21 Top romance books like Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane

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Mad About You

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a sharp, emotional new novel about a woman who c…

"The only advice people ever take is the advice they want to hear."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

"The only advice people ever take is the advice they want to hear."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

"I wondered if we might be in one of those situations where I'm madly in love with you and you're at least slightly in love with me, and neither of us are saying so, in case the other isn't."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

"I wondered if we might be in one of those situations where I'm madly in love with you and you're at least slightly in love with me, and neither of us are saying so, in case the other isn't."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

If you liked the romance plot in Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The No-Show

By: Beth O'Leary

3.80

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon us… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The No-Show book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it?"

-Beth O'Leary, The No-Show

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2. The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

By: Lynn Painter

3.88

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bott… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2) book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She had piercings everywhere, but cried like a baby if she needed to get a shot."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Rejection feels like shit, even when it comes from someone who might not matter that much."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Everything with him was great, but it was great in the way a Hallmark Christmas movie was great. Everything looked perfect—the clothing, the setting, the words—but none of it felt . . . real."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

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3. Would You Rather

By: Allison Ashley

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Noah and Mia have always been best friends, and their friendship is the most important thing to the… read more

Similar categories in Allison Ashley's Would You Rather book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The thing we fear most has the greatest reward."

-Allison Ashley, Would You Rather

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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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • 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 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • 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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6. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens 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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7. Mad About You

By: Mhairi McFarlane

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a sharp, emotional new novel about a woman who c… read more

Similar categories in Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The only advice people ever take is the advice they want to hear."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

"I wondered if we might be in one of those situations where I'm madly in love with you and you're at least slightly in love with me, and neither of us are saying so, in case the other isn't."

-Mhairi McFarlane, Mad About You

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8. The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary

3.57

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to ret… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The Wake-Up Call book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • 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

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10. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Before I Do

By: Sophie Cousens

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What would you do if 'the one that got away' turned up the night before your wedding? Head-in-th… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's Before I Do book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • 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

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15. Georgie, All Along

By: Kate Clayborn

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

A wise and witty new novel that echoes with timely questions about love, career, reconciling with t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's Georgie, All Along book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Nora Goes Off Script

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Nora's life is about to get a rewrite... Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than an… read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Nora Goes Off Script book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To write is to re-create something as you'd like it to be."

-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script

" Maybe he really likes me , I think in my tiniest thinking voice."

-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script

"What if this is my new normal—showing people my heart and having them applaud it?"

-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script

"There's nothing more shameful than this retrospective knowing, because it reminds you how blind you can be to things that don't jibe with the reality you're trying to believe in."

-Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script

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17. The Good Part

By: Sophie Cousens

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's The Good Part book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

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

18. 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 Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Thank You for Listening

By: Julia Whelan

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of… read more

Similar categories in Julia Whelan's Thank You for Listening book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You have a gray hair!"

-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening

"Of course there should be an HEA. I’m so sick of this question. It’s a Romance! That’s the deal we make with our readers. It’s misogyny, plain and simple. You don’t see anyone telling Mystery readers…"

-Julia Whelan, Thank You for Listening

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20. Just My Type

By: Falon Ballard

3.67

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

To win the job of her dreams, a relationship-prone journalist needs to learn how to stay single in … read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's Just My Type book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

21. The Bodyguard

By: Katherine Center

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

She's got his back. He's got her heart. They've got a secret. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Bodyguard book and Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And I guess there really is something profoundly healing about letting somebody love you."

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"And it’s like you’re in your life and flying above it at the same time. Like you are both on earth and in the heavens. Like you are all heartbeat and rushing pulse and warmth and softness—but you are…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"When you’re not around, even for a little while, I feel like I have to go find you. I just feel this pull to be near you. I want to know what you’re thinking, and what you’re up to, and how you feel.…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"And in the end, do you ever truly know for sure if you’re lovable? What a question. You don’t. You can’t. Of course not. Life never hands out the answers like that. But maybe that’s not even the righ…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

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Beth O'Leary

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