50 Books like The Woman Who Took a Chance

The Girl I Was

by Jeneva Rose

Fired and dumped in one night, Alexis wakes in 2002, face to face with her eighteen-year-old self.

3.79

32k+

🕰️ Therapeutic Time Travel 📟 Early 2000s Nostalgia 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 💍 Second Chance Romance 👯 Found Family

The Girl I Was 91%

Fired and dumped in one night, Alexis wakes in 2002, face to face with her eighteen-year-old self.

by Jeneva Rose 2021

3.79

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Therapeutic Time Travel 📟 Early 2000s Nostalgia 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 💍 Second Chance Romance 👯 Found Family

What Happens in Dubai

by Sophie Gravia • 2022

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

3.86

5k+

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

What Happens in Dubai 94%

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

by Sophie Gravia 2022

3.86

5k+ ratings

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 93%

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

One Long Weekend

by Shari Low • 2024

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

4.44

15k+

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives 🖤 Grieving Widow 💔 Marriage In Crisis

One Long Weekend 93%

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

by Shari Low 2024

4.44

15k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives 🖤 Grieving Widow 💔 Marriage In Crisis

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes • 2023

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

3.96

254k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Someone Else's Shoes 93%

One shoe swap connects a stressed-out worker with a millionaire's wife whose life is imploding.

by Jojo Moyes 2023

3.96

254k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 👠 Class Clash 👯 Female Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🆕 Starting Over

Elegance

by Kathleen Tessaro • 2003

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

3.44

5k+

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

Elegance 93%

A vintage elegance guide. A woman desperate for change. She follows it from A to Z.

by Kathleen Tessaro 2003

3.44

5k+ ratings

✨ Makeover Arc 👥 Found Family 💑 Age Gap Romance 💔 Divorce Recovery 👭 Friendship Dynamics

The House of New Beginnings

by Lucy Diamond • 2017

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

3.90

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food

The House of New Beginnings 92%

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

by Lucy Diamond 2017

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food

The House Beneath the Cliffs

by Sharon Gosling • 2021

Heartbroken, a chef buys a cliffside cottage in remote Scotland and cooks her way to belonging.

4.00

1k+

🍳 Culinary Romance 🌊 Remote Scottish Coast 🌿 Starting Over 🫂 Found Family 💝 Second Chance Love

The House Beneath the Cliffs 92%

Heartbroken, a chef buys a cliffside cottage in remote Scotland and cooks her way to belonging.

by Sharon Gosling 2021

4.00

1k+ ratings

🍳 Culinary Romance 🌊 Remote Scottish Coast 🌿 Starting Over 🫂 Found Family 💝 Second Chance Love

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn • 2022

A British-Nigerian woman's quest for a plus-one collides with the life she never knew she wanted.

3.76

19k+

💍 Pressure To Marry 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora 💖 Self-Love Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 💔 Dating Mishaps

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? 92%

A British-Nigerian woman's quest for a plus-one collides with the life she never knew she wanted.

by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 2022

3.76

19k+ ratings

💍 Pressure To Marry 🇳🇬 Nigerian Diaspora 💖 Self-Love Journey 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 💔 Dating Mishaps

Well Met

by Jen DeLuca • 2019

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

3.82

78k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

Well Met 92%

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

by Jen DeLuca 2019

3.82

78k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

The Sex Education of M.E.

by L.B. Dunbar • 2016

A widow ventures onto a dating app and meets a magnetic man whose offer is strictly physical.

4.25

2k+

🐻 Mature Romance 👩‍❤️‍👨 Widow Finds Love 🍷 Casual Intimacy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🌱 Rediscovery After Loss

The Sex Education of M.E. 92%

A widow ventures onto a dating app and meets a magnetic man whose offer is strictly physical.

by L.B. Dunbar 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🐻 Mature Romance 👩‍❤️‍👨 Widow Finds Love 🍷 Casual Intimacy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🌱 Rediscovery After Loss

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 92%

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

Slow Burn Summer

by Josie Silver • 2025

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

3.40

10k+

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

Slow Burn Summer 92%

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.40

10k+ ratings

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

Six Little Words

by Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.06

4k+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Six Little Words 92%

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

by Sally Page 2026

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Is She Really Going Out with Him?

by Sophie Cousens • 2024

Her children pick her dates for a column. The problem? She wants her infuriating younger coworker.

4.06

82k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 💼 Workplace Rivalry 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Is She Really Going Out with Him? Summary

Is She Really Going Out with Him? 92%

Her children pick her dates for a column. The problem? She wants her infuriating younger coworker.

by Sophie Cousens 2024

4.06

82k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Post-Divorce Romance 💼 Workplace Rivalry 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Wish List

by Sophia Money-Coutts • 2020

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

3.67

3k+

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

The Wish List 92%

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

by Sophia Money-Coutts 2020

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

The Bookshop on the Corner

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

3.84

105k+

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

The Bookshop on the Corner 92%

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.84

105k+ ratings

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

The Book Club Hotel

by Sarah Morgan • 2023

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

3.93

41k+

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

The Book Club Hotel 92%

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

by Sarah Morgan 2023

3.93

41k+ ratings

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

A Tiny Bit Marvellous

by Dawn French • 2010

A mum, a furious teen, a flamboyant son: three diaries, one year their family nearly breaks.

