23 best-selling audiobook books like Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky

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Competitive Grieving

By: Nora Zelevansky

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer's Best New Books Wren's closest friend, her anchor since ch…

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1. Whiskey & Charlie

By: Annabel Smith

3.89

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Whiskey & Charlie is a captivating debut novel of brothers who have drifted apart and the accident … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Friendship

By: Emily Gould

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two friends learning the difference between getting older and growing up Bev Tunney a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult

3. Want Not

By: Jonathan Miles

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A compulsively readable, deeply human novel that examines our most basic and unquenchable emotion: … read more

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4. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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5. 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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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

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6. The Celebrants

By: Steven Rowley

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"

-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

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7. Family Family

By: Laurie Frankel

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"

-Laurie Frankel, Family Family

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8. The Love Scribe

By: Amy Meyerson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays comes a charming novel about a woman with… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Maybe each time, though, no mater how many loves you'd had before, maybe each time you had to learn again. In that way love was a lot like writing."

-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe

"People assume the brave part of making art is creating," Joe finally said. "The bravery is in finishing. Saying nothing else I do will make this piece better and it's time to send it into the world. …"

-Amy Meyerson, The Love Scribe

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9. Let's Not Do That Again

By: Grant Ginder

3.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding comes a poignant, funny, and slyly beguiling n… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What the fuck am I supposed to do with this thing?" "You're supposed to eat it," Cate says. "With what? A forklift?"

-Grant Ginder, Let's Not Do That Again

"Inevitably there would be a complaint about dark faces, moving around neighborhoods where they didn't belong, and then another about gay teachers, making queers of their students. A world turned on i…"

-Grant Ginder, Let's Not Do That Again

"It's got to be disappointing, being called all those things." Nancy thinks: How long has she been doing this? Nearly twenty years--she can pin it to the month. The answer to that question can never u…"

-Grant Ginder, Let's Not Do That Again

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10. Make Me a Liar

By: Melissa Landers

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars gets a fantastical twist in this novel about a girl with a transferrable consciousnes… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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11. Marrying the Ketchups

By: Jennifer Close

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the de… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A reminder of how many people there were in the world. A reminder that sometimes the right person shows up just when you need him to."

-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups

"Gretchen walked by and saw Kendall and another waitress dipping fries in Armando's garlic aioli and shoveling them into their mouths. This was the number-one hangover food for the staff at Sullivan's…"

-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups

"Mistakes were made all over the place, all around her, all the time, and she couldn't live her whole life with the sole purpose of not messing up. She didn't know if it would be a mistake or not, she…"

-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups

"Along with the regular brunch selections of eggs Benedict and Belgian waffles, they planned to serve individual portions of Poof in custard dishes. They also had a whole section for different kinds o…"

-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups

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12. Colton Gentry's Third Act

By: Jeff Zentner

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) following a down on his luck country … read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"His heart leapt like a murmuration of starlings taking flight. Every reach of him filled with light. He wondered how anyone survived this feeling he'd just named. This delirious sweetness. Maybe no o…"

-Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act

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13. Marrow

By: Aditi Brennan Kapil

3.37

Format: 4 pages, Audiobook

Listening Length 3 hours and 52 minutes Harriet Sansom Harris Hacks, Desperate Housewives and Z… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • drama
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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15. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

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  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Unsinkable Greta James

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Greta James's meteoric rise to ind… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The truth is, being a parent is mostly just reacting. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes you don't. You give what you can. And at the end of the day, most of it is just being there."

-Jennifer E. Smith, The Unsinkable Greta James

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17. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

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  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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18. 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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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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19. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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20. Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?

By: Zach Zimmerman

3.62

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, New York-based comedian Zach Zimmerm… read more

Similar categories in Zach Zimmerman's Is It Hot in Here? Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth? book and Nora Zelevansky's Competitive Grieving

  • humor
  • audiobook
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21. Monster of the Week (The Rules, #2)

By: F.T. Lukens

4.21

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect … read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Monster of the Week (The Rules, #2) book and Nora Zelevansky's Competitive Grieving

  • romance
  • fiction
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22. Competitive Grieving

By: Nora Zelevansky

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer's Best New Books Wren's closest friend, her anchor since ch… read more

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  • romance
  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • drama
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23. The Sons of El Rey

By: Alex Espinoza

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the American Book Award­–winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

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25. The Real Food Dietitians: The Real Food Table: 100 Easy & Delicious Mostly Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, and Dairy-Free Recipes for Every Day: A Cookbook

By: Jessica Beacom

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Enjoy healthy and delicious food every night of the week with these 100+ appro… read more

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26. Where Are You, Echo Blue?

By: Hayley Krischer

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A smart, juicy, and page-turning novel about celebrity, fandom, and the price of ambition following… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius

By: Kendra Adachi

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way brings her beloved Kind Big Sister Ene… read more

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28. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Pick-Up

By: Nora Dahlia

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Harkening to the witty and swoon-worthy rom-coms of Christina Lauren and Kate Clayborn, a new enemi… read more

Similar categories in Nora Dahlia's Pick-Up book and Nora Zelevansky's Competitive Grieving

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Hide in Plain Sight by Emma  Noyes

30. How to Hide in Plain Sight

By: Emma Noyes

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The unbreakable bonds of family and love are explored in this brilliant and tender story from the a… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Shutouts

By: Gabrielle Korn

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant queer dystopian novel from the author of Yours for the Taking, following a cast of char… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Korn's The Shutouts book and Nora Zelevansky's Competitive Grieving

  • adult
  • fiction

25 Best fiction books like Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky

Transform Your Habits

Whiskey & Charlie

Annabel Smith

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Friendship

Emily Gould

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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19 Top fiction books like Pick-Up by Nora Dahlia

Transform Your Habits

Wish I Were Here

Melissa Wiesner

3.90

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All I Want Is You

Falon Ballard

4.11

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Perfect Fit

Clare Gilmore

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour

Nora Nguyen

3.85

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