37 Books like Expiration Dates

Twice

by Mitch Albom

One do-over per moment: a man hides his flaws from love until nothing real survives.

4.30

91k+

🕰️ Time Travel Love Story 💔 Second Chances 🐘 Lifelong Devotion 🚪 Missed Chances 💍 Marriage Unraveling

Twice 92%

One do-over per moment: a man hides his flaws from love until nothing real survives.

by Mitch Albom 2025

4.30

91k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Love Story 💔 Second Chances 🐘 Lifelong Devotion 🚪 Missed Chances 💍 Marriage Unraveling

In Five Years

by Rebecca Serle • 2020

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

3.78

659k+

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

In Five Years 94%

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

by Rebecca Serle 2020

3.78

659k+ ratings

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

Thanks for the Memories

by Cecelia Ahern • 2008

After a transfusion, a grieving woman inherits a stranger's memories and searches for the donor.

3.70

46k+

⚡ Memory Transfer 💞 Speculative Romance 🍃 Gentle Magic 🧑‍🧒 Father-Daughter Bond 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

Thanks for the Memories 94%

After a transfusion, a grieving woman inherits a stranger's memories and searches for the donor.

by Cecelia Ahern 2008

3.70

46k+ ratings

⚡ Memory Transfer 💞 Speculative Romance 🍃 Gentle Magic 🧑‍🧒 Father-Daughter Bond 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

Into the Blue

by Emma Brodie • 2026

An aspiring writer and an acting heir ignite in summer acting, threatened by a genetic secret.

4.06

68k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Actor Writer Romance 🏡 Forced Proximity 💎 Class Difference 💊 Chronic Illness

Into the Blue 93%

An aspiring writer and an acting heir ignite in summer acting, threatened by a genetic secret.

by Emma Brodie 2026

4.06

68k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Actor Writer Romance 🏡 Forced Proximity 💎 Class Difference 💊 Chronic Illness

Every Breath

by Nicholas Sparks • 2018

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

4.07

122k+

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Every Breath 93%

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

by Nicholas Sparks 2018

4.07

122k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wish You Were Here 93%

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

If Tomorrow Never Comes

by Allison Ashley • 2025

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

3.99

18k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet

If Tomorrow Never Comes 92%

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

by Allison Ashley 2025

3.99

18k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet

Time Loops & Meet Cutes

by Jackie Lau • 2025

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

3.60

7k+

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Time Loops & Meet Cutes 92%

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

by Jackie Lau 2025

3.60

7k+ ratings

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger • 2003

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

4.00

1.9M+

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 💔 Melancholy Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Time Traveler's Wife 92%

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

by Audrey Niffenegger 2003

4.00

1.9M+ ratings

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 💔 Melancholy Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Good Part

by Sophie Cousens • 2023

Broke TV runner makes a wish, wakes at forty-two: husband, two kids, sixteen blank years.

4.01

49k+

🔮 Magical Time Slip 💔 Amnesia Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 👶 Instant Motherhood 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Good Part 92%

Broke TV runner makes a wish, wakes at forty-two: husband, two kids, sixteen blank years.

by Sophie Cousens 2023

4.01

49k+ ratings

🔮 Magical Time Slip 💔 Amnesia Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 👶 Instant Motherhood 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Friend Zone

by Abby Jimenez • 2019

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

3.90

455k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🛌 Friends With Benefits 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💬 Witty Banter

The Friend Zone 92%

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

by Abby Jimenez 2019

3.90

455k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🛌 Friends With Benefits 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💬 Witty Banter

The Memory of Us

by Dani Atkins • 2024

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

The Memory of Us 92%

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

by Dani Atkins 2024

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

The Keeper of Lost Things

by Ruth Hogan • 2017

A housekeeper with a past inherits a dead man's lost things and his last request.

3.80

167k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories ✨ Gentle Magical Realism 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💞 Quiet Romance 📜 Inherited Quest

The Keeper of Lost Things 92%

A housekeeper with a past inherits a dead man's lost things and his last request.

by Ruth Hogan 2017

3.80

167k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories ✨ Gentle Magical Realism 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💞 Quiet Romance 📜 Inherited Quest

One True Loves

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2016

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

4.02

747k+

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

One True Loves 92%

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2016

4.02

747k+ ratings

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

The Best of Me

by Nicholas Sparks • 2010

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

3.99

195k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The Best of Me 92%

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

by Nicholas Sparks 2010

3.99

195k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The Incredible Kindness of Paper

by Evelyn Skye • 2025

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

3.76

4k+

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

The Incredible Kindness of Paper Summary

The Incredible Kindness of Paper 92%

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

by Evelyn Skye 2025

3.76

4k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

This Love

by Dani Atkins • 2017

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

4.14

3k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

This Love 92%

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

by Dani Atkins 2017

4.14

3k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino • 2024

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

4.06

8k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

This Used to Be Us 91%

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

by Renee Carlino 2024

4.06

8k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston • 2024

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

3.61

134k+

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

A Novel Love Story 91%

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

by Ashley Poston 2024

3.61

134k+ ratings

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

The Dinner List

by Rebecca Serle • 2018

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

3.54

59k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

The Dinner List 93%

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

by Rebecca Serle 2018

3.54

59k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

Landline

by Rainbow Rowell • 2014

Alone at Christmas, a TV writer's rotary phone calls the week her husband almost walked away.

