Books like If I Stay

If you liked If I Stay by Gayle Forman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. P.S. I Still Love You

    Jenny Han · 2015 · To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2

    Because shares tags: romance, young adult, family.

    Lara Jean juggles Peter, a video scandal, and a letter from an old crush.

  2. I'll Give You the Sun

    Jandy Nelson · 2014

    Because shares tags: young adult, family, romance.

    Twins Noah and Jude split after their mother's death, bound by art, guilt and first love.

  3. After You

    Jojo Moyes · 2015 · Me Before You #2

    Because shares tags: romance, grief, family.

    Lou grieves Will, falls from a roof, joins a group, and meets Sam and a surprise from Will's past.

  4. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because shares tags: romance, family, grief.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  5. The Last Song

    Nicholas Sparks · 2009

    Because shares tags: romance, family, music.

    Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.

  6. All the Bright Places

    Jennifer Niven · 2015

    Because shares tags: young adult, grief, romance.

    Grieving Violet and struggling Finch wander Indiana for a school project and each other.

  7. Regretting You

    Colleen Hoover · 2019

    Because shares tags: romance, grief, family.

    A mother and daughter grieve the same men differently after a crash, and secrets about paternity test them both.

  8. Everything, Everything

    Nicola Yoon · 2015

    Because shares tags: young adult, romance, family.

    Maddy, allergic to the world, falls for Olly next door and risks outside to test what is true.

  9. All Your Perfects

    Colleen Hoover · 2018

    Because shares tags: romance, family, grief.

    Quinn and Graham's perfect love frays under infertility, and they must decide what perfect means now.

  10. To All the Boys I've Loved Before

    Jenny Han · 2014 · To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1

    Because shares tags: young adult, romance, family.

    Lara Jean's secret love letters get mailed and she fake-dates Peter Kavinsky to dodge Josh.

  11. Reminders of Him

    Colleen Hoover · 2022

    Because shares tags: romance, grief, family.

    Kenna returns after prison to meet the daughter she lost, facing the family that blames her.

  12. Tom Lake

    Ann Patchett · 2023

    Because shares tags: family, romance.

    Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.

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