25 Best romance books like What You Left Me by Bridget Morrissey

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What You Left Me

By: Bridget Morrissey

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Martin and Petra meet for the first time at graduation, and though they’ve shared the halls of thei…

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1. Falling into Place

By: Amy Zhang , Amy Zhang

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s Laws of Motion in physics class. Th… read more

Similar categories in Amy Zhang's Falling into Place book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There's more to life than cause and effect."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"She would die, and maybe everyone would forget that she had ever lived."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"There was a certain freedom in being on the outside. He watched instead of being watched."

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

"I would have pulled her back. I would have saved her from falling, but she didn’t see my hand"

-Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

Cover of When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

2. When My Heart Joins the Thousand

By: A.J. Steiger

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Obviously I’m not what most people would describe as happy. But that has nothing to do with anythin… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Steiger's When My Heart Joins the Thousand book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck

3. A Short History of the Girl Next Door

By: Jared Reck

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The unrequited love of the girl next door is the centerpiece of this fiercely funny, yet heart-brea… read more

Similar categories in Jared Reck's A Short History of the Girl Next Door book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Keeping the Moon

By: Sarah Dessen

3.79

Format: None pages,

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here. Colie expects the worst when she's sent t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's Keeping the Moon book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. What Light

By: Jay Asher

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Jay Asher, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, comes a romance that w… read more

Similar categories in Jay Asher's What Light book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Side Effects May Vary

By: Julie Murphy

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, she vows to spend her final months righting… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's Side Effects May Vary book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Wild Swans

By: Jessica Spotswood

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be golden; all bonfires, barbeques, and spending ti… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Spotswood's Wild Swans book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Now That You Mention It

By: Kristan Higgins

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becomin… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Now That You Mention It book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Famous Last Words

By: Katie Alender

4.16

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood history, mystery, murder, mayhem, and delicious romance collide in this unputdownable thr… read more

Similar categories in Katie Alender's Famous Last Words book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

10. Exit, Pursued by a Bear

By: E.K. Johnston

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars meets William Shakespeare in E.K. Johnston's latest brave and unforgettable heroine. … read more

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11. Girl Out of Water

By: Laura Silverman

3.88

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish … read more

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12. Something Old, Something New

By: Amy Clipston

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Sometimes treasure can be found where you least expect it. In the decade since high school gradu… read more

Similar categories in Amy Clipston's Something Old, Something New book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Love from Scratch

By: Kaitlyn Hill

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coa… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Hill's Love from Scratch book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
"We met just a few minutes ago and he's already making fun of how I talk," I say. "All required ingredients in a recipe for success." "Don't get your petticoats in a twist, Scarlett O'Hara," Benny sho…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"Reese," I say, still in a daze. I am totally dead-fishing our handshake, but he doesn't seem to notice. "Like Reese's Cups, the best candy in the history of the world?" He gives me a lopsided grin an…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I've ended up with what are essentially dinner rolls that tried to dress as pretzels for Halloween. Benny's, meanwhile, are mall-food-court-level perfection. Apparently the boiling part---plus baking…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

"I'm pouring the nuts into the food processor when I notice Benny is already pulling a bowl out from under the stand mixer and starting to fold in dry ingredients by hand. "Why do I feel like you're w…"

-Kaitlyn Hill, Love from Scratch

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14. The Summer After You and Me

By: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Will it be a summer of new starts or second chances? Lucy loves her life at the New Jersey shore. B… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's The Summer After You and Me book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"First I lost my heart. Then I lost my mind."

-Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, The Summer After You and Me

"Low expectations give me the gift of surprise sometimes."

-Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, The Summer After You and Me

"There are no detours on a road trip, Catalano. There is only the road trip itself"

-Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, The Summer After You and Me

"You flambe one car and now you think every song with fire is about you," Logan says. "Get over yourself, Catalano."

-Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, The Summer After You and Me

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15. All That’s Left to Say

By: Emery Lord

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and powerful story of a grieving girl willing to risk everything, perfect for fans of Ro… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lord's All That’s Left to Say book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Monsters Born and Made

By: Tanvi Berwah

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstro… read more

Similar categories in Tanvi Berwah's Monsters Born and Made book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"But bruises on your mother's body are hard to miss when you embrace her, and she gasps in pain."

-Tanvi Berwah, Monsters Born and Made

"If the one person you have always trusted to make sense of the snakes of anxiety knotting in your mind over and over again, suddenly stops even listening to you, what do you do?"

