19 must-read chick lit books like By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank

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By Invitation Only

By: Dorothea Benton Frank

3.86

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In this thoughtful, timely, humorous, and bighearted tale, perennial New York Times bestselling aut…

If you liked the chick lit plot in By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Girl in the Mirror

By: Mary Alice Monroe

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Charlotte Godowski was used to horrified stares: she'd learned to accept her facial deformity. Unti… read more

Similar categories in Mary Alice Monroe's Girl in the Mirror book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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2. Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2)

By: Wendy Wax

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Three women find a second chance--or is it a third--in this novel from the USA Today bestselling au… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Wax's Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2) book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Last Light over Carolina

By: Mary Alice Monroe

3.54

Format: 230 pages,

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Similar categories in Mary Alice Monroe's Last Light over Carolina book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • chick lit
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4. Islands

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a direc… read more

Similar categories in Anne Rivers Siddons's Islands book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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5. Moon Shell Beach

By: Nancy Thayer

3.70

Format: 264 pages,

New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer delighted readers with her sparkling Hot Flash Club … read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's Moon Shell Beach book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

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

6. The Stories We Tell

By: None

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry is back with a powerful novel about the stories we tell and… read more

Similar categories in None's The Stories We Tell book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

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7. 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 Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens 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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8. Must Love Flowers

By: Debbie Macomber

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hard… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's Must Love Flowers book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank

9. By Invitation Only

By: Dorothea Benton Frank

3.86

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In this thoughtful, timely, humorous, and bighearted tale, perennial New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • humor
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Nell

By: Nancy Thayer

3.65

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Delineates the lives of three women in search of security and independence--agonizing Clarissa, bor… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's Nell book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. 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 Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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12. Welcome to Beach Town

By: Susan Wiggs

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Beloved  New York Times  bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale o… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wiggs's Welcome to Beach Town book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. A Little Ray of Sunshine

By: Kristan Higgins

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A kid walks into your bookstore and... guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption e… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's A Little Ray of Sunshine book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"I had thought, once, that I couldn't ever be a mother because I'd passed at the chance to raise my own son. But this summer had shown me--Matthew and Monica had shown me--that being a mother wasn't o…"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

"I had a new sense of awareness now--of my own mother, of Addison and Nicole, Monica, Grammy . . . even of Grady's ex-wife. You can't have a child and not experience terror and heartache in some way. …"

-Kristan Higgins, A Little Ray of Sunshine

Cover of Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) by Elin Hilderbrand

14. 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 Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. All the Days of Summer

By: Nancy Thayer

4.02

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his ow… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's All the Days of Summer book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens 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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17. 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

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens 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)

Cover of Beach House Reunion (Beach House, #5) by Mary Alice Monroe

18. Beach House Reunion (Beach House, #5)

By: Mary Alice Monroe

4.12

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Whisking you back to the shores of her bestselling Beach House series, Mary Alice Monroe weaves tog… read more

Similar categories in Mary Alice Monroe's Beach House Reunion (Beach House, #5) book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Intuition guides us and the wise person listens."

-Mary Alice Monroe, Beach House Reunion (Beach House, #5)

"She captured the singular moment in her mind, with the sun shining on their faces, knowing she’d keep it in her memory forever like a treasured photograph."

-Mary Alice Monroe, Beach House Reunion (Beach House, #5)

Cover of Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank by Elin Hilderbrand

19. Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.69

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

In this warm and moving anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legend… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Hello, Summer

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.89

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next b… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Hello, Summer book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. My Magnolia Summer

By: Victoria Benton Frank

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Benton Frank's My Magnolia Summer book and Dorothea Benton Frank's By Invitation Only

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"Omitting the truth is also lying."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Are you planning on kissing me behind a haystack or something?" "Oh, I plan on a lot worse, Maggie."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Maybe violets don't have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"I unrolled my knife bag and saw all my old friends staring back at me. Some girls liked diamonds, some liked pearls, but just give me a good knife. Knives are sexy, that's all there is to it."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

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Mary Alice Monroe

4.02

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Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2)

Wendy Wax

3.97

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Last Light over Carolina

Mary Alice Monroe

3.54

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Islands

Anne Rivers Siddons

3.64

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21 must-read fiction books like Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs

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The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Happiness Plan

Susan Mallery

3.91

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber

4.17

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