24 Best fiction books like When I Was Summer by J.B. Howard

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When I Was Summer

By: J.B. Howard

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A relatable novel about unrequited love, rock ’n’ roll, and what you find when you go searching for…

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1. The Girl I Used to Be

By: April Henry

3.89

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen years ago, a three-year-old girl was the only survivor at a horrific murder scene. Now she… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Girl I Used to Be book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

By: Kate Milford

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, … read more

Similar categories in Kate Milford's Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1) book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I want that T-shirt" Sirin muttered. " I should have that T-shirt."

-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

"Never overlook folklore if you want to really know about the place it came from."

-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

"But Milo had a shiny gold present to open, and presents trumped sad trees any day of the week."

-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

"But when things were passed to you, you were supposed to pass them on to someone else eventually too."

-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

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3. Romancing the Throne

By: Nadine Jolie Courtney

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Scandal, secrets, and heartbreak abound in this juicy, modern girl-meets-prince story--perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Nadine Jolie Courtney's Romancing the Throne book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Wonderful Tonight

By: Penny Junor , Pattie Boyd

3.16

Format: 288 pages,

A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight Why are you writing the book now? I have been a… read more

Similar categories in Penny Junor's Wonderful Tonight book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • music
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5. RoseBlood

By: A.G. Howard

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

In this modern day spin on Leroux's gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-yea… read more

Similar categories in A.G. Howard's RoseBlood book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult

6. Awkward (Awkward, #1)

By: Svetlana Chmakova

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for sur… read more

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7. Monster

By: Walter Dean Myers

3.73

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The … read more

Similar categories in Walter Dean Myers's Monster book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

8. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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9. Say You'll Remember Me

By: Katie McGarry

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Drix was convicted of a crime--one he didn't commit--he thought his life was over. But opportu… read more

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10. Phantoms

By: Dean Koontz

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

CLOSER... They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body strangel… read more

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11. SPY×FAMILY 11

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.54

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

デズモンドの妻・メリンダと親しくなったヨルに負けないよう、「ナカヨシ作戦」に本気になるアーニャ! だが、イーデン校の社会科見学の道中、子供たちは事件に巻き込まれ…!? read more

Similar categories in Tatsuya Endo's SPY×FAMILY 11 book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
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12. Apple Crush

By: Lucy Knisley

4.06

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Jen and Andy are back in the sequel to Stepping Stones, New York Times bestselling author Lucy Knis… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Apple Crush book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
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13. The Rest of the Story

By: Sarah Dessen

4.04

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does rememb… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"To summer, and to us."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"Even when words fail me, you never do."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"A life isn’t just the pages you know, it’s everything."

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

"You can make your life, or life can make you. Was it really that simple of a choice?"

-Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

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14. Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #11)

By: Gabriela Epstein

4.28

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Stacey McGill is moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Cha… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Epstein's Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #11) book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. Spy×Family 12

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.40

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

バスジャック事件の波乱も過ぎ去り、平穏な生活を取り戻したフォージャー家。だが、“普通の夫婦”は相手に不満があるものとヨルが思い込み…!? さらに東国の諜報員がWISEの機密情報を持ち出して──…!! read more

Similar categories in Tatsuya Endo's Spy×Family 12 book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
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16. Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.06

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You like it,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"QUIDQUID LATINE DICTUM, ALTUM VIDETUR."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,"

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

"People change , Rowan. Thank God they do."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1)

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17. Up the Ladder

By: J.J. Sorel

3.55

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

An ordinary day turns extraordinary when a sexy advertising exec walks into her bookshop… Sara Jam… read more

Similar categories in J.J. Sorel's Up the Ladder book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
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18. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. All-American Muslim Girl

By: Nadine Jolie Courtney

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Allie Abraham has it all going for her—she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-kn… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'm still a Muslim. And I'm still good."

-Nadine Jolie Courtney, All-American Muslim Girl

"It might be awkward and difficult at first, but if you're willing to take the risk, the rewards are beyond your wildest dreams"

-Nadine Jolie Courtney, All-American Muslim Girl

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20. The Twin

By: Natasha Preston

3.34

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Ivy and Iris haven't lived together for years - when their mother and father divorced, each parent … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Twin book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. There Should Have Been Eight

By: Nalini Singh

3.48

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh, a remote estate in N… read more

Similar categories in Nalini Singh's There Should Have Been Eight book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12)

By: Chan Chau

4.38

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Eisner-nominated artist Chan Chau! Jessi … read more

Similar categories in Chan Chau's Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12) book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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23. Sixteen Souls

By: Rosie Talbot

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have gli… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Talbot's Sixteen Souls book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • young adult
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24. We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight thei… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's We Can't Keep Meeting Like This book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. Always the Almost

By: Edward Underhill

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win … read more

Similar categories in Edward Underhill's Always the Almost book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • music
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Gifted School

By: Bruce Holsinger

3.71

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a group of friends and families that is nearly… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Holsinger's The Gifted School book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Here After

By: Amy Lin

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lin's Here After book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
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28. Heartbreak Boys

By: Simon James Green

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks... At the start of summer, Jack and Na… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Heartbreak Boys book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Whatever you are, we can remedy it"

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t know why other people have to make things so hard."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"Pretty people get away with being utter shits, and no one seems to care."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

"I don’t expect people to love me. I just wish they didn’t hate me quite so much."

-Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

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29. Famous in a Small Town

By: Emma Mills

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Mills's Famous in a Small Town book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • music
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I really thought I could do it. Maybe that’s my problem."

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"Do you have, like...stuff to do?" he said finally. "While the girls are asleep?" "Yeah. I usually go through Kyle and Heather's room. Tyr on all their clothes, roll around in their bed. That kind of …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"I told August this, and he nodded I consideration. "Could be possible." "Fifty grand to fix your vacuum." "I mean, that's a deal. My vacuum cost twelve million dollars." "Really." "Uh-huh. Military-g…"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

"After all, it's where the teens are at, Brit has said. It's the zone for teens. We almost can't exist in any other kind of zone. Child Zone? Forget it. Adult Zone? Fuck that noise. I am for the Teen …"

-Emma Mills, Famous in a Small Town

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30. Well... That Was Awkward

By: Megan Montgomery

3.52

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes you can feel like a fish out of water. Even in your own pond. Emerson and John meet on… read more

Similar categories in Megan Montgomery's Well... That Was Awkward book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of When I Was Summer by J.B. Howard

31. When I Was Summer

By: J.B. Howard

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A relatable novel about unrequited love, rock ’n’ roll, and what you find when you go searching for… read more

Similar categories in J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer book and J.B. Howard's When I Was Summer

  • romance
  • music
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

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April Henry

3.89

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Nadine Jolie Courtney

3.86

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Walter Dean Myers

3.73

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Nicole Andelfinger

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Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

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