18 best-selling romance books like In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

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In Five Years

By: Rebecca Serle

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this qu…

"Love doesn't require a future."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"Happiness. The enemy of all suffering."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"It is not love, this feeling. It is grief."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"Whether this is the beginning of goodbye for us, too. I do not know. I have no idea what happens now."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

If you liked the romance plot in In Five Years by Rebecca Serle , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. One True Loves

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Maybe in Another Life--named a PeopleMagazine pick and a "Best Book of the Summe… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Jenkins Reid's One True Loves book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. After I Do

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Forever, Interruptedcomes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the de… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Jenkins Reid's After I Do book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

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

3. Maybe in Another Life

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interruptedand After I Docomes a breathtaking new novel about… read more

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4. The Five-Star Weekend

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

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5. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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6. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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7. 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

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

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8. The Things We Leave Unfinished

By: Rebecca Yarros

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a br… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Yarros's The Things We Leave Unfinished book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You are the culmination of every lightning strike and twist of fate."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

"Personally, I think she liked living there, between the pages with him. Always adding little bits of memory but never closing the door."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

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9. Happy Place

By: Emily Henry

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt a… read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Happy Place book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You, you, you."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"How many universes do you think we’re together in?"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"I mean that you have the weirdest laugh of anyone I’ve ever met, Harriet,"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

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10. 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

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

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

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11. 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

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • 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)

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12. 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 Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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

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13. 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 Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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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14. Meet Me at the Lake

By: Carley Fortune

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent jus… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One day you'll find your heart's too big for just you"

-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake

"Let me tell you something about me: I am extremely picky about people. Most of them, I don't particularly like. I have very high standards for the ones I let into my life these days. And you, Will Ba…"

-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake

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15. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

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16. The Seven Year Slip

By: Ashley Poston

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

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17. Love and Other Words

By: Christina Lauren

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The story of the heart can never be unwritten.Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotio… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's Love and Other Words book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're my best everything"

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"I’ll take anything you give me. Is that pathetic?"

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"His kiss is an aching prayer; devotion pours from him."

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

"Eleven years later, and he still aches for what we had."

-Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

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18. Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery h… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The world is ending, Alexis. That’s what this feels like. So come with me now."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you know what it feels like for a man with a cold"

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you’ll know what it feels like for a man with a cold."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"You know, reading makes your penis look bigger - don't quote me on it, the science is really new."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

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19. The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

By: Abby Jimenez

3.91

Format: 372 pages, ebook

Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her … read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1) book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Even duct tape can’t fix stupid."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"...drunks and leggings always tell the truth."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"The only things you like sprung on you are snacks."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

"Nothing offended me except for cauliflower and stupidity."

-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)

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20. Every Summer After

By: Carley Fortune

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's Every Summer After book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me are special,"

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"I loved you so much that the word 'love' didn't seem big enough for how I felt."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

"I liked how each book was both predictable and unique, comforting and unexpected. Safe but never boring."

-Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

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21. In Five Years

By: Rebecca Serle

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this qu… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's In Five Years book and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Love doesn't require a future."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"Happiness. The enemy of all suffering."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"It is not love, this feeling. It is grief."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

"Whether this is the beginning of goodbye for us, too. I do not know. I have no idea what happens now."

-Rebecca Serle, In Five Years

20 must-read fiction books like In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

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One True Loves

Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.47

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After I Do

Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.70

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The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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31 must-read fiction books like Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

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The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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The Things We Leave Unfinished

Rebecca Yarros

4.30

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