Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Road Summer | 2014 | Emery Lord | Buy |
| 2 | When We Collided | 2016 | Emery Lord | Buy |
| 3 | The Names They Gave Us | 2017 | Emery Lord | Buy |
| 4 | All That’s Left to Say | 2023 | Emery Lord | Buy |
Emery Lord’s standalone novels each tell a separate story with different characters, though they share common themes of friendship, identity, and working through difficult emotions. Open Road Summer is a lighter road-trip romance, while When We Collided takes on bipolar disorder and its impact on a summer relationship.
The Names They Gave Us (2017) follows a girl whose faith is tested when her mother’s cancer returns, and All That’s Left to Say (2023) is a mystery-tinged story about a girl investigating her best friend’s death at a party. The standalones can be read in any order, and each works completely on its own.