📋 Bucket List

Stories and guides centered on the things we dream of doing before time runs out — adventures pursued, fears confronted, and lives expanded by the urgency of mortality. Reading that inspires action over regret.

One Golden Summer

by Carley Fortune

A burned-out photographer, a cocky handyman, a no-strings summer, and the reason he refuses love.

4.28

572k+

🏖️ Summer Fling 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Friends With Benefits 💔 Hidden Illness

One Golden Summer

A burned-out photographer, a cocky handyman, a no-strings summer, and the reason he refuses love.

by Carley Fortune 2025

4.28

572k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Fling 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Friends With Benefits 💔 Hidden Illness

Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott • 2018

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

4.17

260k+

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

Five Feet Apart

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

by Rachael Lippincott 2018

4.17

260k+ ratings

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham • 2007

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

3.81

58k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion 🍂 Bittersweet

Before I Die

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

by Jenny Downham 2007

3.81

58k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion 🍂 Bittersweet

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

by John David Anderson • 2016

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

4.27

9k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 😭 Tearjerker 📚 Teacher Student Bond

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

by John David Anderson 2016

4.27

9k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 😭 Tearjerker 📚 Teacher Student Bond

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Hate Notes

by Vi Keeland • 2018

A dreamer tracks down a love note's author, who humiliates her and then becomes her boss.

4.11

84k+

❤️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🫀 Hidden Illness 💌 Love Note

Hate Notes

A dreamer tracks down a love note's author, who humiliates her and then becomes her boss.

by Vi Keeland 2018

4.11

84k+ ratings

❤️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🫀 Hidden Illness 💌 Love Note

Just the Way You Are

by Beth Moran • 2022

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

4.26

16k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 🌱 Fresh Start

Just the Way You Are

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

by Beth Moran 2022

4.26

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 🌱 Fresh Start

Not Your Crush's Cauldron

by April Asher • 2024

A witch moves in with her best friend, a Guardian Angel forbidden to fall for her.

3.76

4k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Secret Identity

Not Your Crush's Cauldron

A witch moves in with her best friend, a Guardian Angel forbidden to fall for her.

by April Asher 2024

3.76

4k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Secret Identity

The Heart You Kept

by T.L. Swan • 2026

A dead best friend's bucket list. A masked billionaire. One weekend that makes leaving impossible.

4.29

12k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💼 Grumpy Billionaire

The Heart You Kept

A dead best friend's bucket list. A masked billionaire. One weekend that makes leaving impossible.

by T.L. Swan 2026

4.29

12k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💼 Grumpy Billionaire

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