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Books about female friendship.
Updated February 8, 2024
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The animators : a novel
Whitaker, Kayla Rae
Paper Book
"A wildly original novel that pulses with heart and truth . . . That this powerful exploration of friendship, desire, ambition, and secrets manages to be ebullient, gripping, heartbreaking, and deeply deeply funny is a testament to Kayla Rae Whitaker's formidable gifts. I was so sorry to...
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Best beach ever
Wax, Wendy
Paper Book
Forced to rent out or lose their beloved Bella Flora after the loss of their renovation-turned-reality-TV show Do Over, Maddie, Nikki, Avery, Kyra, and Bitsy move into cottages at the Sunshine Hotel and Beach Club believing the worst is over. Only to discover just how uncertain their futures really...
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Best friends forever : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer.
Paper Book
Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner's dazzling new novel Best Friends Forever explores the impact of love, desire, and familial loss on a friendship between two young women, and how the choices they make will change their lives forever. One of the nation's most...
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Big friendship : how we keep each other close
Sow, Aminatou
Paper Book
A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don't talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. Now...
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Big Swiss : a novel
Beagin, Jen
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The break-up book club
Wax, Wendy
Paper Book
On paper, Jazmine, Judith, Erin and Sara have little in common - they're very different people leading very different lives. And yet at book club meetings they bond over a shared love of reading as well as the growing realisation that their lives are not turning out like they expected. With the help...
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Bring your baggage and don't pack light : essays
Ellis, Helen
Paper Book
The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with a viciously funny, deeply felt collection of essays on friendship among grown-ass women. When Helen Ellis and her lifelong friends arrive for a reunion on the Redneck Riviera, they...
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I'll be there (but I'll be wearing sweatpants) : finding unfiltered, real-life friendships in this crazy, chaotic world
Weatherly, Amy
Paper Book
Is it just me Am I the only one who's lonely Am I the only one without friends If you've ever asked yourself these questions, Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, founders of the widely popular "Sister, I Am with You," community, are raising their hands to say, "Yeah, us too."...
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The lido : a novel
Page, Libby
Paper Book
**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** "In many ways, this meditation on community and swimming follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular A Man Called Ove... Both are charming and heartwarming."--Kirkus Reviews WE'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO MAKE NEW...
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Lost along the way
Duffy, Erin
Paper Book
A fresh, funny, and insightful novel about what it really means to be "friends forever" from the acclaimed author of Bond Girl and On the Rocks. All through childhood and adolescence, Jane, Cara, and Meg swore their friendship would stand the test of time. Nothing would come between them,...
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Lost roses : a novel
Kelly, Martha Hall
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER . The million-copy bestsellerLilac Girlsintroduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. NowLost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline's mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from...
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Nobody's cuter than you : a memoir about the beauty of friendship
Shankle, Melanie.
Paper Book
There is nothing as precious in life as a friend who knows you and loves you in spite of yourself. Yet over the last couple of decades, we've substituted the joy of real friendship with cheap imitations. We settle for "community" on Facebook and Twitter and a series of text messages that allow us to...
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The Office BFFs : tales of The Office from two best friends who were there
Fischer, Jenna
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of Esquire's Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of Pam Beesly, Angela...
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The one hundred years of Lenni and Margot : a novel
Cronin, Marianne
Paper Book
"A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life's obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light. Lenni and Margot are...
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Significant Others
Eisenberg, Zod.
Paper Book
"I've been searching for a book with female friendships at the heart of it that doesn't feel flippant or melodramatic and I've found it!" --Jennette McCurdy Two women test how much weight their friendship can hold in this poignant and tender novel.
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The summer sail
Francis, Wendy
Paper Book
A trio of college friends who reunite aboard a cruise ship experience an unforgettable vacation in this compelling novel from the author of The Summer of Good Intentions, which was hailed as "everything a summer read should be" by Elin Hilderbrand. Three college roommates are...
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The sweet spot : a novel
Poeppel, Amy
Paper Book
Amy Poeppel brings her signature "big-hearted, charming" (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between. In the heart of Greenwich Village, three women form an accidental sorority...
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Swing time
Smith, Zadie
Paper Book
"Smith's thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives." --O, The Oprah Magazine "A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith's] most ambitious work...
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I thought you said this would work : a novel
Garvin, Ann Wertz
Paper Book
A road trip can drive anyone over the edge--especially two former best friends--in bestselling author Ann Garvin's funny and poignant novel about broken bonds, messy histories, and the power of forgiveness. Widowed Samantha Arias hasn't spoken to Holly Dunfee in forever. It's for...
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Truth & Beauty
Patchett, Ann.
Paper Book
"A loving testament to the work and reward of the best friendships, the kind where your arms can't distinguish burden from embrace." -- People New York Times Bestselling author Ann Patchett's first work of nonfiction chronicling her decades-long friendship with the critically...
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Windfallen
Moyes, Jojo
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You, the basis for the major motion picture, comes a breathtaking drama of two women whose lives entwine through a lovely English seaside house. For Lottie Swift, Arcadia has always been magical. The breathtaking art deco house...
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