-Tanvi Berwah, Monsters Born and Made

"I was born in anger. I live with it. It's everywhere. It's in the way people look at us. It's in the way we exist. It's the way we burn. What do you know of how angry I am, Dorian Akayan?"

-Tanvi Berwah, Monsters Born and Made

"I know better now, the rules of this game of power were always stacked against people like us. And while we fought one another, they ran things like they wanted. We're made to feel like we're part of…"

-Tanvi Berwah, Monsters Born and Made

Cover of Remember Me Gone by Stacy Stokes

17. Remember Me Gone

By: Stacy Stokes

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lucy Miller's family has the unique ability to remove people's painful memories--but Lucy isn't pre… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Stokes's Remember Me Gone book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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18. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Alone Out Here

By: Riley Redgate

3.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

What do you stand for, when you're one of the last left standing? The year is 2072. Soon a volcani… read more

Similar categories in Riley Redgate's Alone Out Here book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

20. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Funeral Songs for Dying Girls book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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21. What You Hide

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.77

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding romantic thriller from the author of We All Fall Down and Six Months Later … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's What You Hide book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe there’s a book in here that will tell me what to do when all the smart choices feel wrong."

-Natalie D. Richards, What You Hide

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22. Every Time You Go Away

By: Abigail Johnson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Johnson's Every Time You Go Away book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

23. August and Everything After

By: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Summer on the New Jersey shore offers Quinn a new start at life and love, but only if she can come … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Salvato Doktorski's August and Everything After book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Very Bad People

By: Kit Frick

3.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's Very Bad People book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. Together We Rot

By: Skyla Arndt

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her form… read more

Similar categories in Skyla Arndt's Together We Rot book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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26. Citizen Illegal

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of C… read more

Similar categories in José Olivarez's Citizen Illegal book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

"I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry that love is violence."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

"my enemies aren’t ugly-faced crooks, they don’t laugh while innocent die.​ they point & say how tragic then go home to pet their cute dogs."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

Cover of What You Left Me by Bridget Morrissey

27. What You Left Me

By: Bridget Morrissey

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Martin and Petra meet for the first time at graduation, and though they’ve shared the halls of thei… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • magical realism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • fantasy
  • adhd
Cover of Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder

28. Letting Go of Gravity

By: Meg Leder

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites. Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful. C… read more

Similar categories in Meg Leder's Letting Go of Gravity book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Little parts of my heart break off then, for Finn, for Ruby, for Charlie, for me, for all the ways we've let ourselves become who people think we should be instead of who we really are."

-Meg Leder, Letting Go of Gravity

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29. The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

By: David Levithan

3.58

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on a twisting journey through … read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi

30. Nobody Knows But You

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

3.31

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Maybe a killer only looks like a killer in the moment just before, during, or after. Maybe a lia… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Nobody Knows But You book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"But what even is truth? Because we all have different perceptions and those perceptions shape our truths. And two contradicting things can be true at once."

-Anica Mrose Rissi, Nobody Knows But You

"Give people a few convincing threads and they'll spin the rest themselves. This story has been woven for us, more tightly than I could have done. I couldn't untangle the knots now if I tried."

-Anica Mrose Rissi, Nobody Knows But You

"I'm the only one who saw your full truth. I still see it. I'm trying to keep holding it tight. But truth can be slippery, hard to look at straight on. It's too open to interpretations and view points…"

-Anica Mrose Rissi, Nobody Knows But You

Cover of Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry

31. Echoes Between Us

By: Katie McGarry

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a gi… read more

Similar categories in Katie McGarry's Echoes Between Us book and Bridget Morrissey's What You Left Me

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"Don't you get it? The only time I live is when I'm with you."

-Katie McGarry, Echoes Between Us

27 Best fiction books like What You Left Me by Bridget Morrissey

Transform Your Habits

Falling into Place

Amy Zhang , Amy Zhang

3.84

Transform Your Habits

When My Heart Joins the Thousand

A.J. Steiger

4.02

Transform Your Habits

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

Jared Reck

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Keeping the Moon

Sarah Dessen

3.79

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13 Top nonfiction books like Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez

Transform Your Habits

Blood Dazzler

Patricia Smith

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Crown Ain't Worth Much

Hanif Abdurraqib

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Look

Solmaz Sharif

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Unaccompanied

Javier Zamora

3.89

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