3.24

12k+

🏠 Domestic Comedy 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🕰️ Midlife Crisis 😤 Teenage Angst 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

A Tiny Bit Marvellous 92%

A mum, a furious teen, a flamboyant son: three diaries, one year their family nearly breaks.

by Dawn French 2010

3.24

12k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Comedy 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Conflict 🕰️ Midlife Crisis 😤 Teenage Angst 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

The Queen of Wishful Thinking

by Milly Johnson • 2017

A trapped wife finds hope at an antiques shop, until her husband weaponizes her secret.

4.45

5k+

🏺 Antiques Shop 🫂 Found Family ⛓️‍💥 Abusive Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗄️ Workplace Romance

The Queen of Wishful Thinking 91%

A trapped wife finds hope at an antiques shop, until her husband weaponizes her secret.

by Milly Johnson 2017

4.45

5k+ ratings

🏺 Antiques Shop 🫂 Found Family ⛓️‍💥 Abusive Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🗄️ Workplace Romance

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

Mad About You

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2022

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

3.82

39k+

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Mad About You 91%

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2022

3.82

39k+ ratings

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

by Olivia Ford • 2024

A 77-year-old secretly enters a baking show. The spotlight could expose the baby she surrendered.

4.09

22k+

🧁 Baking Competition 👵 Later In Life 👶 Adoption Reunion 💕 Long Marriage 🤫 Family Secrets

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame 91%

A 77-year-old secretly enters a baking show. The spotlight could expose the baby she surrendered.

by Olivia Ford 2024

4.09

22k+ ratings

🧁 Baking Competition 👵 Later In Life 👶 Adoption Reunion 💕 Long Marriage 🤫 Family Secrets

Between Us

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2023

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

3.70

26k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

Between Us 91%

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2023

3.70

26k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

You Belong with Me

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2024

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

3.66

10k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

You Belong with Me 91%

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2024

3.66

10k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

One Plus One

by Jojo Moyes • 2014

A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

3.97

197k+

🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

One Plus One 91%

A single mother's last-ditch road trip gets a lift from a millionaire hiding a scandal.

by Jojo Moyes 2014

3.97

197k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💞 Opposites Attract 👩‍👧 Single Mother ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐕 Loyal Dog

Far and Away

by Amy Poeppel • 2025

A viral scandal drives a mother to swap her Dallas home for a stranger's Berlin apartment.

3.96

9k+

🏠 House Swap 📱 Social Media Scandal 🌱 Starting Over 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Far and Away 91%

A viral scandal drives a mother to swap her Dallas home for a stranger's Berlin apartment.

by Amy Poeppel 2025

3.96

9k+ ratings

🏠 House Swap 📱 Social Media Scandal 🌱 Starting Over 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

The Summer of Yes 91%

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

Confessions of a Shopaholic

by Sophie Kinsella • 2000

A financial journalist can't afford her own lifestyle, and her elaborate excuses are running out.

3.72

813k+

🛍️ Retail Obsession 💸 Financial Denial 💼 Mismatched Job 💕 Workplace Romance 👯‍♀️ Best Friend Support

Confessions of a Shopaholic 91%

A financial journalist can't afford her own lifestyle, and her elaborate excuses are running out.

by Sophie Kinsella 2000

3.72

813k+ ratings

🛍️ Retail Obsession 💸 Financial Denial 💼 Mismatched Job 💕 Workplace Romance 👯‍♀️ Best Friend Support

How Not to Die Alone

by Richard Roper • 2019

He arranges funerals for the forgotten dead. He invented a family. Now there's Peggy.

3.68

23k+

🌤️ Uplit 🎭 Fabricated Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚶 Loner Protagonist

How Not to Die Alone 91%

He arranges funerals for the forgotten dead. He invented a family. Now there's Peggy.

by Richard Roper 2019

3.68

23k+ ratings

🌤️ Uplit 🎭 Fabricated Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚶 Loner Protagonist

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

We All Live Here

by Jojo Moyes • 2025

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

3.88

122k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest

We All Live Here 91%

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

by Jojo Moyes 2025

3.88

122k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father 😂 Wry Domestic Humor 🌻 Gardener Love Interest

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive

by Carolyn Prusa • 2022

A Savannah mom discovers her husband's affair just as the hurricane evacuation order arrives.

