You’ve fallen in love with Jenny Han’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. But now your life feels empty without your very own Peter K. Pick up one or all of these YA contemporaries that will give you all those same *heart eyes* feels!
Books to Read If You Love To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
1. The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han
Finish the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series? Read The Summer I Turned Pretty series and meet Belly during an unforgettable summer filled with drama and first love.
2. Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
Feminism + ice cream + friendship + romance = the perfect contemporary novel.
3. Save the Date by Morgan Matson
Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster—all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect.
Or read Morgan’s other great contemporaries, The Unexpected Everything, Since You’ve Been Gone, Second Chance Summer, and Roger & Amy’s Epic Detour.
4. Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi
“Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book.” —Rainbow Rowell. We love this book too!
Want even more Mary H.K. Choi? Check out Permanent Record!
5. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married.
Also check out There’s Something About Sweetie!
6. Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together.
7. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this funny and poignant coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community.
8. Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.
And don’t miss Love & Luck!
9. Your Destination Is on the Left by Lauren Spieller
Seventeen-year-old Dessa Rhodes is torn between leaving her modern nomadic life and pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist.