25 must-read fiction books like Love and the Sea and Everything in Between by Brian McBride

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Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

By: Brian McBride

3.98

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF WATTPAD'S 2016 WATTY'S AWARD "We are bright. We are brave." College Freshman Adam West's …

"Maybe my heart is the moon and hers is the sun and everything else is gravity."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

"Maybe my heart is the moon and hers is the sun and everything else is gravity."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

"And now, we are above it all. Just me and her and the stars. The world is at our feet."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

"And now, we are above it all. Just me and her and the stars. The world is at our feet."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

If you liked the fiction plot in Love and the Sea and Everything in Between by Brian McBride , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Love & Luck

By: Jenna Evans Welch

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt's over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop … read more

Similar categories in Jenna Evans Welch's Love & Luck book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Orbiting Jupiter

By: Gary D. Schmidt

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When Jack meets his new foster brother, he already knows three things about him: Joseph almost kill… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's Orbiting Jupiter book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Veil of Winter (The Dericott Tales, #3) by Melanie Dickerson

3. Veil of Winter (The Dericott Tales, #3)

By: Melanie Dickerson

3.91

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

She's hounded from every side by treacherous elements and foes, but her greatest enemy lies within.… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dickerson's Veil of Winter (The Dericott Tales, #3) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
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4. 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 Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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5. Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)

By: Kara Swanson

4.26

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Peter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers. Desperate… read more

Similar categories in Kara Swanson's Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"You have always believed in the impossible, Peter. Don't give up yet."

-Kara Swanson, Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)

"You won't save them with a blade. You can't heal a wound by making one."

-Kara Swanson, Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)

"Neverwhere, life... it wasn't meant to be a freezeframe, Peter. It can't stay suspended forever. As much as it may hurt, we have to grow. If we don't grow, we don't live. We just stagnate and begin t…"

-Kara Swanson, Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)

"you may be the boy who lost almost everything because of his mistakes and the brokenness of other people that he couldn't control, but you are also the boy who chose not to run. Who returned to his b…"

-Kara Swanson, Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2)

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6. The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1)

By: Sara Ella

4.18

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Solve the clues. Face your fears. Survive the Trials. All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her N… read more

Similar categories in Sara Ella's The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"How is the world inside your mind any less real than the one outside it?"

-Sara Ella, The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1)

"Wonderland is what we imagine it to be, he says. You can become anything. Go anywhere. That's the magic of the Gene."

-Sara Ella, The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1)

"But it is when we are not ourselves that believing in the impossible - in the unseen - becomes most vital. We must believe in something beyond you or I."

-Sara Ella, The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1)

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7. Blood Secrets (Skyworld, #2)

By: Morgan L. Busse

4.27

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Not everyone wants to see the world saved . . . Time is running out. Cities are being engulfed i… read more

Similar categories in Morgan L. Busse's Blood Secrets (Skyworld, #2) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
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8. Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1)

By: Gillian Bronte Adams

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

She rides a fireborn, a steed of fire and ash, trained for destruction. Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Bronte Adams's Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"Become worthy. Lead."

-Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1)

"Maybe if men could hear the weeping of the stars, war and oppression would cease."

-Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1)

"Aodh’s purposes are not always apparent. Nor does his hand always guide where we expect."

-Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1)

"Life was cruel. It pitted the weak against the strong and never even blinked when the weak were crushed."

-Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash (The Fireborn Epic, #1)

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9. Calculated (Calculated #1)

By: Nova McBee

4.29

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B08MWMJR9J. Set in Shanghai and Se… read more

Similar categories in Nova McBee's Calculated (Calculated #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Wishtress

By: Nadine Brandes

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wish… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Brandes's Wishtress book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply"

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

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11. Hands Down

By: Mariana Zapata

3.91

Format: 550 pages, Kindle Edition

Before he was Big Texas, he was Zac the Snack Pack. Bianca Brannen knows time--mostly--heals all… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Zapata's Hands Down book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I was his fan because I didn't know how not to be. I was a lifelong fangirl, even though he'd forgotten about me."

-Mariana Zapata, Hands Down

"I was nobody’s puppy. I was a German Shepherd, maybe a Belgian Malinois; not the smallest or the biggest but strong, proud and loyal."

-Mariana Zapata, Hands Down

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12. Garden of the Midnights

By: Hannah Linder

4.30

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The accidents are not a matter of chance. They are deliberate. As English gentleman William Kensley… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Linder's Garden of the Midnights book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • christian
  • fiction
"A man is not what he possesses but what he does with himself."

-Hannah Linder, Garden of the Midnights

"There are too many people who would offer the honorary seat to the rich and the stool in the corner to the poor."

-Hannah Linder, Garden of the Midnights

"She gave him her warmth, her affection, every tender thought and emotion of her soul. She spoke everything she felt for him without words."

