16 Top young adult books like Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Cover of Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Take Me Home Tonight

By: Morgan Matson

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that…

"I have a crippling fear of being without a dog."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"I have a crippling fear of being without a dog."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"It's always easier to believe someone is perfect and never wrong. Easier - but never true."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"It's always easier to believe someone is perfect and never wrong. Easier - but never true."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

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1. Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1)

By: Leila Howland

3.77

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

For Cricket Thompson, a summer like this one will change everything. A summer spent on Nantucket wi… read more

Similar categories in Leila Howland's Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1) book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
"And what if that news anchor is creepy? He's too smooth, and he has that hairpiece."

-Leila Howland, Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1)

"Without a best friend to tell stories to, it almost didn't matter if they even happened."

-Leila Howland, Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1)

"It wasn't fair. I wanted to take her to friend court. I wanted to sue her. But I could see the faces of the jury when it was revealed that her mother had just died. Died."

-Leila Howland, Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1)

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2. Who Was Marie Antoinette?

By: Dana Meachen Rau , John O'Brien

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

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3. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

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4. Wherever Nina Lies

By: Lynn Weingarten

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Nina was beautiful, wild & adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But, one day, Nina disappeared. 2 y… read more

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5. Once and for All

By: Sarah Dessen

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake, Once and for All, Sarah Dessen's thirteenth … read more

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6. The Arsonist

By: Stephanie Oakes

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and h… read more

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7. 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 Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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8. Places We've Never Been

By: Kasie West

3.88

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Places We've Never Been book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Have you heard the saying that when God closes a door, he opens a window?"

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

"But failure in life is inevitable. It’s only a problem if we let it keep us from progressing."

-Kasie West, Places We've Never Been

Cover of Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3) by Kasie West

9. Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

By: Kasie West

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At sixteen, Hadley Moore knows exactly who she is—a swimmer who will earn a scholarship to college.… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3) book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But I knew it wasn't that simple. Nobody's fears were. Mine weren't."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"The only reason you need the mask is because you're afraid of not being perfect"

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I have to keep her around. She owns me." He kissed the corner of my mouth. "You own me."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I hated being vulnerable, putting myself out there. I hated looking stupid, feeling stupid. I didn't want to do this. But I had to. I would."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

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10. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Sunkissed book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

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11. Meet Me at Midnight

By: Jessica Pennington

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's Meet Me at Midnight book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

12. When You Get the Chance

By: Emma Lord

3.88

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but … read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's When You Get the Chance book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I wish more than anything I could ask him something now. I was prepared to lose him, maybe. But I wasn't prepared for what happens after the losing."

-Emma Lord, When You Get the Chance

Cover of The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

13. The Rest of the Story

By: Sarah Dessen

4.04

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does rememb… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"To summer, and to us."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"Even when words fail me, you never do."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"A life isn’t just the pages you know, it’s everything."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"You can make your life, or life can make you. Was it really that simple of a choice?"

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

Cover of Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

14. Borrow My Heart

By: Kasie West

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friend for being catfished, she jumps… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Borrow My Heart book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Stay Sweet

By: Siobhan Vivian

3.70

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

A summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without … read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Vivian's Stay Sweet book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Look for green lights, not stop signs."

-Siobhan Vivian, Stay Sweet

Cover of The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody

16. The Geography of Lost Things

By: Jessica Brody

3.82

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson, a teen girl di… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Geography of Lost Things book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

17. Take Me Home Tonight

By: Morgan Matson

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist in this romp through the city that… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"I have a crippling fear of being without a dog."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"It's always easier to believe someone is perfect and never wrong. Easier - but never true."

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

"I had a theory—even though I'd never told anyone, not even Kat—that love was about paying attention. It's the one thing you can't buy or fake or make up for at the last minute. So the things that mea…"

-Morgan Matson, Take Me Home Tonight

Cover of The Getaway List by Emma Lord

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 Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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. Chasing Lucky

By: Jenn Bennett

3.75

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bennett's Chasing Lucky book and Morgan Matson's Take Me Home Tonight

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We need art to remind us that the struggle is worth something."

-Jenn Bennett, Chasing Lucky

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20. Slingshot

By: Mercedes Helnwein

3.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Famous in a Small Town

By: Emma Mills

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, a… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"I told August this, and he nodded I consideration. "Could be possible." "Fifty grand to fix your vacuum." "I mean, that's a deal. My vacuum cost twelve million dollars." "Really." "Uh-huh. Military-g…"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"After all, it's where the teens are at, Brit has said. It's the zone for teens. We almost can't exist in any other kind of zone. Child Zone? Forget it. Adult Zone? Fuck that noise. I am for the Teen …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

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Erin L. Schneider

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