50 Books like Songs in Ursa Major

American Fantasy

by Emma Straub

A divorced opera critic finds an unexpected connection with a burned-out boy band star at sea.

3.12

27k+

🖤 Midlife Romance 🚢 Cruise Ship Setting ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎤 Boy Band Nostalgia 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

American Fantasy 91%

A divorced opera critic finds an unexpected connection with a burned-out boy band star at sea.

by Emma Straub 2026

3.12

27k+ ratings

🖤 Midlife Romance 🚢 Cruise Ship Setting ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎤 Boy Band Nostalgia 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Daisy Jones & The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2019

A magnetic singer joins a rising band. The frontman is married. Their creative fire makes history.

4.20

1.9M+

🎙️ Oral History Format 🎸 1970s Rock Scene 💔 Forbidden Chemistry 🎵 Band Dysfunction 🎧 Creative Collaboration

Daisy Jones & The Six 95%

A magnetic singer joins a rising band. The frontman is married. Their creative fire makes history.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019

4.20

1.9M+ ratings

🎙️ Oral History Format 🎸 1970s Rock Scene 💔 Forbidden Chemistry 🎵 Band Dysfunction 🎧 Creative Collaboration

Deep Cuts

by Holly Brickley • 2025

She spends her twenties polishing a songwriter's genius while concealing her own longing for him.

3.60

45k+

🎸 Indie Music Scene 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Unrequited Longing 🎨 Muse And Artist 🌀 Messy Relationships

Deep Cuts 94%

She spends her twenties polishing a songwriter's genius while concealing her own longing for him.

by Holly Brickley 2025

3.60

45k+ ratings

🎸 Indie Music Scene 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Unrequited Longing 🎨 Muse And Artist 🌀 Messy Relationships

The Girl in the Love Song

by Emma Scott • 2020

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

4.12

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

The Girl in the Love Song 91%

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

by Emma Scott 2020

4.12

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

The Idea of You

by Robinne Lee • 2017

A divorced mother falls for her teenage daughter's favorite pop star. Then the secret breaks.

3.73

177k+

🎭 Age Gap Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Bittersweet Romance

The Idea of You 91%

A divorced mother falls for her teenage daughter's favorite pop star. Then the secret breaks.

by Robinne Lee 2017

3.73

177k+ ratings

🎭 Age Gap Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Dreamland

by Nicholas Sparks • 2022

A farmer-musician and aspiring singer fall in love on vacation, until family duty pulls him home.

3.95

105k+

🎵 Musician Romance 🏖️ Vacation Romance ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🧠 Mental Health 📖 Dual Narrative

Dreamland 91%

A farmer-musician and aspiring singer fall in love on vacation, until family duty pulls him home.

by Nicholas Sparks 2022

3.95

105k+ ratings

🎵 Musician Romance 🏖️ Vacation Romance ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🧠 Mental Health 📖 Dual Narrative

Honey

by Isabel Banta • 2024

A talent-show discovery enters the 1990s girl-group machine and emerges a stranger to herself.

3.44

16k+

🎤 Pop Music Industry 🎵 Girl Group 💫 Cost Of Fame 👯 Female Friendship 🌈 Queer Awakening

Honey 91%

A talent-show discovery enters the 1990s girl-group machine and emerges a stranger to herself.

by Isabel Banta 2024

3.44

16k+ ratings

🎤 Pop Music Industry 🎵 Girl Group 💫 Cost Of Fame 👯 Female Friendship 🌈 Queer Awakening

Meet the Newmans

by Jennifer Niven • 2026

America's favorite TV wife is unraveling off camera. Her husband's accident forces the reckoning.

3.65

17k+

🎬 1960s Hollywood ✊ Feminist Awakening 🎭 Show Business Family 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted In Hollywood 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Meet the Newmans 91%

America's favorite TV wife is unraveling off camera. Her husband's accident forces the reckoning.

by Jennifer Niven 2026

3.65

17k+ ratings

🎬 1960s Hollywood ✊ Feminist Awakening 🎭 Show Business Family 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted In Hollywood 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

by Sarah McCoy • 2025

At her aunt's convent, a student pieces together why a sixties starlet became a cloistered nun.

