21 must-read contemporary books like Love, Holly by Emily Stone

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Love, Holly

By: Emily Stone

3.90

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Love, Holly by Emily Stone , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • 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

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2. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • 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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3. The Ex-Mas Holidays

By: Zoe Allison

3.34

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It’s hard to escape your ex when you’re working together over Christmas in the Scottish Highlands, … read more

Similar categories in Zoe Allison's The Ex-Mas Holidays book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • 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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5. Love, Holly

By: Emily Stone

3.90

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while… read more

Similar categories in Emily Stone's Love, Holly book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Bright Lights, Big Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, co… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Bright Lights, Big Christmas book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • 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

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8. The Christmas Wager

By: Holly Cassidy

3.69

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

From a bestselling Canadian author comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers holiday rom-com set in the … read more

Similar categories in Holly Cassidy's The Christmas Wager book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Emergency Contact

By: Lauren Layne

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne--and her real life husband and high school swee… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Layne's Emergency Contact book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Ready or Not

By: Cara Bastone

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A surprise pregnancy leads to even more life-changing revelations in this heartfelt, slow-burn, fri… read more

Similar categories in Cara Bastone's Ready or Not book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Love Note

By: Emma Grey

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more

Similar categories in Emma Grey's The Last Love Note book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

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13. The Christmas Orphans Club

By: Becca Freeman

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friend… read more

Similar categories in Becca Freeman's The Christmas Orphans Club book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Second Chance Year

By: Melissa Wiesner

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this unforgettable story full of charm, wit—and just a bit of magic—a woman down on her luck is … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Wiesner's The Second Chance Year book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Nothing that starts with ‘come on, it will be fun’ is ever fun."

-Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

"I click over to Instagram, the only thing that can make me feel worse."

-Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year

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15. A December to Remember

By: Jenny Bayliss

3.71

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Three bickering half sisters. One unique antiques shop. The coziest holiday season of their lives. … read more

Similar categories in Jenny Bayliss's A December to Remember book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Three Holidays and a Wedding

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos.     As strangers and seatmates Maryam Azi… read more

Similar categories in Uzma Jalaluddin's Three Holidays and a Wedding book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. A Winter in New York

By: Josie Silver

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been… read more

Similar categories in Josie Silver's A Winter in New York book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It's the swoon-worthy climax of our showreel moment, this beautiful, achingly sexy kiss, slow and electric, full of pure, vulnerable kiss-me-forever magic."

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"You guys have enough baggage to fill a gosh dang carousel at JFK, but isn't that kind of the point of love, that you help each other carry the bags? Fresh starts are for Hallmark movies, not real lif…"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

"By my reckoning, everyone gets a handful of movie-worthy moments in their lives. Some people would probably pick out their wedding day or the birth of their child for their showreel, but for most of …"

-Josie Silver, A Winter in New York

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18. 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 Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Wreck the Halls

By: Tessa Bailey

3.43

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Wreck the Halls book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Acknowledgement. Apparently that was all it took to want to forgive someone. Just to have them acknowledge that you were hurt, out loud."

-Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

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20. Faking Christmas

By: Kerry Winfrey

3.67

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Laurel Grant is playing house for the holidays--complete with a fake husband and kids--in this deli… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Winfrey's Faking Christmas book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Wrapped with a Beau

By: Lillie Vale

3.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In its heyday, Piney Peaks and its beloved Christmas House were made famous by Sleighbells, a roman… read more

Similar categories in Lillie Vale's Wrapped with a Beau book and Emily Stone's Love, Holly

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

21 Top fiction books like Love, Holly by Emily Stone

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Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

3.65

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Summer Romance

Annabel Monaghan

4.10

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The Ex-Mas Holidays

Zoe Allison

3.34

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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21 best-selling fiction books like Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

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The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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

Jenny Colgan

3.60

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Viola Shipman

4.02

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