20 best-selling chick lit books like Hot Mess by Emily Belden

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Hot Mess

By: Emily Belden

3.62

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Twenty-something Allie Simon never imagined she’d fall for a recovering drug addict—but that was be…

If you liked the chick lit plot in Hot Mess by Emily Belden , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Detective Cross (Alex Cross, #24.5)

By: James Patterson

4.12

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

The suspect is your patient, Dr. Cross. An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Detective Cross (Alex Cross, #24.5) book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Playing with Matches: A Novel by Hannah Orenstein

2. Playing with Matches: A Novel

By: Hannah Orenstein

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Good in Bed and The Assistantscomes a funny and smart comedy about a young matc… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Orenstein's Playing with Matches: A Novel book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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3. Close Enough to Touch

By: Colleen Oakley

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Before I Gocomes an unconventional love story perfect for fans of the emotional … read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's Close Enough to Touch book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

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

4. Roommates Wanted

By: Lisa Jewell

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

1990. Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house … read more

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5. The Summer of Naked Swim Parties

By: Jessica Anya Blau

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Fourteen-year-old Jamie will never forget the summer of 1976. It's the summer when she has her firs… read more

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6. Taking the Titanic

By: James Patterson , Scott Slaven

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

The greatest story in modern history has a new chapter.... Posing as newlyweds, two ruthless thieve… read more

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7. Avalon High

By: Meg Cabot

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

To newcomer Ellie, Avalon High seems like a typical American high school, complete with jocks, nerd… read more

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Cover of This Love Story Will Self-Destruct by Leslie  Cohen

8. This Love Story Will Self-Destruct

By: Leslie Cohen

3.31

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

This is the classic tale of boy meets Girl…goes home with someone else. Meet Eve. She’s a dreamer… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Cohen's This Love Story Will Self-Destruct book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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9. Not That Kind of Guy (The Nolans, #2)

By: Andie J. Christopher

3.31

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

An office attraction becomes something more when they're off the clock in this delightful romantic … read more

Similar categories in Andie J. Christopher's Not That Kind of Guy (The Nolans, #2) book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's The Other Side of Disappearing book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Break-Up Book Club

By: Wendy Wax

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Breakups, like book clubs, come in many shapes and sizes and can take us on unexpected journeys as … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Wax's The Break-Up Book Club book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I raise my glass. We toast like the bookworms we are. "To the end of a chapter." "To Turning the page," Dorothy adds. "And Starting a new one."

-Wendy Wax, The Break-Up Book Club

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12. Very Bad Company

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Every year executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an e… read more

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Very Bad Company book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Cul-de-Sac War by Melissa    Ferguson

13. The Cul-de-Sac War

By: Melissa Ferguson

3.39

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this charming rom-com, two enemies find something they never expected in one another—taking "all… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ferguson's The Cul-de-Sac War book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There’s no way we can compete."

-Melissa Ferguson, The Cul-de-Sac War

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14. From the Jump

By: Lacie Waldon

3.68

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A chronic yes-woman finally admits to what—and who—she really wants in this unforgettable and heart… read more

Similar categories in Lacie Waldon's From the Jump book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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15. Perfect Tunes

By: Emily Gould

3.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what your mother was like before she became your mother, and what she gave u… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gould's Perfect Tunes book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Book Proposal by K.J. Micciche

16. The Book Proposal

By: K.J. Micciche

3.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

DESPERATELY SEEKING FICTIONAL HERO FOR HAPPILY EVER AFTER Broke up with, broke, and with a vicio… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Micciche's The Book Proposal book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I've learned from past mistakes that you should never own something as fun as a charcuterie board and save it for "special occasions," because it's highly like that the people you saved it for will s…"

-K.J. Micciche, The Book Proposal

Cover of The Goodbye Café (The Hudson Sisters #3) by Mariah Stewart

17. The Goodbye Café (The Hudson Sisters #3)

By: Mariah Stewart

4.26

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

California girl Allie Hudson Monroe can't wait for the day when the renovations on the Sugarhouse T… read more

