29 must-read contemporary books like The Art of Forgetting by Camille Pagán

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The Art of Forgetting

By: Camille Pagán

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Hardcover

A moving and insightful debut novel of great friendship interrupted. Can the relationship survive w…

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1. Life After Coffee

By: Virginia Franken

3.81

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

High-powered Amy O’Hara’s career as a coffee buyer sends her around the world for weeks at a time—u… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
"My ears were once pierced, but the tiny holes have since resealed through lack of penetration. And yes, there’s another analogy in there, but let’s not get off topic."

-Virginia Franken, Life After Coffee

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2. Forever is the Worst Long Time

By: Camille Pagán

4.07

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a wry, heartfelt exploration of love and loss. When strug… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
"But I loved her in spite of these issues, and maybe even more because of them. For the first time, Nora had demonstrated to me that a strong relationship didn't require an absence of strife, that two…"

-Camille Pagán, Forever is the Worst Long Time

"It's been said that every good parent wants only for his child to be happy. I want happiness for you, but so much more. I want you to not know the pain that awaits you. I want you to roar back at the…"

-Camille Pagán, Forever is the Worst Long Time

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3. Lift and Separate: A Novel

By: Marilyn Simon Rothstein

2.50

Format: 216 pages,

Marcy Hammer's life has been turned upside down. Her husband, the head of a global brassiere empire… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit

4. Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

By: Camille Pagán

3.78

Format: 112 pages,

Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist--but when her husband drops a bomb on their mar… read more

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  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Art of Forgetting

By: Camille Pagán

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Hardcover

A moving and insightful debut novel of great friendship interrupted. Can the relationship survive w… read more

Similar categories in Camille Pagán's The Art of Forgetting book and Camille Pagán's The Art of Forgetting

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels

6. Wynn in Doubt

By: Emily Hemmer

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Wynn Jeffries has wanderlust. Unfortunately, her life stalled somewhere between graduating from col… read more

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7. The Survivor's Guide to Family Happiness

By: Maddie Dawson

4.10

Format: 322 pages,

Three women, three lives, and one chance to become a family...whether they want to or not. Newly or… read more

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8. And Then There's Margaret: A Laugh Out Loud Contemporary Dramedy (Novel)

By: Carolyn Clarke

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Hey Readers! AND NOW THERE'S ZELDA comes out MAY 9 20241! Pre-order your copy today. AND THEN… read more

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  • chick lit
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Good for You

By: Camille Pagán

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Aly Jackson has waited her whole life to become editor in chief of All Good magazine. But six month… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
"A watched phone never buzzed"

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"Only actors, narcissists, and freakishly beautiful people liked seeing themselves on film."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"Please. Don’t call me Allegra.' 'It’s on your birth certificate.' 'It’s an allergy medication."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"When you weren’t always worrying about how to pay for your life, you could actually take a beat to enjoy it."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

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10. There's No Coming Back from This

By: Ann Garvin

3.95

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional nove… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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11. For the Love of Friends

By: Sara Goodman Confino

4.24

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A sharp and hilariously relatable novel about the business of weddings, the toll they can take, and… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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12. The Beauty of Rain

By: Jamie Beck

4.28

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Two devoted sisters at a tragic breaking point discover the beautiful and painful truths of being a… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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13. Crazy To Leave You

By: Marilyn Simon Rothstein

3.97

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects comes a witty, bighearted novel about the happy… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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14. Snap Out of It

By: Maddie Dawson

4.03

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, warmhearted novel about falling in love, falling apart, and pulling it all together again … read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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15. The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield

By: Kathy Cooperman

3.84

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

From Kathy Cooperman, the bestselling author of Crimes Against a Book Club, comes a comedy about a … read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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16. Husbands and Other Sharp Objects

By: Marilyn Simon Rothstein

3.99

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming, hilarious novel for anyone who has ever had a family, from the author of Lift and S… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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17. Happy Happy Happy

By: Nicola Masters

3.79

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Everything’s just perfect in Charlie’s life. Apart from all the things that are wrong. It’s been… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. This Won't End Well

By: Camille Pagán

3.85

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingeniously witty novel about the risks—and rewards—of opening your life to new people by Amazon… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
"She beamed at me. "You're such a smart girl, Annie." I thanked her, because even though I think intelligence is mostly a construct made of curiosity, opportunity, and plain old hard work, sometimes i…"

-Camille Pagán, This Won't End Well

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19. A Happy Catastrophe

By: Maddie Dawson

4.18

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a novel about love, loss, and the be… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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20. Let's Pretend This Will Work

By: Maddie Dawson

4.06

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

The search for happiness turns a woman’s life upside down in a warm, quirky, and bighearted novel a… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
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21. I Used to be Fun

By: Melanie Summers

3.96

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A richly satisfying family dramedy for any woman who has asked, “Whose life is this?” Jessica Ho… read more

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  • chick lit
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. I'm Fine and Neither Are You

By: Camille Pagán

3.73

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller. Honesty is the best policy…except maybe when it co… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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23. Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties

By: Camille Pagán

3.80

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman on the verg… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
"For now, I had the good fortune of more chances to fail and succeed, more love to give and receive - more life. And while I didn’t know what my future held, I would follow my mother’s lead. I would s…"

-Camille Pagán, Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties

"In third grade, Zoe announced that she thought it was "weird" that I didn't have a job like some of her friends' mothers. Little had changed over the years; she seemed unable to comprehend that willf…"

-Camille Pagán, Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties

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24. The Truth and Other Hidden Things

By: Lea Geller

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

A freshly funny and heartfelt novel about one woman’s secret life, the stories she tells, and the t… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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25. I Thought You Said This Would Work

By: Ann Garvin

4.15

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A road trip can drive anyone over the edge—especially two former best friends—in bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in Ann Garvin's I Thought You Said This Would Work book and Camille Pagán's The Art of Forgetting

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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26. It's a Wonderful Wife

By: Camille Pagán

3.57

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In this charming and heartwarming retelling of Frank Capra’s classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Camille… read more

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  • romance
  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Everything Must Go

By: Camille Pagán

3.92

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A warm, wry novel about secrets, second chances, and the unbreakable bonds between mothers, daughte… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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28. Wherever the Wind Takes Us

By: Kelly Harms

4.01

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

When life stops making sense, it’s time to raise the anchor and follow the tide. Twenty-two year… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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29. Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around

By: Camille Pagán

3.90

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation—and yes, her life—fro… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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30. A Piece Of Normal

By: Maddie Dawson

3.85

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

“Quite wonderful. . . . Like Anne Tyler, Shelton seems to possess a nearly boundless capacity for e… read more

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  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • romance
  • contemporary
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31. Kissing Games of the World

By: Sandi Kahn Shelton

3.95

Format: 467 pages, Kindle Edition

Warmhearted, insightful, funny and poignant, bestselling author, Maddie Dawson, takes the unfathoma… read more

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  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit

29 Best fiction books like The Art of Forgetting by Camille Pagán

Transform Your Habits

Life After Coffee

Virginia Franken

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Forever is the Worst Long Time

Camille Pagán

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Lift and Separate: A Novel

Marilyn Simon Rothstein

2.50

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

Camille Pagán

3.78

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20 Top fiction books like I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann Garvin

Transform Your Habits

Blank

Zibby Owens

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Stars Don't Lie

Boo Walker

4.14

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A Storm of Infinite Beauty

Julianne MacLean

4.31

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Penelope in Retrograde

Brooke Abrams

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