35 Books like Confessions of a Shopaholic

All That Life Can Afford

by Emily Everett

A broke American tutor in London borrows a rich life she cannot afford to keep.

3.63

38k+

🎭 Class Passing 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Grief And Loss

All That Life Can Afford 90%

A broke American tutor in London borrows a rich life she cannot afford to keep.

by Emily Everett 2025

3.63

38k+ ratings

🎭 Class Passing 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Grief And Loss

The Wish List

by Sophia Money-Coutts • 2020

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

3.67

3k+

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

The Wish List 93%

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

by Sophia Money-Coutts 2020

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

Elegance

by Kathleen Tessaro • 2003

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

3.44

5k+

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

Elegance 93%

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

by Kathleen Tessaro 2003

3.44

5k+ ratings

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger • 2003

A college grad who loathes fashion lands a job assisting the industry's most feared editor.

3.82

940k+

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 🗽 2000s New York 💄 Makeover Arc

The Devil Wears Prada 92%

A college grad who loathes fashion lands a job assisting the industry's most feared editor.

by Lauren Weisberger 2003

3.82

940k+ ratings

👗 Fashion Industry 😈 Nightmare Boss 🎯 Workplace Satire 🗽 2000s New York 💄 Makeover Arc

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes • 2023

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

3.96

254k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Someone Else's Shoes 92%

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

by Jojo Moyes 2023

3.96

254k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Careering

by Daisy Buchanan • 2022

A sex-blogging intern and a passed-over editor chase a media dream, finding the ladders are rigged.

3.31

5k+

🏢 Toxic Workplace 📰 Media Satire ✍️ Confessional Writing 👩‍🏭 Working Class Woman 👯 Female Friendship

Careering 92%

A sex-blogging intern and a passed-over editor chase a media dream, finding the ladders are rigged.

by Daisy Buchanan 2022

3.31

5k+ ratings

🏢 Toxic Workplace 📰 Media Satire ✍️ Confessional Writing 👩‍🏭 Working Class Woman 👯 Female Friendship

What Happens in Dubai

by Sophie Gravia • 2022

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

3.86

5k+

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

What Happens in Dubai 92%

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

by Sophie Gravia 2022

3.86

5k+ ratings

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

You Belong with Me

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2024

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

3.66

10k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

You Belong with Me 91%

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2024

3.66

10k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

Stuck With You

by Aimee Brown • 2023

Engaged too fast, a bartender falls for the man her fiancé sent to watch over her.

3.86

1k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Stuck With You 91%

Engaged too fast, a bartender falls for the man her fiancé sent to watch over her.

by Aimee Brown 2023

3.86

1k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Mad About You

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2022

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

3.82

39k+

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Mad About You 91%

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2022

3.82

39k+ ratings

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

For the Love of Friends

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2021

A single bridesmaid, five weddings, and the secret blog where she vents her way toward disaster.

4.19

23k+

🎪 Wedding Season Chaos 📱 Going Viral 🌙 One Night Stand 💕 Friends To Lovers 👯 Sibling Rivalry

For the Love of Friends 91%

A single bridesmaid, five weddings, and the secret blog where she vents her way toward disaster.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2021

4.19

23k+ ratings

🎪 Wedding Season Chaos 📱 Going Viral 🌙 One Night Stand 💕 Friends To Lovers 👯 Sibling Rivalry

The Woman Who Took a Chance

by Fiona Gibson • 2022

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

3.96

2k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

The Woman Who Took a Chance 91%

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

by Fiona Gibson 2022

3.96

2k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

Between Us

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2023

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

3.70

26k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

Between Us 91%

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2023

3.70

26k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

by Louise Rennison • 2000

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

3.95

49k+

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Fake Dating 🎭 Dramatic Narrator

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God Summary

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God 91%

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

by Louise Rennison 2000

3.95

49k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Fake Dating 🎭 Dramatic Narrator

Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner • 2002

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

3.76

316k+

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Good in Bed 91%

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

by Jennifer Weiner 2002

3.76

316k+ ratings

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Is She Really Going Out with Him?

by Sophie Cousens • 2024

Her children pick her dates for a column. The problem? She wants her infuriating younger coworker.

4.06

82k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 💼 Workplace Rivalry 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Is She Really Going Out with Him? Summary

Is She Really Going Out with Him? 91%

Her children pick her dates for a column. The problem? She wants her infuriating younger coworker.

by Sophie Cousens 2024

4.06

82k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 💼 Workplace Rivalry 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

577k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café 91%

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

3.36

577k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Cover Story

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2025

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

3.79

14k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism

Cover Story 91%

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2025

3.79

14k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism

Homesick

by Silvia Saunders • 2025

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

3.73

2k+

🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

Homesick 91%

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

by Silvia Saunders 2025

3.73

2k+ ratings

🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

Humor Me

by Cat Shook • 2024

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

3.59

2k+

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Humor Me 91%

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

by Cat Shook 2024

3.59

2k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

The Queen of Wishful Thinking

by Milly Johnson • 2017

A trapped wife finds hope at an antiques shop, until her husband weaponizes her secret.

