21 best-selling chick lit books like The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser

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The Bookshop of Second Chances

By: Jackie Fraser

3.58

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Thea Mottram is having a bad month. Her husband of nearly twenty years has just left her for one of…

If you liked the chick lit plot in The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

1. The Bookshop on the Corner

By: Jenny Colgan

4.18

Format: 407 pages, ebook

Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion... an… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's The Bookshop on the Corner book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

2. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By: Shauna Robinson

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more

Similar categories in Shauna Robinson's The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2) by Jenny Colgan

3. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.60

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Carmen is at a loose end. Her gorgeous bookshop is the filming site of a cheesy Christmas movie, sh… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2) book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • 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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5. The Bookshop of Second Chances

By: Jackie Fraser

3.58

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Thea Mottram is having a bad month. Her husband of nearly twenty years has just left her for one of… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

6. The Last Chance Library

By: Freya Sampson

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts a… read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's The Last Chance Library book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

7. 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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • 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

Cover of Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

8. 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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • 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

Cover of Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

9. Summer Romance

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the architect of my own experience."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

"It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

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10. 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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • 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 Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman

11. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Flying Solo by Linda  Holmes

12. Flying Solo

By: Linda Holmes

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more

Similar categories in Linda Holmes's Flying Solo book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."

-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo

Cover of The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander

13. The Littlest Library

By: Poppy Alexander

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the lit… read more

Similar categories in Poppy Alexander's The Littlest Library book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"There was a book to cure ever ill and solve every problem that was what Mimi had always thought. It was like a tiny sanctuary providing a balm for all of life’s challenges."

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

"Manga is a highly respected form of storytelling. Calling it comics doesn’t do it justice. I’ll sort her out with some other graphic novels, too. It’s all stories. It all counts."

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

"There is that poem. Scott Holland, I think. How does it go? ‘I have only slipped away into the next room’…or something. Yes. ‘I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. What…"

-Poppy Alexander, The Littlest Library

Cover of The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella

14. 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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

15. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman

3.80

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a … read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"If you're not scared, you're not brave."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Coming out of a book was always painful."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Is book smart the only smart that counts?"

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

"Being with you is as good as being alone."

-Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

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 Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss

17. A Season for Second Chances

By: Jenny Bayliss

3.78

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A charmingly quirky seaside town offers a recently separated restauranteur a fresh start and possib… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Bayliss's A Season for Second Chances book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

18. The Lonely Hearts Book Club

By: Lucy Gilmore

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Gilmore's The Lonely Hearts Book Club book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Everywhere I looked was honesty and love. Love most of all."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"They became a love letter of words and sentiment--and one that was addressed entirely to me."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"We could only choose which path to take to our destination. What happened along the way was entirely up to chance."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

"More than anything, kuds need to know they have a soft spot to land. Your Bella? She knows. She'll know it until the day she dies."

-Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

Cover of How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry

19. How to Find Love in a Bookshop

By: Veronica Henry

3.87

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

"Absolutely delightful." --People The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a sup… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Henry's How to Find Love in a Bookshop book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"You have to have cake while you’re reading. It’s the law."

-Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

"After all, a town without a bookshop was a town without a heart."

-Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

"I don't know anyone who can't learn something from The Little Prince."

-Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

"There's a book for everyone, even if they don't think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul."

-Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

Cover of The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore

20. The Library of Borrowed Hearts

By: Lucy Gilmore

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Gilmore's The Library of Borrowed Hearts book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

21. Just Haven't Met You Yet

By: Sophie Cousens

3.76

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's Just Haven't Met You Yet book and Jackie Fraser's The Bookshop of Second Chances

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

19 Top adult books like The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser

Transform Your Habits

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

Shauna Robinson

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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The Bookshop of Second Chances

Jackie Fraser

3.58

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The Last Chance Library

Freya Sampson

3.75

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21 Top fiction books like Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman

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Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

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Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)

Catherine Mack

3.53

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The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

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Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

3.65

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