Books like Wish You Were Here
If you liked Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Because shares tags: fiction, grief, romance.
A widowed bookseller on Alice Island adopts abandoned toddler Maya, rebuilds Island Books, and finds love with sales rep Amelia before…
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The Pact
Because also by Jodi Picoult; shares tags: fiction, romance.
After Emily Gold dies from a gunshot, her boyfriend Chris Harte says it was a suicide pact and faces trial for murder.
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When We Believed in Mermaids
Because shares tags: grief, romance.
ER doctor Kit flies to New Zealand when fire victim may be sister Josie.
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The Summer of Broken Rules
Because shares tags: romance, grief.
Meredith plays Assassin at Vineyard wedding a year after sister Claire died.
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The Other Hand
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
Nigerian Little Bee leaves detention after two years and reunites with Sarah O'Rourke, linked by a violent beach meeting in Nigeria.
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The Measure
Because shares tags: fiction, choices.
Small wooden boxes arrive for every adult, each holding a string that shows life length. Eight people decide if they will open theirs.
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Remember Me?
Because shares tags: romance, fiction.
Lexi wakes after an accident missing three years, with a polished new life and a husband she does not recall, and must work out which parts…
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One Italian Summer
Because shares tags: romance, grief.
Grieving Katy meets her mother Carol at 30 in Positano and learns to see her as a young woman with wishes of her own.
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas…
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Message in a Bottle
Because shares tags: romance, grief.
A divorced mother finds a grieving widower's letter and seeks him in North Carolina.
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Five Feet Apart
Because shares tags: romance, grief.
Two teens with CF fall in love where six feet keeps alive and five tempts.
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Under the Whispering Door
Because shares tags: romance, grief.
Workaholic Wallace dies and must learn tea, apology, and love before crossing the upstairs door.
