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Loved Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult? If its multiple pov, emotional and lgbtq+ protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Nights in Rodanthe, The Sea of Tranquility and Anybody Out There?. 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 Sing You Home: Multiple POV · Emotional · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Female Lead · Contemporary Fiction
Nicholas Sparks
Second Chances · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Grief and Mourning · Tearjerker
Katja Millay
Musician · PTSD · Tearjerker · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning
Marian Keyes
Second Chances · Tearjerker · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
Jojo Moyes
Second Chances · Tearjerker · Starting Over · Emotional · Women's Fiction
M.L. Stedman
Infertility · PTSD · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Marriage in Trouble
Michael Cunningham
Sexual Orientation · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Grief and Mourning
Liane Moriarty
Infertility · Starting Over · Women's Fiction · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble
Rachel Joyce
Second Chances · Tearjerker · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · Emotional
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Infertility · Tearjerker · Emotional · Multiple POV · Women's Fiction
Jennifer Weiner
Tearjerker · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · Emotional · Marriage in Trouble
Emily Giffin
Infertility · Second Chances · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Women's Fiction
Kristin Hannah
Second Chances · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Women's Fiction · Grief and Mourning
Colleen Hoover
Infertility · Tearjerker · Grief and Mourning · Women's Fiction · Emotional
Ava Dellaira
Tearjerker · Emotional · Character-Driven · Sexual Orientation · Starting Over
Alison Espach
Infertility · Second Chances · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven
Maeve Binchy
Second Chances · Starting Over · Marriage in Trouble · Women's Fiction · Character-Driven
Ann Patchett
Second Chances · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Emotional
Jane Green
Second Chances · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · Women's Fiction · Character-Driven
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sexual Orientation · Tearjerker · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Emotional · Grief and Mourning
Libby Page
Second Chances · Starting Over · Grief and Mourning · Women's Fiction · Emotional
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