13 Top contemporary books like Friendship by Emily Gould

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Friendship

By: Emily Gould

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two friends learning the difference between getting older and growing up Bev Tunney a…

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1. Maine

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.40

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

In her best-selling debut, Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan explored the complicated and contradi… read more

Similar categories in J. Courtney Sullivan's Maine book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
  • adult
"And anyway, once you allowed yourself to picture such a scenario, it couldn't happen. That was just the way life went."

-J. Courtney Sullivan, Maine

"Vielleicht war das Bild, das die eigene Familie von einem hatte, zu sehr mit ihren Hoffnungen und Ängsten vermischt, als dass sie einen jemals wirklich als die Person sehen konnten, die man war."

-J. Courtney Sullivan, Maine

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2. She Regrets Nothing

By: Andrea Dunlop

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of The Emperor's Childrenand The House of Mirth,the forgotten granddaughter of one… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
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3. Slow Motion

By: Dani Shapiro

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dani Shapiro, a young woman from a deeply religious home, became the girlfriend of a famous and fla… read more

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4. This Is Where We Live

By: Janelle Brown

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

A novel about subprime mortgages, ruthless Hollywood economics, and the unraveling of a young marri… read more

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  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Love Me Back

By: Merritt Tierce

4.06

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Marie is a waitress at an upscale Dallas steakhouse, attuned to the appetites of her patrons and gi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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6. Friendship

By: Emily Gould

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two friends learning the difference between getting older and growing up Bev Tunney a… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gould's Friendship book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
  • adult

7. Mergers & Acquisitions

By: Dana Vachon

4.00

Format: None pages,

Mergers & Acquisitions is a very simple business. Investment banks give advice to billion-dollar co… read more

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8. The Best of Everything

By: Rona Jaffe

3.64

Format: 320 pages,

When Rona Jaffe's superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed contemporary fiction f… read more

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9. How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse

By: Mike Gilbert

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You Don't Know the Full Truth About O.J. Simpson and the Murders that Gripped a Nation. But Mike Gi… read more

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10. The Glow

By: Jessie Gaynor

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A desperate young publicist tries to save her career by turning the charismatic leader of a grungy … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
"Everyone agreed that he was brilliant, but he wore his intelligence like his perfect jean jacket- I stole it from my mom, he'd confessed on their first date- an effortless afterthought."

-Jessie Gaynor, The Glow

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11. Memoirs and Misinformation

By: Jim Carrey

2.86

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

"None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insane… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
"Well, necessity is the motherfucker of invention, man."

-Jim Carrey, Memoirs and Misinformation

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12. I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

By: Madeline Pendleton

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her j… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Pendleton's I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • adult
"Don't listen if anyone ever tells you it's a dog-eat-dog world. Dogs are pack animals. We're stronger together."

-Madeline Pendleton, I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

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13. Molly

By: Blake Butler

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping, unforgettable memoir from one of the best, most original writers of the 21st century. … read more

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  • adult
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14. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
  • adult
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15. Aesthetica

By: Allie Rowbottom

3.36

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past—and takes inve… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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16. Emergency

By: Kathleen Alcott

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A woman finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of an art … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Stray

By: Stephanie Danler

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies an… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Danler's Stray book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • adult
Cover of Lorna Mott Comes Home by Diane Johnson

18. Lorna Mott Comes Home

By: Diane Johnson

3.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lorna Mott Dumas, small, pretty, high-strung, the epitome of a successful woman--lovely offspring, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • novels
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19. Fake Like Me

By: Barbara Bourland

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

What really happened to Carey Logan?After a fire decimates her studio, including the seven billboar… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Bourland's Fake Like Me book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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20. Competitive Grieving

By: Nora Zelevansky

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer's Best New Books Wren's closest friend, her anchor since ch… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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21. Show Them a Good Time

By: Nicole Flattery

3.23

Format: 257 pages, None

A blisteringly original and wickedly funny collection of stories about the strange worlds that wome… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Flattery's Show Them a Good Time book and Emily Gould's Friendship

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Comedy is tragedy sped up."

-Nicole Flattery, Show Them a Good Time

"I don't like anybody my own age."

-Nicole Flattery, Show Them a Good Time

"a feeling of forever melancholy . . ."

-Nicole Flattery, Show Them a Good Time

"What have I done to deserve this life?"

-Nicole Flattery, Show Them a Good Time

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3.40

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Andrea Dunlop

3.54

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4.04

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Love Me Back

Merritt Tierce

4.06

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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All-Night Pharmacy

Ruth Madievsky

3.52

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Emma Cline

3.29

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Madelaine Lucas

3.84

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