33 Books like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Summer of Broken Rules

by K.L. Walther

Grieving her sister, a teen falls for the boy she must eliminate in a family game.

3.88

340k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🌱 Grief And Healing 💕 Meet-Cute 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💍 Family Wedding

The Summer of Broken Rules 94%

Grieving her sister, a teen falls for the boy she must eliminate in a family game.

by K.L. Walther 2021

3.88

340k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🌱 Grief And Healing 💕 Meet-Cute 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💍 Family Wedding

The Summer I Turned Pretty

by Jenny Han • 2009

Every summer, one beach house, two brothers. Until the year they both fall for her.

3.73

1.2M+

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Beach House Summer 💞 First Love

The Summer I Turned Pretty 95%

Every summer, one beach house, two brothers. Until the year they both fall for her.

by Jenny Han 2009

3.73

1.2M+ ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Beach House Summer 💞 First Love

The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen • 2004

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

4.12

227k+

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

The Truth About Forever 94%

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

by Sarah Dessen 2004

4.12

227k+ ratings

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

You Have a Match

by Emma Lord • 2021

A DNA test reveals a secret sister. So Abby crashes her summer camp, sparking instant rivalry.

3.55

39k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🔍 Family Secrets 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧬 Secret Sister 👭 Sisterly Bonding

You Have a Match 93%

A DNA test reveals a secret sister. So Abby crashes her summer camp, sparking instant rivalry.

by Emma Lord 2021

3.55

39k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🔍 Family Secrets 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧬 Secret Sister 👭 Sisterly Bonding

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life 92%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

My Life with the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak • 2012

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

3.76

95k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

My Life with the Walter Boys 92%

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

by Ali Novak 2012

3.76

95k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

While We're Young

by K.L. Walther • 2025

Three seniors skip school for one day in Philadelphia, where secret romances and old wounds collide.

3.55

10k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Best Friend's Brother ⏰ Single Day Story 💌 Secret Relationship 🕊️ Grief And Healing

While We're Young 92%

Three seniors skip school for one day in Philadelphia, where secret romances and old wounds collide.

by K.L. Walther 2025

3.55

10k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Best Friend's Brother ⏰ Single Day Story 💌 Secret Relationship 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Banana Splitsville

by Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

798

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Banana Splitsville 94%

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

by Catherine Clark 2000

3.36

798 ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Love & Gelato

by Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

4.02

190k+

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

Love & Gelato 93%

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

by Jenna Evans Welch 2016

4.02

190k+ ratings

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

Girls Like Girls

by Hayley Kiyoko

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

3.75

18k+

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

Girls Like Girls 93%

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

by Hayley Kiyoko 2023

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 92%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

by Jenny Han • 2014

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

4.04

1.1M+

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

To All the Boys I've Loved Before Summary

To All the Boys I've Loved Before 92%

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

by Jenny Han 2014

4.04

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

Just Friends

by Haley Pham • 2026

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

3.52

46k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

Just Friends 92%

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

by Haley Pham 2026

3.52

46k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

by Tia Williams • 2025

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

4.05

6k+

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends 92%

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

by Tia Williams 2025

4.05

6k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

The Five-Star Weekend

by Elin Hilderbrand

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

4.01

335k+

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

The Five-Star Weekend 92%

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2023

4.01

335k+ ratings

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

by Carolyn Mackler • 2000

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

3.61

2k+

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

Love and Other Four-Letter Words Summary

Love and Other Four-Letter Words 93%

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

by Carolyn Mackler 2000

3.61

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

The Unexpected Everything

by Morgan Matson • 2016

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

3.98

41k+

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

The Unexpected Everything 93%

A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.

by Morgan Matson 2016

3.98

41k+ ratings

🐕 Summer Job Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💔 Friendship Betrayal 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Guitar Notes 92%

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After 92%

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

June Baby

by Shannon Garvey • 2026

After her mother dies, Ruth is sent to Block Island, into a decade of borrowed home and almost-love.

3.52

10k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Almost Lovers 👩‍👧 Surrogate Mother 🌊 Melancholic Summer ⛵ Coastal New England

June Baby 92%

After her mother dies, Ruth is sent to Block Island, into a decade of borrowed home and almost-love.

by Shannon Garvey 2026

3.52

10k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Almost Lovers 👩‍👧 Surrogate Mother 🌊 Melancholic Summer ⛵ Coastal New England

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 92%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Bitterschokolade

by Mirjam Pressler • 1992

Eva hides her eating and her body from everyone, convinced thinness is the price of love.

2.88

830

🪞 Body Image 🩺 Eating Disorder Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift ☀️ Summer Romance 🤝 Friendship Lifeline

Bitterschokolade 93%

Eva hides her eating and her body from everyone, convinced thinness is the price of love.

by Mirjam Pressler 1992

2.88

830 ratings

🪞 Body Image 🩺 Eating Disorder Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift ☀️ Summer Romance 🤝 Friendship Lifeline

My Life Next Door

by Huntley Fitzpatrick • 2012

Told to avoid the neighbors, she falls for the boy next door instead.

3.97

156k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🏘️ Boy Next Door 🌙 Secret Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥰 First Love

My Life Next Door 93%

Told to avoid the neighbors, she falls for the boy next door instead.

by Huntley Fitzpatrick 2012

3.97

156k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🏘️ Boy Next Door 🌙 Secret Romance 🫂 Found Family 🥰 First Love

Seven Summers

by Paige Toon

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

4.07

40k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

Seven Summers 92%

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

by Paige Toon 2024

4.07

40k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

Until Next Summer

by Ali Brady • 2024

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

3.88

7k+

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 💘 Second Chance Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

Until Next Summer 92%

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

by Ali Brady 2024

3.88

7k+ ratings

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 💘 Second Chance Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

Better Than Before

by Lynn Painter • 2023

The boy Bailey clashed with mid-flight just became her next-door neighbor for the summer.

4.13

16k+

🌞 Ya Summer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ✈️ Meet Cute 🏠 Boy Next Door 💬 Witty Banter

Better Than Before 92%

The boy Bailey clashed with mid-flight just became her next-door neighbor for the summer.

by Lynn Painter 2023

4.13

16k+ ratings

🌞 Ya Summer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ✈️ Meet Cute 🏠 Boy Next Door 💬 Witty Banter

Friday I'm in Love

by Camryn Garrett • 2023

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

3.81

2k+

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Friday I'm in Love 92%

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

by Camryn Garrett 2023

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Heart Bones

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

685k+

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Heart Bones 92%

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

by Colleen Hoover 2020

4.20

685k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

My Return to the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

3.73

23k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

My Return to the Walter Boys 92%

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

by Ali Novak 2025

3.73

23k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen • 2008

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

3.99

153k+

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Lock and Key 93%

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

by Sarah Dessen 2008

3.99

153k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

This Lullaby

by Sarah Dessen • 2002

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

4.01

181k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

This Lullaby 93%

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

by Sarah Dessen 2002

4.01

181k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

If There's No Tomorrow 92%

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen • 1998

Between her pregnant best friend and a rebellious boyfriend, a teen fights for her own identity.

3.92

106k+

👶 Teen Pregnancy 🖤 Bad Boy Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Grief And Loss 🌻 Emotional Healing

Someone Like You 92%

Between her pregnant best friend and a rebellious boyfriend, a teen fights for her own identity.

by Sarah Dessen 1998

3.92

106k+ ratings

👶 Teen Pregnancy 🖤 Bad Boy Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Grief And Loss 🌻 Emotional Healing

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