6 Best humor books like Penelope in Retrograde by Brooke Abrams

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Penelope in Retrograde

By: Brooke Abrams

4.09

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

In this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for as…

If you liked the humor plot in Penelope in Retrograde by Brooke Abrams , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. City People

By: Elizabeth Topp

3.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

From Perfectly Impossible author Elizabeth Topp comes an unforgettably searing novel about a band o… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Topp's City People book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Blank

By: Zibby Owens

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a… read more

Similar categories in Zibby Owens's Blank book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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3. The Last Caretaker

By: Jessica Strawser

3.90

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Katie’s divorce was, in a word, humiliating. So when her friend Bess offers a fresh start—a residen… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Strawser's The Last Caretaker book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Penelope in Retrograde

By: Brooke Abrams

4.09

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

In this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for as… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • holiday
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Housemoms

By: Jen Lancaster

3.52

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Three grown women find escape and camaraderie on sorority row in a delightfully exhilarating novel … read more

Similar categories in Jen Lancaster's Housemoms book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Never Meant to Stay

By: Trisha Das

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant b… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Das's Never Meant to Stay book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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7. The Starfish Sisters

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.30

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

From the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes an emotional novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Barbara O'Neal's The Starfish Sisters book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. The Lost Letters of Aisling

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman faces the past she fled in a heart-stirring novel about unforgettable love and indomitable … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's The Lost Letters of Aisling book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Ann Garvin's There's No Coming Back from This book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Don’t Forget to Write

By: Sara Goodman Confino

4.50

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and … read more

Similar categories in Sara Goodman Confino's Don’t Forget to Write book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

By: Beth Merlin

3.86

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

When a young woman hits rock bottom, she embarks on a positively Dickensian adventure in a witty an… read more

Similar categories in Beth Merlin's The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Morning in This Broken World

By: Katrina Kittle

4.34

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a poignant and life-affirming novel … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Kittle's Morning in This Broken World book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Sara Goodman Confino's For the Love of Friends book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. When We Were Enemies

By: Emily Bleeker

3.97

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Camera-shy Elise Branson is different from the other women in her matriline. Her mother is an award… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bleeker's When We Were Enemies book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time

By: Angela Brown

3.66

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life—and its surprises—in a funny and emot… read more

Similar categories in Angela Brown's Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1)

By: Tess Gerritsen

4.35

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on th… read more

Similar categories in Tess Gerritsen's The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1) book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Mayluna

By: Kelley McNeil

4.48

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A legendary band, an iconic lead singer, and their mysterious connection to a woman whose love help… read more

Similar categories in Kelley McNeil's Mayluna book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Recipe for Second Chances

By: Ali Rosen

3.74

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

The ones that got away reunite at a big Italian wedding in this second-chance romance from debut au… read more

Similar categories in Ali Rosen's Recipe for Second Chances book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I ruined it. He said he couldn't do this again." "Yeah, he can't do the part where you're an idiot and pretend like you don't give a shit."

-Ali Rosen, Recipe for Second Chances

"We can read every book and stare at every piece of art about the pain of love, but we never know how much it hurts to be exposed until it's real to us. It's a feeling so foreign to our base state tha…"

-Ali Rosen, Recipe for Second Chances

"This fear of needing a man to make us happy is a product of our bullshit Disney princess culture that also taught us a man can fall in love even if a sea witch stole the woman's voice. She was pretty…"

-Ali Rosen, Recipe for Second Chances

"We try to tackle all the room service we ordered for breakfast, mostly zoning in on the squat, cheesy bread, torta di pasqua. The mixture of pecorino, rich butter, and bright-yellow eggs arrived with…"

-Ali Rosen, Recipe for Second Chances

Cover of Let's Pretend This Will Work by Maddie Dawson

19. 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

Similar categories in Maddie Dawson's Let's Pretend This Will Work book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Lights Out (Kate Green, #1) by Elise Hart Kipness

20. Lights Out (Kate Green, #1)

By: Elise Hart Kipness

4.03

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

9 hours, 48 minutes In this exciting debut novel comes a fast-paced thriller that follows a spo… read more

Similar categories in Elise Hart Kipness's Lights Out (Kate Green, #1) book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Friends with Secrets

By: Christine Gunderson

4.16

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In a funny and suspenseful debut, Christine Gunderson explores the myth of the perfect mother, the … read more

Similar categories in Christine Gunderson's Friends with Secrets book and Brooke Abrams's Penelope in Retrograde

  • chick lit
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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