8 Top chick lit books like All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church

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All the Beautiful Girls

By: Elizabeth J. Church

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s …

"I am determined – so thoroughly determined – to see the beauty of life, to give it the power to overcome everything else."

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

"I am determined – so thoroughly determined – to see the beauty of life, to give it the power to overcome everything else."

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

"You can't let what's happened make you a victim. People will want to see you that way; they'll say, Oh, that poor little girl. She's so pathetic. Let's just let her get away with anything and everything.' But I don't want for you to live your life trading on being a victim. I will not let that happen. You have to face life, head on."

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

"You can't let what's happened make you a victim. People will want to see you that way; they'll say, Oh, that poor little girl. She's so pathetic. Let's just let her get away with anything and everything.' But I don't want for you to live your life trading on being a victim. I will not let that happen. You have to face life, head on."

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

If you liked the chick lit plot in All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Laura & Emma

By: Kate Greathead

3.19

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

A tender, witty debut novel about a single mother raising her daughter among the upper crust of New… read more

Similar categories in Kate Greathead's Laura & Emma book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Buck up. Fake it till you feel it. The show must go on. This was the way they did things - These people in the world she'd grown up in."

-Kate Greathead, Laura & Emma

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2. The Gunners

By: Rebecca Kauffman

3.68

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Achieving bold emotional complexity, The Gunners explores just how much one moment, one decision, o… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Kauffman's The Gunners book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That makes my vagina contract and disappear inside itself. Sam said, Mine too."

-Rebecca Kauffman, The Gunners

"Alice said, “I think we were all sort of in love with each other at different times. Isn’t that just what happens when friends grow up together?"

-Rebecca Kauffman, The Gunners

"When they could not reach any single conclusion as to what might have caused Sally to turn on them, they began to turn on one another, with accusations and assumptions, resentment and suspicion. The …"

-Rebecca Kauffman, The Gunners

"As children, The Gunners could not have imagined that by the time they were sixteen years old, one of them would turn her back on the others, and the group would be so fractured by the loss, the sudd…"

-Rebecca Kauffman, The Gunners

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3. The Homesman

By: Glendon Swarthout

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Glendon Swarthout's The Homesman book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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4. Mrs.

By: Caitlin Macy

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the well-heeled milieu of New York's Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman n… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Macy's Mrs. book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

By: Joseph M. Marshall III

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A captivating biography of the man who became a legend at the Battle of the Little Bighorn As a bri… read more

Similar categories in Joseph M. Marshall III's The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • audiobook

6. Not Without Laughter

By: Langston Hughes , Maya Angelou

4.19

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes prove… read more

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7. Dietland

By: Sarai Walker

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The diet revolution is here. And it's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because w… read more

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8. A Bridge Across the Ocean

By: Susan Meissner

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present in the latest novel from the accla… read more

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9. The Girls in the Picture

By: Melanie Benjamin

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An intimate portrait of the close friendship and powerful creative partnership between two of Holly… read more

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10. Kill 'Em All

By: John Niven

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS It is 2017 – the time of Trump, Brexit and fake new… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's Kill 'Em All book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Sister Stardust

By: Jane Green

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK In her first n… read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's Sister Stardust book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Woods are Waiting

By: Katherine Greene

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware, Katherine Greene’s debut thriller is a dark descent … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. As Young as This

By: Roxy Dunn

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men M… read more

Similar categories in Roxy Dunn's As Young as This book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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14. Diva

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair … read more

Similar categories in Daisy Goodwin's Diva book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. California Golden

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters navigate the turbulent, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Benjamin's California Golden book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Women in Sunlight

By: Frances Mayes

3.64

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an… read more

Similar categories in Frances Mayes's Women in Sunlight book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print) by Tom Brokaw

17. Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print)

By: Tom Brokaw

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this moving story, the New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation chronicles t… read more

Similar categories in Tom Brokaw's Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print) book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • audiobook
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18. The Second Home

By: Christina Clancy

3.75

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Some places never leave you...After a disastrous summer spent at her family’s home on Cape Cod when… read more

Similar categories in Christina Clancy's The Second Home book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Sisters of Summit Avenue

By: Lynn Cullen

3.51

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

From Lynn Cullen, the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and Twain’s End , comes a powerful novel set i… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Cullen's The Sisters of Summit Avenue book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
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21. Experienced

By: Kate Young

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“A fizzing, lip-chewing, collar-bone biting, palm-sweating roller-coaster of a rom-com that is both… read more

Similar categories in Kate Young's Experienced book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen

By: Sarah James

3.44

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for serv… read more

Similar categories in Sarah James's Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Tante Poldi #1)

By: Mario Giordano

3.40

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

On her sixtieth birthday, Auntie Poldi retires to Sicily, intending to while away the rest of her d… read more

Similar categories in Mario Giordano's Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Tante Poldi #1) book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The Mafia, Donna Poldina, is just an invention of the fascists in the north."

-Mario Giordano, Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Tante Poldi #1)

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24. All the Beautiful Girls

By: Elizabeth J. Church

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am determined – so thoroughly determined – to see the beauty of life, to give it the power to overcome everything else."

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

"You can't let what's happened make you a victim. People will want to see you that way; they'll say, Oh, that poor little girl. She's so pathetic. Let's just let her get away with anything and everyth…"

-Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

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25. Probably Nothing

By: Lauren Bravo

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony doesn’t mind being single. Which is why she doesn’t understand why she keeps seeing (ok, sle… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Bravo's Probably Nothing book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • fiction
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26. This Is Fine

By: Poorna Bell

4.26

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

It might not be the stuff of dreams, but Padma and Wallace have spent ten years building a relation… read more

Similar categories in Poorna Bell's This Is Fine book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • fiction
Cover of Spirit of a Hummingbird: Memories from a Childhood on the Run by Felicia Thai Heath

27. Spirit of a Hummingbird: Memories from a Childhood on the Run

By: Felicia Thai Heath

4.37

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

INSTANT Amazon Best Seller in Survival Biographies, in Emigration & Immigration Studies (Books), As… read more

Similar categories in Felicia Thai Heath's Spirit of a Hummingbird: Memories from a Childhood on the Run book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • audiobook
Cover of Girl Friends by Holly Bourne

28. Girl Friends

By: Holly Bourne

4.10

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Men see women in two separate categories. There are the women they sleep with, and the women they … read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Girl Friends book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. Gender Theory

By: Madeline Docherty

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

You lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory seminar, and the first person you tell is … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Docherty's Gender Theory book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunger of Crows by Richard Chiappone

30. The Hunger of Crows

By: Richard Chiappone

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Carla Merino is hiding out in Lost Bay, Alaska, after a one-night stand with the wrong man, living … read more

Similar categories in Richard Chiappone's The Hunger of Crows book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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31. Dead Girls

By: Abigail Tarttelin

3.89

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

When her best friend Billie is found murdered, eleven-year-old Thera – fearless and forthright – co… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Tarttelin's Dead Girls book and Elizabeth J. Church's All the Beautiful Girls

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"We're godless people."

-Abigail Tarttelin, Dead Girls

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3.19

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3.68

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4.16

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