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Books Like Where the Heart Is

by Billie Letts · about this book

Loved Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts? If its female lead, character-driven and found family hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Other Birds, Legends & Lattes and Gather. 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 Where the Heart Is: Female Lead · Character-Driven · Found Family · Heartwarming · Small Town

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   Other Birds

   Sarah Addison Allen

   American South · Women's Fiction · Starting Over · Heartwarming · Found Family

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   Legends & Lattes

   Travis Baldree

   Heartwarming · Uplifting · Found Family · Starting Over · Character-Driven

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Single Mother · Character-Driven · Small Town · Starting Over · Heartwarming

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4. 

   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Heartwarming · Small Town · Character-Driven · Starting Over · Found Family

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5. 

   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Heartwarming · Starting Over · Uplifting · Small Town · Hopeful

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6. 

   How to Read a Book

   Monica Wood

   Starting Over · Women's Fiction · Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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7. 

   The Teller of Small Fortunes

   Julie Leong

   Heartwarming · Uplifting · Found Family · Starting Over · Hopeful

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8. 

   The Life List

   Lori Nelson Spielman

   Women's Fiction · Starting Over · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful

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9. 

   A Man Called Ove

   Fredrik Backman

   Uplifting · Heartwarming · Starting Over · Character-Driven · Found Family

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10. 

    The Spellshop

    Sarah Beth Durst

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Hopeful · Small Town · Character-Driven

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11. 

    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Tj Klune

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Found Family · Uplifting · Character-Driven

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12. 

    The Second Life of Mirielle West

    Amanda Skenandore

    American South · Starting Over · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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13. 

    The Reading List

    Sara Nisha Adams

    Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Found Family

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14. 

    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Character-Driven · Small Town · Hopeful

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15. 

    Good in Bed

    Jennifer Weiner

    Women's Fiction · Single Mother · Starting Over · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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16. 

    A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

    Sangu Mandanna

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Hopeful · Found Family · Small Town

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17. 

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    Women's Fiction · American South · Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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18. 

    Lessons in Chemistry

    Bonnie Garmus

    Single Mother · Uplifting · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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19. 

    The Four Winds

    Kristin Hannah

    Women's Fiction · Single Mother · Character-Driven · Hopeful · Female Lead

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20. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    American South · Heartwarming · Found Family · Hopeful · Female Lead

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