Books Like Thoughtless

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Rebekkah Ross narrates *Thoughtless* in a register that stays raw without tipping into overwrought — she carries the protagonist's spiral of guilt and longing at close range, so the emotional wreckage of a love triangle lands as something lived-in rather than performed. At twenty-one hours, the listen has room to let feelings accumulate and complicate before they shatter, which is exactly what this kind of emotionally costly romance requires. The books gathered here share that same appetite for the long, slow burn — most run to a similar length, one reunites you with Ross's voice, and the highest-rated among them tend to be the ones that hurt the most in exactly the right ways.

10 books for fans of Thoughtless

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    The Bittersweet Symphony Duet • Book 2

    by Kate Stewart

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    Generational scandal threatens to destroy a passionate romance before it can establish its own rhythm. Stewart's rock-and-roll romance duet conclusion examines how family secrets can sabotage love and personal redemption.

    4.63 Goodreads (29.0K ratings)
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    The Simple Wild

    Wild • Book 1

    by K.A. Tucker

    4.28 Goodreads (150.7K ratings)
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    Gold Team Box Set 2, Books 4-5

    Gold Team Series • Book 4

    by Riley Edwards

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    Former special ops soldiers turned private contractors face their most personal missions yet: protecting a single mother with deadly secrets and unraveling a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.

    4.78 Goodreads (18 ratings)
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    Filthy Truth

    The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 10

    by Serena Akeroyd

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    She needs Conor to find her, chase her, love her—but first she has to hope she hasn't already destroyed whatever they might have had together.

    4.54 Goodreads (2.8K ratings)
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    Fierce, Endless, True

    The Bennett Family #7-9 • Book 7

    by Layla Hagen

    4.52 Goodreads (219 ratings)
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    Mistakes Were Made

    Story Lake • Book 2

    by Lucy Score

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    Literary agent Zoey needs her client's next romance novel to be a massive hit; unfortunately, her research involves the one man looking for marriage when she wants anything but. Score crafts opposites-attract romance with genuine small-town charm.

    4.46 Goodreads (1.6K ratings)
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    In the Shadow of Truth

    Shadow • Book 3

    by J.E. Leak

    4.46 Goodreads (376 ratings)
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    Irresistible, Captivating, Forever

    The Bennett Family #1-3 • Book 1

    by Layla Hagen, Kasha Kensington, Nelson Hobbs, Aiden Snow, Jeremy York, Kendall Taylor, Carly Robins

    4.40 Goodreads (516 ratings)
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    Remy

    by Eden Summers

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    An awkward introvert tracking her father meets a dominant stranger at a bar who seduces her completely—then vanishes, until they're thrown together again under sinister circumstances.

    4.36 Goodreads (2.3K ratings)
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    Black Hills / Chasing Fire

    by Nora Roberts, Nick Podehl, Rebecca Lowman

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    Childhood summers at a South Dakota ranch forge the bond between Cooper and Lil that deepens into adult romance. Roberts pairs small-town roots with dangerous professions across two interconnected tales.

    4.36 Goodreads (53 ratings)