3.93

3k+

🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timelines 🫂 Chosen Family 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? Summary

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? 91%

At her aunt's convent, a student pieces together why a sixties starlet became a cloistered nun.

by Sarah McCoy 2025

3.93

3k+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timelines 🫂 Chosen Family 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

25k+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

The Flamethrowers 91%

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

by Rachel Kushner 2013

3.51

25k+ ratings

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family ⚡ Political Violence 👩‍🎨 Woman Artist

The Rotters' Club

by Jonathan Coe • 2001

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

3.96

16k+

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🎸 Music Obsession

The Rotters' Club 91%

Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.

by Jonathan Coe 2001

3.96

16k+ ratings

🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age 🇬🇧 1970s England 💔 Unrequited First Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🎸 Music Obsession

The Future Saints

by Ashley Winstead • 2026

To save her band, a grieving singer must channel her sister's death into one final album.

3.78

22k+

🎸 Music Industry 🖤 Haunted By Grief ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥃 Addiction And Recovery

The Future Saints 93%

To save her band, a grieving singer must channel her sister's death into one final album.

by Ashley Winstead 2026

3.78

22k+ ratings

🎸 Music Industry 🖤 Haunted By Grief ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥃 Addiction And Recovery

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

by Jennifer Weiner • 2025

A love triangle destroys a sister pop duo, silencing them until a daughter unearths the truth.

3.82

50k+

🎸 Rock Music Family Saga 🥊 Sibling Rivalry 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎹 Musical Prodigy 🤫 Family Secrets

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Summary

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits 93%

A love triangle destroys a sister pop duo, silencing them until a daughter unearths the truth.

by Jennifer Weiner 2025

3.82

50k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music Family Saga 🥊 Sibling Rivalry 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy 🎹 Musical Prodigy 🤫 Family Secrets

A Theatre for Dreamers

by Polly Samson

A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.

3.40

6k+

🎨 Real Artists Fictionalized 🍷 Bohemian Expats 🌿 Women Behind Genius 🌞 Summer Coming Of Age 🤝 Found Family

A Theatre for Dreamers 91%

A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.

by Polly Samson 2021

3.40

6k+ ratings

🎨 Real Artists Fictionalized 🍷 Bohemian Expats 🌿 Women Behind Genius 🌞 Summer Coming Of Age 🤝 Found Family

Colton Gentry's Third Act

by Jeff Zentner • 2024

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

4.12

7k+

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

Colton Gentry's Third Act 91%

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

by Jeff Zentner 2024

4.12

7k+ ratings

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

Still Into You

by Erin Connor • 2026

To save her career, a music journalist must interview the rock star she never got over.

3.91

4k+

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 Journalist Heroine 🎶 Band Family 💼 Workplace Romance

Still Into You 91%

To save her career, a music journalist must interview the rock star she never got over.

by Erin Connor 2026

3.91

4k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 Journalist Heroine 🎶 Band Family 💼 Workplace Romance

Los días en los que más te quise

by Amy Neff • 2024

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

4.02

15k+

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet

Los días en los que más te quise Summary

Los días en los que más te quise 91%

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

by Amy Neff 2024

4.02

15k+ ratings

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet

Malibu Rising

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

4.02

1.3M+

🏡 Family Saga 🌊 Sibling Bonds 💔 Absent Father 🤝 Found Family 🛡️ Sibling Caretaker

Malibu Rising 91%

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021

4.02

1.3M+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 🌊 Sibling Bonds 💔 Absent Father 🤝 Found Family 🛡️ Sibling Caretaker

Same Time Next Summer

by Annabel Monaghan • 2023

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

3.73

149k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House

Same Time Next Summer 91%

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

by Annabel Monaghan 2023

3.73

149k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House

Thoughtless

by S.C. Stephens • 2010

Kiera's fresh start with her boyfriend is upended by a dangerously alluring rock star roommate.

