16 best-selling chick lit books like Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman

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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…

If you liked the chick lit plot in Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins

1. Look on the Bright Side

By: Kristan Higgins

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Look on the Bright Side book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)

By: Catherine Mack

3.53

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Mack's Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • 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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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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • 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

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5. 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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • 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

Cover of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

6. 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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • 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

7. 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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Take Two, Birdie Maxwell by Allison Winn Scotch

8. Take Two, Birdie Maxwell

By: Allison Winn Scotch

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own ro… read more

Similar categories in Allison Winn Scotch's Take Two, Birdie Maxwell book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore

10. 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 Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Happy Medium by Sarah   Adler

11. Happy Medium

By: Sarah Adler

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property's resident real-life ghos… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adler's Happy Medium book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

12. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's The Other Side of Disappearing book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Love at First Book

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing … read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Love at First Book book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Lovers and Liars

By: Amanda Eyre Ward

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Three wildly different sisters reunite for a destination wedding at an English castle in this heart… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Eyre Ward's Lovers and Liars book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

16. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

17. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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18. Better Left Unsent

By: Lia Louis

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life…So little time. A woman accidentally reve… read more

Similar categories in Lia Louis's Better Left Unsent book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Nice Work, Nora November by Julia London

19. Nice Work, Nora November

By: Julia London

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After a near death experience, one woman creates her "reverse" bucket the things she wants to do a… read more

Similar categories in Julia London's Nice Work, Nora November book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland

20. Jackpot Summer

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy liv… read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's Jackpot Summer book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bump by Sidney Karger

21. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

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

Transform Your Habits

Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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

Catherine Mack

3.53

Transform Your Habits

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

3.65

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21 Best fiction books like Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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