18 books like After You

What to read after After You — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Me Before You Jojo Moyes · 2012 · ★ 4.3 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he… Shares Caregivers, Contemporary Women, Emotions, Contemporary

I'll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson · 2014 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three… Shares Contemporary, Grief, Family life, Families

Twilight's Child V. C. Andrews · 1991 · ★ 4.3 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate **As Mrs. James Gary Longchamp, Dawn is blissfully happy. But a legacy of deceit and betrayal still haunts her...** At last, Dawn can create a haven of warmth and love for her beautiful baby girl, Christie, and her darling Jimmy. Dawn is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel... and soon she and Jimmy will be blessed with a child of their own. Yet Dawn cannot quell her… Shares Families, Romance

Alpha Treva Harte · 2007 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Young women, Romance & Relationships with this book.

קופסה שחורה עמוס עוז · 1987 · ★ 3.5 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Please see https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1580904W. Shares Contemporary Women, Families, Romance & Relationships

Sami and the time of the troubles Florence Parry Heide · 1992 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street. Shares Family life, Families

Finding home Irene Hannon · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate One stubborn boy is getting the better of Scott Walsh. The very busy project manager keeps finding the kid on his dangerous construction site. One warning to the boy's parents should take care of it. But when Scott meets widowed mother Cindy Peterson, she's already carrying so much on her narrow shoulders. He wants to help Cindy and her boy, but didn't he vow never to get involved with a family… Shares Man-woman relationship, Romance & Relationships, Romance

The bent twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher · 1915 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Unlike other young women of her generation, who were "bred up from childhood to sit behind tea-tables and say the right things to tea-drinkers," Sylvia Marshall - the "twig" of this novel - was reared to think for herself and to trust her own instincts and experience. This, coupled with her passionate temperament, makes Sylvia a compelling figure as she resists efforts to mold her with every… Shares Young women, Families

The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (with Bonus Content) Jean M. Auel This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThrough Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared… Shares Romance

The Rose Code

The Rose Code Kate Quinn Don’t miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club“The reigning queen of historical fiction” — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue  The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II historical fiction novel of three female… Shares Romance

Menewood

Menewood Nicola Griffith · 2023 · ★ 4.5 Named a Best Book of the Year by Vox and AutostraddleMaking a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking’s court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and… Shares Romance

The Obituary Writer

The Obituary Writer Ann Hood A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless marriage or follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien… Shares Romance

The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club

The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club Jojo Moyes #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |  A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK   “A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together.” —Reese Witherspoon   From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else’s Shoes, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era… Shares Romance

A Bright Young Thing

A Bright Young Thing Brianne Moore Shares Romance with this book.

Snake River Slaughter

Snake River Slaughter William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone Matt Jensen is the adopted son of mountain man Smoke Jensen: his soul was forged by violence and hardship, his calling the sound of a gun. . .Snake River MassacreMatt Jensen didn't want to kill two murderers in Wyoming but he had no choice. Now, his fame has reached into Idaho Territory where a woman Matt knew as a child in an orphanage is being hunted by predators. . . Kitty Wellington inherited… Shares Romance

Keeper of Lost Children

Keeper of Lost Children Sadeqa Johnson · 2026 Very good read Shares Romance

Maive And The Shivaree

Maive And The Shivaree Debra Samms Shares Romance with this book.

The Pirate Queen

The Pirate Queen Ariel Lawhon Shares Romance with this book.

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