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Across Marriage & Divorce, Humorous, Family Life, and Literary — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

A Big Storm Knocked It Over A Novel — Laurie Colwin

A Big Storm Knocked It Over A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Financial Lives of the Poets — Jess Walter

The Financial Lives of the Poets

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Dear American Airlines — Jonathan Miles

Dear American Airlines

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

People Collide A Novel — Isle McElroy

People Collide A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The People We Hate at the Wedding A Novel — Grant Ginder

The People We Hate at the Wedding A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Sandwich A Novel — Catherine Newman

Sandwich A Novel

Catherine Newman

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Believers A Novel — Zoe Heller

The Believers A Novel — Zoe Heller

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Cookbook Club A Novel of Food and Friendship — Beth Harbison

The Cookbook Club A Novel of Food and Friendship

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

State of the Union A Marriage in Ten Parts — Nick Hornby

State of the Union A Marriage in Ten Parts

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Social Engagement A Novel — Avery Carpenter Forrey

Social Engagement A Novel

Avery Carpenter Forrey

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Amazing Grace Adams — Fran Littlewood

Amazing Grace Adams

Fran Littlewood

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Miss Buncle’s Book — Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Miss Buncle’s Book

Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Jezebel Remedy — Martin Clark

The Jezebel Remedy

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Wellness — Nathan Hill

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Best of Everything — Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Best of Everything

Kimberla Lawson Roby

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

You Are Here The New Novel by the Number 1 Bestselling Author of ONE DAY — David Nicholls

You Are Here The New Novel by the Number 1 Bestselling Author of ONE DAY

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Where Have All the Boys Gone? A Novel — Jenny Colgan

Where Have All the Boys Gone? A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Scenes from Provincial Life Including Scenes from Married Life — William Cooper

Scenes from Provincial Life Including Scenes from Married Life

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim — Jonathan Coe

The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Trophies A Novel — Heather Thomas

Trophies A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

When the Cranes Fly South — Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Prospect Hill — Richard Francis

Richard Francis

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Community Board — Tara Conklin

Community Board

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

Separation Anxiety A Novel — Laura Zigman

Separation Anxiety A Novel

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Humorous • Family Life

If Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Marriage & Divorce, Humorous, Family Life and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Laurie Colwin, Jess Walter, Jonathan Miles, Isle McElroy, and others.

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