Romantic Reads for Teens

Monroe County

Library System Created by: Claire Talbot

Teen Services Coordinator

Greece Public Library

Created April 2014

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner

Two star-crossed lovers must fight for survival when they crash land on a seemingly uninhabited planet.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Hazel is a stage IV thyroid cancer patient who meets a boy named Augustus in her cancer support group. Spending time with him forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

Just One Year by Gayle Forman

After spending an amazing day and night with a nameless girl in Paris, Willem embarks on his own transformative journey to find her once again.

Unbreak My Heart by Melissa Walker

Clementine fell for her friend’s boyfriend and planned to escape the disaster that ensued on her parent’s sailboat. On her first stop, she meets James, traveling on the river with his father. Will she give love a chance?

The Selection by Kiera Cass

America Singer is chosen to compete in the Selection—a contest to win the heart of Illea’s crown prince, but all she wants is a future with her secret love Aspen, who is a caste below her in this futuristic society. The Elite and The One finish the trilogy.

The Story of Us by Deb Caletti

Cricket decides to take a break from her

long time boyfriend the week of her

mother’s wedding. It becomes more

complicated when she meets Ash, the son

of one of the wedding guests.

Crash into You by Katie McGarry

A good girl with a reckless streak, a street-

smart guy with nothing to lose, and a

romance forged in the fast lane.

Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland

Working in Nantucket for the summer,

Cricket hopes to finally have a chance

with her long time crush. Instead, she

falls in love with someone totally off

limits.

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

The Garretts are everything Samantha

wishes her family could be. One night on

her rooftop, Jase Garrett climbs up and

changes everything.

Fifteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton

Fifteen-year-old Chelsea and her family

are spending the summer at a cottage on

the shores of Lake Michigan where

Chelsea meets and falls for Josh, who

works at the bookstore in town.

Add a little romance to your life! This is What Happy Looks Like by

Jennifer E. Smith

Perfect strangers Graham and Ellie

meet via a mistaken e-mail, and begin

a cross country correspondence.

When their relationship goes from on-

line to in-person can it survive?

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini

Taylor

Artist Karou lives with a monster in

Prague. When haunted angel Akiva

fixes his eyes on her in a market it

summons a star-crossed love.

Better Off Friends by Elizabeth

Eulberg

Can best friends grow into something

more? Macallan and Levi are “friends

at first sight”, but as they grow up,

will they stay that way?

Moonglass by Jessi Kirby

Ten years after her mother’s death,

Anna is still reluctant to get close to

anyone. When she meets a lifeguard

named Tyler while running on the

beach, she begins to fall in love.

Lola and the Boy Next Door by

Stephanie Perkins

Lola has an outrageous sense of style,

right down to her red hot rocker boy-

friend. When an old neighbor moves

back into town, Lola has to reconcile

her feelings for him.

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Set in 1986, Eleanor and Park, two teen

misfits slowly fall in love on the bus

bonding over comic books and alterna-

tive music.

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny

Han (1rst in trilogy)

Belly loves the summer house and the

fun she has with family friends Jeremy

and Conrad. When she turns sixteen,

everything begins to change.

The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah

Ockler

The Vargas boys are notorious heart-

breakers. What happens when Jude

falls in love with one?

Love & Leftovers by Sarah Tregay

Marcie must move across the country

when her parents’ marriage crumbles.

She tries to maintain a relationship

with her boyfriend in Boise, but meets

a new boy in New Hampshire who

makes her question her heart.

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin

Fifteen-year-old Cece and Mack didn’t

expect to fall in love. She’s an “A”

student, he’s a dropout. He makes a

horrible mistake, and the future they

planned together becomes impossible.

Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe

High School junior Sara wins a coveted

ballet scholarship and is deeply lonely

until she falls into the arms of choreogra-

pher, Remington.

First Love by James Patterson & Emily

Raymond

Axi Moore is a good girl who wants to run

away from it all. The only person she can

tell is her best friend, Robinson, who she

happens to be madly in love with.

Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

A story of star-crossed urban love.

Damien has everything going for him I

including a basketball scholarship to

Brown. Junice is from the wrong side of

town. Shakespeare meets Harlem in this

story in verse.

All I Need by Susane Colasanti

Seth and Skye feel an instant connection

when they meet. Unfortunately, Seth is

heading off to college. Can they make

love long distance work?

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodget

Nyx has been betrothed to an evil prince

since birth, and she has been trained to

kill him. But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx

expected. Nyx must decide if her

kingdom or her heart is more important.