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Books Like The Mermaid Chair

by Sue Monk Kidd · about this book

Loved The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd? If its female lead, self-discovery and contemporary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Something Borrowed, This Is Where I Leave You and Other Birds. 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 Mermaid Chair: Female Lead · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Women's Fiction

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   Something Borrowed

   Emily Giffin

   Women's Fiction · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Forbidden Love · Self-Discovery

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   This Is Where I Leave You

   Jonathan Tropper

   Midlife Crisis · Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Other Birds

   Sarah Addison Allen

   Women's Fiction · American South · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Midlife Crisis · Self-Discovery · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Good in Bed

   Jennifer Weiner

   Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Religion & Spirituality · Character-Driven · Forbidden Love

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   The Second Life of Mirielle West

   Amanda Skenandore

   American South · Self-Discovery · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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   The Echo of Old Books

   Barbara Davis

   Women's Fiction · Infidelity · Forbidden Love · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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   The Pearl Sister

   Lucinda Riley

   Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery · Forbidden Love · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead

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    The Wedding People

    Alison Espach

    Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

    Melissa Bank

    Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    Wreck

    Catherine Newman

    Midlife Crisis · Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    The Unmaking of June Farrow

    Adrienne Young

    American South · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · Forbidden Love

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    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    Women's Fiction · American South · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    The Life List

    Lori Nelson Spielman

    Women's Fiction · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · Emotional

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    The Things We Cannot Say

    Kelly Rimmer

    Women's Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Forbidden Love · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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    Daisy Jones & the Six

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Forbidden Love · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

    Holly Ringland

    Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Female Lead · Emotional

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    Eat, Pray, Love

    Elizabeth Gilbert

    Self-Discovery · Midlife Crisis · Religion & Spirituality · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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    Firefly Lane

    Kristin Hannah

    Women's Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble · Female Lead

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