Books like Dear John
If you liked Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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It Ends with Us
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
It Ends with Us from Lily's flower shop to her marriage: alternating past and present, Ryle's cycles of violence, and why the ending…
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The Lucky One
Because also by Nicholas Sparks; shares tags: romance, drama, military.
Marine Logan finds photo lucky and seeks Beth in North Carolina.
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The Last Song
Because also by Nicholas Sparks; shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
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Yours Truly
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.
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The Kiss Quotient
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.
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Part of Your World
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.
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Just for the Summer
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.
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Twisted Hate
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, drama.
Jules Ambrose and Josh Chen turn years of hate into a risky arrangement that forces both to face old wounds.
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The Rosie Project
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.
Melbourne genetics professor Don Tillman launches the Wife Project to find a partner by questionnaire, then meets chaotic Rosie Jarman and…
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Because shares tags: family, drama, contemporary.
On a snowy night a doctor gives away his newborn daughter and tells his wife she died.
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One True Loves
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, drama.
Emma Blair loses husband Jesse presumed dead, rebuilds life in Acton with fiance Sam, then Jesse returns alive after years missing, forcing…
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In Five Years
Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, drama.
Dannie sees herself with another man in 2025, then meets him as her best friend Bella's boyfriend. A sad, readable story about plans,…
