Books like…

Books Like The Last Song

by Nicholas Sparks · about this book

Loved The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks? If its romance, musician and summer vibes hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Crying in H Mart: A Memoir. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Last Song: Romance · Musician · Summer Vibes · Female Lead · Emotional

1. 

   The Fault in Our Stars

   John Green

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · First Love · Teenagers · Bittersweet

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   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Summer Vibes · First Love · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist

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3. 

   Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

   Michelle Zauner

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Musician · Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent

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4. 

   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Tearjerker · First Love · Bittersweet · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers

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5. 

   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · First Love · Coming of Age · Bittersweet

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6. 

   Better Than the Movies

   Lynn Painter

   First Love · Teen Protagonist · Grief Over a Parent · Teenagers · Heartwarming

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7. 

   This Time Tomorrow

   Emma Straub

   Terminal Illness · Grief Over a Parent · Bittersweet · Hopeful · Heartwarming

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8. 

   We Begin at the End

   Chris Whitaker

   Tearjerker · Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent · Small Town · Teen Protagonist

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9. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Tearjerker · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Bittersweet · Tragic

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10. 

    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Island · Terminal Illness · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Small Town

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11. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent · Teen Protagonist · American South · Coming of Age

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12. 

    Funny Story

    Emily Henry

    Summer Vibes · Opposites Attract · Small Town · Estranged Family · Hopeful

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13. 

    Other Birds

    Sarah Addison Allen

    Island · American South · Grief Over a Parent · Heartwarming · Contemporary Fiction

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14. 

    A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition) (Ravenswood, 1)

    Talia Hibbert

    Teenagers · First Love · Teen Protagonist · Small Town · Opposites Attract

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15. 

    The Great Alone

    Kristin Hannah

    First Love · Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Tragic · Teen Protagonist

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16. 

    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Musician · Small Town · American South · Coming of Age · Bittersweet

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17. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Small Town · Heartwarming

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18. 

    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

    Estranged Family · Grief Over a Parent · Death of a Parent · Island · Bittersweet

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19. 

    The Raven King

    Maggie Stiefvater

    Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · American South · First Love · Small Town

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20. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Tearjerker · Coming of Age · Emotional · Tragic · Teen Protagonist

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