18 Best audiobook books like Pretending by Holly Bourne

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Pretending

By: Holly Bourne

3.86

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? 'Perceptive. Hilarious. Reassuring. Brilliant.' Laura Jan…

If you liked the audiobook plot in Pretending by Holly Bourne , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Promising Young Women

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of THE COWS, SWEETBITTER or CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS - as well as for fans of FLEABAG… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's Promising Young Women book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Scenes of a Graphic Nature

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Do you know what céad mile fáilte means?' 'A hundred thousand welcomes.' 'Not a hundred thousand… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's Scenes of a Graphic Nature book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Cat Lady

By: Dawn O'Porter

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

CAT LADY [n.] Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone... It’s safer for … read more

Similar categories in Dawn O'Porter's Cat Lady book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"People who hate cats are like atheists, they cannot get through a conversation without telling you their views. There is such a righteousness that comes with it. You tell someone you have a cat, and …"

-Dawn O'Porter, Cat Lady

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4. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way

By: Rebecca Wait

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Wait's I’m Sorry You Feel That Way book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Talking at Night

By: Claire Daverley

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he … read more

Similar categories in Claire Daverley's Talking at Night book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Pretending

By: Holly Bourne

3.86

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? 'Perceptive. Hilarious. Reassuring. Brilliant.' Laura Jan… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's Pretending book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Good Material book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"

-Dolly Alderton, Good Material

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9. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Really Good, Actually

By: Monica Heisey

3.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning … read more

Similar categories in Monica Heisey's Really Good, Actually book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You’ll like dating, everyone eats ass now."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"The truth is, if you start your eating disorder even slightly overweight, no one will notice until things are very much at the ‘what if two meals a day were soup’ stage."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

"It seemed impossible that I was supposed to keep loving - even revering - my body as it decomposed in slow motion. Why not give in and have low self-esteem? Maybe I could slay in that way instead."

-Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

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11. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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12. The Second Chance Store

By: Lauren Bravo

3.61

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

If clothes can get a second chance, why can’t we? Brimming with life, love, and the stories bound u… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Bravo's The Second Chance Store book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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13. Sunset

By: Jessie Cave

4.11

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

The debut adult novel from Jessie Cave is a spry yet reflective comedy of sisterhood, loneliness an… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Cave's Sunset book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Ghosts

By: Dolly Alderton

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and fam… read more

Similar categories in Dolly Alderton's Ghosts book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But I think maybe every job is a waste of an English degree."

-Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

"I think the memory of your childhood home is impossible to destroy."

-Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

"Jethro's flat was in a warehouse that, even from the outside, looked very pleased with its own conversion."

-Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

"The contents of supermarket baskets are surely evidence that none of us are coping with adulthood all that well."

-Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

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15. The Happy Couple

By: Naoise Dolan

3.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends… read more

Similar categories in Naoise Dolan's The Happy Couple book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She'd learned by that point that she couldn't fix people. All she needed to know, really, in any human transaction, was wether it was right for her; wether it fit. That was why she'd dumped Luke when…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

"Celine believed things for exactly as long as she wanted to. Being smart, being logical, didn't help her. It just enabled her baroque self-deceit. Phoebe took the simpler route of putting no consider…"

-Naoise Dolan, The Happy Couple

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16. Sei o Teu Nome

By: Rute Dias

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ela é a típica mimada que ele despreza. Ele é o típico mulherengo que ela odeia. Mas há algo que pa… read more

Similar categories in Rute Dias's Sei o Teu Nome book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
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17. Just for Today

By: Nell Hudson

3.83

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'A yearning, tenderly bruising beauty of a book and a brilliant portrayal of friendship in the roar… read more

Similar categories in Nell Hudson's Just for Today book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Look What You Made Me Do

By: Kat McKenna

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

THE MUST-HAVE HANDBOOK FOR TAYLOR SWIFT FANS, AND THE ONLY COMPANION YOU NEED FOR THE ERAS TOUR! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Kat McKenna's Look What You Made Me Do book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • audiobook
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19. Careering

By: Daisy Buchanan

3.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Imogen has always dreamed of writing for a magazine. Infinite internships later, she dreams of any … read more

Similar categories in Daisy Buchanan's Careering book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Young Women

By: Jessica Moor

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Everyone's got that history, I guess. Everyone's got a story. When Emily meets the enigmatic and da… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Moor's Young Women book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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21. The High Moments

By: Sara-Ella Ozbek

3.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

January 01, 2016 at 9:02AM  NY RESOLUTIONS – THE PLANExercise 6 times a week Have sex once a month … read more

Similar categories in Sara-Ella Ozbek's The High Moments book and Holly Bourne's Pretending

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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