13 Best audiobook books like The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

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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…

"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

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Second Chance Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.12

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Sandwiched between two exceptional siblings, Taylor Edwards never felt like she stood out—except fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Second Chance Summer book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need- love is all there is."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"Ich finde es überflüssig, mich mit Leuten abzugeben, die später mal keine Rolle mehr in meinem Leben spielen werden."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?"

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

"I looked up at the stars, needing to see something fixed and permanent while everything else in my life seemed to be breaking apart."

-Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer

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2. The Distance Between Us

By: Kasie West

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and aft… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's The Distance Between Us book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

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4. Since You've Been Gone

By: Morgan Matson

4.07

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before wh… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Since You've Been Gone book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"In a well-ordered universe..."

-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

"In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors."

-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

"And real friends never have to tell you that they're your friends."

-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

"Maybe she didn’t do something big. Maybe she just told someone something."

-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

5. Listen to Your Heart

By: Kasie West

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake… read more

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6. Love, Life, and the List

By: Kasie West

3.50

Format: 121 pages, ebook

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret … read more

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7. 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 Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"-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)

8. What I Thought Was True

By: Huntley Fitzpatrick

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Gwen Castle has never so badly wanted to say good-bye to her island home till now: the summer her B… read more

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9. Alex, Approximately

By: Jenn Bennett

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams--she just doesn't know it y… read more

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10. Maybe This Time

By: Kasie West

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Maybe This Time book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Young man, this is the face of a woman who wants you to move along. Study it because I sense you see it a lot and are oblivious to what it means."

-Kasie West, Maybe This Time

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11. The Do-Over

By: Lynn Painter

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Do-Over book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Everybody likes cats in sweaters"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

" I had a marvelous time ruining everything "

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I know that I'm the only one who truly cares about my happiness, so I make it a priority"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I fell in love with you on Valentine’s day, Emilie, but I need more than just seven minutes."

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

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12. 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 Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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13. Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

By: Kasie West

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At sixteen, Hadley Moore knows exactly who she is—a swimmer who will earn a scholarship to college.… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3) book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But I knew it wasn't that simple. Nobody's fears were. Mine weren't."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"The only reason you need the mask is because you're afraid of not being perfect"

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I have to keep her around. She owns me." He kissed the corner of my mouth. "You own me."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

"I hated being vulnerable, putting myself out there. I hated looking stupid, feeling stupid. I didn't want to do this. But I had to. I would."

-Kasie West, Moment of Truth (Love, Life, and the List, #3)

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14. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Sunkissed book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

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15. Float

By: Kate Marchant

3.92

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A heartfelt summer read for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han about holding on and letting go. … read more

Similar categories in Kate Marchant's Float book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Meet Me at Midnight

By: Jessica Pennington

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Pennington's Meet Me at Midnight book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"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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18. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. The Summer of Broken Rules

By: K.L. Walther

3.91

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Meredith Fox has been going to Martha's Vineyard for the summer as long as she can remember. But th… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Walther's The Summer of Broken Rules book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Your wicked,"

-K.L. Walther, The Summer of Broken Rules

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20. What Happens After Midnight

By: K.L. Walther

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she's officially finished with boarding school. With graduatio… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Walther's What Happens After Midnight book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. The Edge of Summer

By: Erica George

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson will be swept away by this big-hearted novel about one girl … read more

Similar categories in Erica George's The Edge of Summer book and Sarah Dessen's The Rest of the Story

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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