Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hole in the Middle | 2013 | Kate Hilton | Buy |
| 2 | Just Like Family | 2017 | Kate Hilton | Buy |
| 3 | Better Luck Next Time: A Novel | 2020 | Kate Hilton | Buy |
Kate Hilton’s standalone novels are contemporary fiction set in Canada, focused on women navigating the competing demands of work, family, and personal identity. Her debut, The Hole in the Middle (2013), follows a mother and event planner whose carefully managed life starts to unravel during a particularly chaotic holiday season.
Just Like Family (2017) and Better Luck Next Time (2020) continue in a similar vein, exploring friendships, career pressures, and the messy realities of domestic life. Hilton writes with humor about situations that will feel familiar to readers who have juggled too many obligations at once, and her characters tend to be smart women dealing with imperfect circumstances.
Each novel is self-contained with its own cast and story, so they can be read in any order.