37 Books like What Alice Forgot

Angel Falls

by Kristin Hannah • 2000

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

3.89

79k+

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

Angel Falls 95%

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

by Kristin Hannah 2000

3.89

79k+ ratings

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

Sisterland

by Curtis Sittenfeld • 2013

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

3.38

42k+

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Sisterland 93%

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013

3.38

42k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

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

Always On My Mind

by Beth Moran • 2023

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

4.23

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Always On My Mind 93%

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

by Beth Moran 2023

4.23

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Cherry Baby

by Rainbow Rowell • 2026

Newly divorced, Cherry discovers her life is the plot of her ex-husband's hit comic strip.

3.73

18k+

💘 Second Chance Romance 💗 Plus Size Romance 📦 Divorce Recovery 🎨 Reluctant Muse 🔍 Public Scrutiny

Cherry Baby 93%

Newly divorced, Cherry discovers her life is the plot of her ex-husband's hit comic strip.

by Rainbow Rowell 2026

3.73

18k+ ratings

💘 Second Chance Romance 💗 Plus Size Romance 📦 Divorce Recovery 🎨 Reluctant Muse 🔍 Public Scrutiny

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 93%

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

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

Pictures of You

by Emma Grey • 2024

A widow with amnesia flees her husband's funeral into a stranger's car to reclaim her past.

3.99

60k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Amnesia 💞 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets ⛓️ Coercive Control

Pictures of You 93%

A widow with amnesia flees her husband's funeral into a stranger's car to reclaim her past.

by Emma Grey 2024

3.99

60k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Amnesia 💞 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets ⛓️ Coercive Control

The Burning Side

by Sarah Damoff • 2026

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

4.27

37k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Second Chance Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas

The Burning Side 92%

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

by Sarah Damoff 2026

4.27

37k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Second Chance Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas

Three Wishes

by Liane Moriarty • 2003

One birthday dinner, a fondue fork, and three sisters whose secrets are about to destroy them.

3.78

159k+

⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Infidelity Fallout 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy

Three Wishes 92%

One birthday dinner, a fondue fork, and three sisters whose secrets are about to destroy them.

by Liane Moriarty 2003

3.78

159k+ ratings

⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Infidelity Fallout 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy

Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler • 2025

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

3.59

126k+

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 💕 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal

Three Days in June 92%

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

by Anne Tyler 2025

3.59

126k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 💕 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal

The Half Moon

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

3.39

29k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Half Moon 92%

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

by Mary Beth Keane 2023

3.39

29k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

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 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

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

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 92%

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

The Beginner's Goodbye

by Anne Tyler • 2012

When a tree kills his wife, she returns in grocery aisles to discuss their imperfect marriage.

3.63

21k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Imperfect Marriage 👫 Sibling Dynamics 🍂 Bittersweet

The Beginner's Goodbye 92%

When a tree kills his wife, she returns in grocery aisles to discuss their imperfect marriage.

by Anne Tyler 2012

3.63

21k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Imperfect Marriage 👫 Sibling Dynamics 🍂 Bittersweet

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty • 2013

When Cecilia reads her husband's forbidden letter, his confession links three women to an old crime.

3.95

729k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Unsolved Murder 💔 Marriage In Crisis 😢 Grieving Mother 🏡 Suburban Secrets

The Husband's Secret 92%

When Cecilia reads her husband's forbidden letter, his confession links three women to an old crime.

by Liane Moriarty 2013

3.95

729k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Unsolved Murder 💔 Marriage In Crisis 😢 Grieving Mother 🏡 Suburban 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 92%

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

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

When We Believed in Mermaids

by Barbara O'Neal • 2019

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

4.17

247k+

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

When We Believed in Mermaids 92%

An ER doctor spots her dead sister on TV and chases the truth to New Zealand.

by Barbara O'Neal 2019

4.17

247k+ ratings

👯 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Family Secrets

A Million Dreams

by Dani Atkins • 2019

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

4.41

5k+

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

A Million Dreams 92%

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

by Dani Atkins 2019

4.41

5k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino • 2024

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

4.06

8k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

This Used to Be Us 92%

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

by Renee Carlino 2024

4.06

8k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

Maine Characters

by Hannah Orenstein • 2025

Half-sisters who never met inherit a Maine lake house and one summer to become a family.

3.50

21k+

🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Secret Sister 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Lake House 🌲 Maine Summer

Maine Characters 92%

Half-sisters who never met inherit a Maine lake house and one summer to become a family.

by Hannah Orenstein 2025

3.50

21k+ ratings

🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Secret Sister 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Lake House 🌲 Maine Summer

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 92%

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

Mothers and Daughters

by Erica James • 2022

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

4.29

6k+

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Mothers and Daughters 92%

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

by Erica James 2022

4.29

6k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The Weekenders

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2016

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

3.76

40k+

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

The Weekenders 92%

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2016

3.76

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

Landline

by Rainbow Rowell • 2014

Alone at Christmas, a TV writer's rotary phone calls the week her husband almost walked away.

3.54

172k+

🪄 Magical Realism Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🍂 Bittersweet

Landline 91%

Alone at Christmas, a TV writer's rotary phone calls the week her husband almost walked away.

by Rainbow Rowell 2014

3.54

172k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🍂 Bittersweet

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

Our Song

by Dani Atkins • 2016

Two women loved the same man. Now both their husbands lie dying in the same hospital.

4.29

6k+

🏥 Medical Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👶 Hidden Parentage 🏠 Blended Family 🛌 Hospital Vigil

Our Song 91%

Two women loved the same man. Now both their husbands lie dying in the same hospital.

by Dani Atkins 2016

4.29

6k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👶 Hidden Parentage 🏠 Blended Family 🛌 Hospital Vigil

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+

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

Dial A for Aunties 91%

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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