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Books like Modern Lovers

Across Humorous, Family Life, and Literary — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Modern Lovers by Emma Straub.

Humorous Family Life Literary Fiction

Top related books to Modern Lovers

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

How Hard Can It Be? — Allison Pearson

How Hard Can It Be?

Allison Pearson

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Backup Plan A Novel — Jill Shalvis

The Backup Plan A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

All about Evie — Matson Taylor

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Got You Back — Jane Fallon

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Slow Waltz of Turtles — Katherine Pancol

The Slow Waltz of Turtles

Katherine Pancol

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions — Amy Stewart

Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

A Big Storm Knocked It Over — Laurie Colwin

A Big Storm Knocked It Over

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Nanny Diaries A Novel — Emma McLaughlin

The Nanny Diaries A Novel

Emma McLaughlin

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Restaurant Critic’s Wife — Elizabeth LaBan

The Restaurant Critic’s Wife

Elizabeth LaBan

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Bright Spot A Novel — Jill Shalvis

The Bright Spot A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Sunny — Sukh Ojla

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Will There Ever Be Another You A Novel — Patricia Lockwood

Will There Ever Be Another You A Novel

Patricia Lockwood

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Sandwich A Novel — Catherine Newman

Sandwich A Novel

Catherine Newman

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived — Will Pass

The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

If You Love It, Let It Kill You A Novel — Hannah Pittard

If You Love It, Let It Kill You A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

A Man Called Ove: A Novel — Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove: A Novel

Fredrik Backman

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Tales of the City A Novel — Armistead Maupin

Tales of the City A Novel

Armistead Maupin

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

All Fours A Novel — Miranda July

All Fours A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Private Enterprise — Angela Thirkell

Private Enterprise

Angela Thirkell

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Should We Stay Or Should We Go A Novel — Lionel Shriver

Should We Stay Or Should We Go A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The History of Mr Polly — H. G. Wells

The History of Mr Polly

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The Revivalists A Novel — Christopher M. Hood

The Revivalists A Novel

Christopher M. Hood

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Margo’s Got Money Troubles A Novel — Rufi Thorpe

Margo’s Got Money Troubles A Novel

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — James Goodhand

Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Themes: Humorous • Family Life • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Humorous, Family Life, Literary — the same threads that run through Modern Lovers by Emma Straub. Among the authors featured: Allison Pearson, Jill Shalvis, Matson Taylor, Jane Fallon, and others.

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