13 Best fiction books like Stranger in Love by Teymour Shahabi

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Stranger in Love

By: Teymour Shahabi

4.19

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve matched with Jamie! Taylor (sometime lawyer; can’t sleep on planes) is convinced this one…

If you liked the fiction plot in Stranger in Love by Teymour Shahabi , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

1. The Unconsoled

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.58

Format: 535 pages, Paperback

Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he c… read more

Similar categories in Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Leave us, you were always on the outside of our love."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled

"One should not, in any case, attempt to make a virtue out of one's limitations."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled

"It's nonsense to believe people go on loving each other regardless of what happens."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled

"It had occurred to me to follow her through into the next room, visitors or no visitors, and bring her back for a talk. But in the end I had decided in favour of waiting where I was for her return. S…"

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled

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2. Lincoln in the Bardo

By: George Saunders

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more

Similar categories in George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction

3. The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)

By: Helene Wecker

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling jo… read more

Similar categories in Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

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4. Interior Chinatown

By: Charles Yu

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more

Similar categories in Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"

-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."

-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"

-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."

-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

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5. Motherhood

By: Sheila Heti

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time M… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Heti's Motherhood book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe motherhood means honoring one's mother."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"Alone, one feels the whole universe, and none of one's personality."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"To fit oneself into the smallest spaces in the hopes of being loved -that is entirely womanly"

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

"The Jewish religion says it's not a child until it's two-thirds out of the woman's body--until the head has completely emerged."

-Sheila Heti, Motherhood

Cover of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

6. Crying in H Mart

By: Michelle Zauner

4.26

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unfli… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • contemporary
"what procellous awesomeness does not in you abound"

-Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

"It felt wrong to talk to anyone, to smile or laugh or eat again knowing that she was dead."

-Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

"I could almost feel in the embrace that my concerns had been her concerns, my pain had been her pain."

-Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

"Maybe I was just terrified that I might be the closest thing she had to leaving a piece of herself behind."

-Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

Cover of Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3) by Sally  Thorne

7. Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3)

By: Sally Thorne

3.42

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

For a hopeful and hopeless romantic, it’s love at first sight—with a little twist—in a hilarious sh… read more

Similar categories in Sally Thorne's Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3) book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Free Food for Millionaires

By: Min Jin Lee

3.85

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

Casey Han's four years at Princeton gave her many things, "But no job and a number of bad habits." … read more

Similar categories in Min Jin Lee's Free Food for Millionaires book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"This was her first time in such a place, and she decided she never wanted to stay anywhere else. Yet in her head, Casey envisioned a meter, like a taxi meter—clicking, clicking, clicking speedily ahe…"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

"Casey glanced at her plate again, recalling the posters of her elementary school lunchroom: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. So, how much you ate indicated the quantity of your desire. Walter was also implying …"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

"Clothing was magic. Casey believed this. She would never admit this to her classmates in any of her women's studies courses, but she felt that an article of clothing could change a person... Each ski…"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

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9. The Road Towards Home

By: Corinne Demas

3.96

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

In this witty, warm novel by award-winning author Corinne Demas, unexpected changes bring two retir… read more

Similar categories in Corinne Demas's The Road Towards Home book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. New Teeth: Stories

By: Simon Rich

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Laugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the award-winning  “Serena Williams of hu… read more

Similar categories in Simon Rich's New Teeth: Stories book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
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11. The Lifestyle

By: Taylor Hahn

3.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Don't miss the beach read of the summer! A heartwarming and hilarious novel about swinging, marriag… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Hahn's The Lifestyle book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of You Get What You Give (Carolina Classics, #1) by Karen  Grey

12. You Get What You Give (Carolina Classics, #1)

By: Karen Grey

3.61

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

When a sleepy southern coastal town is crowned the Hollywood of the East worlds collide and sparks … read more

Similar categories in Karen Grey's You Get What You Give (Carolina Classics, #1) book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Booklover's Library by Madeline  Martin

13. The Booklover's Library

By: Madeline Martin

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of the books that… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Booklover's Library book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Memories of the Lost

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.41

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

An unsuspecting artist uncovers her late mother’s secrets and unravels her own hidden past in a beg… read more

Similar categories in Barbara O'Neal's Memories of the Lost book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Stranger in Love by Teymour Shahabi

15. Stranger in Love

By: Teymour Shahabi

4.19

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve matched with Jamie! Taylor (sometime lawyer; can’t sleep on planes) is convinced this one… read more

Similar categories in Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love book and Teymour Shahabi's Stranger in Love

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary

12 must-read contemporary books like Stranger in Love by Teymour Shahabi

Transform Your Habits

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro

3.58

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Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

3.97

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Motherhood

Sheila Heti

3.66

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Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

4.26

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Transform Your Habits

Crossing the Line (The Lords of Manhattan, #1)

Zoey Locke

3.98

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Loving the Ladies' Man (California Dreamin' #1)

Kristin Canary

3.78

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The Unexpected Card (Mr. Boss #1)

Evey Lyon

3.96

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Fetching (Unleashed Romance, #1)

Kylie Gilmore

4.04

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