In IF I STAY, Mia is in a car accident, and must decide to live or die after losing all her family and narrates the novel from a coma in ELSEWHERE, Liz is hit by a car and dies but finds herself in a place that is not like the same, but not all different from the world she left.

This story of loss will pull on readers’ heartstrings, but the possibility of romance adds hope to this emotionally intense novel.Įlsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin // Goodreads | Amazon Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott // Goodreads | Amazon | My Review Lauren Oliver’s lyrical writing that will also appeal to fans of Gayle Forman. Samantha, like Mia from IF I STAY, narrates this story from a state of between life and death. Sandinista Jones is dealing with grief over the loss of her mother and struggling to live on her own, but her new friends from the Pale Circus vintage clothing store help her learn that vengeance is not the solution.īefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver // Goodreads | Amazon The Sharp Time by Mary O’Connell // Goodreads | Amazon | My Review When Brie dies of a broken heart, she goes through the stages of grief in the afterlife. Like IF I STAY, this novel has a hint of the surreal. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg // Goodreads | Amazon This story is also a tear-jerker without being melodramatic. Like Mia in IF I STAY, Laurel must learn how to live after losing her family in a car accident. The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle // Goodreads | Amazon The books on this list have the simliar well-drawn characters, explore grief and loss, focus on music, explore family dynamics, have a great love story, or are about characters somewhere between life and death.

Looking for books to read after finishing If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman, or looking for books to read after seeing the If I Stay movie? This is the list of young adult fiction I think will resonate with fans of this moving and emotionally intense story.

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