3.54

172k+

🪄 Magical Realism Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🍂 Bittersweet

Landline 93%

Alone at Christmas, a TV writer's rotary phone calls the week her husband almost walked away.

by Rainbow Rowell 2014

3.54

172k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🍂 Bittersweet

One & Only

by Maurene Goo

A magical matchmaker finds her destined man, then falls for his younger colleague the same weekend.

3.99

36k+

🪄 Magical Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💞 Destined Love 💔 Love Triangle 💌 Matchmaker Trope

One & Only 91%

A magical matchmaker finds her destined man, then falls for his younger colleague the same weekend.

by Maurene Goo 2026

3.99

36k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💞 Destined Love 💔 Love Triangle 💌 Matchmaker Trope

The Return

by Nicholas Sparks • 2020

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

3.90

107k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

The Return 91%

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

by Nicholas Sparks 2020

3.90

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen • 2008

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

3.99

58k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

The Sugar Queen 91%

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

by Sarah Addison Allen 2008

3.99

58k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

Once and Again

by Rebecca Serle • 2026

A magical do-over tests a woman when infertility and a first love threaten her marriage.

3.57

23k+

🏠 Family Saga 📖 Book Club Fiction 🪄 Magical Do-Over 🌱 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Once and Again 91%

A magical do-over tests a woman when infertility and a first love threaten her marriage.

by Rebecca Serle 2026

3.57

23k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 📖 Book Club Fiction 🪄 Magical Do-Over 🌱 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Love of My Afterlife

by Kirsty Greenwood • 2024

Back from the dead to kiss her soulmate, Delphie can't stop noticing her grumpy neighbor.

4.04

89k+

👻 Afterlife Rom-Com 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Mistaken Soulmate ✨ Magical Second Chance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Love of My Afterlife 91%

Back from the dead to kiss her soulmate, Delphie can't stop noticing her grumpy neighbor.

by Kirsty Greenwood 2024

4.04

89k+ ratings

👻 Afterlife Rom-Com 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Mistaken Soulmate ✨ Magical Second Chance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Always, in December

by Emily Stone • 2021

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

3.72

34k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

Always, in December 91%

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

by Emily Stone 2021

3.72

34k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

Maybe Someday

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

Betrayed and homeless, a college student falls for her neighbor, a deaf guitarist already taken.

3.96

675k+

💔 Emotional Cheating 🎓 College Romance 🤟 Deaf Hero 🎸 Musician Hero 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers

Maybe Someday 91%

Betrayed and homeless, a college student falls for her neighbor, a deaf guitarist already taken.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

3.96

675k+ ratings

💔 Emotional Cheating 🎓 College Romance 🤟 Deaf Hero 🎸 Musician Hero 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers

The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo • 2017

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

3.84

201k+

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

The Light We Lost 91%

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

by Jill Santopolo 2017

3.84

201k+ ratings

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

Métamorphose en bord de ciel

by Mathias Malzieu • 2011

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

3.64

3k+

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

Métamorphose en bord de ciel 91%

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

by Mathias Malzieu 2011

3.64

3k+ ratings

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

The Wedding Dress

by Dani Atkins • 2021

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

4.15

1k+

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Wedding Dress 91%

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

by Dani Atkins 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Assistant

by Marni Mann • 2019

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

3.93

1k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

The Assistant 91%

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

by Marni Mann 2019

3.93

1k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2023

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

4.61

2k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

For You 91%

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2023

4.61

2k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams • 2024

A florist flees her funeral dynasty for Harlem, where a musician's secret spans a century.

3.98

57k+

🌸 Magical Realism Romance ⏳ Cursed Immortal 🎷 Harlem Renaissance Legacy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde 91%

A florist flees her funeral dynasty for Harlem, where a musician's secret spans a century.

by Tia Williams 2024

3.98

57k+ ratings

🌸 Magical Realism Romance ⏳ Cursed Immortal 🎷 Harlem Renaissance Legacy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance

On a Beautiful Day

by Lucy Diamond • 2018

When a car crash disrupts a birthday lunch, four friends must confront their deepest secrets.

3.88

3k+

🖤 Female Friendship 🔒 Secret Past 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 💔 Infertility 🏥 Serious Illness

On a Beautiful Day 91%

When a car crash disrupts a birthday lunch, four friends must confront their deepest secrets.

by Lucy Diamond 2018

3.88

3k+ ratings

🖤 Female Friendship 🔒 Secret Past 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 💔 Infertility 🏥 Serious Illness

Seven Days in June

by Tia Williams • 2021

A romance novelist faces her first love, now a reclusive literary star, at a Brooklyn panel.

3.98

223k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writers In Love 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💞 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Seven Days in June 91%

A romance novelist faces her first love, now a reclusive literary star, at a Brooklyn panel.

by Tia Williams 2021

3.98

223k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writers In Love 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💞 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Wish

by Nicholas Sparks • 2021

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

4.33

195k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

The Wish 91%

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

by Nicholas Sparks 2021

4.33

195k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

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