37 Books like Still Me

Seven Summers

by Paige Toon

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

4.07

40k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

Seven Summers 91%

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

by Paige Toon 2024

4.07

40k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

Hot Desk

by Laura Dickerman • 2025

A shared desk, a dead author's novel, and the rival she was supposed to hate.

3.25

4k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 📱 Workplace Romance 📚 Publishing World ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎤 Women Reclaiming Voice

Hot Desk 93%

A shared desk, a dead author's novel, and the rival she was supposed to hate.

by Laura Dickerman 2025

3.25

4k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 📱 Workplace Romance 📚 Publishing World ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎤 Women Reclaiming Voice

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

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 93%

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

Rules of Negotiation

by Inara Scott • 2012

When a guarded lawyer meets a captivating CEO at the bargaining table, business becomes personal.

3.59

3k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 💔 Betrayal And Grovel 🔒 Emotionally Guarded Heroine 👔 CEO Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

Rules of Negotiation 92%

When a guarded lawyer meets a captivating CEO at the bargaining table, business becomes personal.

by Inara Scott 2012

3.59

3k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 💔 Betrayal And Grovel 🔒 Emotionally Guarded Heroine 👔 CEO Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

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

The Breakaway

by Jennifer Weiner • 2023

A bike tour leader juggles her mother's judgment, her boyfriend's plans, and an old flame's return.

3.75

63k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💫 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🪞 Body Image 🫄 Teen Pregnancy

The Breakaway 92%

A bike tour leader juggles her mother's judgment, her boyfriend's plans, and an old flame's return.

by Jennifer Weiner 2023

3.75

63k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💫 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🪞 Body Image 🫄 Teen Pregnancy

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 92%

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

Rules of Civility

by Amor Towles • 2011

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

4.09

273k+

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

Rules of Civility 92%

A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.

by Amor Towles 2011

4.09

273k+ ratings

🪜 Social Climbing 💔 Love Triangle 💪 Self-Made Woman 🎩 Manners And Society 🕰️ Bittersweet Nostalgia

One-Star Romance

by Laura Hankin • 2024

When her best friend gets engaged, a jaded writer meets the best man she loves to hate.

3.63

24k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🧲 Opposites Attract 💒 Wedding Party Romance 👯 Female Friendship 💬 Witty Banter

One-Star Romance 92%

When her best friend gets engaged, a jaded writer meets the best man she loves to hate.

by Laura Hankin 2024

3.63

24k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🧲 Opposites Attract 💒 Wedding Party Romance 👯 Female Friendship 💬 Witty Banter

For Richer For Poorer

by Danielle Steel • 2025

A fashion icon's pandemic gamble: save the brand, heal her five children, and risk her heart.

4.29

10k+

👜 Fashion Industry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 💘 Later In Life Romance 💔 Canceled Wedding 🎩 Class Conflict

For Richer For Poorer 92%

A fashion icon's pandemic gamble: save the brand, heal her five children, and risk her heart.

by Danielle Steel 2025

4.29

10k+ ratings

👜 Fashion Industry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 💘 Later In Life Romance 💔 Canceled Wedding 🎩 Class Conflict

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 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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2021

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

3.64

274k+

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Magnolia Parks 92%

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

by Jessa Hastings 2021

3.64

274k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

If We Ever Meet Again

by Ana Huang • 2020

She believes in love; he swears it's a myth. A year in Shanghai will test them.

3.54

71k+

📚 Study Abroad Romance 🎓 College Romance 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🌸 Virgin Heroine

If We Ever Meet Again 92%

She believes in love; he swears it's a myth. A year in Shanghai will test them.

by Ana Huang 2020

3.54

71k+ ratings

📚 Study Abroad Romance 🎓 College Romance 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🌸 Virgin Heroine

The Love We Found

by Jill Santopolo • 2025

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

3.90

14k+

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss 🏠 Blended Family Ties 👵 Intergenerational Bond

The Love We Found 92%

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

by Jill Santopolo 2025

3.90

14k+ ratings

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss 🏠 Blended Family Ties 👵 Intergenerational Bond

The Devil Wears Black

by L.J. Shen • 2021

A wedding designer becomes her heartbreaking ex's fake fiancée to comfort his dying father.

4.10

67k+

💍 Fake Engagement 💔 Second Chance 😈 Reformed Playboy 👗 Fashion World 🏖️ Hamptons Weekend

The Devil Wears Black 91%

A wedding designer becomes her heartbreaking ex's fake fiancée to comfort his dying father.

by L.J. Shen 2021

4.10

67k+ ratings

💍 Fake Engagement 💔 Second Chance 😈 Reformed Playboy 👗 Fashion World 🏖️ Hamptons Weekend

Emma of 83rd Street

by Audrey Bellezza • 2023

Emma Woodhouse can fix anyone's love life but her own. The answer lives next door.

3.75

19k+

📚 Austen Retelling 🏙️ Upper East Side 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Matchmaking

Emma of 83rd Street 91%

Emma Woodhouse can fix anyone's love life but her own. The answer lives next door.

by Audrey Bellezza 2023

3.75

19k+ ratings

📚 Austen Retelling 🏙️ Upper East Side 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Matchmaking

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks • 1996

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

4.16

1.9M+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

The Notebook 91%

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

by Nicholas Sparks 1996

4.16

1.9M+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

Evidence of the Affair

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2018

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

3.85

238k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

Evidence of the Affair 91%

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018

3.85

238k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

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 91%

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

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

by Jenny Colgan • 2013

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

3.81

18k+

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Summary

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris 91%

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

by Jenny Colgan 2013

3.81

18k+ ratings

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

4.25

128k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Echo of Old Books 91%

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

by Barbara Davis 2023

4.25

128k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

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

Attachments

by Rainbow Rowell • 2011

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

3.86

210k+

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Attachments 91%

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

by Rainbow Rowell 2011

3.86

210k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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

Avoiding Responsibility

by K.A. Linde • 2012

A wedding forces her to stop running from the two men who broke her heart.

4.07

24k+

❤️‍🩹 Angsty New Adult 🖤 Love Triangle 💒 Wedding Drama 💔 Toxic Ex 👯 Female Friendship

Avoiding Responsibility 91%

A wedding forces her to stop running from the two men who broke her heart.

by K.A. Linde 2012

4.07

24k+ ratings

❤️‍🩹 Angsty New Adult 🖤 Love Triangle 💒 Wedding Drama 💔 Toxic Ex 👯 Female Friendship

Il giorno in più

by Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

5k+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

Il giorno in più 91%

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

by Fabio Volo 2007

3.46

5k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

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 91%

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

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

831k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words 91%

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018

4.21

831k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

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 Promise of Tomorrow

by Mary Ellen Taylor • 2024

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

4.29

18k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

The Promise of Tomorrow 91%

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

by Mary Ellen Taylor 2024

4.29

18k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

Meant to Be

by Emily Giffin • 2022

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

3.91

98k+

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

Meant to Be 91%

A political heir meets a model with a hidden past, but his family's dark legacy threatens them.

by Emily Giffin 2022

3.91

98k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political Dynasty 🌟 Rags To Riches 📸 Public Scrutiny 💞 Opposites Attract ⚡ Instant Chemistry

The Woman in the Middle

by Milly Johnson • 2021

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

4.31

5k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

The Woman in the Middle 91%

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

by Milly Johnson 2021

4.31

5k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

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