The Vacationers
By: Emma Straub
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible, deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the sur…
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1. The Vacationers
By: Emma Straub
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible, deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the sur… read more
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- adult fiction
- travel
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
2. The Five-Star Weekend
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend
3. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
4. Bad Summer People
By: Emma Rosenblum
3.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
5. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
6. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
7. Pineapple Street
By: Jenny Jackson
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"But you know foundations shouldn't have to be the answer. The real problems are tax laws, anti-labor policies, and the slow expansion of the welfare state," Chip said. Everyone turned and looked at h…"-Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street
8. Happy Place
By: Emily Henry
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt a… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"You, you, you."-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"How many universes do you think we’re together in?"-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better."-Emily Henry, Happy Place
"I mean that you have the weirdest laugh of anyone I’ve ever met, Harriet,"-Emily Henry, Happy Place
9. Funny Story
By: Emily Henry
4.27
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"No, no, no,"-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."-Emily Henry, Funny Story
10. Romantic Comedy
By: Curtis Sittenfeld
3.64
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Just to be clear,"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion."-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
"Isn't the goal to live with out demons, not to expect them to go away?"-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy
11. The Celebrants
By: Steven Rowley
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselve… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"My purpose, in this life, has been to love and spend it with you."-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
"You only live once. That was the truth of it. But if you do it right, and he felt that he had, once is more than enough"-Steven Rowley, The Celebrants
12. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
13. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
By: Abby Jimenez
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
14. This Summer Will Be Different
By: Carley Fortune
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different
15. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"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
16. Same Time Next Summer
By: Annabel Monaghan
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Beach Rules: Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run in… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
17. Meet Me at the Lake
By: Carley Fortune
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent jus… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"One day you'll find your heart's too big for just you"-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake
"Let me tell you something about me: I am extremely picky about people. Most of them, I don't particularly like. I have very high standards for the ones I let into my life these days. And you, Will Ba…"-Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake
18. The Breakaway
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
19. One Italian Summer
By: Rebecca Serle
3.59
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and… read more
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- adult fiction
- travel
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"There's something about photography I love -- a whole memory caught in a moment."-Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer
"There is more to life than just continuing to do what we know. What got you here won't get you there."-Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer
"My mother, you see, is the great love of my life, She is the great love of my life, and I have lost her."-Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer
"The present is relentless. It forces us over and over again to pay attention. It requires all of us. As well it should."-Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer
20. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
21. The Villa
By: Rachel Hawkins
3.64
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, s… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"People are never just gone, after all. There are always marks, always signs."-Rachel Hawkins, The Villa
