35 Books like In Five Years

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin

One hundred years between them: a dying girl and an octogenarian paint every year of it.

4.28

135k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎨 Art As Therapy 💜 Sapphic Love

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot 93%

One hundred years between them: a dying girl and an octogenarian paint every year of it.

by Marianne Cronin 2021

4.28

135k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎨 Art As Therapy 💜 Sapphic Love

Expiration Dates

by Rebecca Serle • 2024

Every romance comes with expiration. A blank note promises forever, but her heart may not last.

3.58

141k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🫀 Chronic Illness 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🔮 Love And Fate 📚 Book Club Fiction

Expiration Dates 94%

Every romance comes with expiration. A blank note promises forever, but her heart may not last.

by Rebecca Serle 2024

3.58

141k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🫀 Chronic Illness 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🔮 Love And Fate 📚 Book Club Fiction

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 94%

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

Olive

by Emma Gannon • 2020

A journalist questioning motherhood faces a broken engagement and drifting friendships.

3.67

22k+

🤱 Motherhood Choice 👪 Chosen Family 🤝 Friendship Evolution 🏙️ London Life 🍂 Bittersweet

Olive 92%

A journalist questioning motherhood faces a broken engagement and drifting friendships.

by Emma Gannon 2020

3.67

22k+ ratings

🤱 Motherhood Choice 👪 Chosen Family 🤝 Friendship Evolution 🏙️ London Life 🍂 Bittersweet

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

Some Bright Nowhere

by Ann Packer • 2025

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

3.55

17k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

Some Bright Nowhere 91%

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

by Ann Packer 2025

3.55

17k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

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 91%

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

Clutch

by Emily Nemens • 2026

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

3.30

4k+

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Clutch 91%

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

by Emily Nemens 2026

3.30

4k+ ratings

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

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 91%

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

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 93%

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

Rich and Pretty

by Rumaan Alam • 2016

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

2.77

11k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

Rich and Pretty 93%

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

by Rumaan Alam 2016

2.77

11k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

The Five-Star Weekend

by Elin Hilderbrand

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

4.01

335k+

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

The Five-Star Weekend 92%

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2023

4.01

335k+ ratings

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

I Wanted You To Know

by Laura Pearson • 2019

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

4.32

6k+

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

I Wanted You To Know 91%

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

by Laura Pearson 2019

4.32

6k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine 91%

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

While I Was Sleeping

by Dani Atkins • 2018

A six-year coma costs a woman her fiancé and her daughter, who calls someone else Mum.

4.20

5k+

💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍👧 Maternal Sacrifice 👪 Blended Family 🕊️ Forgiveness

While I Was Sleeping 91%

A six-year coma costs a woman her fiancé and her daughter, who calls someone else Mum.

by Dani Atkins 2018

4.20

5k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍👧 Maternal Sacrifice 👪 Blended Family 🕊️ Forgiveness

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 91%

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

Me Before You

by Jojo Moyes • 2012

A caregiver falls for her quadriplegic client, only to discover he has a plan to end his life.

4.26

1.8M+

🖤 Tragic Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚖️ Right To Die 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🌿 English Village Life

Me Before You 91%

A caregiver falls for her quadriplegic client, only to discover he has a plan to end his life.

by Jojo Moyes 2012

4.26

1.8M+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚖️ Right To Die 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🌿 English Village Life

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer • 2013

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

3.60

124k+

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

The Interestings 91%

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

by Meg Wolitzer 2013

3.60

124k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

More Than Enough

by Anna Quindlen

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

3.93

29k+

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

More Than Enough 91%

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

by Anna Quindlen 2026

3.93

29k+ ratings

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

Firefly Lane

by Kristin Hannah • 2008

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

4.20

486k+

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

Firefly Lane 93%

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

by Kristin Hannah 2008

4.20

486k+ ratings

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares • 2001

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

3.85

736k+

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 93%

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

by Ann Brashares 2001

3.85

736k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

Fractured

by Dani Atkins • 2013

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

3.80

17k+

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

Fractured 91%

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

by Dani Atkins 2013

3.80

17k+ ratings

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

The Lies That Bind

by Emily Giffin • 2020

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

3.76

82k+

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 🌱 Starting Over

The Lies That Bind 91%

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

by Emily Giffin 2020

3.76

82k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 🌱 Starting Over

The Girl on the 88 Bus

by Freya Sampson • 2022

A heartbroken woman boards a London bus to join a stranger's sixty-year search for lost love.

4.04

25k+

🎫 Missed Connection 💕 Found Family 👴 Age Gap Friendship 🤝 Strangers To Friends ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine

The Girl on the 88 Bus 91%

A heartbroken woman boards a London bus to join a stranger's sixty-year search for lost love.

by Freya Sampson 2022

4.04

25k+ ratings

🎫 Missed Connection 💕 Found Family 👴 Age Gap Friendship 🤝 Strangers To Friends ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine

Three Weddings and a Proposal

by Sheila O'Flanagan • 2021

After her boss dies, a Dublin executive's career implodes and her ex returns as her date.

3.81

4k+

🏙️ Single Life ☘️ Irish Setting 💼 Office Politics 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Old Flame Returns

Three Weddings and a Proposal 91%

After her boss dies, a Dublin executive's career implodes and her ex returns as her date.

by Sheila O'Flanagan 2021

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Single Life ☘️ Irish Setting 💼 Office Politics 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Old Flame Returns

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

by Claire Swinarski • 2024

Esther fed mourners for decades. Now the funeral ladies must save her home.

3.69

9k+

🍽️ Food-Centered Fiction 👵 Aging And Independence 🏘️ Small Town Community 👯‍♀️ Lifelong Female Friends 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County Summary

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County 91%

Esther fed mourners for decades. Now the funeral ladies must save her home.

by Claire Swinarski 2024

3.69

9k+ ratings

🍽️ Food-Centered Fiction 👵 Aging And Independence 🏘️ Small Town Community 👯‍♀️ Lifelong Female Friends 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Other Side of Now

by Paige Harbison • 2025

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

4.17

21k+

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

The Other Side of Now 91%

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

by Paige Harbison 2025

4.17

21k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

Good Joy, Bad Joy

by Mikki Brammer • 2026

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

4.07

10k+

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

Good Joy, Bad Joy 93%

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

by Mikki Brammer 2026

4.07

10k+ ratings

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

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 92%

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

So Old, So Young

by Grant Ginder

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

3.75

28k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

So Old, So Young 91%

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

by Grant Ginder 2026

3.75

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

Broke-Ass Women's Club

by Sharon Sala • 2021

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

4.26

935

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Broke-Ass Women's Club 91%

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

by Sharon Sala 2021

4.26

935 ratings

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2013

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

3.64

220k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Forever, Interrupted 91%

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013

3.64

220k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

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 91%

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

Cult Classic

by Sloane Crosley • 2022

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

3.27

23k+

🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

Cult Classic 91%

An engaged editor's exes keep appearing. A secret society is staging every reunion.

by Sloane Crosley 2022

3.27

23k+ ratings

🗽 New York Literary 💔 Ex Encounters 🔮 Cult Satire 🖋️ Wry Female Voice 👁️ Secret Society

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

14k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You 91%

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017

3.56

14k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

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