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Books Like The Bridges of Madison County

by Robert James Waller · about this book

Loved The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller? If its romance, infidelity and bittersweet hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Notebook, Daisy Jones & the Six and The Room on Rue Amelie. 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 The Bridges of Madison County: Romance · Infidelity · Bittersweet · Emotional · Forbidden Love

1. 

   The Notebook

   Nicholas Sparks

   Bittersweet · Nostalgic · Forbidden Love · Tearjerker · Emotional

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   Daisy Jones & the Six

   Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Nostalgic · Marriage in Trouble · Bittersweet · Forbidden Love · Infidelity

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   The Room on Rue Amelie

   Kristin Harmel

   Bittersweet · Tearjerker · Marriage in Trouble · Emotional · Romance

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4. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Forbidden Love

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5. 

   Broken Country

   Clare Leslie Hall

   Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Emotional

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6. 

   The Things We Cannot Say

   Kelly Rimmer

   Tearjerker · Marriage in Trouble · Bittersweet · Emotional · Forbidden Love

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7. 

   A Love Letter to Whiskey

   Kandi Steiner

   Tearjerker · Infidelity · Emotional · Forbidden Love · Bittersweet

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8. 

   The Echo of Old Books

   Barbara Davis

   Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Forbidden Love · Infidelity · Emotional

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9. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Infidelity · Forbidden Love · Marriage in Trouble · Emotional · Romance

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10. 

    Firefly Lane

    Kristin Hannah

    Bittersweet · Nostalgic · Tearjerker · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction

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11. 

    Eyes Turned Skyward

    Rebecca Yarros

    Tearjerker · Instalove · Emotional · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction

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12. 

    Almost Life

    Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Forbidden Love · Romance · Emotional

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13. 

    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Instalove · Bittersweet · Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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14. 

    Strange the Dreamer

    Laini Taylor

    Instalove · Bittersweet · Forbidden Love · Emotional · Romance

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15. 

    The Winter Sea

    Susanna Kearsley

    Forbidden Love · Romance · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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16. 

    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Infidelity · Bittersweet · Marriage in Trouble · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction

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17. 

    Something Borrowed

    Emily Giffin

    Infidelity · Forbidden Love · Romance · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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18. 

    The Wedding People

    Alison Espach

    Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Bittersweet · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction

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19. 

    Priest

    Sierra Simone

    Instalove · Forbidden Love · Contemporary Fiction · Romance · Emotional

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20. 

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    Bittersweet · Nostalgic · Tearjerker · Emotional · Sparse Prose

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