15 Top young adult books like The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2) by Emery Lord

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The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

By: Emery Lord

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Emery Lord crafts a gorgeous story of friendship and identity, daring to ask: What…

"A quiet realization would be more poetic—something as quotidian as showing back up. Choosing each other when there's no fanfare."

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

"A quiet realization would be more poetic—something as quotidian as showing back up. Choosing each other when there's no fanfare."

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

"I wondered how we looked to the rest of the world. Young and silly, probably. I often had the distinct feeling that strangers watched us with annoyance, teenage girls with cotton candy lives. They could think that—that we were frothy and carefree. Would they ever guess how strong we were from carrying each other?"

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

"I wondered how we looked to the rest of the world. Young and silly, probably. I often had the distinct feeling that strangers watched us with annoyance, teenage girls with cotton candy lives. They could think that—that we were frothy and carefree. Would they ever guess how strong we were from carrying each other?"

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

If you liked the young adult plot in The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2) by Emery Lord , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Never Always Sometimes

By: Adi Alsaid

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Never date your best friend. Always be original. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken. B… read more

Similar categories in Adi Alsaid's Never Always Sometimes book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"Love was lazy as hell."

-Adi Alsaid, Never Always Sometimes

"To be sorry you hurt me is not enough for me to forgive you."

-Adi Alsaid, Never Always Sometimes

"No point in living a life less ordinary if you don't know what the other side looks like."

-Adi Alsaid, Never Always Sometimes

"Love traveled, it ran, it covered ground, eager to see more, do more. It was two people keeping pace with each other."

-Adi Alsaid, Never Always Sometimes

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2. That Summer

By: Sarah Dessen

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly six feet tall, her father is… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's That Summer book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Boy Most Likely To

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Audio CD

Surprises abound and sparks ignite in the highly anticipated, utterly romantic companion to My Life… read more

Similar categories in Huntley Fitzpatrick's The Boy Most Likely To book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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4. Second Chance Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.12

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Sandwiched between two exceptional siblings, Taylor Edwards never felt like she stood out—except fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Second Chance Summer book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need- love is all there is."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"Ich finde es überflüssig, mich mit Leuten abzugeben, die später mal keine Rolle mehr in meinem Leben spielen werden."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?"

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"I looked up at the stars, needing to see something fixed and permanent while everything else in my life seemed to be breaking apart."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

5. The Moon and More

By: Sarah Dessen

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through h… read more

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6. My Life Next Door

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garret… read more

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7. What to Say Next

By: Julie Buxbaum

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Two struggling teenagers find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Sometimes a new… read more

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8. Clean Break

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Em adores her funny, glamorous dad - who cares if he's not her real father? He's wonderful to her, … read more

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9. 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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10. Emmy & Oliver

By: Robin Benway

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmy's best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. Emmy hopes… read more

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11. 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 Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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12. 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 Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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

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13. Float

By: Kate Marchant

3.92

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A heartfelt summer read for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han about holding on and letting go. … read more

Similar categories in Kate Marchant's Float book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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14. Call It What You Want

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player t… read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Call It What You Want book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"One choice doesn’t determine your whole future."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"I don't carry a grudge but I have a functioning memory."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"Other people don’t have the challenges we have... but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"When you've lost everything,' he says, 'sometimes you don't see anything wrong with taking a little back."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

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15. 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 Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

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16. 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 Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"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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17. All Our Broken Pieces

By: L.D. Crichton

4.12

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

"You can’t keep two people who are meant to be together apart for long...” Lennon Davis doesn’t … read more

Similar categories in L.D. Crichton's All Our Broken Pieces book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"(Kyler's song about Lennon?) Stop hiding in the darkness, step out into the light. The sky is filled with all these stars, so come and kiss the night. Infinity is waiting, calling you by name. The wo…"

-L.D. Crichton, All Our Broken Pieces

"(Kyler's song about Lennon?) Stop hiding in the darkness, step out into the light. The sky is filled with all these stars, so come and kiss the night. Infinity is waiting, calling you by name. The wo…"

-L.D. Crichton, All Our Broken Pieces

"(Kyler's song about Lennon?) Stop hiding in the darkness, step out into the light. The sky is filled with all these stars, so come and kiss the night. Infinity is waiting, calling you by name. The wo…"

-L.D. Crichton, All Our Broken Pieces

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18. The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

By: Emery Lord

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Emery Lord crafts a gorgeous story of friendship and identity, daring to ask: What… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2) book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"A quiet realization would be more poetic—something as quotidian as showing back up. Choosing each other when there's no fanfare."

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

"I wondered how we looked to the rest of the world. Young and silly, probably. I often had the distinct feeling that strangers watched us with annoyance, teenage girls with cotton candy lives. They co…"

-Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

Cover of Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) by Rachel Lynn Solomon

19. Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance re… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Past Present Future (Rowan & Neil, #2) book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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20. 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 Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
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21. 10 Things I Hate About Prom

By: Elle Gonzalez Rose

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A fun, fresh contemporary rom-com that covers all the ways in which prom is overrated, and the bigg… read more

Similar categories in Elle Gonzalez Rose's 10 Things I Hate About Prom book and Emery Lord's The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2)

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance

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