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12 books with a reading profile close to The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Beach Read

by Emily Henry

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

January Andrews is a romance writer who no longer believes in love, while Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction who treats happy endings with cynicism.
2

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

by Abbi Waxman

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Nina Hill lives a strictly organized life in Los Angeles, centered around her job at a local bookstore, her trivia team, and her cat.
3

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

by Jennifer E. Smith

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan misses her flight to London by four minutes, an accident that leads her to meet Oliver in the airport waiting area.
4

Ayesha at Last

by Uzma Jalaluddin

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice set within a tight-knit Muslim community in Toronto, Ayesha Shamsi is a high school teacher and aspiring poet struggling with family debts.
5

Better Off Friends

by Elizabeth Eulberg

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Macallan and Levi have been friends since childhood and neighbours, and when he goes off to a boarding school she keeps in touch.
6

Only Mostly Devastated

by Sophie Gonzales

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

After a summer romance with a boy named Will, Ollie moves across the country only to find himself attending the same high school as his former flame.
7

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

In a small town in coastal Maine, Evvie Drake lives in a large, quiet house, grieving a husband she was actually planning to leave the day he died.
8

My Life Next Door

by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Samantha Reed spends her summers watching the Garrett family from her balcony, fascinated by their chaotic, loud, and affectionate household which contrasts sharply with her mother’s rigid, sterile expectations.
9

Scarlet Feather

by Maeve Binchy

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather start a Dublin catering business called Scarlet Feather, and the novel follows their small company's work.
10

Someone Else's Shoes

by Jojo Moyes

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Nisha Cantor lives a life of extreme luxury until her wealthy husband suddenly cuts her off and demands a divorce.
11

By Your Side

by Kasie West

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Autumn Collins becomes trapped in a public library for an entire weekend after the doors lock for a holiday break.
12

She Gets the Girl

by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

Alex Blackwood and Molly Parker are freshmen at the University of Pittsburgh who share nothing in common except a history of romantic failure.

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