19 best-selling romance books like When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington

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When Summer Ends

By: Jessica Pennington

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Aiden Emerson is an all-star pitcher and the all-around golden boy of Riverton. Or at least he was,…

"This is our thing now, right? Letting chance decide?"

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"This is our thing now, right? Letting chance decide?"

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"Stop stressing. Let fate decide, and then roll with it."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"Stop stressing. Let fate decide, and then roll with it."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

If you liked the romance plot in When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Adorkable

By: Cookie O'Gorman

3.58

Format: 24 pages,

Adorkable (ah-dor-kuh-bul): Descriptive term meaning to be equal parts dorky and adorable. For refe… read more

Similar categories in Cookie O'Gorman's Adorkable book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
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2. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

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

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3. The Last Thing You Said

By: Sara Biren

3.57

Format: 208 pages,

Everything changed for Ben Porter and Lucy Meadows after Ben's sister - Lucy's best friend - died. … read more

Similar categories in Sara Biren's The Last Thing You Said book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Distance Between Us

By: Kasie West

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and aft… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's The Distance Between Us book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Summer of Skinny Dipping (Summer, #1)

By: Amanda Howells

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

There Are Some Summers You'll Always Remember Sometimes I wake up shivering in the early hours of t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Howells's The Summer of Skinny Dipping (Summer, #1) book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

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

6. Listen to Your Heart

By: Kasie West

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake… read more

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7. Catch a Falling Star

By: Kim Culbertson

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously charming novel about finding true love . . . and yourself. Nothing ever happens in Li… read more

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8. Maybe This Time

By: Kasie West

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Maybe This Time book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Young man, this is the face of a woman who wants you to move along. Study it because I sense you see it a lot and are oblivious to what it means."

-Kasie West, Maybe This Time

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9. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • 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

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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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • 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. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Out of Left Field

By: Kris Hui Lee

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s no playing it safe in love or baseball in this sparkling debut, perfect for fans of Morgan … read more

Similar categories in Kris Hui Lee's Out of Left Field book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
"He’s not a god, but sometimes he doesn’t seem to be entirely human."

-Kris Hui Lee, Out of Left Field

"It’s about being friends and hanging out and just being silly together."

-Kris Hui Lee, Out of Left Field

"Somehow, from where I started, I’ve taken two steps forward and about a hundred steps back."

-Kris Hui Lee, Out of Left Field

"forgive, forget, and move on, because the moment you start dwelling on the past is the moment you stop playing your best."

-Kris Hui Lee, Out of Left Field

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13. Throw Like a Girl

By: Sarah Henning

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Morgan Matson's The Unexpected Everything in this contemporary debut wher… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's Throw Like a Girl book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
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14. Let Me List the Ways

By: Sarah White

3.81

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Mackenzie Clark has been best friends with Nolan Walker for as long as she can remember. She’s shar… read more

Similar categories in Sarah White's Let Me List the Ways book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. The Game Can't Love You Back

By: Karole Cozzo

3.88

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Eve is used to being the odd woman out. As the only girl on her school's baseball team, she knows e… read more

Similar categories in Karole Cozzo's The Game Can't Love You Back book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports
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16. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Matchbreaker Summer

By: Annie Rains

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's The Matchbreaker Summer book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • 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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19. When Summer Ends

By: Jessica Pennington

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Aiden Emerson is an all-star pitcher and the all-around golden boy of Riverton. Or at least he was,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
"This is our thing now, right? Letting chance decide?"

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"Stop stressing. Let fate decide, and then roll with it."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"That’s what I need right now; something to save me from being pulled under by hope again."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

"This summer, I'm going to do what Emma said, and let loose. I'll let fate decide—one coin flip at a time."

-Jessica Pennington, When Summer Ends

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20. 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 Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

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

-Amelia Diane Coombs, Exactly Where You Need to Be

"My OCD is a speed bump, 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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21. What's Not to Love

By: Emily Wibberley

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An academic enemies-to-lovers YA. Since high school began, Alison Sanger and Ethan Molloy have c… read more

Similar categories in Emily Wibberley's What's Not to Love book and Jessica Pennington's When Summer Ends

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Second Chance Summer

Morgan Matson

4.12

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The Last Thing You Said

Sara Biren

3.57

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The Distance Between Us

Kasie West

4.35

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The Summer of Skinny Dipping (Summer, #1)

Amanda Howells

3.43

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Transform Your Habits

Promchanted

Morgan Matson

3.69

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Begin Again

Emma Lord

3.71

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Kasie West

3.88

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Meredith Ireland

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