23 must-read chick lit books like Waiting at Hayden's by Riley Costello

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Waiting at Hayden's

By: Riley Costello

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

From a fresh new voice in women's fiction comes a page-turning, relatable love story about the comp…

If you liked the chick lit plot in Waiting at Hayden's by Riley Costello , here is a list of 23 books like this:

1. Winter Storms (Winter, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Instant National Bestseller Gather under the mistletoe for one last round of caroling with the Quin… read more

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2. A Hundred Summers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic o… read more

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3. For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable tale about finding f… read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's For the Love of Summer book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"I was in love with who I wanted him to be. Not who he was."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

"She's my family and you're hers. That means we are, in some inexplicable way, connected."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

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4. 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 Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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5. So, This Is Christmas

By: Tracy Andreen

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sarah Dessen meets Let It Snow in this new YA Christmas romance! When Finley Brown returned to h… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Andreen's So, This Is Christmas book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
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6. Counting Miracles

By: Nicholas Sparks

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel a… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Sparks's Counting Miracles book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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7. The Summer of Songbirds

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's The Summer of Songbirds book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • romance
  • contemporary
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8. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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9. Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache

By: Granger Smith

4.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, ECPA Bestseller 'Country mus… read more

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10. Love, Just In

By: Natalie Murray

3.82

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

In the vein of Emily Henry's You and Me On Vacation , Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Murray's Love, Just In book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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11. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • romance
  • contemporary
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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12. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

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13. Love, Holly

By: Emily Stone

3.90

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while… read more

Similar categories in Emily Stone's Love, Holly book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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14. The Holiday Swap

By: Maggie Knox

3.58

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days lead… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Knox's The Holiday Swap book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"Time heals all things. But if time fails, try cake."

-Maggie Knox, The Holiday Swap

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15. How to End a Love Story

By: Yulin Kuang

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063310681. Two writers with a complicated history end up wor… read more

Similar categories in Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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16. Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History

By: Alan Sepinwall

4.18

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Welcome to the O.C., b* it's the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show… read more

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17. The Last Love Note

By: Emma Grey

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more

Similar categories in Emma Grey's The Last Love Note book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

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18. With Love from London

By: Sarah Jio

4.02

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A librarian inherits a bookshop from her estranged mother, leading her halfway across the world on … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Jio's With Love from London book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"... the best books choose you."

-Sarah Jio, With Love from London

"Grief is a treacherous journey, but it doesn’t last forever."

-Sarah Jio, With Love from London

"She always said you can tell a lot about a person by the books they keep..."

-Sarah Jio, With Love from London

"My librarian instincts kick in. “Well, the fact that his son is reading at all says something,"

-Sarah Jio, With Love from London

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19. The Christmas Orphans Club

By: Becca Freeman

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friend… read more

Similar categories in Becca Freeman's The Christmas Orphans Club book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of One More Day (The Alexanders, #1) by M. Malone

20. One More Day (The Alexanders, #1)

By: M. Malone

3.87

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

I do what I want. I only have one rule: hands off the neighbors. The single ladies on the block … read more

Similar categories in M. Malone's One More Day (The Alexanders, #1) book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
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21. 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 Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1) by Christina Lauren

22. The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1)

By: Christina Lauren

4.22

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 14, an accidental email to a stranger opens the door to an unexpected relationship in a… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1) book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of Seven Summer Weekends by Jane L. Rosen

23. Seven Summer Weekends

By: Jane L. Rosen

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A woman inherits a beach house, along with a series of weekend guests, while butting heads with the… read more

Similar categories in Jane L. Rosen's Seven Summer Weekends book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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24. Girls with Bright Futures

By: Tracy Dobmeier

4.05

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women. Three daughters. And a promise that they'll each get what they deserve. College adm… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Dobmeier's Girls with Bright Futures book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary
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25. Flirty Little Secret

By: Jessica Lepe

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

School counselor Lucy Galindo has a secret. To her coworkers, friends, and even family, she’s s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lepe's Flirty Little Secret book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"It is so important to take the time to refill our own cups before returning to work to take care of everyone else. Burnout is the #1 reason more than half of our nation's school teachers want to leav…"

-Jessica Lepe, Flirty Little Secret

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26. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's A Happier Life book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • romance
  • contemporary
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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27. More Than Words

By: Jill Santopolo

3.53

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel… read more

Similar categories in Jill Santopolo's More Than Words book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
"Grief felt like it mixed up her brain and her heart, put them back in the wrong places. She wasn’t sure how she’s set that right ever again."

-Jill Santopolo, More Than Words

"She was not only grateful but angry. At life, at the way things turned out, and, illogically, at her father. How dare you leave me before I've figured out my life, she thought. How dare you leave me …"

-Jill Santopolo, More Than Words

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28. Mistakes We Never Made

By: Hannah Brown

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An epic coastal road-trip gives two lifelong rivals a second chance at love in this debut novel fro… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Brown's Mistakes We Never Made book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
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29. A Match Made at Christmas

By: Courtney Walsh

4.06

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Hayes McGuire never believed the stories about a famous Nantucket matchmaker until she ropes him in… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's A Match Made at Christmas book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
Cover of Waiting at Hayden's by Riley Costello

30. Waiting at Hayden's

By: Riley Costello

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

From a fresh new voice in women's fiction comes a page-turning, relatable love story about the comp… read more

Similar categories in Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's book and Riley Costello's Waiting at Hayden's

  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly  Bishop

31. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

By: Kelly Bishop

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more

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