21 must-read fiction books like Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

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Must Love Books

By: Shauna Robinson

3.30

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill meets Younger in a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discov…

"Why had she relied on her unfulfilling job to give her the experience she needed for a fulfilling one?"

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

"Why had she relied on her unfulfilling job to give her the experience she needed for a fulfilling one?"

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

"And so she couldn't even feel proud about taking one step forward in search of happiness. Not when she had reason to fear where that step would lead her next."

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

"And so she couldn't even feel proud about taking one step forward in search of happiness. Not when she had reason to fear where that step would lead her next."

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

If you liked the fiction plot in Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters) by Kristina Forest

1. The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.82

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor t… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters) book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen a…"

-Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

Cover of Funny Story by Emily Henry

2. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • 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 The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

3. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • 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

4. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • 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 Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

5. Must Love Books

By: Shauna Robinson

3.30

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill meets Younger in a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discov… read more

Similar categories in Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Why had she relied on her unfulfilling job to give her the experience she needed for a fulfilling one?"

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

"And so she couldn't even feel proud about taking one step forward in search of happiness. Not when she had reason to fear where that step would lead her next."

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

Cover of The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley

6. The Roughest Draft

By: Emily Wibberley

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside dow… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's The Roughest Draft book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

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

7. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • 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 Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman

8. Adult Assembly Required

By: Abbi Waxman

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

When Laura Costello moves to Los Angeles, trying to escape an overprotective family and the hauntin… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Adult Assembly Required book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"that child only needs the slightest encouragement to go rogue"

-Abbi Waxman, Adult Assembly Required

"but the thing with Target is there is always something...ideal."

-Abbi Waxman, Adult Assembly Required

"Catching and holding the attention of an eight-year-old on Halloween is like trying to catch a hummingbird with a piece of dental floss. It's theoretically possible, but not very likely."

-Abbi Waxman, Adult Assembly Required

"Polly was so forthright she blew right past Lauraʻs defenses and made them feel unnecessary. Laura didnʻt really understand the mechanics of it; one minute she was completely alone and feeling like c…"

-Abbi Waxman, Adult Assembly Required

Cover of By the Book (Meant to Be, #2) by Jasmine Guillory

9. By the Book (Meant to Be, #2)

By: Jasmine Guillory

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A tale as old as time—for a new generation…Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her ca… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Guillory's By the Book (Meant to Be, #2) book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"When she found the bookstore, she walked inside, then stopped and took a long, happy breath."

-Jasmine Guillory, By the Book (Meant to Be, #2)

"When she finally left the bookstore, it was with two new books in her bag, a smile on her face, and a warm, happy feeling in her chest."

-Jasmine Guillory, By the Book (Meant to Be, #2)

"She loved that moment when she walked into a bookstore. Books were stacked everywhere, with friendly little signs directing you to local authors or signed copies or bestsellers."

-Jasmine Guillory, By the Book (Meant to Be, #2)

Cover of Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa    Ferguson

10. Meet Me in the Margins

By: Melissa Ferguson

3.61

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ferguson's Meet Me in the Margins book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"His smile grows. ''After all, not everyone at Pennington shares the same appreciation of the more ... adventurous fiction as you and me."

-Melissa Ferguson, Meet Me in the Margins

Cover of By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

11. By Any Other Name

By: Lauren Kate

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kate's By Any Other Name book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"If faith in love were a source of energy, you could power a small planet."

-Lauren Kate, By Any Other Name

Cover of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

12. Weather Girl

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Weather Girl book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

13. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters) by Kristina Forest

14. The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by K… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters) book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

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

15. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • 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, kids 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 Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory

16. Drunk on Love

By: Jasmine Guillory

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An intoxicating and sparkling new romance by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Ma… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Guillory's Drunk on Love book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

17. Summer Reading

By: Jenn McKinlay

3.48

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making f… read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Summer Reading book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Better Than Fiction by Alexa  Martin

18. Better Than Fiction

By: Alexa Martin

3.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Love isn't always by the books in this charming romantic comedy about a bookseller discovering how … read more

Similar categories in Alexa Martin's Better Than Fiction book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

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

19. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You for Listening by Julia  Whelan

20. 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 Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • 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

Cover of Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3) by Jayci Lee

21. Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3)

By: Jayci Lee

3.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Jayci Lee's romcom Booked on a Feeling features an overachieving lawyer. A failing bookstore. A chi… read more

Similar categories in Jayci Lee's Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3) book and Shauna Robinson's Must Love Books

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Robert’s reference to billing five minutes into the day made her stomach clench with nerves."

-Jayci Lee, Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3)

"Lizzy was so busy melting into a puddle watching Jack interact with Elliott that she had completely forgotten about the task at hand. What was she thinking? There were tiny boxes to check off!"

-Jayci Lee, Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3)

"She trudged to the kitchen and poured herself an unsophisticated amount of red wine before sitting down at the two-person dining table. The straight-backed wooden chair gave her the illusion of havin…"

-Jayci Lee, Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3)

"Nature was supposed to do wonders for one’s mental health. Therapists actually prescribed time with nature to their patients. But Lizzy was doing incredibly well since she came to Weldon, even being …"

-Jayci Lee, Booked on a Feeling (A Sweet Mess, #3)

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Kristina Forest

3.82

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Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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Christina Lauren

4.14

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Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

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Lynn Painter

3.88

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Emily Wibberley

3.58

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