4.45

5k+

🏺 Antiques Shop 🫂 Found Family ⛓️‍💥 Abusive Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗄️ Workplace Romance

The Queen of Wishful Thinking 91%

A trapped wife finds hope at an antiques shop, until her husband weaponizes her secret.

by Milly Johnson 2017

4.45

5k+ ratings

🏺 Antiques Shop 🫂 Found Family ⛓️‍💥 Abusive Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗄️ Workplace Romance

Sex and the City

by Candace Bushnell • 1996

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

3.38

59k+

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Sex and the City 91%

A Manhattan columnist chronicles her friends' pursuit of love among charming, evasive bachelors.

by Candace Bushnell 1996

3.38

59k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Dating Chronicles 💔 Commitment-Phobes 👯 Found Family 💍 Marriage Pressure 🔪 Acerbic Social Satire

Someday, Someday, Maybe

by Lauren Graham • 2013

Franny Banks gave herself three years to make it as an actress. She has six months left.

3.54

60k+

🎬 Show Business 🎭 Struggling Artist 💘 Romantic Comedy 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle

Someday, Someday, Maybe 91%

Franny Banks gave herself three years to make it as an actress. She has six months left.

by Lauren Graham 2013

3.54

60k+ ratings

🎬 Show Business 🎭 Struggling Artist 💘 Romantic Comedy 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle

The Perfect Find

by Tia Williams • 2016

A forty-year-old fashion editor falls for a younger coworker, then discovers he's her nemesis's son.

3.95

10k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 💋 Reverse Age Gap 🤫 Secret Relationship 👗 Fashion Industry 🌟 Comeback Story

The Perfect Find 91%

A forty-year-old fashion editor falls for a younger coworker, then discovers he's her nemesis's son.

by Tia Williams 2016

3.95

10k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 💋 Reverse Age Gap 🤫 Secret Relationship 👗 Fashion Industry 🌟 Comeback Story

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn • 2022

A British-Nigerian woman's quest for a plus-one collides with the life she never knew she wanted.

3.76

19k+

💍 Pressure To Marry 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora 💖 Self-Love Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 💔 Dating Mishaps

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? 91%

A British-Nigerian woman's quest for a plus-one collides with the life she never knew she wanted.

by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 2022

3.76

19k+ ratings

💍 Pressure To Marry 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora 💖 Self-Love Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 💔 Dating Mishaps

Royal Spin

by Omid Scobie • 2026

A heartbroken American joins the Palace, torn between a reluctant duke and a royal reporter.

3.25

3k+

🏰 Behind The Throne 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💼 Workplace Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👪 Found Family

Royal Spin 91%

A heartbroken American joins the Palace, torn between a reluctant duke and a royal reporter.

by Omid Scobie 2026

3.25

3k+ ratings

🏰 Behind The Throne 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💼 Workplace Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👪 Found Family

Mr. Mayfair

by Louise Bay • 2021

To face her ex's wedding, Stella hires a fake boyfriend who needs her invitation for business.

4.09

14k+

🎭 Fake Dating 👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Class Divide Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

Mr. Mayfair 90%

To face her ex's wedding, Stella hires a fake boyfriend who needs her invitation for business.

by Louise Bay 2021

4.09

14k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Class Divide Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal

Just Haven't Met You Yet

by Sophie Cousens • 2021

After a Jersey suitcase mix-up, she chases the owner as destiny, blind to her cab driver.

3.75

74k+

🇬🇧 British Rom-Com 🏝️ Island Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Just Haven't Met You Yet 90%

After a Jersey suitcase mix-up, she chases the owner as destiny, blind to her cab driver.

by Sophie Cousens 2021

3.75

74k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Rom-Com 🏝️ Island Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

One for the Money 90%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

Trading Up

by Candace Bushnell • 2003

A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.

3.28

21k+

🪜 Social Climbing 👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine 🏙️ Manhattan Elite 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Social Satire

Trading Up 90%

A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.

by Candace Bushnell 2003

3.28

21k+ ratings

🪜 Social Climbing 👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine 🏙️ Manhattan Elite 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Social Satire

I Hope This Finds You Well

by Natalie Sue • 2024

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

3.73

136k+

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤫 Office Secrets

I Hope This Finds You Well 90%

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

by Natalie Sue 2024

3.73

136k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤫 Office Secrets

Annie Knows Everything

by Rachel Wood • 2026

Bluffing through a data job, a charming extrovert meets the one boss immune to her charm.

3.88

12k+

🏢 Workplace Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🤝 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Annie Knows Everything 90%

Bluffing through a data job, a charming extrovert meets the one boss immune to her charm.

by Rachel Wood 2026

3.88

12k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🤝 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Valley Verified

by Kyla Zhao • 2024

A fashion writer leaves Manhattan gloss for a startup that dismisses her expertise.

3.50

1k+

🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 💼 Office Politics

Valley Verified 90%

A fashion writer leaves Manhattan gloss for a startup that dismisses her expertise.

by Kyla Zhao 2024

3.50

1k+ ratings

🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 💼 Office Politics

Fall into Temptation

by Lucy Score • 2016

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

4.13

52k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

Fall into Temptation 90%

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

by Lucy Score 2016

4.13

52k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley • 2020

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

3.93

107k+

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

The Authenticity Project 90%

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

by Clare Pooley 2020

3.93

107k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

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