50 Books like The Girl I Was

Hate Follow

by Erin Quinn-Kong

Her mom's an influencer. Her grief is content. At fifteen, she sues for her life back.

3.37

1k+

📱 Social Media Fiction 👧 Growing Up Online 👩‍👧 Parentified Child 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Found Family

Hate Follow 91%

Her mom's an influencer. Her grief is content. At fifteen, she sues for her life back.

by Erin Quinn-Kong 2024

3.37

1k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Fiction 👧 Growing Up Online 👩‍👧 Parentified Child 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Found Family

This Time Tomorrow

by Emma Straub • 2022

Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.

3.80

160k+

🖤 Father-Daughter Bond 🕰️ Time Travel To Youth 😢 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🧓 Aging Parent 🎂 Midlife Reflection

This Time Tomorrow 93%

Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.

by Emma Straub 2022

3.80

160k+ ratings

🖤 Father-Daughter Bond 🕰️ Time Travel To Youth 😢 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🧓 Aging Parent 🎂 Midlife Reflection

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle • 2022

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

3.59

298k+

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

One Italian Summer 92%

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

by Rebecca Serle 2022

3.59

298k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

The Memory Collectors

by Dete Meserve • 2025

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

3.91

10k+

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother 💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Found Family

The Memory Collectors 92%

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

by Dete Meserve 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother 💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Found Family

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 92%

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

The Girl He Used to Know

by Tracey Garvis Graves • 2019

A quiet librarian's old wounds reopen when she encounters the college ex she never forgot.

3.93

53k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💙 Neurodivergent Romance 🧠 Autism Representation 🎓 College Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Girl He Used to Know 92%

A quiet librarian's old wounds reopen when she encounters the college ex she never forgot.

by Tracey Garvis Graves 2019

3.93

53k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💙 Neurodivergent Romance 🧠 Autism Representation 🎓 College Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 91%

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

Meet Me at the Lake

by Carley Fortune • 2023

A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

3.68

376k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💌 Missed Connection ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏡 Family Legacy 🌊 Grief And Healing

Meet Me at the Lake 91%

A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

by Carley Fortune 2023

3.68

376k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💌 Missed Connection ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏡 Family Legacy 🌊 Grief And Healing

What Alice Forgot

by Liane Moriarty • 2010

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

4.07

518k+

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

What Alice Forgot 91%

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

by Liane Moriarty 2010

4.07

518k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

The Other Valley

by Scott Alexander Howard • 2024

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

3.87

26k+

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

The Other Valley 91%

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

by Scott Alexander Howard 2024

3.87

26k+ ratings

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

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 91%

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 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

16 Forever

by Lance Rubin • 2026

Each year he turns sixteen and forgets her. She remembers everything and is done hoping.

3.56

355

🔄 Time Loop 💔 Forgotten Love 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets 🌅 Bittersweet

16 Forever 91%

Each year he turns sixteen and forgets her. She remembers everything and is done hoping.

by Lance Rubin 2026

3.56

355 ratings

🔄 Time Loop 💔 Forgotten Love 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets 🌅 Bittersweet

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

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

Otherwise Engaged

by Susan Mallery • 2025

A stuntwoman's accident and a secret engagement expose the adoption secret linking their families.

3.49

5k+

🏠 Family Saga 💕 Mother Daughter Bond 📦 Adoption Secret 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Friendship

Otherwise Engaged 91%

A stuntwoman's accident and a secret engagement expose the adoption secret linking their families.

by Susan Mallery 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💕 Mother Daughter Bond 📦 Adoption Secret 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Friendship

She's Up to No Good

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2022

Divorced and stuck, a teacher drives her grandma to a coastal town where secrets unlock new love.

