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12 books with a reading profile close to Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell. Practical, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Undomestic Goddess

    The Undomestic Goddess

    by Sophie Kinsella

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Samantha Sweetman is a high-powered London lawyer on track for a partnership until she makes a multi-million-pound clerical error.

  2. 2 Sex and Vanity

    Sex and Vanity

    by Kevin Kwan

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Lucie Churchill is a young woman with a Chinese mother and a white American father, who spends her time among Manhattan's wealthy.

  3. 3 Everyone Worth Knowing

    Everyone Worth Knowing

    by Lauren Weisberger

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Bette Robinson, a young woman in her mid-twenties, quits her job at an investment bank because she hates it.

  4. 4 Come Sundown

    Come Sundown

    by Nora Roberts

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Bodine Longbow manages the day-to-day operations of her family’s luxury resort ranch in Montana, balancing profit margins and staff logistics.

  5. 5 Credence

    Credence

    by Penelope Douglas

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Seventeen-year-old Tiernan de Bell moves to a remote Colorado mountain range to live with her late father’s stepbrother, Jake Van der Berg, and his two sons, Kaleb and Noah.

  6. 6 Summer Rental

    Summer Rental

    by Mary Kay Andrews

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Three women, friends from childhood, rent a house at the beach for a summer and hope to relax and make a fresh start.

  7. 7 Birthday Girl

    Birthday Girl

    by Penelope Douglas

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Jordan Hadley moves into the home of her boyfriend’s father, Pike Lawson, to escape financial instability.

  8. 8 Business or Pleasure

    Business or Pleasure

    by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Chandler Cohen is a professional ghostwriter who attends a convention and has a disappointing one-night stand with a man she later discovers is her newest client.

  9. 9 A Loving Scoundrel

    A Loving Scoundrel

    by Johanna Lindsey

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Danny, a streetwise young woman who has survived London’s criminal underworld by posing as a boy and pickpocketing, finds her life altered when she attempts to rob Jeremy Malory.

  10. 10 If I Never Met You

    If I Never Met You

    by Mhairi McFarlane

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    After a decade together, Laurie’s partner blindsides her by ending their relationship just as they were planning a family.

  11. 11 Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

    Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

    by Matt Fraction

    Also practical and growth-minded · romance, entertainment

    Suzie and Jon start a romantic relationship and quickly discover they share a rare physiological anomaly: when they climax, time freezes for everyone else.

  12. 12 Wedding Night

    Wedding Night

    by Sophie Kinsella

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Lottie is tired of failed relationships and an indecisive long-term boyfriend.

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