-Hannah Linder, Garden of the Midnights

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13. Merry Ex-Mas

By: Courtney Walsh

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

I haven’t been home for Christmas in eight years. But that’s about to change. This year, I’m tra… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's Merry Ex-Mas book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Wolf Soldier (Lightraider Academy, #1)

By: James R. Hannibal

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The fate of the Dragon Lands are at play The knights of the Lightraider Order disappeared nearly tw… read more

Similar categories in James R. Hannibal's Wolf Soldier (Lightraider Academy, #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
Cover of A Heart as Red as Paint (The Winter Souls, #2) by Jennifer Kropf

15. A Heart as Red as Paint (The Winter Souls, #2)

By: Jennifer Kropf

4.30

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

"Deck the halls with bells and folly..." Helen Bell has changed since facing off with Mara Rouge… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Kropf's A Heart as Red as Paint (The Winter Souls, #2) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • fiction
  • young adult
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16. A Soul as Cold as Frost (The Winter Souls, #1)

By: Jennifer Kropf

3.59

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

**AUTHOR'S NOTE: This book was REIMAGINED and REWRITTEN in 2024 to improve the reading experience. … read more

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  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"Blink twice and chase the train!"

-Jennifer Kropf, A Soul as Cold as Frost (The Winter Souls, #1)

"Knowing isn't the same as believing,' he said. 'This needs to come from "

-Jennifer Kropf, A Soul as Cold as Frost (The Winter Souls, #1)

"Everything in the Trite world shouted. But the truth... I was pretty sure it whispered."

-Jennifer Kropf, A Soul as Cold as Frost (The Winter Souls, #1)

"My dear boy, the music that sings beneath our feet was not silenced. You just stopped being quiet enough to hear it."

-Jennifer Kropf, A Soul as Cold as Frost (The Winter Souls, #1)

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17. Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

By: Victoria Lynn

4.01

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Violet lives her quiet little life in her sleepy village. Trying to remain as dead to the politics … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Lynn's Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
"Lord, it hurts."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"His pain affected her deeply."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"The Lord works in mysterious ways."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"I only did what anyone ought to do."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

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18. Greywolf's Heart (Spirits' Valley, #1)

By: C.M. Banschbach

4.59

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

A man born for war. A bastard raised in contempt. Only together can they defend their tribe from sl… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Banschbach's Greywolf's Heart (Spirits' Valley, #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • christian
  • fiction
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19. We Were Beautiful

By: Heather Hepler

3.79

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

It's been a year since fifteen-year-old Mia Hopkins was in the car crash that killed her older sist… read more

Similar categories in Heather Hepler's We Were Beautiful book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Tessa and Weston: The Best Christmas Ever

By: Abbie Emmons

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s Tessa and Weston’s first Christmas together, and Tessa is determined to make it the best holid… read more

Similar categories in Abbie Emmons's Tessa and Weston: The Best Christmas Ever book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. A Crown as Sharp as Pines (The Winter Souls, #3)

By: Jennifer Kropf

4.28

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

I'm dreaming of a frightful Christmas... The first thing that Patrolman Zane Cohen notices when he… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Kropf's A Crown as Sharp as Pines (The Winter Souls, #3) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
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22. Ares (Ignite Duology Prequel Short Story)

By: Jenna Terese

4.33

Format: 30 pages, ebook

"Ares could feel it. He could feel it in the frantic snow and the biting wind that pummeled ice int… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Terese's Ares (Ignite Duology Prequel Short Story) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • contemporary
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23. Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

By: Brian McBride

3.98

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF WATTPAD'S 2016 WATTY'S AWARD "We are bright. We are brave." College Freshman Adam West's … read more

Similar categories in Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • christian
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maybe my heart is the moon and hers is the sun and everything else is gravity."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

"And now, we are above it all. Just me and her and the stars. The world is at our feet."

-Brian McBride, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

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24. We Could be Villains

By: Megan McCullough

3.95

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Avoid spoilers. Don’t get fired. Defeat a not-so-fictional supervillain? Seventeen-year-old fang… read more

Similar categories in Megan McCullough's We Could be Villains book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Rose of the Oath: A Beauty and the Beast Novella (Legends of Light # 1) by Hope Ann

25. Rose of the Oath: A Beauty and the Beast Novella (Legends of Light # 1)

By: Hope Ann

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Picking a rose was a stupid way to trigger a curse, in Elissa’s opinion. But there’s no arguing wit… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • christian
  • young adult
Cover of Scales of Ash & Smoke (Ash & Smoke, #1) by Emily L. Schneider

26. Scales of Ash & Smoke (Ash & Smoke, #1)

By: Emily L. Schneider

3.73

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

She lived her whole life enslaved to the dragons. But now she’s one of them. Seventeen-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Emily L. Schneider's Scales of Ash & Smoke (Ash & Smoke, #1) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of By Light & Love (Taletha #0.5) by Anna Augustine

27. By Light & Love (Taletha #0.5)

By: Anna Augustine

4.48

Format: None pages, ebook

“If you had the chance to jump into a different life, would you?” In the city of Mordova, povert… read more

Similar categories in Anna Augustine's By Light & Love (Taletha #0.5) book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • romance
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28. Something I Am Not

By: Cher Gatto

4.65

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2016 Genesis Award, the 2020 Christian Indie Award for Best YA, and a finalist in the… read more

Similar categories in Cher Gatto's Something I Am Not book and Brian McBride's Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

  • christian
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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