8 Best womens fiction books like The Thing Is by Kathleen Gerard

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The Thing Is

By: Kathleen Gerard

3.98

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Meredith Mancuso is depressed. Ever since the death of her fiancé, she has shrunk from the world. E…

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Cover of The Wedding Pearls by Carolyn Brown

1. The Wedding Pearls

By: Carolyn Brown

3.74

Format: 410 pages,

Tessa Wilson's life is all over the map. She may be clumsy, but this time she's stumbled into a pic… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Brown's The Wedding Pearls book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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2. Welcome to Serenity (The Sweet Magnolias #4)

By: Sherryl Woods

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Carolina, she found a whole l… read more

Similar categories in Sherryl Woods's Welcome to Serenity (The Sweet Magnolias #4) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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3. My Name Is Lucy Barton

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The profound mother-daughter bond is explored through a mother's hospital visit to her estranged da… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
  • contemporary

4. Will's Red Coat: A Story of Friendship, Faith, and One Old Dog's Choice to Live Again

By: Tom Ryan

3.31

Format: 180 pages, ebook

A true story of acceptance, perseverance, and the possibility of love and redemption as evocative, … read more

Similar categories in Tom Ryan's Will's Red Coat: A Story of Friendship, Faith, and One Old Dog's Choice to Live Again book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

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5. Meadow Falls

By: Carolyn Brown

4.31

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past … read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Brown's Meadow Falls book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

By: Susan Wiggs

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rush… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's The Twelve Dogs of Christmas book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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7. The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's The Little Liar book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

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8. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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9. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Where Butterflies Wander book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Keeper of Stars

By: Buck Turner

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Who says you can’t rewrite the stars? 1962—Twelve years removed from the summer when she first g… read more

Similar categories in Buck Turner's The Keeper of Stars book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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11. The Nature of Fragile Things

By: Susan Meissner

4.26

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's The Nature of Fragile Things book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
"It is the nature of the earth to shift. It is the nature of fragile things to break. It is the nature of fire to burn."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

"I don't think love is something you can start and stop by choosing. Our hearts tell us who we will love, and not the other way."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

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12. Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)

By: Magda Alexander

4.28

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

What’s a bright young woman to do when her brother becomes the main suspect in a murder? Why, solve… read more

Similar categories in Magda Alexander's Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction

13. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
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14. The Fifth Avenue Story Society

By: Rachel Hauck

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewr… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hauck's The Fifth Avenue Story Society book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She didn’t resist the rush of tears. If there was no sadness about leaving New York, then her time here would’ve meant nothing."

-Rachel Hauck, The Fifth Avenue Story Society

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15. The World Played Chess

By: Robert Dugoni

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer mone… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dugoni's The World Played Chess book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Saving Sandcastles (Lobster Bay, #1) by Meredith Summers

16. Saving Sandcastles (Lobster Bay, #1)

By: Meredith Summers

4.04

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A breezy feel-good beach read about trust and friendship set in a quaint seaside town on the coast … read more

Similar categories in Meredith Summers's Saving Sandcastles (Lobster Bay, #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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17. Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)

By: Kay Bratt

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

If Robyn Carr and Melinda Leigh had a book-baby, Hart’s Ridge would be it. Join Kay Bratt in this s… read more

Similar categories in Kay Bratt's Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Good Night, Irene

By: Luis Alberto Urrea

4.14

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chron… read more

Similar categories in Luis Alberto Urrea's Good Night, Irene book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
"The women posed for snapshots. Dozens of snapshots. . . . They imagined that, long after the soldiers had become old, perhaps even after they'd died, someone would come to wonder about these women ho…"

-Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene

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19. A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder (A Cats and Dogs Cozy Mystery #1)

By: Fiona Grace

3.95

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

A VILLA IN SICILY: OLIVE OIL AND MURDER is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Grace's A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder (A Cats and Dogs Cozy Mystery #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. 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 Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • chick lit
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

By: Steven J. Carino

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

He Was Searching for a Lost Dog. He Found More Than He’d Ever Hoped For. On Valentine’s Day 2019, s… read more

Similar categories in Steven J. Carino's Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • animals
  • dogs
"God, I’m sorry for the words I spoke,"

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"Losing Oliver allowed me to live again."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"We have to trust in the things that happen as happening for a reason."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

"The boy who was going to be president was not the man who had nothing."

-Steven J. Carino, Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He Brought Together

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22. In an Instant

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.35

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's In an Instant book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Of Literature and Lattes (Winsome #2)

By: Katherine Reay

3.65

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Katherine Reay returns to the cozy and delightful town of Winsome where two people discover the gra… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Reay's Of Literature and Lattes (Winsome #2) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Mother of All Secrets

By: Kathleen M. Willett

3.90

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Her freedom, her sanity, her life. How much will a young mother sacrifice to protect her secrets? … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen M. Willett's Mother of All Secrets book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Freedom in the Mountain Wind (Call of the Rockies, #1) by Misty M. Beller

25. Freedom in the Mountain Wind (Call of the Rockies, #1)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.44

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

The last epic journey before her life changes forever. Susanna Wilkins will do anything to make h… read more

Similar categories in Misty M. Beller's Freedom in the Mountain Wind (Call of the Rockies, #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of House on the Harbor (Birch Harbor, #1) by Elizabeth Bromke

26. House on the Harbor (Birch Harbor, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bromke

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Bromke, comes a novel about four sisters, a family secr… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bromke's House on the Harbor (Birch Harbor, #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
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27. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

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28. The Perfect Dress

By: Carolyn Brown

4.08

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A plus-size Texas gal has designs on an old crush in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brow… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Brown's The Perfect Dress book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance (Life in Palmyrton, #1) by S.W. Hubbard

29. Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance (Life in Palmyrton, #1)

By: S.W. Hubbard

4.45

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Lydia Eastlee has skipped a decade of her life. When she married a much older man, Lydia took a sh… read more

Similar categories in S.W. Hubbard's Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance (Life in Palmyrton, #1) book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • chick lit
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Thing Is by Kathleen Gerard

30. The Thing Is

By: Kathleen Gerard

3.98

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Meredith Mancuso is depressed. Ever since the death of her fiancé, she has shrunk from the world. E… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • fantasy
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31. The Moonflowers

By: Abigail Rose-Marie

4.39

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Rose-Marie's The Moonflowers book and Kathleen Gerard's The Thing Is

  • fiction
  • contemporary

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The Wedding Pearls

Carolyn Brown

3.74

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Sherryl Woods

4.16

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Elizabeth Strout

3.57

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Carolyn Brown

4.31

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In the Midnight Rain

Barbara O'Neal

4.37

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4.31

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Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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