Books for Romantics
If love romance, you'll love these books about young love by modern writers!
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent.
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
Hazel, a teen cancer patient, has accepted her diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
The Selection
by Kiera Cass
America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens
by Becky Albertalli
Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.
When Dimple met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
When Dimple and Rishi meet at a summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting him.
The Geography of You and Me
by Jennifer E. Smith
Sparks fly when Lucy and Owen meet on an elevator. Soon after, the two teenagers leave the city, but as they travel farther away from each other, they stay connected.
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