24 must-read audiobook books like Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

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Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre…

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Cover of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

1. I Hope This Doesn't Find You

By: Ann Liang

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"No,"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"She clucks her tongue at me. “Where’s your confidence disappeared to?"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

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2. This Time It's Real

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's This Time It's Real book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"We weren’t flirting,"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I want this to be real."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"

-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

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3. This May End Badly

By: Samantha Markum

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's This May End Badly book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I grin, imagining it. “I can hear your creepy smile right now."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"Stranger Danger. You can't "stranger danger" someone when you asked them to date you."

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"What, worried I’ll find your secret fetish porn stash and tell everyone about your anime bondage tentacle kink?"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

"I’d say your worth isn’t decided by whether or not you can get a girl-starved demon from Winfield to lay his nasty fish lips you"

-Samantha Markum, This May End Badly

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4. Begin Again

By: Emma Lord

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridg… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's Begin Again book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Anything worth doing starts with a mess."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"My favorite flavor is indiscriminate fruit."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"I don't want to hurt anymore. I just want to understand."

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

"Yeah, but aren’t all books kind of self-insert fanfiction?"

-Emma Lord, Begin Again

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5. My Mechanical Romance

By: Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The … read more

Similar categories in Alexene Farol Follmuth's My Mechanical Romance book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Are you into opera or something?"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"honestly? physics is easy. what's hard is feeling like i want to be invisible all the time."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"You're such a nerd." "Oh, I know. My mom tells me all the time, but apparently nerds are hot now."

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

"Everyone at this school has plans, and then they want me to have plans, and I’m just so overwhelmed by their good intentions that I constantly feel the need to lie down for a solid five minutes befor…"

-Alexene Farol Follmuth, My Mechanical Romance

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6. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

By: Meredith Ireland

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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7. Ride with Me

By: Lucy Keating

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this charming, contemporary YA novel, neighborhood rideshare driver Charlie Owens embarks on a c… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Keating's Ride with Me book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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8. You Wouldn't Dare

By: Samantha Markum

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A rom com about trying to have the summer of your life before everything changes - only to realize … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's You Wouldn't Dare book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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9. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Not Here to Stay Friends by Kaitlyn Hill

10. Not Here to Stay Friends

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the su… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Not Here to Stay Friends book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Love, Off the Record by Samantha Markum

11. Love, Off the Record

By: Samantha Markum

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this smart, chemistry-filled teen rom-com about two ri… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Markum's Love, Off the Record book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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13. The Charmed List

By: Julie Abe

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, Ellie Kobata is ready to take some risks and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's The Charmed List book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"I brought some Honey & Butter."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"And please, you know you’re cute."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"But we can’t leave without a book,"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"Is that—is that the Enchanted Forest?"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

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14. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's Seven Percent of Ro Devereux book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"We're always just looking for each other."

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"

-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

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15. What Happens After Midnight

By: K.L. Walther

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she's officially finished with boarding school. With graduatio… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Walther's What Happens After Midnight book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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16. Long Story Short

By: Serena Kaylor

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dre… read more

Similar categories in Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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17. The Edge of Summer

By: Erica George

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson will be swept away by this big-hearted novel about one girl … read more

Similar categories in Erica George's The Edge of Summer book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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18. The Getaway List

By: Emma Lord

3.58

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Getaway List book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The longer I'm in New York, the more I get the impression that it isn't the shiny new universe I expected it to be. It's just the home of 100,000 little universes... that all exist rubbing up against…"

-Emma Lord, The Getaway List

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19. A Disaster in Three Acts

By: Kelsey Rodkey

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey'… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Rodkey's A Disaster in Three Acts book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"It's just one of those things where the dread of doing the activity is much worse than the actual activity. Like putting on a bra just for the sole purpose of going to Neato Burrito for takeout."

-Kelsey Rodkey, A Disaster in Three Acts

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20. We Ship It

By: Lauren Kay

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This rom-com debut has the fierce girl energy of the movie  Booksmart,  blended with the awkwardnes… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Kay's We Ship It book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover

21. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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22. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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23. Twelfth Knight

By: Alexene Farol Follmuth

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Reese's Book Club Summer YA Pick '24 "YA is a feeling. It's a warm summer day reading in the sun… read more

Similar categories in Alexene Farol Follmuth's Twelfth Knight book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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24. Exactly Where You Need to Be

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Turtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” ( Publishers Weekly ), romantic road … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's Exactly Where You Need to Be book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My OCD is a speed bump, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"My OCD is a speed bumb, not a barrier, to happiness."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"Lauren the therapist always tells me that the only person I can compare myself to are the former versions of myself."

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

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25. All Alone with You

By: Amelia Diane Coombs

4.11

Format: 352 pages, ebook

HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Diane Coombs's All Alone with You book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley

26. Never Vacation with Your Ex

By: Emily Wibberley

3.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's Never Vacation with Your Ex book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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27. Heir, Apparently

By: Kara McDowell

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An American teen learns she may have accidentally married the King of England, only to end up stran… read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's Heir, Apparently book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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28. Those Summer Nights

By: Laura Silverman

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's Those Summer Nights book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. My Second Impression of You

By: Michelle I. Mason

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and Instant Karma, a heartfelt story about a girl who thinks she kno… read more

Similar categories in Michelle I. Mason's My Second Impression of You book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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30. Wild About You

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoors. In this grumpy-sunshine teen romance from… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Wild About You book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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31. Hearts Overboard

By: Becky Dean

4.04

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Set sail with this banter-filled rivals-to-lovers romance between a STEM-loving girl and a jock guy… read more

Similar categories in Becky Dean's Hearts Overboard book and Serena Kaylor's Long Story Short

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"I love a good s’more"

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"He dumped you in public on the last day of school. You do not need him."

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"I glared at Tanner, who mouthed at me to ‘smile,’ because a guy telling a girl to do that was guaranteed to end well."

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

"I'd be fine without either of them. I didn't need a guy. But was it wrong to enjoy spending time with one who made me happy and brought out parts of me I didn't know existed?"

-Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

31 Top fiction books like Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang

4.18

Transform Your Habits

This Time It's Real

Ann Liang

4.02

Transform Your Habits

This May End Badly

Samantha Markum

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

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18 Top fiction books like Hearts Overboard by Becky Dean

Transform Your Habits

Love, Off the Record

Samantha Markum

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Witty in Pink

Erica George

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Six More Months of June

Daisy Garrison

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

Ellen Oh

3.46

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