27 Best fiction books like Learning to Swim by Shayla Dugan

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Learning to Swim

By: Shayla Dugan

4.28

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

A humorous and heartfelt book about the complicated relationship between a mother, a daughter, and …

If you liked the fiction plot in Learning to Swim by Shayla Dugan , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. How to Plot a Payback

By: Melissa Ferguson

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

He crossed an ocean, and it still wasn't enough to escape his lifelong nemesis. Now he has to work … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ferguson's How to Plot a Payback book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle

By: Annie Rains

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a grown-up twist on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , USA Today bestselling author Annie R… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Phoenix Ballroom

By: Ruth Hogan

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things: a heartfelt and inspiring … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Switched (Ghosted, #2)

By: Sarah Ready

3.95

Format: 338 pages, ebook

For Serena Otaki, free-spirited Californian, life is simple. She loves smashing atoms at The Large … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ready's Switched (Ghosted, #2) book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Before, even two weeks ago, if Henry had said these things to me, my mouth would've gone dry, my stomach would've clenched, and I would've broken out in a cold sweat. But now... I understand. I under…"

-Sarah Ready, Switched (Ghosted, #2)

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5. Not My Mother

By: Miranda Smith

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the person you trust most in the world is lying to you? I’d heard of the Baby Caroline c… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Smith's Not My Mother book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. My Perfect Husband

By: Georgina Cross

3.75

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

My sister is dead. Did I marry her killer? The moment I first gazed into Alex's soulful gray eye… read more

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  • fiction
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7. You May Now Kill the Bride

By: Kate Weston

3.39

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The bride-to-be drops dead at her bachelorette weekend, with all of her bridesmaids as suspects for… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weston's You May Now Kill the Bride book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Welcome Home, Caroline Kline

By: Courtney Preiss

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A debut novel sparkling with wit and insight about a young woman whose reluctant return to her Jers… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Preiss's Welcome Home, Caroline Kline book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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11. The Heirloom

By: Jessie Rosen

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

He popped the question. She'll search the world to find the answer... Shea Anderson’s beloved No… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Rosen's The Heirloom book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Nice Work, Nora November

By: Julia London

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After a near death experience, one woman creates her "reverse" bucket the things she wants to do a… read more

Similar categories in Julia London's Nice Work, Nora November book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Dead Friend Project

By: Joanna Wallace

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone needs a hobby... Things haven't been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Wallace's The Dead Friend Project book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Trouble with Love and Ink

By: Harriet Ashford

4.49

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Emily Lane is supposed to be on vacation. Instead, she’s in a meeting where a new hire steals the p… read more

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15. The False Flat

By: Melissa Collings

4.37

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

In this uplifting story about friendship, love, and growth, one woman must untangle herself from a … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Collings's The False Flat book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

By: Helen Fisher

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community a… read more

Similar categories in Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Instead of fearing a thing, try to understand it. Because understanding can change everything about the way that you feel."

-Helen Fisher, Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

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17. Booked for Murder (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery, #1)

By: P.J. Nelson

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, d… read more

Similar categories in P.J. Nelson's Booked for Murder (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery, #1) book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
Cover of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna  Johnston

18. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming… read more

Similar categories in Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl

By: Bart Yates

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and … read more

Similar categories in Bart Yates's The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
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20. A Certain Kind of Starlight

By: Heather Webber

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the face of hardship, two women learn how to rise up again under the bright side of the stars. E… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webber's A Certain Kind of Starlight book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Paging Dr. Hart

By: Melissa Dymond

4.06

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

Her white coat hides a dark past, but his blazing touch makes her want to trade peril for passion. … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Dymond's Paging Dr. Hart book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • contemporary
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-Melissa Dymond, Paging Dr. Hart

"I like my coffee how I like my women, hot and strong. - Ethan -"

-Melissa Dymond, Paging Dr. Hart

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22. Not in My Book

By: Katie Holt

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious contemporary romance from a debut Peruv… read more

Similar categories in Katie Holt's Not in My Book book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. A Winter Wish

By: Emily Stone

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Th… read more

Similar categories in Emily Stone's A Winter Wish book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Near Miss

By: Lily Joseph

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Nick and Wren are meant to be. But Nick and Wren have never met. And now, fate is about to change e… read more

Similar categories in Lily Joseph's The Near Miss book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

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25. The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams (Dove Pond, #4)

By: Karen Hawkins

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A brand new novel in the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” ( Shelf Awarenes… read more

Similar categories in Karen Hawkins's The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams (Dove Pond, #4) book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. There's Nothing Wrong with Her

By: Kate Weinberg

3.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A crackling, tender, and perfectly off-kilter novel about love, madness, illness, and recovery.Vita… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weinberg's There's Nothing Wrong with Her book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Learning to Swim

By: Shayla Dugan

4.28

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

A humorous and heartfelt book about the complicated relationship between a mother, a daughter, and … read more

Similar categories in Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • relationships
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Kiss Me at Christmas

By: Jenny Bayliss

3.83

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

White Christmas meets Nora Ephron in Jenny Bayliss’ latest wholehearted, ensemble-cast holiday extr… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Bayliss's Kiss Me at Christmas book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause

29. I Think We've Been Here Before

By: Suzy Krause

4.19

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

With the end of the world predicted, reality bends in an unexpectedly quirky and heartwarming novel… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Krause's I Think We've Been Here Before book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Align the Stars: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Shakespeare Retelling) by Amy Dressler

30. How to Align the Stars: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Shakespeare Retelling)

By: Amy Dressler

4.36

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

This summer beach read proves that opposites do attract. A smart and hilarious enemies-to-lovers ro… read more

Similar categories in Amy Dressler's How to Align the Stars: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Shakespeare Retelling) book and Shayla Dugan's Learning to Swim

  • fiction
Cover of A Book Club's Guide to Murder & Mayhem: A Cozy Mystery (A Suzie Tuft Mystery 1) by Bethany Barker

31. A Book Club's Guide to Murder & Mayhem: A Cozy Mystery (A Suzie Tuft Mystery 1)

By: Bethany Barker

3.68

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A dead body, a large inheritance from an ex-boyfriend, a scam netting three-quarters of a million d… read more

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24 best-selling contemporary books like Learning to Swim by Shayla Dugan

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How to Plot a Payback

Melissa Ferguson

3.65

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The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle

Annie Rains

3.98

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The Phoenix Ballroom

Ruth Hogan

4.23

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Switched (Ghosted, #2)

Sarah Ready

3.95

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The Anniversary

Cole Baxter

3.61

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You, Me, Her

Sue Watson

4.04

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Mother of the Bride

Samantha Hayes

4.09

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His Last Wife

Ruhi Choudhary

4.08

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