Similar categories in Mariah Stewart's The Goodbye Café (The Hudson Sisters #3) book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman

18. Last Couple Standing

By: Matthew Norman

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A couple determined not to end up like their divorced friends try a radical experiment—and get in w… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Norman's Last Couple Standing book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Wait

By: Gabriella Burnham

3.36

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A young woman reunites with her teenage sister in their childhood home on Nantucket Island after th… read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Burnham's Wait book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Every Time You Go Away by Beth Harbison

20. Every Time You Go Away

By: Beth Harbison

3.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times bestselling author Beth Harbison's most emotional novel ever, a fractured family … read more

Similar categories in Beth Harbison's Every Time You Go Away book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
Cover of Summer Island by Shelley Noble

21. Summer Island

By: Shelley Noble

3.55

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble pens a heartwarming story of a mother-daughter road… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Noble's Summer Island book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer House in Santorini by Samantha  Parks

22. The Summer House in Santorini

By: Samantha Parks

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

One summer in Greece will change everything…Anna’s running away. From a failed relationship, her ru… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Parks's The Summer House in Santorini book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander

23. Love Buzz

By: Neely Tubati Alexander

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A chance romantic encounter during a wild night at a Mardi Gras bachelorette party sends strait-lac… read more

Similar categories in Neely Tubati Alexander's Love Buzz book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Love at First Like by Hannah Orenstein

24. Love at First Like

By: Hannah Orenstein

2.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Eliza Roth and her sister Sophie co-own a jewelry shop in Brooklyn. One night, after learning of an… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Orenstein's Love at First Like book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Pink Glass Houses by Asha Elias

25. Pink Glass Houses

By: Asha Elias

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A seductive social satire about the wealthy PTA moms of an elite elementary school in Miami Beach, … read more

Similar categories in Asha Elias's Pink Glass Houses book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hot Mess by Emily Belden

26. Hot Mess

By: Emily Belden

3.62

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Twenty-something Allie Simon never imagined she’d fall for a recovering drug addict—but that was be… read more

Similar categories in Emily Belden's Hot Mess book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Palm Beach Wife by Susannah Marren

27. A Palm Beach Wife

By: Susannah Marren

2.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For readers of Elin Hilderbrand, Susannah Marren's A Palm Beach Wife is a delicious and irresistibl… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Marren's A Palm Beach Wife book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
Cover of The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin

28. The Smash-Up

By: Ali Benjamin

3.61

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A family is upended when their small-town life becomes the latest battlefield in the culture wars i… read more

Similar categories in Ali Benjamin's The Smash-Up book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Truly Madly Magically (Witchlore, #3) by Hazel Beck

29. Truly Madly Magically (Witchlore, #3)

By: Hazel Beck

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A witch cursed to tell the truth, and the man who won’t let her lie to herself anymore… Cursed … read more

Similar categories in Hazel Beck's Truly Madly Magically (Witchlore, #3) book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Grave Talk by Nick Spalding

30. Grave Talk

By: Nick Spalding

4.37

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Time is a healer, but it helps to have a friend. The last thing Alice expects to see at her husban… read more

Similar categories in Nick Spalding's Grave Talk book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Summer Set by Aimee Agresti

31. The Summer Set

By: Aimee Agresti

3.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The real drama happens backstage in this juicy novel about an idyllic summer theater where hot star… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Agresti's The Summer Set book and Emily Belden's Hot Mess

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit

27 best-selling fiction books like Hot Mess by Emily Belden

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Detective Cross (Alex Cross, #24.5)

James Patterson

4.12

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Playing with Matches: A Novel

Hannah Orenstein

4.33

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Close Enough to Touch

Colleen Oakley

4.04

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This Love Story Will Self-Destruct

Leslie Cohen

3.31

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Ben Fountain

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Pleasing Hour

Lily King

3.88

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Swamplandia!

Karen Russell

3.27

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