31 Best audiobook books like When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff

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When We Were Bright And Beautiful

By: Jillian Medoff

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed, bestselling author of This Could Hurt returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet--a…

"Which is the funny thing about families; no matter how cake you have someone will always feel starved."

-Jillian Medoff, When We Were Bright And Beautiful

"Which is the funny thing about families; no matter how much cake you have, someone will always feel starved."

-Jillian Medoff, When We Were Bright And Beautiful

If you liked the audiobook plot in When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. Jacqueline in Paris

By: Ann Mah

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier… read more

Similar categories in Ann Mah's Jacqueline in Paris book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

2. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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3. All the Dangerous Things

By: Stacy Willingham

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his c… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's All the Dangerous Things book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"People tend to stash their dirtiest secrets in the most common of places."

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

"At the time, it reminded me of the stars: how two can collide and fuse into one—bigger, brighter, stronger than before. But what I didn’t know then was that when they collide too fast, they don’t fus…"

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

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4. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

Similar categories in Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

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5. What Lies in the Woods

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.96

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy an… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Nothing good comes from digging up old trouble."

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"But why should she be able to leave the woods, when I never had?"

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"Don't worry. She does this. She likes to go out to the woods to think."

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"When it comes to relationships, if you could take it or leave it, leaving is always the right choice"

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

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6. Killers of a Certain Age

By: Deanna Raybourn

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. They've spent their … read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Jesus, what did you have for breakfast? A bowl of Honey Bunches of Bitch?"

-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

"He was dressed like a tourist, his T-shirt tucked into belted jeans like a sociopath."

-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

"I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the Pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep …"

-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

"I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep …"

-Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

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7. The Half Moon

By: Mary Beth Keane

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beth Keane's The Half Moon book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Most Likely Club

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends make a pact to finally achieve their hig… read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's The Most Likely Club book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff

9. When We Were Bright And Beautiful

By: Jillian Medoff

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed, bestselling author of This Could Hurt returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet--a… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Which is the funny thing about families; no matter how cake you have someone will always feel starved."

-Jillian Medoff, When We Were Bright And Beautiful

"Which is the funny thing about families; no matter how much cake you have, someone will always feel starved."

-Jillian Medoff, When We Were Bright And Beautiful

Cover of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

10. Hester

By: Laurie Lico Albanese

3.97

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The letter A is red,"

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

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11. The Soulmate

By: Sally Hepworth

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge... … read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1) by Clare Mackintosh

12. The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1)

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.78

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects. It's a party to end all… read more

Similar categories in Clare Mackintosh's The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1) book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Does it really hurt?' Ffion asked her mam. She'd read the books Elen had bought, had even watched that awful video in school, but she still found it hard to comprehend that -- in a matter of weeks --…"

-Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party (DC Morgan, #1)

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13. We Are the Light

By: Matthew Quick

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS. Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Quick's We Are the Light book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The best part of my soul loves the best part of your soul."

-Matthew Quick, We Are the Light

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14. Things We Do in the Dark

By: Jennifer Hillier

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hillier's Things We Do in the Dark book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Family Game

By: Catherine Steadman

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A rich, eccentric family. A time-honored tradition. Or a lethal game of survival? One woman finds o… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Steadman's The Family Game book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Lies I Tell

By: Julie Clark

4.10

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

From author Julie Clark comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge―or is it… read more

Similar categories in Julie Clark's The Lies I Tell book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Writing Retreat

By: Julia Bartz

3.43

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A young author is invited to an exclusive writer’s retreat that soon descends into a pulse-pounding… read more

Similar categories in Julia Bartz's The Writing Retreat book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"At thirteen I learned from Roza's stolen book that girls don't have to be sweet little creatures, that they could in fact be angry and dark and sexual."

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

"Where did one's power lie in a world that stripped it from you, over and over again? How could we reclaim it when dominant forces dangled it over our heads, shouting, "only the strong survive?"

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

"That was the way of the world: if you were a woman, then you had a job to do, and that was to pretend to love everyone else walking all over your body, leaving imprints on your face. You were suppose…"

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

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18. She Started It

By: Sian Gilbert

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, She Started It is a hot, twisty summer debut thriller ab… read more

Similar categories in Sian Gilbert's She Started It book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange

19. The Connellys of County Down

By: Tracey Lange

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she know… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Lange's The Connellys of County Down book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Wilderwomen

By: Ruth Emmie Lang

3.50

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Ohioana Book Award finalist Ruth Emmie Lang returns with a new cast of ordinary characters with ext… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Emmie Lang's The Wilderwomen book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. You're Invited

By: Amanda Jayatissa

3.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

What could be worse than your ex-boyfriend marrying your childhood best friend? Getting accused of … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jayatissa's You're Invited book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Sign Here

By: Claudia Lux

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Lux's Sign Here book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To breathe is miraculous."

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"Does it count as staying if leaving is always on the mind? How much lying does a marriage need to survive?"

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"It was the greatest irony of her life: how much she hated her body and how much she lived for the attention it garnered."

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"Love is one of these things humans experience, twist to fit their cage of mortality, and then claim to have invented. I'm not blaming you, far from it. Love was made to be coveted, and humans are not…"

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

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23. Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2)

By: Megan Goldin

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators … read more

Similar categories in Megan Goldin's Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. The Attic Child

By: Lola Jaye

4.37

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity a… read more

Similar categories in Lola Jaye's The Attic Child book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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25. First Born

By: Will Dean

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Last Thing to Burn, a psychological thriller about the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's First Born book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The truth is, we can’t all be overachieving academics destined for the UN or a top law firm; some of us are meant to be normal, and there is no shame in that whatsoever."

-Will Dean, First Born

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26. The Intern

By: Michele Campbell

3.80

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic judge in this timely and thrilli… read more

Similar categories in Michele Campbell's The Intern book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. Adelaide

By: Genevieve Wheeler

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Williams, an American living in dreamy London, meeting Rory Hughes… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Wheeler's Adelaide book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But it feels so cold here without her."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"It made her feel a bit nauseous, but also deeply, deeply in love."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"So many things that never should have belonged to him had become his."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"It's so cruel... that grief comes part and parcel with love. It's just so unfair."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

Cover of The Wedding People by Alison Espach

28. The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more

Similar categories in Alison Espach's The Wedding People book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

Cover of Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

29. Someday, Maybe

By: Onyi Nwabineli

3.90

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss,… read more

Similar categories in Onyi Nwabineli's Someday, Maybe book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Nobody tells you that irrational hope is a side effect of grief. And they should because it is dangerous."

-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe

"when someone you love dies, there's this period of disbelief-a time of dug-in heels, the refusal to process your new reality."

-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe

"...there is no easy way to articulate what it means for your loved ones to worry that your person's ability to love you is limited by their inability to comprehend many of your lived experiences."

-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe

Cover of Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

30. Daisy Darker

By: Alice Feeney

3.77

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists returns…with a family reunion that leads to murder. … read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Daisy Darker book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don’t spend all of your ambition on other people’s dreams."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"Sometimes people don't know they're in love until they're not."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"A mother's least favourite child always knows that's what they are."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"People are not the same but different, they are different but the same."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

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31. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Jillian Medoff's When We Were Bright And Beautiful

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

Jacqueline in Paris

Ann Mah

3.69

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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All the Dangerous Things

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4.07

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

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