4.28

44k+

🕰️ Dual Timelines 👵 Grandmother Granddaughter 💔 Forbidden First Love 🏡 Coastal Small Town 🕍 Jewish Family Saga

She's Up to No Good 91%

Divorced and stuck, a teacher drives her grandma to a coastal town where secrets unlock new love.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2022

4.28

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timelines 👵 Grandmother Granddaughter 💔 Forbidden First Love 🏡 Coastal Small Town 🕍 Jewish Family Saga

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

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 91%

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

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

Until Next Summer

by Ali Brady • 2024

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

3.88

7k+

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 💘 Second Chance Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

Until Next Summer 91%

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

by Ali Brady 2024

3.88

7k+ ratings

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 💘 Second Chance Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

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 91%

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

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

Another Life

by Kristin Hannah • 2004

A childless woman bonds with a pregnant teen, until the birth threatens to break them.

4.18

113k+

🫂 Found Family 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 💘 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 💔 Infertility

Another Life 91%

A childless woman bonds with a pregnant teen, until the birth threatens to break them.

by Kristin Hannah 2004

4.18

113k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 💘 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 💔 Infertility

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 91%

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

Swear on This Life

by Renee Carlino • 2016

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

4.13

61k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

Swear on This Life 91%

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

by Renee Carlino 2016

4.13

61k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Summer Getaway

by Susan Mallery • 2022

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

4.07

18k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

The Summer Getaway 91%

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

by Susan Mallery 2022

4.07

18k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

And Then She Vanished

by Nick Jones • 2021

His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.

3.97

10k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Resolution 🏘️ Small Town England

And Then She Vanished 91%

His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.

by Nick Jones 2021

3.97

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Resolution 🏘️ Small Town England

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 91%

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

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 91%

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 Idiot

by Elif Batuman • 2017

A Harvard freshman discovers that email can spark a love affair words alone cannot sustain.

3.64

110k+

🎓 Campus Novel 📚 Intellectual Attraction 💔 Unresolved Longing ✈️ Summer Abroad 📧 Email Correspondence

The Idiot 91%

A Harvard freshman discovers that email can spark a love affair words alone cannot sustain.

by Elif Batuman 2017

3.64

110k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Novel 📚 Intellectual Attraction 💔 Unresolved Longing ✈️ Summer Abroad 📧 Email Correspondence

Twenties Girl

by Sophie Kinsella • 2009

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

3.86

177k+

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💔 Lost Love

Twenties Girl 91%

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

by Sophie Kinsella 2009

3.86

177k+ ratings

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💔 Lost 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

The Midnight Train

by Matt Haig

A dead bookseller boards a train that stops at every moment he failed the people he loved.

4.01

46k+

🕰️ Second Chance Life 👻 Ghost Guide 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚂 Literary Time Travel

The Midnight Train 91%

A dead bookseller boards a train that stops at every moment he failed the people he loved.

by Matt Haig 2026

4.01

46k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Life 👻 Ghost Guide 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚂 Literary Time Travel

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 92%

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

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 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

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake

by Rachel Linden • 2025

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

4.04

3k+

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Generations ✨ Whimsical Warmth

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake Summary

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake 91%

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

by Rachel Linden 2025

4.04

3k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Generations ✨ Whimsical Warmth

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

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

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19k+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts 91%

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

by Lucy Gilmore 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

Out on a Limb

by Hannah Bonam-Young • 2023

One night. Two pink lines. A spare room. Co-parenting was the deal; love broke every rule.

4.24

187k+

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👶 Co-Parents To Lovers 🦿 Disabled Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌸 Low Angst

Out on a Limb 91%

One night. Two pink lines. A spare room. Co-parenting was the deal; love broke every rule.

by Hannah Bonam-Young 2023

4.24

187k+ ratings

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👶 Co-Parents To Lovers 🦿 Disabled Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌸 Low Angst

Musical Chairs

by Amy Poeppel • 2020

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

3.81

9k+

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

Musical Chairs 91%

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

by Amy Poeppel 2020

3.81

9k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

Out of the Loop

by Katie Siegel • 2026

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

3.27

1k+

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Out of the Loop 91%

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

by Katie Siegel 2026

3.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Call It What You Want

by Alissa DeRogatis • 2023

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

3.35

36k+

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

Call It What You Want 91%

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

by Alissa DeRogatis 2023

3.35

36k+ ratings

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

Before We Were Strangers

by Renee Carlino • 2015

When a divorced photographer spots his college love on the subway, he posts a missed connection.

4.03

169k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏰ Wrong Timing

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