Read-alikes and related books

Books like Reel

24 titles for readers of Reel by Kennedy Ryan, selected for shared themes: African American & Black, Women, and Contemporary.

African American & Black Women Contemporary Romance Fiction

Top related books to Reel

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Reel.

This Could Be Us — Kennedy Ryan

This Could Be Us

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Unleashed — Diana Palmer

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Hidden Sins — Selena Montgomery

Selena Montgomery

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The Best of Everything — Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Best of Everything

Kimberla Lawson Roby

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

A Lakeside Reunion — C. Chilove

A Lakeside Reunion

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Seven Days in June A Novel — Tia Williams

Seven Days in June A Novel

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Couldn’t Ask for More — Kianna Alexander

Couldn’t Ask for More

Kianna Alexander

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The Bookshop Sisterhood — Michelle Lindo-Rice

The Bookshop Sisterhood

Michelle Lindo-Rice

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The Way You Hold Me — Elle Wright

The Way You Hold Me

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Best Laid Plans — Brenda Jackson

Best Laid Plans

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding — Chencia C. Higgins

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

Chencia C. Higgins

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Recipe for Desire — Cheris Hodges

Recipe for Desire

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The Beach House — Rochelle Alers

The Beach House

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Love’s Not Popular – She Always Wins (Book 3) Contemporary Romance — Third Cousins

Love’s Not Popular – She Always Wins (Book 3) Contemporary Romance

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Lean on Me — Pat Simmons

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Cheaters — Eric Jerome Dickey

Eric Jerome Dickey

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

One in a Million — Kimberla Lawson Roby

One in a Million

Kimberla Lawson Roby

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Chocolate Sangria A Novel — Tracy Price-Thompson

Chocolate Sangria A Novel

Tracy Price-Thompson

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Sweet Talkin’ Lover A Girls Trip Novel — Tracey Livesay

Sweet Talkin’ Lover A Girls Trip Novel

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Summer on the Bluffs A Novel — Sunny Hostin

Summer on the Bluffs A Novel

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Curvy Girl Summer — Danielle Allen

Curvy Girl Summer

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Homebodies A Novel — Tembe Denton-Hurst

Homebodies A Novel

Tembe Denton-Hurst

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

Perfect Fit — Brenda Jackson

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The Soulmate Project — Reese Ryan

The Soulmate Project

Themes: African American & Black • Women • Contemporary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of African American & Black, Women, Contemporary — the same threads that run through Reel by Kennedy Ryan. Among the authors featured: Kennedy Ryan, Diana Palmer, Selena Montgomery, Kimberla Lawson Roby, and others.

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