Books like “Every Summer After”

What to read after “Every Summer After” by Carley Fortune: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren · 2018
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
As teenagers Macy and Elliot spent every weekend trading books in a closet and slowly falling in love, until one night tore them apart. Eleven years later they meet again in San Francisco, and the friendship and heartbreak they buried come rushing back as they decide whether to try once more.
2
Before We Were Strangers
Renée Carlino · 2015
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
In college, Matt and Grace were inseparable neighbours in their NYU dorm who fell in love, until lost contact after graduation pulled them apart. Fifteen years later, a missed-connections post brings Grace back into his life, and the two have one chance to understand what happened and decide whether their story is really over.
3
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover · 2016
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Second Chance Romance
- Friends to Lovers
Lily moves to Boston, opens a flower shop and falls for Ryle, a confident neurosurgeon. Their relationship seems perfect until she notices patterns she recognises from the house she grew up in, and the return of her first love, Atlas, makes her question what she is willing to accept.
4
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert · 2019
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Friends to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Chloe, who lives with chronic pain and a careful routine, draws up a list of things she wants to do to get a life. To tick off the first item she asks Red, the tattooed handyman who looks after her building, for help, and their cautious friendship deepens into more.
5
Beach Read
Emily Henry · 2020
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Friends to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Romance writer January and literary novelist Gus become summer neighbours in a lakeside town, both blocked and both skeptical of each other's genre. They make a bet to write in the other's style and slowly trade barbs for late-night talks, discovering the grief and hope behind their different worldviews.
6
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Friends to Lovers”
Lady Theodora Saxby weds her childhood friend James, Duke of Ashbrook, in a marriage meant to save their families. When his secret betrayal comes to light he flees abroad, and years later returns a changed man, forcing them to decide what their convenient marriage is really worth.
7
The Flatshare
Beth O'Leary · 2019
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Friends to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Tiffy needs somewhere cheap to live, and Leon, a night-shift nurse, needs money, so they share one bed in shifts and never meet. Through the notes they leave around the flat they slowly get to know each other, and a practical arrangement turns into something else.
8
Happy Place
Emily Henry · 2023
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Second Chance Romance
Harriet and Wyn broke up months ago but still have not told the friends they spend every summer with. Sharing a room at the Maine cottage for one last week, they pretend to be the happy couple they used to be, hiding their split while old feelings refuse to stay buried.
9
One Day in December
Josie Silver · 2018
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Friends to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Laurie locks eyes with a stranger through a bus window and spends a year searching for him, only to meet him again as her best friend's new boyfriend. Across ten years of friendship, missed chances and other relationships, the two circle a connection they are never free to act on.
10
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang · 2018
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Friends to Lovers
Stella, a successful econometrician with autism, finds dating and physical touch bewildering, so she hires escort Michael to tutor her in intimacy. The arrangement is meant to stay businesslike, but their lessons turn into genuine feeling, and both must work through the past before they can trust it.
11
The Road Trip
Beth O'Leary · 2021
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Second Chance Romance
Exes Addie and Dylan are forced to share a car to a friend's wedding in Scotland when their journey goes wrong. Crammed together with strangers and old wounds, they retrace how they met, why they broke up, and whether anything is left to salvage.
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The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Same genre: “Contemporary romance”
- Second Chance Romance
LaRynn and Deacon married young, divorced, and hoped never to see each other again. When they inherit a crumbling building that must be renovated before it can be sold, they are stuck working side by side and confronting why they failed the first time.