26 Top contemporary books like Duckling by Eve Ainsworth

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Duckling

By: Eve Ainsworth

4.12

Format: None pages, ebook

What if your neighbour asked you to watch her seven-year-old daughter for an afternoon, and didn't …

If you liked the contemporary plot in Duckling by Eve Ainsworth , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

1. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. The Best Days of Our Lives

By: Lucy Diamond

4.14

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

When 35-year-old Leni McKenzie is knocked off her bike, her family’s world is turned upside down. … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Diamond's The Best Days of Our Lives book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Merrily Ever After

By: Cathy Bramley

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

'Heartwarming and uplifting - a gorgeous festive treat.' Sarah Morgan, author of SNOWED IN FOR CHRI… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Bramley's Merrily Ever After book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Meredith, Alone

By: Claire Alexander

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs.A best friend in Sadie.A beloved cat in Fred.Jigsaws t… read more

Similar categories in Claire Alexander's Meredith, Alone book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. A Song of Me and You

By: Mike Gayle

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.Twenty years lat… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's A Song of Me and You book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. A White Christmas on Winter Street

By: Sue Moorcroft

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates… read more

Similar categories in Sue Moorcroft's A White Christmas on Winter Street book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Begin Again

By: Helly Acton

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this … read more

Similar categories in Helly Acton's Begin Again book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

4.25

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

MORE CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F##K The laugh-out-loud sequel to the runaway bestseller of … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Potter's More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
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10. A Midlife Holiday (The Midlife Trilogy #1)

By: Cary J. Hansson

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wanted a change. But will a girls' trip to the Mediterranean recapture her joy? Helen Winter… read more

Similar categories in Cary J. Hansson's A Midlife Holiday (The Midlife Trilogy #1) book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Swimming For Beginners

By: Nicola Gill

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and heartwarming.' - Good Housekeeping 'Warm, witty but also … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Gill's Swimming For Beginners book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Love and Other Human Errors

By: Bethany Clift

4.22

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The convention of a book synopsis is fundamentally ridiculous. How can I adequately convey in 150 w… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Clift's Love and Other Human Errors book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. London, With Love

By: Sarra Manning

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

London. Nine million people. Two hundred and seventy tube stations. Every day, thousands of chance … read more

Similar categories in Sarra Manning's London, With Love book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Vintage Shop of Second Chances by Libby Page

14. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more

Similar categories in Libby Page's The Vintage Shop of Second Chances book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Ginger and Me

By: Elissa Soave

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The debut novel from the winner of the Primadonna Prize. Wendy is nineteen and living alone.All… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Soave's Ginger and Me book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Winter Garden

By: Heidi Swain

4.16

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Freya Fuller is estranged from her parents and has been following her childhood dream of becoming a… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Swain's The Winter Garden book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Royal Game

By: Anne O'Brien

3.75

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The inspirational story of the Pastons, a family who rose from obscurity to the very heart of Court… read more

Similar categories in Anne O'Brien's The Royal Game book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
Cover of We All Have Our Secrets by Jane Corry

18. We All Have Our Secrets

By: Jane Corry

3.77

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Emily made a mistake, a mistake midwifes can't afford to make. Escaping to her dad's home in Devon … read more

Similar categories in Jane Corry's We All Have Our Secrets book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. In The Night Wood

By: Dale Bailey

3.32

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

In this contemporary fantasy, the grieving biographer of a Victorian fantasist finds himself slippi… read more

Similar categories in Dale Bailey's In The Night Wood book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. When Our Worlds Collided

By: Danielle Jawando

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teena… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Jawando's When Our Worlds Collided book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Keeping a Christmas Promise

By: Jo Thomas

4.07

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Four friends Twenty-five years ago, Freya and her three best friends created a bucket list. The fu… read more

Similar categories in Jo Thomas's Keeping a Christmas Promise book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. With This Kiss

By: Carrie Hope Fletcher

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When their lips touch, will she seal his fate? From the outside, Lorelai is an ordinary young wo… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Hope Fletcher's With This Kiss book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of What July Knew by Emily Koch

23. What July Knew

By: Emily Koch

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1995. July Hooper knows eighteen things about her mother. Like number thirteen: she … read more

Similar categories in Emily Koch's What July Knew book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Small Miracles (The Sisters of Saint Philomena, #1) by Anne Booth

24. Small Miracles (The Sisters of Saint Philomena, #1)

By: Anne Booth

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to… read more

Similar categories in Anne Booth's Small Miracles (The Sisters of Saint Philomena, #1) book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Car Share by Zoe Brisby

25. The Car Share

By: Zoe Brisby

3.98

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

A ninety-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and a heartbroken young man end up sharing a ride to Bruss… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Brisby's The Car Share book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Holiday Bookshop

By: Lucy Dickens

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman. One island. A bookshop in need of revival... Jenny has never been a risk taker. But w… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Dickens's The Holiday Bookshop book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. In Little Stars

By: Linda Green

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In a divided northern England, love and hate are about to collide . . . Sylvie and Donna travel … read more

Similar categories in Linda Green's In Little Stars book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Queuing for the Queen: A wonderful, heartwarming book to make you laugh and cry this autumn, inspired by the queue for the Queen by Sweta Rana

28. Queuing for the Queen: A wonderful, heartwarming book to make you laugh and cry this autumn, inspired by the queue for the Queen

By: Sweta Rana

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A warm and uplifting novel about a British Indian mother and daughter and their journey across 24 h… read more

Similar categories in Sweta Rana's Queuing for the Queen: A wonderful, heartwarming book to make you laugh and cry this autumn, inspired by the queue for the Queen book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • fiction
Cover of Duckling by Eve Ainsworth

29. Duckling

By: Eve Ainsworth

4.12

Format: None pages, ebook

What if your neighbour asked you to watch her seven-year-old daughter for an afternoon, and didn't … read more

Similar categories in Eve Ainsworth's Duckling book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Stranger on Board by Cameron Ward

30. A Stranger on Board

By: Cameron Ward

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A luxury superyacht. And a killer picking you off, one by one... … read more

Similar categories in Cameron Ward's A Stranger on Board book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • mystery
  • fiction
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31. Take a Chance on Me

By: Emily Houghton

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

She likes to be in control. Olivia Jackson’s life is one big to-do list. But after her sister trag… read more

Similar categories in Emily Houghton's Take a Chance on Me book and Eve Ainsworth's Duckling

  • contemporary

30 Best fiction books like Duckling by Eve Ainsworth

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Best Days of Our Lives

Lucy Diamond

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Merrily Ever After

Cathy Bramley

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Meredith, Alone

Claire Alexander

4.05

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19 best-selling fiction books like The Vintage Shop of Second Chances by Libby Page

Transform Your Habits

Found in a Bookshop

Stephanie Butland

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Best Days of Our Lives

Lucy Diamond

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Way Back

Sara Cox

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Invisible Women’s Club

Helen Paris

4.07

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