6 must-read realistic fiction books like The Summer of '98 by Tay Marley

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The Summer of '98

By: Tay Marley

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Before Drayton and Dallas, there was Ellie and Leroy . . . With the prequel to her smash hit The…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Summer of '98 by Tay Marley , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. After We Collided (After, #2)

By: Anna Todd

3.72

Format: 674 pages, Paperback

Tessa has everything to lose. Hardin has nothing to lose… except her. After a tumultuous beginn… read more

Similar categories in Anna Todd's After We Collided (After, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What hurts the most? Rejection.."

-Anna Todd, After We Collided (After, #2)

"Sometimes you just have to choose to let things go, to move on."

-Anna Todd, After We Collided (After, #2)

"Is love always like this? Is it always so passionate, yet so damn painful?"

-Anna Todd, After We Collided (After, #2)

"nothing exists except this letter, these perfect words from my imperfect hardin."

-Anna Todd, After We Collided (After, #2)

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2. Paper Hearts (The Heartbreaker Chronicles, #2)

By: Ali Novak

3.39

Format: 440 pages, ebook

"When I met Alec Williams, I nearly fainted. Totally embarrassing, but how often does a regular gir… read more

Similar categories in Ali Novak's Paper Hearts (The Heartbreaker Chronicles, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. The Heartbreakers (The Heartbreakers Chronicles, #1)

By: Ali Novak

4.26

Format: 999 pages,

"When I met Oliver Perry, I had no clue he was the lead singer for The Heartbreakers. And he had no… read more

Similar categories in Ali Novak's The Heartbreakers (The Heartbreakers Chronicles, #1) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Loose Ends List

By: Carrie Firestone

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's a summer for first love, last wishes, and letting go. Maddie has big plans to spend the last m… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Firestone's The Loose Ends List book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Perfect Addiction (Perfect Series, #2)

By: Claudia Tan

3.95

Format: 288 pages,

Eighteen-year-old Sienna Lane has finally got her life the way she wants it to be. A steady job at … read more

Similar categories in Claudia Tan's Perfect Addiction (Perfect Series, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • sports romance
  • sports
  • contemporary
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6. Catching Jordan

By: Miranda Kenneally

4.21

Format: None pages,

ONE OF THE BOYS What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jorda… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Catching Jordan book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
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7. Whatever Life Throws at You

By: Julie Cross

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Life loves a good curveball... Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the mome… read more

Similar categories in Julie Cross's Whatever Life Throws at You book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
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8. On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

By: Kasie West

4.02

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older … read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
"-You gotta do your best to be the best, right?"

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I can do both at the same time," he assured me. "I'm talented like that."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"Sometimes we expect more than people are capable of giving at the moment."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

"I knew why I cared. Why this mattered so much. Why his opinion was the only thing that mattered. I was more than crushing on him. I loved Braden."

-Kasie West, On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)

9. The Memory Book

By: Lara Avery

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first jus… read more

Similar categories in Lara Avery's The Memory Book book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

10. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)

By: Robin LaFevers

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

I lean forward, pushing my body out past the battlements. The wind plucks at my cloak, buffets agai… read more

Similar categories in Robin LaFevers's Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

11. Stay With Me (She's With Me, #2)

By: Ava Violet

3.49

Format: None pages, Wattpad

THIS WILL BE THE SEQUEL TO SHE'S WITH ME. If you haven't read the first one, this one will make ABS… read more

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12. Until Friday Night (The Field Party, #1)

By: Abbi Glines

3.60

Format: None pages, ebook

To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsom… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Glines's Until Friday Night (The Field Party, #1) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

13. After We Fell (After, #3)

By: Anna Todd

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Book 3 of the After series--newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd's After fanfiction racked up 1 bi… read more

Similar categories in Anna Todd's After We Fell (After, #3) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

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14. She's With Me (She's With Me, #1)

By: Jessica Cunsolo

4.07

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A new town, a new love, another chance to stay alive. Arriving in another new town, Amelia Colli… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Cunsolo's She's With Me (She's With Me, #1) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"so heavy with sorrow , so full of pain"

-Jessica Cunsolo, She's With Me (She's With Me, #1)

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15. It's All in How You Fall

By: Sarah Henning

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henning's It's All in How You Fall book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
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16. Dalaric

By: ARKHNN

4.20

Format: 305 pages, ebook

Dalaric "Ricky" Mikael was known for two things; being the country's best assassin and being a sile… read more

