14 Top contemporary romance books like The One & Only by Emily Giffin

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The One & Only

By: Emily Giffin

3.20

Format: 432 pages, ebook

In her eagerly awaited new novel, beloved New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin returns wi…

"Why is a Christmas tree better than a man? Because it stays up, has cute balls, and looks good with the lights on!"

-Emily Giffin, The One & Only

"So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing."

-Emily Giffin, The One & Only

If you liked the contemporary romance plot in The One & Only by Emily Giffin , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Matchmaker

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

A touching new novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand in which a woman sets out to find lov… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Matchmaker book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. The Rumor

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.76

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriag… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Rumor book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Every life contains a novel."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Rumor

"...Every life contains a novel."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Rumor

"One is never too young for fine literature . . ."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Rumor

"I want an ending when the woman is happy instead of good."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Rumor

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3. A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.60

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Claire Danner Crispin, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1) book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught."

-Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)

"All her life, Claire had had a problem figuring out where other people ended and she began. All her life, she’d taken on the world’s hurt; she held herself responsible. But why?"

-Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)

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4. The Castaways (Nantucket, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.71

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best frie… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Castaways (Nantucket, #2) book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He liked the atmosphere of skiing - the fire-warmed lodge, the view of a snowy mountainside, the clean air, the drinks - but not the sport itself."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Castaways (Nantucket, #2)

5. All Fall Down

By: Jennifer Weiner

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Timesbestselling author Jennifer Weiner Allison Weiss got her happy ending--a hand… read more

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6. The Identicals

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.91

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, a summertime story about identical twins w… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Identicals book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook

7. Who Do You Love

By: Jennifer Weiner

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are eight years old when they meet late one night in an ER waiting room… read more

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8. The One & Only

By: Emily Giffin

3.20

Format: 432 pages, ebook

In her eagerly awaited new novel, beloved New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin returns wi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The One & Only book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • football
  • contemporary romance
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Why is a Christmas tree better than a man? Because it stays up, has cute balls, and looks good with the lights on!"

-Emily Giffin, The One & Only

"So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing."

-Emily Giffin, The One & Only

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9. 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

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • 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

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10. 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

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • 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

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11. Dreamland

By: Nicholas Sparks

3.96

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Dreamland is a love story about risking everything for a dream—and whether it’s possible to leave t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Sparks's Dreamland book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Look on the Bright Side

By: Kristan Higgins

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Look on the Bright Side book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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14. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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15. 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

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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

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16. 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

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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)

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17. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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18. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. 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

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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

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20. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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

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21. 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

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. 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

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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

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23. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's The Breakaway book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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25. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

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26. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Emily Giffin's The One & Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin (5-Mar-2009) Paperback

By: Emily Griffin

4.26

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

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28. Debut Series Books 1-4 (Something Blue, Something Borrowed, Baby Proof, Love the One You're With)

By: Emily Griffin

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

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29. The Hotel Nantucket

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After a tragic fire in 1922 that killed 19-year-old chambermaid, Grace Hadley, The Hotel Nantucket … read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. The Summer Place

By: Jennifer Weiner

3.56

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdowna… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. By Emily Giffin: Love the One You're With

By: -St. Martin's Press-

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Elin Hilderbrand

4.00

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Elin Hilderbrand

3.76

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Elin Hilderbrand

3.60

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Elin Hilderbrand

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Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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Rebecca Yarros

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