3.48

4k+

👩‍👧‍👦 Mommy Lit 💔 Marital Infidelity 👵 Multigenerational Women 🫂 Found Family 🗣️ Wry Female Narrator

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive Summary

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive 91%

A Savannah mom discovers her husband's affair just as the hurricane evacuation order arrives.

by Carolyn Prusa 2022

3.48

4k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👦 Mommy Lit 💔 Marital Infidelity 👵 Multigenerational Women 🫂 Found Family 🗣️ Wry Female Narrator

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling

by Emer McLysaght • 2017

Aisling has waited years for a proposal. Her boyfriend hasn't noticed.

3.92

13k+

🏠 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Love Triangle 😂 Irish Humor 🌿 Rural Ireland

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling Summary

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling 91%

Aisling has waited years for a proposal. Her boyfriend hasn't noticed.

by Emer McLysaght 2017

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Love Triangle 😂 Irish Humor 🌿 Rural Ireland

Homesick

by Silvia Saunders • 2025

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

3.73

2k+

🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

Homesick 91%

A librarian's inheritance buys a flat and a reckoning with the boyfriend who no longer fits.

by Silvia Saunders 2025

3.73

2k+ ratings

🌱 Millennial Coming Of Age 💰 Inheritance Windfall 💔 Failing Relationship 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🧠 Mental Health Decline

Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner • 2002

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

3.76

316k+

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Good in Bed 91%

Her ex publishes a magazine essay about her body, and a journalist's private shame becomes public.

by Jennifer Weiner 2002

3.76

316k+ ratings

🧡 Plus Size Heroine 🌱 Self-Acceptance Journey 😳 Public Humiliation 👶 Single Motherhood 💕 Found Family

Good Material

by Dolly Alderton • 2023

A breakup list becomes a comedian's sharpest material and his most unforgiving mirror.

3.81

275k+

🖤 Witty Heartbreak 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🧍 Male Vulnerability 🇬🇧 Dry British Wit 🏙️ London Creative Life

Good Material 91%

A breakup list becomes a comedian's sharpest material and his most unforgiving mirror.

by Dolly Alderton 2023

3.81

275k+ ratings

🖤 Witty Heartbreak 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🧍 Male Vulnerability 🇬🇧 Dry British Wit 🏙️ London Creative Life

How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley • 2024

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

4.11

67k+

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

How to Age Disgracefully 91%

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

by Clare Pooley 2024

4.11

67k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

Mrs. Fletcher

by Tom Perrotta • 2017

After her son leaves, a suburban mom discovers internet porn and a reckless hunger for reinvention.

3.36

27k+

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Empty Nest 🎓 Campus Satire 🔥 Sexual Awakening 😬 Cringe Comedy

Mrs. Fletcher 91%

After her son leaves, a suburban mom discovers internet porn and a reckless hunger for reinvention.

by Tom Perrotta 2017

3.36

27k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Empty Nest 🎓 Campus Satire 🔥 Sexual Awakening 😬 Cringe Comedy

Meeting Mungo Thunk

by Keith A. Pearson • 2018

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

4.49

3k+

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship

Meeting Mungo Thunk 91%

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

by Keith A. Pearson 2018

4.49

3k+ ratings

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship

The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley • 2020

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

3.93

107k+

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

The Authenticity Project 91%

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

by Clare Pooley 2020

3.93

107k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

Just the Way You Are

by Beth Moran • 2022

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

4.26

16k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Just the Way You Are 91%

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

by Beth Moran 2022

4.26

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Logging Off

by Nick Spalding • 2020

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

3.95

9k+

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety 🏘️ Small Town England 📚 Book Club Fiction

Logging Off 91%

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

by Nick Spalding 2020

3.95

9k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety 🏘️ Small Town England 📚 Book Club Fiction

Promise Me

by Jill Mansell • 2023

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

4.14

13k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

Promise Me 91%

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by Jill Mansell 2023

4.14

13k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

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

How Do You Like Me Now?

by Holly Bourne • 2018

Tori Bailey is the voice of radical honesty for millions, and invisible in her own bedroom.

3.70

14k+

🎤 Self-Help Industry Satire 📱 Social Media Envy 🛏️ Dead Bedroom 🌿 Childfree Protagonist 💔 Emotionally Distant Man

How Do You Like Me Now? 91%

Tori Bailey is the voice of radical honesty for millions, and invisible in her own bedroom.

by Holly Bourne 2018

3.70

14k+ ratings

🎤 Self-Help Industry Satire 📱 Social Media Envy 🛏️ Dead Bedroom 🌿 Childfree Protagonist 💔 Emotionally Distant Man

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

Dial A for Aunties

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2021

A wedding photographer kills her blind date. Her meddling aunties know where to hide a body.

3.68

121k+

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Dial A for Aunties 90%

A wedding photographer kills her blind date. Her meddling aunties know where to hide a body.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021

3.68

121k+ ratings

💕 Romantic Comedy 🕵️ Crime Comedy 💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👩‍👧 Meddling Relatives 🏠 Family Obligation

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