Similar categories in ARKHNN's Dalaric book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. The One I Left Behind (Plain Daisy Ranch, #1)

By: Piper Rayne

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind… read more

Similar categories in Piper Rayne's The One I Left Behind (Plain Daisy Ranch, #1) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • sports romance
  • sports
  • contemporary
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18. Sweet Temptation (Weybridge Academy, #2)

By: Alexandra Moody

3.67

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. I’ve only been at my exclusive new boarding school a few weeks, but I’v… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Moody's Sweet Temptation (Weybridge Academy, #2) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. The Hoodie Girl

By: Yuen Wright

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

My hoodie is freakishly oversized. It covers my body in a way that makes me feel comfortable. Saf… read more

Similar categories in Yuen Wright's The Hoodie Girl book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
"Unlike people, pi is forever, it doesn't just die, and it doesn't just end. It's constant, but at the same time there's no pattern to it. It's different. Unpredictable."

-Yuen Wright, The Hoodie Girl

"She was more beautiful than anything he’d ever seen, Her hair the shade of coffee beans, A hoodie sheltered her in a sheet of red, That slowly seeped and gently bled And when she laughed She crept he…"

-Yuen Wright, The Hoodie Girl

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20. 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 Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
"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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21. Body Check

By: Elle Kennedy

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author of the Briar U series Elle Kennedy’s first hockey romance, Body C… read more

Similar categories in Elle Kennedy's Body Check book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
"Then there’s the intelligence that practically radiates from you. Did I ever tell you smart women seriously turn me on?"

-Elle Kennedy, Body Check

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22. Still With Me (She's With Me, #3)

By: Jessica Cunsolo

4.14

Format: None pages, ebook

*This is a FREE, UNEDITED WATTPAD BOOK. It is UNEDITED* Who will Charlotte end up with? Will No… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Cunsolo's Still With Me (She's With Me, #3) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Bad Boy Roommate

By: grraciie_

4.13

Format: None pages, ebook

After a prank went terribly wrong, Hayden Jones is sent across the country to Caldwell Academy, a s… read more

Similar categories in grraciie_'s Bad Boy Roommate book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
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24. Best Vacation Ever

By: Jessica Cunsolo

3.58

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Two best friends, five hot guys, one dream vacation. What could possibly go wrong? Lori is beautif… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Cunsolo's Best Vacation Ever book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. The Bad Boy and the Tomboy

By: Nicole Nwosu

4.08

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Some love stories begin in all the wrong ways. Always comfortable being one of the guys, Macy An… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Nwosu's The Bad Boy and the Tomboy book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
"Change was inevitable. It didn't mean I had to like it."

-Nicole Nwosu, The Bad Boy and the Tomboy

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26. Be With Me (With Me, 4)

By: Jessica Cunsolo

4.21

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Jessica Cunsolo’s With Me series continues with Jason and Jackson Parker who are all grown up now a… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Cunsolo's Be With Me (With Me, 4) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. Fight For Her

By: Liz Plum

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the outside, being the heir to a million-dollar auto repair company, the girlfriend to the sch… read more

Similar categories in Liz Plum's Fight For Her book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. The Summer of '98

By: Tay Marley

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Before Drayton and Dallas, there was Ellie and Leroy . . . With the prequel to her smash hit The… read more

Similar categories in Tay Marley's The Summer of '98 book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports romance
  • sports
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29. Forgotten Rules (Rules, #4)

By: Eliah Greenwood

4.16

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

Rule #1: Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend. Rule #2: Wait… What was rule number one agai… read more

Similar categories in Eliah Greenwood's Forgotten Rules (Rules, #4) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Thank you for showing me you were worth knowing"

-Eliah Greenwood, Forgotten Rules (Rules, #4)

"For the sake of the female population, Kendrick should only be shipped with his hand."

-Eliah Greenwood, Forgotten Rules (Rules, #4)

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30. Unbroken Rules (Rules #3)

By: Eliah Greenwood

4.07

Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition

Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From deranged exes, to complicated fa… read more

Similar categories in Eliah Greenwood's Unbroken Rules (Rules #3) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult romance
Cover of Belong With Me (With Me, #5) by Jessica Cunsolo

31. Belong With Me (With Me, #5)

By: Jessica Cunsolo

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the gripping sequel to BE WITH ME, Jessica Cunsolo takes us back to the world of With Me. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Cunsolo's Belong With Me (With Me, #5) book and Tay Marley's The Summer of '98

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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