4.08

142k+

💘 Love Triangle 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎓 College Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn

Thoughtless 91%

Kiera's fresh start with her boyfriend is upended by a dangerously alluring rock star roommate.

by S.C. Stephens 2010

4.08

142k+ ratings

💘 Love Triangle 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎓 College Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn

All the Forgivenesses

by Elizabeth Hardinger • 2019

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

4.25

21k+

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

All the Forgivenesses 91%

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019

4.25

21k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

Between Never and Forever

by Brit Benson • 2023

Their first kiss was goodbye. She became a rockstar. He became a father. The spark never died.

4.21

10k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty Romance

Between Never and Forever 91%

Their first kiss was goodbye. She became a rockstar. He became a father. The spark never died.

by Brit Benson 2023

4.21

10k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty Romance

Drive

by Kate Stewart

A music journalist falls for her sister's drummer, a man whose past could destroy them both.

4.38

56k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Second Chance Romance 👯 Sister's Best Friend 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Drive 91%

A music journalist falls for her sister's drummer, a man whose past could destroy them both.

by Kate Stewart 2017

4.38

56k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Second Chance Romance 👯 Sister's Best Friend 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Wait for Me

by Amy Jo Burns • 2026

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

3.66

8k+

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

Wait for Me 92%

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

by Amy Jo Burns 2026

3.66

8k+ ratings

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

The Music Shop

by Rachel Joyce • 2017

He heals strangers with song. The woman he loves cannot bear a single note.

3.84

35k+

🎵 Vinyl Record Shop 🎶 Music As Healing 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Music Shop 92%

He heals strangers with song. The woman he loves cannot bear a single note.

by Rachel Joyce 2017

3.84

35k+ ratings

🎵 Vinyl Record Shop 🎶 Music As Healing 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After 90%

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe 90%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

Our Last Vineyard Summer

by Brooke Lea Foster • 2025

A grad student returns to save her family's Vineyard home and unearths her father's double life.

3.68

3k+

🏠 Generational Saga 🔐 Family Secrets 👭 Sister Dynamics ✊ Feminist Awakening 🏖️ Martha's Vineyard

Our Last Vineyard Summer 90%

A grad student returns to save her family's Vineyard home and unearths her father's double life.

by Brooke Lea Foster 2025

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Saga 🔐 Family Secrets 👭 Sister Dynamics ✊ Feminist Awakening 🏖️ Martha's Vineyard

Be Here Now

by Julia Goda • 2015

Her rock star ex returns claiming he never cheated, but her secret could destroy them both.

3.77

251

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 😢 Angsty Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance

Be Here Now 90%

Her rock star ex returns claiming he never cheated, but her secret could destroy them both.

by Julia Goda 2015

3.77

251 ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 😢 Angsty Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance

The Summer We Fell

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

4.00

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

The Summer We Fell 90%

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

4.00

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch • 2025

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

3.77

40k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

A Family Matter 90%

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

by Claire Lynch 2025

3.77

40k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother 🔍 Family Secrets ❤️‍🩹 Found Family

Under the Stars

by Beatriz Williams • 2025

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

3.74

12k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

Under the Stars 92%

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

by Beatriz Williams 2025

3.74

12k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

Mary Jane

by Jessica Anya Blau • 2021

A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.

4.12

115k+

📅 1970s Coming Of Age 🏠 Bohemian Household 🩷 Found Family 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🔒 Sheltered Protagonist

Mary Jane 92%

A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.

by Jessica Anya Blau 2021

4.12

115k+ ratings

📅 1970s Coming Of Age 🏠 Bohemian Household 🩷 Found Family 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🔒 Sheltered Protagonist

Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley

She broke his heart to save her twin. The secret outlasted a funeral.

3.90

75k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 📚 Literary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🌊 Seaside Melancholy

Talking at Night 91%

She broke his heart to save her twin. The secret outlasted a funeral.

by Claire Daverley 2023

3.90

75k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 📚 Literary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🌊 Seaside Melancholy

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes

by Xio Axelrod • 2021

A guitarist's dream gig with a rock band reunites her with the childhood friend who vanished.

