
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A tender, laugh-out-loud debut romance about a woman who ends up in over her head after a little wh… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
29. Like Mother, Like Daughter
By: Kimberly McCreight
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this thril… read more
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- adult fiction
- new york
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
30. Five-Star Stranger
By: Kat Tang
3.36
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In Kat Tang’s exciting and resonant debut, a “Rental Stranger”—a companion hired under various guis… read more
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- adult fiction
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
31. Madwoman
By: Chelsea Bieker
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themse… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
