19 Top contemporary books like The Last Bookshop by Emma Young

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The Last Bookshop

By: Emma Young

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling ser…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Last Bookshop by Emma Young , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Sunset Shadows (Goodabri #3)

By: Bronwyn Parry

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'Dammit, Tess, he doesn't seem worth protecting.' 'I'm not protecting him, sarge,' she said. She dr… read more

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2. The Sugar Palace

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s ambition Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Swe… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's The Sugar Palace book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • fiction
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3. The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital

By: Joanna Nell

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The heartwarming and hilarious new novel by the author of cherished bestsellers, The Single Ladies … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Nell's The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year

By: Joanna Nell

3.77

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Husband and wife GPs Alan and Heather Winterbottom have worked side by side in their idyllic rural … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Nell's Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Work Wives

By: Rachael Johns

3.91

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

How well do you really know the people you work with? For work wives Debra and Quinn, it's a case… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Work Wives book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Chocolate Factory

By: Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Love, friendship and dangerous secrets in the early years of Cadbury's Tasmanian factory. It's 1… read more

Similar categories in Mary-Lou Stephens's The Chocolate Factory book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
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8. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Other Bridget book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • books about books
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9. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • fiction
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10. Audrey's Gone AWOL

By: Annie de Monchaux

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It’s never too late to reinvent your life Audrey Lamont has happily devoted herself to family li… read more

Similar categories in Annie de Monchaux's Audrey's Gone AWOL book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Butterfly Collector

By: Tea Cooper

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A botanical illustration of a butterfly, a missing baby, and a twisty mystery fifty years in the ma… read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Butterfly Collector book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • adult
  • fiction
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12. Love Objects

By: Emily Maguire

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A stunning, simply told story of great compassion and insight, from the author of the Stella Prize-… read more

Similar categories in Emily Maguire's Love Objects book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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13. A Family of Strangers

By: Fiona Lowe

4.13

Format: None pages, None

Acutely observed, sharp and absorbing - an insightful exploration of the pain and beauty of mother-… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's A Family of Strangers book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. A Home Like Ours

By: Fiona Lowe

4.09

Format: 576 pages, ebook

A picturesque small town, a cosy community garden, a facade of tolerance and acceptance - but when … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's A Home Like Ours book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. Joy Moody is Out of Time

By: Kerryn Mayne

3.96

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody – proprietor of Bayside’s premier laundroma… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Joy Moody is Out of Time book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. All About Ella

By: Meredith Appleyard

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

At 70, and widowed, Ella is about to find out that blood is not always thicker than water. A wise a… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Appleyard's All About Ella book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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17. Dead Tide (DCI Jack Hawksworth #4)

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.94

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth of Scotland Yard has headed up three major serial operatio… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's Dead Tide (DCI Jack Hawksworth #4) book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • adult
  • fiction
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18. The Ones You Trust

By: Caroline Overington

3.52

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The new gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author Caroline Overington, author of The … read more

Similar categories in Caroline Overington's The Ones You Trust book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Clifford's It Takes a Town book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • fiction
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20. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

Similar categories in Tim Booth's You Called an Ambulance for What? book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
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21. Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

By: Kate Solly

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like h… read more

Similar categories in Kate Solly's Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"The problem was with the constant deliciousness of a new idea. It was always more exciting to start a new project than to plod away with one whose appeal had gone stale."

-Kate Solly, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

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22. The Memory Library

By: Kate Storey

4.40

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s b… read more

Similar categories in Kate Storey's The Memory Library book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult fiction
  • books about books
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

Similar categories in Alli Parker's At the Foot of the Cherry Tree book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • australia
  • fiction
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24. Birds of a Feather

By: Tricia Stringer

3.94

Format: 464 pages, ebook

When three women are thrown together by unusual circumstances, ruffled feelings are just the beginn… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Stringer's Birds of a Feather book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. The Heart Is a Star

By: Megan Rogers

3.64

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Absorbing, lyrical, vivid and compulsively readable - The Heart is a Star is beautiful storytelling… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rogers's The Heart Is a Star book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Dreaming in French

By: Vanessa McCausland

4.25

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A remote French island. A crumbling villa. A reclusive film star. And an inheritance Saskia never e… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa McCausland's Dreaming in French book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. The Radio Hour

By: Victoria Purman

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the gold… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's The Radio Hour book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • australia
  • fiction
"Too many women kept too many secrets. For too long, women had buried their ambitions and their intelligence, succumbed to the law of the land made by men, and put up with behaviour and situations no …"

-Victoria Purman, The Radio Hour

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28. The Paris Cooking School

By: Sophie Beaumont

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Life rarely serves up the perfect dish, but second chances are always on the menu There’s nothing … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Beaumont's The Paris Cooking School book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. The Deed

By: Susannah Begbie

4.12

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

'Now that's the way to bury your old man ... he sank into his Jason recliner, wincing. A a body wr… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Begbie's The Deed book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
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30. The Last Bookshop

By: Emma Young

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling ser… read more

Similar categories in Emma Young's The Last Bookshop book and Emma Young's The Last Bookshop

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • books about books
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31. Together We Fall Apart

By: Sophie Matthiesson

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A beautifully crafted debut novel from a compelling new voice in Australian fiction. For the pas… read more

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28 must-read fiction books like The Last Bookshop by Emma Young

Transform Your Habits

The Sugar Palace

Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital

Joanna Nell

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year

Joanna Nell

3.77

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18 Best fiction books like It Takes a Town by Aoife Clifford

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Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Gone

Glenna Thomson

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Audrey's Gone AWOL

Annie de Monchaux

4.05

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