15 must-read adult books like What We Didn't Say by Rory Dunlop

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What We Didn't Say

By: Rory Dunlop

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A darkly funny story of a marriage in crisis, perfect for readers who loved Us by David Nicholls an…

"In English we blame others for not understanding us when really it's our fault for not saying what we wanted to say."

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

"In English we blame others for not understanding us when really it's our fault for not saying what we wanted to say."

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

"There's no beauty without some sadness or damage, or at least the potential of damage. If something's unbreakable, you can't love it because it doesn't need your love. It's the thing that don't last that really move us."

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

"There's no beauty without some sadness or damage, or at least the potential of damage. If something's unbreakable, you can't love it because it doesn't need your love. It's the thing that don't last that really move us."

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

If you liked the adult plot in What We Didn't Say by Rory Dunlop , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Humans

By: Matt Haig

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are l… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Humans book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"As civilisation advances, so does indifference."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?"

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"Because the possibility of pain is where love stems from."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

"There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book."

-Matt Haig, The Humans

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2. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

By: Vaseem Khan

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the … read more

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  • fiction
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3. Elizabeth Is Missing

By: Emma Healey

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this darkly riveting debut novel--a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also a heartbrea… read more

Similar categories in Emma Healey's Elizabeth Is Missing book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do

By: Sarah Knight

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

THE "GENIUS" (Cosmopolitan) NATIONAL BESTSELLER ON THE ART OF CARING LESS AND GETTING MORE Are you… read more

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5. Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar #7)

By: Harlan Coben

4.00

Format: 416 pages, ebook

In his seventh Myron Bolitar thriller, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben brings us his most astonishi… read more

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  • fiction
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6. A Cornish Stranger

By: Liz Fenwick

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's an old Cornish saying: 'Save a stranger from the sea, he'll turn your enemy...' When her re… read more

Similar categories in Liz Fenwick's A Cornish Stranger book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Holding

By: Graham Norton

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. The re… read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's Holding book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • fiction

8. Vinyl Cafe Diaries (Vinyl Cafe, #4)

By: Stuart McLean

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why is Morley skulking around with a man named Frank on the eve of her 40th birthday? What grisly s… read more

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  • fiction

9. DNA

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

Ung kona er myrt a hryllilegan hatt a heimili sinu ad nottu til. Eina vitnid er sjo ara dottir henn… read more

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10. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. An… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"Come on, we only get one chance at life. This isn't a dress rehearsal."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"I love you a little bit more than yesterday and a little bit less than tomorrow."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

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11. The Book of Form and Emptiness

By: Ruth Ozeki

4.03

Format: 548 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Those are your divisions, the false dichotomies and the hegemonic hierarchies of materialist colonizers. We, too, have been the slaves of your desires, unwitting tools, forging the destruction of the…"

-Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness

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12. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

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  • fiction
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

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13. The No-Show

By: Beth O'Leary

3.80

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon us… read more

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  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it?"

-Beth O'Leary, The No-Show

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14. When All Is Said

By: Anne Griffin

4.02

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

A tale of a single night. The story of a lifetime. If you had to pick five people to sum up your… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I tried to order the words jumbling about in my head. But they scurried about like a pack of frightened sheep, not one of them brave enough to take the lead."

-Anne Griffin, When All Is Said

"When I met your mother, it felt like she'd filled a small piece of the hole that Tony'd left behind. Certainly, her love took the edges off his loss a bit. It was like bubble wrap in a way. Keeping h…"

-Anne Griffin, When All Is Said

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15. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • contemporary
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

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16. The Pact

By: Sharon J. Bolton

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'The Secret History for Millennials' Belinda Bauer A golden summer, and six talented teenagers a… read more

Similar categories in Sharon J. Bolton's The Pact book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. A Tidy Ending

By: Joanna Cannon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A delightfully sinister novel about a married woman living a nice, quiet suburban life—but things a… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cannon's A Tidy Ending book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. I Left The House Today!

By: Cassandra Calin

4.03

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Hilarious and relatable comics about one young woman's life, relationships, and day-to-day humorous… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Calin's I Left The House Today! book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • contemporary
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19. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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20. The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary

3.57

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to ret… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The Wake-Up Call book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Black Summer (Washington Poe, #2)

By: M.W. Craven

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming . . . Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Ch… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's Black Summer (Washington Poe, #2) book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • fiction
"Thinking you know what's happening is the surest sign you don't."

-M.W. Craven, Black Summer (Washington Poe, #2)

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22. This Lie Will Kill You

By: Chelsea Pitcher

3.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the con… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness."

-Chelsea Pitcher, This Lie Will Kill You

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23. The Secret Life of an Uncool Mom (Tara Gallagher, #1)

By: Serena Terry

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, Mammy Banter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Serena Terry's The Secret Life of an Uncool Mom (Tara Gallagher, #1) book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Dinner Guest

By: B.P. Walter

3.63

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect … read more

Similar categories in B.P. Walter's The Dinner Guest book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.91

Format: 220 pages, ebook

The latest novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following fou… read more

Similar categories in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3) book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"surviving alone is much the same as dying alone"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking."

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

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26. The Christmas Escape

By: Sarah Morgan

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This Christmas, be whisked away by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan in this uplifting nove… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Morgan's The Christmas Escape book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Love Untold

By: Ruth Jones

4.33

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***'Love, mess, secrets; this story of four generations of wo… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Jones's Love Untold book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Die Verlorenen (Jonah Colley #1)

By: Simon Beckett

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Als Jonah das Blut roch, war ihm klar, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckte. Jonah Colley ist Mitg… read more

Similar categories in Simon Beckett's Die Verlorenen (Jonah Colley #1) book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Perfect Lie (Lisa Carter Files #1)

By: Claire Sheldon

3.79

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Jen Garner’s picture-perfect family life hides a dark secret and a darker past. And when the bod… read more

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30. What We Didn't Say

By: Rory Dunlop

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A darkly funny story of a marriage in crisis, perfect for readers who loved Us by David Nicholls an… read more

Similar categories in Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say book and Rory Dunlop's What We Didn't Say

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"In English we blame others for not understanding us when really it's our fault for not saying what we wanted to say."

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

"There's no beauty without some sadness or damage, or at least the potential of damage. If something's unbreakable, you can't love it because it doesn't need your love. It's the thing that don't last …"

-Rory Dunlop, What We Didn't Say

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The Humans

Matt Haig

4.08

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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

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Elizabeth Is Missing

Emma Healey

4.02

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Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar #7)

Harlan Coben

4.00

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11 must-read contemporary books like The Christmas Escape by Sarah Morgan

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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

Jenny Colgan

3.60

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Driving Home for Christmas

Joanna Bolouri

3.72

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That Festive Feeling

Heidi Swain

4.14

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Karen Swan

4.07

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