Every Summer After
by Carley Fortune
★ Top 25 book of 2022 · #16 on Best Books of 2022
Percy returns to her childhood lakeside town after a decade away, facing Sam, the man she once loved over six summers. Before they can hope for a future, she has to confront the mistake that tore them apart.
Best for: Readers who like second-chance love stories, summer settings and emotional healing
Every Summer After is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2022, out of 61 2022 books that cleared our data bar.
What Every Summer After is about
Percy Fraser made the biggest mistake of her life ten years ago, and she has not felt able to go home since. Now she spends her summers in a stylish city apartment and keeps people at a careful distance from her heart. Then she is called back to Barry's Bay, to the lake, and to Sam Florek.
For six summers the two of them were inseparable, working in his family's restaurant and reading side by side. Sam buried himself in medical textbooks while Percy wrote horror short stories. Friendship slowly became romance, and then it fell apart in spectacular fashion. Percy's return is for the funeral of Sam's mother. A nostalgic, emotional romance about first love, regret and second chances.
Every Summer After on the Best Books of 2022
Every Summer After came out in 2022. Of the 61 books first published in 2022 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 2022 list.
Why it made the list: 518 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2022 list
- The Final Gambit Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #14
- Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Julie Smith, #15
- Babel R. F. Kuang, #17
- The American Roommate Experiment Elena Armas, #18
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 494 want to read it, 11 are reading it now and 13 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 70 | 55% |
| Reader love | 62 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 51 | 20% |
Questions about Every Summer After
When was Every Summer After published?
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune was first published in 2022.
Was Every Summer After one of the best books of 2022?
Every Summer After is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2022, out of 61 2022 books that cleared our data bar. 518 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is Every Summer After on the Best Books of 2022 list?
518 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 2022
- I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, #1
- King of Wrath Ana Huang, #2
- I Fell in Love with Hope Lancali, #3
- It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover, #4
- Things We Never Got over Lucy Score, #5
- Stellarlune Shannon Messenger, #6
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How we know
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