3.85

6k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Music Industry 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes 90%

A guitarist's dream gig with a rock band reunites her with the childhood friend who vanished.

by Xio Axelrod 2021

3.85

6k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Music Industry 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Full Tilt

by Emma Scott • 2016

A glass artist with a borrowed heart gives a blackout-drunk guitarist a ride home.

4.36

40k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Love 🌟 Rock Star Heroine 💔 Addiction Recovery ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Full Tilt 90%

A glass artist with a borrowed heart gives a blackout-drunk guitarist a ride home.

by Emma Scott 2016

4.36

40k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Love 🌟 Rock Star Heroine 💔 Addiction Recovery ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.16

9k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 90%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.16

9k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Come Fly with Me

by Camille Di Maio • 2025

Fleeing abuse and privilege, two women join Pan Am and find a sisterhood that changes everything.

4.27

6k+

✈️ Pan Am Stewardesses 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🕰️ 1960s Historical Saga 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 🇵🇭 Filipino Heritage

Come Fly with Me 90%

Fleeing abuse and privilege, two women join Pan Am and find a sisterhood that changes everything.

by Camille Di Maio 2025

4.27

6k+ ratings

✈️ Pan Am Stewardesses 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🕰️ 1960s Historical Saga 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 🇵🇭 Filipino Heritage

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah • 2018

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

4.46

1.2M+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance

The Great Alone 90%

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

by Kristin Hannah 2018

4.46

1.2M+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Truly Medley Deeply

by Kate Watson • 2025

A singer hires a gruff engineer, never knowing he wrote every hit her label's star stole.

4.41

2k+

💿 Musician Romance 🎧 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music Industry

Truly Medley Deeply 90%

A singer hires a gruff engineer, never knowing he wrote every hit her label's star stole.

by Kate Watson 2025

4.41

2k+ ratings

💿 Musician Romance 🎧 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music Industry

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

4.20

199k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

The Seven Sisters 91%

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

by Lucinda Riley 2014

4.20

199k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

L.A. Women

by Ella Berman • 2025

A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.

3.47

3k+

🖤 Complicated Female Friendship 🎨 Muse And Artist ✍️ Writers Writing About Writers 🌴 1970s Los Angeles 🥀 Glamorous Decay

L.A. Women 92%

A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.

by Ella Berman 2025

3.47

3k+ ratings

🖤 Complicated Female Friendship 🎨 Muse And Artist ✍️ Writers Writing About Writers 🌴 1970s Los Angeles 🥀 Glamorous Decay

The Last Love Song

by Lucinda Riley • 1997

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

4.10

6k+

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life 💔 Star-Crossed Romance 🔪 Jealousy And Obsession

The Last Love Song 92%

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

by Lucinda Riley 1997

4.10

6k+ ratings

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life 💔 Star-Crossed Romance 🔪 Jealousy And Obsession

The Ensemble

by Aja Gabel • 2018

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

3.48

11k+

🎻 Classical Music Fiction 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 The Cost Of Ambition 😢 Bittersweet Endings

The Ensemble 90%

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

by Aja Gabel 2018

3.48

11k+ ratings

🎻 Classical Music Fiction 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 The Cost Of Ambition 😢 Bittersweet Endings

Just The Way You Are

by Aimee Brown • 2019

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

4.22

389

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Just The Way You Are 90%

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

by Aimee Brown 2019

4.22

389 ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Sex and Rage

by Eve Babitz • 2017

In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.

3.55

20k+

🌴 Bohemian Los Angeles 🎬 Hollywood Facade 🖋️ Female Artist Journey 🖼️ Art World Satire 🥂 Elite Social Circles

Sex and Rage 90%

In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.

by Eve Babitz 2017

3.55

20k+ ratings

🌴 Bohemian Los Angeles 🎬 Hollywood Facade 🖋️ Female Artist Journey 🖼️ Art World Satire 🥂 Elite Social Circles

What Wild Women Do

by Karma Brown • 2023

Trapped in her fiancé's YouTube channel, she uncovers a 1970s mystery in the Michigan woods.

3.74

6k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Inherited Mystery 📱 Social Media Strain 🌲 Atmospheric Woods 🌿 Women's Legacy

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146k+ ratings

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