21 must-read fiction books like When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

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When You Were Everything

By: Ashley Woodfolk

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You can't rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again. It’s been twenty-seven da…

"I can forget about her for hours or even whole days, and then the truth rushes back like a brush fire, burning me from the inside out. The person you loved? They're gone."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"I can forget about her for hours or even whole days, and then the truth rushes back like a brush fire, burning me from the inside out. The person you loved? They're gone."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"As we roll and pat and press the snow into new shapes, I pray that my memories are just as malleable as the snow in my hands. Hopefully my past is as rewritable as I'm pretending it can be."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"As we roll and pat and press the snow into new shapes, I pray that my memories are just as malleable as the snow in my hands. Hopefully my past is as rewritable as I'm pretending it can be."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

If you liked the fiction plot in When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

By: Joya Goffney

4.08

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is the story of an overly enthusiastic list… read more

Similar categories in Joya Goffney's Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"Cowards will do anything to feel safe, to feel in control. I used to be a coward, too, but the first brave thing I ever did was to stop being your friend."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"Because I realized today that that’s what I did to you. I forced you to get naked before you were ready. And I’m disgusted at myself for doing that to you."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

"I think to myself, If I can still move, what I’m gon’ be still for? Maybe because I’m too scared to move. Because if I move, people might see me. Because staying still is easier."

-Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

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2. 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 Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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3. Her Good Side

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Weatherspoon's Her Good Side book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1)

By: Elise Bryant

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely se… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1) book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert

3.72

Format: 336 pages, ebook

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud sto… read more

Similar categories in Talia Hibbert's Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Are you worried about me, love?"

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"She's a pop of scarlet in the November fog."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"Jesus H. Christ. It's like drowning in a bath of hormones."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

"You're allowed anywhere you want, as long as you're right next to me."

-Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

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6. When I Think of You

By: Myah Ariel

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two fo… read more

Similar categories in Myah Ariel's When I Think of You book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Whiteout

By: Dhonielle Clayton

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's Whiteout book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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9. Not So Pure and Simple

By: Lamar Giles

4.05

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Not So Pure and Simple book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."

-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple

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10. Hurricane Summer

By: Asha Ashanti Bromfield

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves… read more

Similar categories in Asha Ashanti Bromfield's Hurricane Summer book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Sometimes little girls must become their own heroes."

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"Mom says you get two birthdays. The first one is the day you are born. The second one is the day you leave home and give birth to yourself."

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"When they ask me how I weathered the storm, I will tell them I did not. I was ravished like the zinc houses and devoured like the soil as it swallowed itself whole. I was ruined. I was disaster. I wa…"

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"We watch as the rain pummels the land, tearing apart houses and sheds and wiping out what has been so perfectly crafted. Objects crash into one another, and there is an evolution to their madness as …"

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

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11. We Used to Be Friends

By: Amy Spalding

3.30

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Two best friends grow up—and grow apart—in this innovative contemporary YA novel   Told in dual ti… read more

Similar categories in Amy Spalding's We Used to Be Friends book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The secret about falling in love is how you can do it a million times over with the same person, when the person is the right one."

-Amy Spalding, We Used to Be Friends

"Quinn is somehow balancing all three Dole Whip floats in her hands. 'Should we eat these in the Tiki Room? Or just sit out here?' 'You can't not eat these in the Tiki Room,' Kat says. 'I can only enj…"

-Amy Spalding, We Used to Be Friends

Cover of When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

12. When You Were Everything

By: Ashley Woodfolk

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You can't rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again. It’s been twenty-seven da… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"I can forget about her for hours or even whole days, and then the truth rushes back like a brush fire, burning me from the inside out. The person you loved? They're gone."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"As we roll and pat and press the snow into new shapes, I pray that my memories are just as malleable as the snow in my hands. Hopefully my past is as rewritable as I'm pretending it can be."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"As I look out at the blurry city, I embrace the illusion that everything is fine because it's snowing. And in the snow, I can pretend that the sad things in my life are just dreams I've misremembered."

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

"So for a second I allow myself to look and listen, to notice the world around me. But inevitably, that leads to noticing my utter aloneness, and to thinking of every ugly thing I've done that has lea…"

-Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything

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13. If You, Then Me

By: Yvonne Woon

3.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What would you ask your future self? First question: What does it feel like to kiss someone? Xia… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's If You, Then Me book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The paths your idols took closed behind them and you'll have to grope around in the weeds, trying to cut your own way through."

-Yvonne Woon, If You, Then Me

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14. When the Vibe Is Right

By: Sarah Dass

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers contemporary rom… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's When the Vibe Is Right book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. All the Things We Never Knew

By: Liara Tamani

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the moment Carli and Rex first locked eyes on a Texas high school basketball court, they both … read more

Similar categories in Liara Tamani's All the Things We Never Knew book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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16. Somebody That I Used to Know

By: Dana L. Davis

4.03

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fresh, addictive novel from the author of Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now , an aspiring musician… read more

Similar categories in Dana L. Davis's Somebody That I Used to Know book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Shen's The Queens of New York book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

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18. The Color of a Lie

By: Kim Johnson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's The Color of a Lie book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. Between Friends & Lovers

By: Shirlene Obuobi

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Talia Hibbert meets Carley Fortune in this swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of … read more

Similar categories in Shirlene Obuobi's Between Friends & Lovers book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. We Are Big Time

By: Hena Khan

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

SWISH! Cheer courtside for a Muslim teen as she joins an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team a… read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's We Are Big Time book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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21. Saving Savannah

By: Tonya Bolden

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The story of an African-American girl becoming a woman on her own terms against the backdrop of wid… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Bolden's Saving Savannah book and Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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