I’m a huge contemporary reader. I’m a sucker for a realistic story so I tend to gravitate to them. I love that you can pick up a contemporary book and sometimes get something that is on the lighter side, but with a message, like The DUFF, or you can get a book that will straight up gut you. If I’m honest the gutting books are my all time favorites. So when I was coming up with a certain topic to focus on for today’s Top Ten Tuesday emotional books was my only answer. I just went on a string where I read some really excellent ones that are either out or coming out so it was perfect. What is your go to emotional contemporary?
Second Chance Summer ♦ Where She Went ♦ Things We Know by Heart ♦ The Last Time We Say Goodbye ♦ The Summer of Chasing Mermaids ♦ Maybe One Day ♦ I’ll Meet You There ♦ What Happens Next ♦ If I Lie ♦ The Sea of Tranquility
And after you have a good cry with these 10, you’ll want to head over to see Danielle’s list at Love at First Page. She is giving you some nice fluffy reads to warm your heart. I’ve read a bunch of them.
*Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
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I still need to read WHERE SHE WENT and all of Morgan Matson’s books! Everyone has said I’LL MEET YOU THERE is so, so good, so I have to read it. I have the SEA OF TRANQUILITY and ARCs of THE LAST TIME WE SAY GOODBYE and THINGS WE KNOW BY HEART–basically, I have a lot of reading to do.
OOOH!! For the ones I’ve read–you picked good ones!
I’ve had my heart wrenched out w/ Second Chance Summer, Sea of Tranquility, GAHHH If I Lie, and Where She Went. I still have Maybe One Day on my shelf and have an ARC of Things We Know By Heart….I should read these soon 🙂
I’ve read 6 out of 10 of these and 3 are on Mt TBR…now I just need the time to read them because we all need some gut wrenchingly good reads in our life. *s*
The only two I have yet to read are The Summer of Chasing Mermaids, and What Happens Next! Definitely got to check them out since you’ve mentioned quite a few of my favorite contemporaries.
I’m reading I’ll Meet You There currently, and I already know I’m going to need some tissues! But I’m already hooked after 30 pages, so I don’t think I’ll mind in the end 😛
And this also kind of scares me for The Summer of Chasing Mermaids! I should be reading that one soon, so I’m sure I’ll be tweeting you all the feels 😉
HA, I picked the same topic! 🙂
A lot of the books you listed I haven’t read – but I will def look into them!
Realized while looking at this list how many emotional books I have read! I loved Sea of Tranquility, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, Maybe One Day, and Second Chance Summer! I also liked Where She Went and I’ll Meet You There!
(Now I need to get reading to read the rest of these 🙂
Thanks for sharing these emotional reads, will definitely be adding the ones I haven’t read to my to-read list!
I love so many of these! Difficult to read but oh so worth it. I had a good feeling I’ll Meet You There and The Sea of Tranquility would make your list, but glad to see Where She Went and What Happens Next on there as well. 🙂
I do love emotional reads, but I have to be ready for them too. LOL. I have The Last Time We Say Goodbye, Things We Know By Heart, and I’ll Meet You There and I’m excited for them. Second Chance Summer, I actually read this past Christmas while driving down to Florida with my dad, so yeah… I was a bit emotional over that one! Love The Sea of Tranquility!
Great list, thanks for sharing. Haven’t read of these yet.