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Katherine Center

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BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She’s the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Bodyguard, Hello Stranger, Things You Save in a Fire, and her summer 2024 book, The Rom-Commers. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books: bittersweet romantic comedies about how life knocks us down—and how we get back up. She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” The Netflix movie adaptation of her novel Happiness for Beginners—starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes—just hit the Global Top Ten in 81 countries, and the mov ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 1,323,488 ratings · 186,230 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bodyguard 3.94 avg rating — 370,937 ratings — published 2022 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rom-Commers 4.06 avg rating — 195,906 ratings — published 2024 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things You Save in a Fire 4.01 avg rating — 171,231 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello Stranger 3.92 avg rating — 162,950 ratings — published 2023 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Walk Away 4.08 avg rating — 118,185 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love Haters 3.82 avg rating — 82,366 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness for Beginners 4.04 avg rating — 74,378 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What You Wish For 3.76 avg rating — 69,823 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Husband 3.82 avg rating — 22,769 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bright Side of Disaster 3.65 avg rating — 20,166 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ALL THE DETAILS about The Love Haters BOOK TOUR !!— May 18 to June 11, 2025 —

KATHERINE CENTER is heading out on a coast-to-coast book tour tour for The Love Haters from mid-May to mid-June! This tour has a little bit of almost everything—with stops on the U.S. east coast, west coast, upper midwest, south, and, of course, as always, a whole lotta Texas!

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Hello Stranger

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Katherine Center said: " It's official, apparently.

I can't *not* review my own books on Goodreads.

I try to resist every time, but here we are again. Ya know? It's like seeing your kid outside on a chilly day in a thin t-shirt and just wanting to run out with a sweater SO B ...more "

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Katherine Center and 2 other people liked Lucia Wessels's review of The Bodyguard: "Loved loved loved this book!! I havent enjoyed a romcom this much in months. "
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Katherine Center and 1 other person liked Sabrina Gonzalez Russi's review of The Bodyguard: "Such an easy and light hearted read! Loved the character development and the storyline. It was different than other rom-coms because it had an elements of shock towards the end. Highly recommend! I can’t wait to read other Katherine Center books. "
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“When you don't know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else.”
― Katherine Center, How to Walk Away

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“Choosing to love—despite all the ways that people let you down, and disappear, and break your heart. Knowing everything we know about how hard life is and choosing to love, anyway.. That’s not weakness, that’s courage.”
― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire

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“I think just because you can't keep something doesn't mean it wasn't worth it. Nothing lasts forever. What matters is what we take with us.”
― Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

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Katherine’s Quotes

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

tags: accountability, authenticity, belonging, courage, creativity, empathy, joy, love, meaning, purpose, spirituality, vulnerability

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“The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.”
― Katherine Center, Happiness for Beginners

tags: happiness, life-lesson, memory

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“Barni loved talking about the dresses. "Aren't they huge? I've just always been this way," she said, twirling a little. "Just born healthy, I guess."

Oh, God. I hated her so much.”
― Katherine Center, Get Lucky

tags: annoying-people, bitchiness, vain

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“Courage is contagious. My friend Katherine Center says, "You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

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“Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodies from years of living- a trail of life left on them. Evidence of all the adventures and sleepless nights and practical jokes and heartbreaks that had made them who they are.”
― Katherine Center, Everyone is Beautiful

tags: life

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