20 Top fiction books like The Intermission by Elyssa Friedland

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The Intermission

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever had a secret so gut-wrenching you couldn't share it with anyone, not even the person …

"Life wasn't about choosing to be single on Mondays and married on Tuesdays, or getting to be a parent every other week. It was picking a lane and committing to it."

-Elyssa Friedland, The Intermission

"Life wasn't about choosing to be single on Mondays and married on Tuesdays, or getting to be a parent every other week. It was picking a lane and committing to it."

-Elyssa Friedland, The Intermission

If you liked the fiction plot in The Intermission by Elyssa Friedland , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. A Very Nantucket Christmas: Two Holiday Novels

By: Nancy Thayer

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Celebrate the holidays with New York Timesbestselling author Nancy Thayer in this festive collectio… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's A Very Nantucket Christmas: Two Holiday Novels book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Winter Stroll (Winter #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

"Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Winter Stroll (Winter #2) book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook

3. Summer Breeze

By: Nancy Thayer

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Nancy Thayer never fails to imbue her novels with warmth and wisdo… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's Summer Breeze book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

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4. Blank

By: Zibby Owens

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a… read more

Similar categories in Zibby Owens's Blank book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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5. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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6. 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

Similar categories in Laurie Frankel's Family Family book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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7. Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

4.15

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no probl… read more

Similar categories in Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Close Knit

By: Jenny Colgan

3.98

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious and romantic summer… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's Close Knit book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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10. Sylvia's Second Act

By: Hillary Yablon

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • new york
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Summer Pact

By: Emily Giffin

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Half of It

By: Juliette Fay

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

One perfect night. Forty years of buried hurt. One chance to make it right. Can the past ever be fi… read more

Similar categories in Juliette Fay's The Half of It book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Summer After Summer

By: Lauren Bailey

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A woman returns to her family's Hamptons beach house for a final time—and a final chance at the lov… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Bailey's Summer After Summer book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. A Beach Wish

By: Shelley Noble

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble returns to the beach in her latest summer read abou… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Noble's A Beach Wish book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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15. The Night We Lost Him

By: Laura Dave

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that m… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dave's The Night We Lost Him book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Alison Espach's The Wedding People book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • 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

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17. Lucky's Beach

By: Shelley Noble

3.67

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble takes her readers on another beach adventure where … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Noble's Lucky's Beach book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
Cover of The Intermission by Elyssa Friedland

18. The Intermission

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever had a secret so gut-wrenching you couldn't share it with anyone, not even the person … read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • new york
  • womens fiction
  • relationships
  • marriage
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life wasn't about choosing to be single on Mondays and married on Tuesdays, or getting to be a parent every other week. It was picking a lane and committing to it."

-Elyssa Friedland, The Intermission

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19. A Novel Summer

By: Jamie Brenner

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A bestselling author finds love and second chances in the stacks of a quaint beach town bookshop … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Brenner's A Novel Summer book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone's a Critic by Jennifer Weiner

20. Everyone's a Critic

By: Jennifer Weiner

3.20

Format: 30 pages, ebook

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Everything and In Her Shoes masterfully combines S… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's Everyone's a Critic book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann by Gill Paul

21. Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann

By: Gill Paul

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Mad Men  meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann book and Elyssa Friedland's The Intermission

  • chick lit
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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