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Loved Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner? If its contemporary fiction, female lead and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Jemima J, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person and The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside Good in Bed: Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · First Person Narrator · Body Image · Chick Lit
Jane Green
Body Image · Chick Lit · Self-Deprecating Humor · Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery
Shonda Rhimes
Self-Deprecating Humor · Body Positivity · Body Image · Self-Discovery · Writer Protagonist
Melissa Bank
Chick Lit · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator
Sophie Kinsella
Chick Lit · Self-Deprecating Humor · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator
Emily Giffin
Chick Lit · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator
Lauren Weisberger
Chick Lit · Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator
Nick Hornby
Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven
Lucinda Riley
Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery · Writer Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
Chick Lit · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead · Funny
Lori Nelson Spielman
Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Female Lead
Olivia Dade
Body Positivity · Body Image · Contemporary Fiction · Funny · Female Lead
John Kenney
Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Character-Driven · Funny
Catherine Newman
Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Funny
John Green
Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery · Female Lead
Elizabeth Gilbert
Self-Deprecating Humor · Writer Protagonist · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven
Margarita Montimore
Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead · Funny
Emily Henry
Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Funny
Marie-Helene Bertino
Single Mother · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · Character-Driven
Jennette McCurdy
Single Mother · Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven
Jonathan Tropper
Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Funny
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