9 Best romance books like Humor Me by Cat Shook

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Humor Me

By: Cat Shook

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to the New York City stand-up scene, as told by a charmingly jaded assistant at a lat…

If you liked the romance plot in Humor Me by Cat Shook , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne

1. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Just Some Stupid Love Story

By: Katelyn Doyle

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A debut about a rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love and a divorce attorney who does, f… read more

Similar categories in Katelyn Doyle's Just Some Stupid Love Story book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Lovers and Liars

By: Amanda Eyre Ward

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Three wildly different sisters reunite for a destination wedding at an English castle in this heart… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Eyre Ward's Lovers and Liars book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

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6. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco

By: Michelle Chouinard

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Chouinard's The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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8. The Break-Up Pact

By: Emma Lord

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two best friends who haven’t spoken in ten years pretend to date after break-ups with their respect… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Break-Up Pact book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"life is both too short and too long for being something you're not"

-Emma Lord, The Break-Up Pact

"Do you think gouda gets upset about getting older? No. It just gets more expensive at Trader Joe's."

-Emma Lord, The Break-Up Pact

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9. The Same Bright Stars

By: Ethan Joella

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's The Same Bright Stars book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Faculty Lounge

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's The Faculty Lounge book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

Similar categories in John Vercher's Devil Is Fine book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

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12. Jenny James Is Not a Disaster

By: Debbie Johnson

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it takes life falling apart . . . to piece yourself back together. Single mum Jenny is o… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Johnson's Jenny James Is Not a Disaster book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Humor Me by Cat Shook

13. Humor Me

By: Cat Shook

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to the New York City stand-up scene, as told by a charmingly jaded assistant at a lat… read more

Similar categories in Cat Shook's Humor Me book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • new york
  • coming of age
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Like Mother, Like Mother

By: Susan Rieger

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secr… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rieger's Like Mother, Like Mother book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. It's All Relative

By: Rachel Magee

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's famous comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets a modern retelling in the lighthearted… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Magee's It's All Relative book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Not You Again

By: Ingrid Pierce

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Wedding gown designer Andie Dresser is hanging on by a thread. Gaining a following on TikTok for he… read more

Similar categories in Ingrid Pierce's Not You Again book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Penitence: A Novel

By: Kristin M.E. Koval

4.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitenceis a poignant exploration of love and forgiven… read more

Similar categories in Kristin M.E. Koval's Penitence: A Novel book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

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19. What Happened to the McCrays?

By: Tracey Lange

4.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, a poignant story about the resilience of famil… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Lange's What Happened to the McCrays? book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Singer Sisters

By: Sarah Marian Seltzer

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It's 1996, and alt-rocker Emma Cantor is on tour, with her sights trained on a record deal. Emma's … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Marian Seltzer's The Singer Sisters book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Remember, Rose, a wild journey is what men have the freedom to do,' she said. 'Women must find salvation in laundry loads."

-Sarah Marian Seltzer, The Singer Sisters

"Would either Mary or Judie pick up on the quality she'd loved in Barry, too--in any man who possessed it: the steady eyes, the follw-up questions, the interest in seeing her eat? She couldn't quite e…"

-Sarah Marian Seltzer, The Singer Sisters

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21. Libby Lost and Found

By: Stephanie Booth

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Booth's Libby Lost and Found book and Cat Shook's Humor Me

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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