21 must-read audiobook books like This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs

Cover of This Bird Has Flown by Susanna  Hoffs

This Bird Has Flown

By: Susanna Hoffs

3.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song—written…

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Cover of Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

1. 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

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This Bird Has Flown by Susanna  Hoffs

2. This Bird Has Flown

By: Susanna Hoffs

3.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song—written… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

3. 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

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • 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

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4. Amazing Grace Adams

By: Fran Littlewood

3.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Bernadette , Eleanor Oliph… read more

Similar categories in Fran Littlewood's Amazing Grace Adams book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Pineapple Street by Jenny   Jackson

5. 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

Similar categories in Jenny Jackson's Pineapple Street book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • 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

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6. 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 Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • 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

Cover of Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

7. 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

Similar categories in Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

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

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8. 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

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Celebrants book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • 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

Cover of Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

9. 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 Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • 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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10. 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 Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

11. 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 Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

12. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

Cover of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

13. How to End a Love Story

By: Yulin Kuang

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063310681. Two writers with a complicated history end up wor… read more

Similar categories in Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Cassandra in Reverse

By: Holly Smale

3.56

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more

Similar categories in Holly Smale's Cassandra in Reverse book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

Cover of The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella

15. The Burnout

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's The Burnout book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The ride is it!"

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"If you’re not kind, never mind."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"You do not need an unkind man in your life right now. Or ever."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

"Maybe I can’t commune with nature, but I sure as hell can commune with carbs."

-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

Cover of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

16. 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 Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

17. Business or Pleasure

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Business or Pleasure book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) by Steven  Rowley

18. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

19. The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren

4.11

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hol… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The True Love Experiment book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He is the stillness to my storm, the shadow to my bright sunlight, the Styles to my Harry."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"...tight, hyperaware realization that I want him close to me every second of every day from here on out."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"I'm consumed by a distracting ache, a sharp want, a desperation for this thing I already have in my arms."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

"Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed."

-Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

Cover of Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

20. Once More with Feeling

By: Elissa Sussman

3.56

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Then. Katee Rose is living the dream as America's number one pop star, caught in a whirlwind of sol… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Sussman's Once More with Feeling book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • music
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

21. Charm City Rocks

By: Matthew Norman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a single dad meets the former rock star crush of his youth, everything they thought they knew … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Norman's Charm City Rocks book and Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown

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

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