19 best-selling contemporary books like The Start of Us by Hannah Emery

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The Start of Us

By: Hannah Emery

3.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

A moving and page-turning love story perfect for fans of Roxie Cooper, Josie Silver and Isabelle Br…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Start of Us by Hannah Emery , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Girls

By: Lori Lansens

3.80

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Ros… read more

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  • contemporary
"Art isn't a product. It's an experience"

-Lori Lansens, The Girls

"Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth."

-Lori Lansens, The Girls

"The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome."

-Lori Lansens, The Girls

"If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead."

-Lori Lansens, The Girls

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2. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • fantasy
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

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3. After the Party (Ralph's Party #2)

By: Lisa Jewell

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Eleven years ago, Jem Catterick and Ralph McLeary fell deeply in love. They thought it would be for… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's After the Party (Ralph's Party #2) book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • contemporary

4. The One Memory of Flora Banks

By: Emily Barr

4.67

Format: 121 pages,

Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's The One Memory of Flora Banks book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • contemporary

5. Ralph's Party (Ralph's Party #1)

By: Lisa Jewell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet the residents of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac Road who together weave a tangled web of … read more

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6. Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1)

By: A.K. Turner

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

THE DEAD CAN TALK - WE JUST NEED TO LISTEN . . . Camden mortuary assistant Cassie Raven has pret… read more

Similar categories in A.K. Turner's Body Language (Cassie Raven, #1) book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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7. The Mothers

By: Sarah J. Naughton

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Five Women. They meet at their NCT Group. The only thing they have in common is they're all pregna… read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Naughton's The Mothers book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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8. This Could Be Everything

By: Eva Rice

3.83

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From the author of ‘modern vintage classic’ The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets comes a feel-good nosta… read more

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  • contemporary
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9. How to Kill Men and Get Away with It

By: Katy Brent

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Meet Kitty Collins. FRIEND. LOVER. KILLER. He was following me. That guy from the nightclub w… read more

Similar categories in Katy Brent's How to Kill Men and Get Away with It book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • contemporary
"Maybe disemboweling a sex offender is what I need to cure this particular hangover."

-Katy Brent, How to Kill Men and Get Away with It

"I absolutely refuse to be around anyone who thinks they're better than me because a) who has the time to waste hanging out with anyone you just will never get along with and b) no one is better than …"

-Katy Brent, How to Kill Men and Get Away with It

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10. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

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11. The Rose Garden

By: Tracy Rees

4.13

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The Rose Garden is a richly imagined historical novel full of intrigue and secrets, spanning the lu… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Rees's The Rose Garden book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
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12. What Eden Did Next

By: Sheila O'Flanagan

4.08

Format: 419 pages, Kindle Edition

Five years after the death of her firefighter husband, Eden knows better than anyone that life can … read more

Similar categories in Sheila O'Flanagan's What Eden Did Next book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • contemporary
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13. No One Saw a Thing

By: Andrea Mara

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's No One Saw a Thing book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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14. The Fake Wife

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.96

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to… read more

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15. The Murder After the Night Before

By: Katy Brent

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Something bad happened last night. My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic a… read more

Similar categories in Katy Brent's The Murder After the Night Before book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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16. The Secret Life of an Uncool Mom (Tara Gallagher, #1)

By: Serena Terry

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, Mammy Banter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Serena Terry's The Secret Life of an Uncool Mom (Tara Gallagher, #1) book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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17. Adults

By: Emma Jane Unsworth

3.28

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Jenny McLaine is an adult. Supposedly. At thirty-five she owns her own house, writes for a cool mag… read more

Similar categories in Emma Jane Unsworth's Adults book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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18. Loyalty

By: Martina Cole

4.53

Format: 602 pages, Kindle Edition

'The Queen of Crime is back!' CloserDon't miss the brand new novel from legendary author Martina Co… read more

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19. Now You See Us

By: Balli Kaur Jaswal

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more

Similar categories in Balli Kaur Jaswal's Now You See Us book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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20. Five Bad Deeds

By: Caz Frear

3.39

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A gripping tale of revenge, loyalty, and the secrets hidden between the walls of the most beautiful… read more

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21. At the Table

By: Claire Powell

3.74

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple - a suburban double act, happily m… read more

Similar categories in Claire Powell's At the Table book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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22. Deadly Animals

By: Marie Tierney

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery… read more

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23. Who She Was

By: Tony Parsons

3.65

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. Nearby, a young woman waits for m… read more

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24. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

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25. The Patient

By: Jane Shemilt

3.47

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

A shocking and twisty novel of psychological suspense about a boundary-breaking love affair between… read more

Similar categories in Jane Shemilt's The Patient book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • contemporary
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26. Reputation

By: Sarah Vaughan

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal returns with a new psychological thriller about a po… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Vaughan's Reputation book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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27. The Smallest Man

By: Frances Quinn

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

‘I want you to remember something, Nat. You’re small on the outside. But inside you’re as big as ev… read more

Similar categories in Frances Quinn's The Smallest Man book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
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28. Time After Time

By: Louise Pentland

3.73

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Tabitha is stuck. She still lives in the small town she grew up in...the town she's barely ever lef… read more

Similar categories in Louise Pentland's Time After Time book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • contemporary
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29. The Snag List: A smart and laugh-out-loud funny novel about female friendship

By: Sophie White

3.54

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

'I loved it!' Marian Keyes 'Laugh-out-loud funny, sharp as a tack and compulsively readable ... I … read more

Similar categories in Sophie White's The Snag List: A smart and laugh-out-loud funny novel about female friendship book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • contemporary
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30. The Start of Us

By: Hannah Emery

3.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

A moving and page-turning love story perfect for fans of Roxie Cooper, Josie Silver and Isabelle Br… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Emery's The Start of Us book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • contemporary
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31. The Juniper Gin Joint: The Perfect Summer Read

By: Lizzie Lovell

3.87

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

'The perfect pick-me-up for summer!' -- Phillipa Ashley 'Like a complex gin, brimming with botanica… read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Lovell's The Juniper Gin Joint: The Perfect Summer Read book and Hannah Emery's The Start of Us

  • romance

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