50 Books like Cuts Both Ways

If You Come Softly

by Jacqueline Woodson • 1998

White girl, Black boy, Manhattan prep school. Falling in love is the easy part.

4.03

13k+

💕 Interracial First Love 🖋️ Literary Ya 📼 1990s Coming Of Age 🏫 Private School 🗽 New York City

If You Come Softly 93%

White girl, Black boy, Manhattan prep school. Falling in love is the easy part.

by Jacqueline Woodson 1998

4.03

13k+ ratings

💕 Interracial First Love 🖋️ Literary Ya 📼 1990s Coming Of Age 🏫 Private School 🗽 New York City

All We Lost Was Everything

by Sloan Harlow • 2025

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

3.78

4k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

All We Lost Was Everything 92%

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

by Sloan Harlow 2025

3.78

4k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

In the Wild Light

by Jeff Zentner • 2021

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

4.44

12k+

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

In the Wild Light 92%

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

by Jeff Zentner 2021

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

Small Worlds

by Caleb Azumah Nelson • 2023

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

4.26

12k+

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

Small Worlds 92%

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

by Caleb Azumah Nelson 2023

4.26

12k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

Boys Don't Cry

by Malorie Blackman • 2010

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

4.04

12k+

🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

Boys Don't Cry 92%

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

by Malorie Blackman 2010

4.04

12k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

An Emotion of Great Delight

by Tahereh Mafi • 2021

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

3.66

12k+

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

An Emotion of Great Delight 91%

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

by Tahereh Mafi 2021

3.66

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Little Pieces of Light

by Emma Scott • 2025

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

4.12

2k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

Little Pieces of Light 91%

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

by Emma Scott 2025

4.12

2k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

by Patricia Park • 2023

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

3.96

2k+

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching 🧬 Hybrid Identity 🌏 Immigrant Family

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim Summary

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim 91%

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

by Patricia Park 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching 🧬 Hybrid Identity 🌏 Immigrant Family

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Guitar Notes 91%

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

Un amigo gratis 91%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

One Small Thing

by Erin Watt • 2018

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

3.80

11k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

One Small Thing 91%

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir • 2022

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

4.48

66k+

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers 🍺 Parent With Addiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

All My Rage 91%

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

by Sabaa Tahir 2022

4.48

66k+ ratings

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers 🍺 Parent With Addiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sad Girls 91%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

This Is All 91%

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now 91%

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

Looking for Alaska

by John Green • 2005

A boarding school boy obsessed with last words meets a brilliant girl already writing hers.

3.96

1.8M+

🏫 Boarding School Fiction 💔 Tragic First Love 🌪️ Manic Pixie Dream Girl 👥 Found Family 😞 Survivor Guilt

Looking for Alaska 91%

A boarding school boy obsessed with last words meets a brilliant girl already writing hers.

by John Green 2005

3.96

1.8M+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Fiction 💔 Tragic First Love 🌪️ Manic Pixie Dream Girl 👥 Found Family 😞 Survivor Guilt

Everything We Never Said

by Sloan Harlow • 2024

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

3.84

25k+

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Everything We Never Said 91%

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

by Sloan Harlow 2024

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

A pesar de ti

by Colleen Hoover • 2019

The same crash kills her husband and sister, exposing their affair. Now her daughter is spiraling.

4.10

964k+

🎭 Mother-Daughter Drama 🔍 Family Secrets 💘 Forbidden Romance 🎸 Teenage Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

A pesar de ti 91%

The same crash kills her husband and sister, exposing their affair. Now her daughter is spiraling.

by Colleen Hoover 2019

4.10

964k+ ratings

🎭 Mother-Daughter Drama 🔍 Family Secrets 💘 Forbidden Romance 🎸 Teenage Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 91%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

My Life with the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak • 2012

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

3.76

95k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

My Life with the Walter Boys 91%

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

by Ali Novak 2012

3.76

95k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

Slammed

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

4.14

454k+

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Slammed 91%

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.14

454k+ ratings

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Playlist for the Dead

by Michelle Falkoff • 2015

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

3.28

15k+

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

Playlist for the Dead 91%

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

by Michelle Falkoff 2015

3.28

15k+ ratings

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

All That’s Left to Say

by Emery Lord • 2023

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

3.67

2k+

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

All That’s Left to Say 91%

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

by Emery Lord 2023

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Battle of Jericho

by Sharon M. Draper • 2003

Elite secret club tempts teen trumpeter into cruel initiations, absolute silence, and a fatal leap.

4.14

4k+

🕵️ Secret Society ⚠️ Hazing Rituals 💀 Fatal Hazing 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🫡 Blind Loyalty

The Battle of Jericho 91%

Elite secret club tempts teen trumpeter into cruel initiations, absolute silence, and a fatal leap.

by Sharon M. Draper 2003

4.14

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Society ⚠️ Hazing Rituals 💀 Fatal Hazing 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🫡 Blind Loyalty

Letters to the Lost

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2017

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

4.31

52k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Letters to the Lost 91%

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2017

4.31

52k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 91%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

Seconds Away

by Harlan Coben • 2012

A Nazi photo of his father's paramedic pulls a teen athlete into a classmate's mother's murder.

4.06

20k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief-Driven Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤐 Protective Lies

Seconds Away 91%

A Nazi photo of his father's paramedic pulls a teen athlete into a classmate's mother's murder.

by Harlan Coben 2012

4.06

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief-Driven Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤐 Protective Lies

Boulevard

by Flor M. Salvador • 2020

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

3.64

107k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

Boulevard 91%

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

by Flor M. Salvador 2020

3.64

107k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 91%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Daun Yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin

by Tere Liye • 2010

A street child rescued by a kind older man grows up loving him. He marries someone else.

3.98

19k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

Daun Yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin Summary

Daun Yang Jatuh Tak Pernah Membenci Angin 91%

A street child rescued by a kind older man grows up loving him. He marries someone else.

by Tere Liye 2010

3.98

19k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

One Last Rainy Day

by Kate Stewart • 2023

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

4.53

55k+

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

One Last Rainy Day 91%

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

by Kate Stewart 2023

4.53

55k+ ratings

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

Ethic 3

by Ashley Antoinette • 2018

A street king's revenge cost him his family. Her faith is the only way back.

4.54

6k+

🏙️ Street Lit Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🕊️ Child Loss 🏠 Found Family 😢 High Angst

Ethic 3 91%

A street king's revenge cost him his family. Her faith is the only way back.

by Ashley Antoinette 2018

4.54

6k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🕊️ Child Loss 🏠 Found Family 😢 High Angst

Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney • 2024

Two grieving brothers in Ireland fall into consuming age-gap affairs while their own bond fractures.

3.79

386k+

🇮🇪 Contemporary Ireland 🧩 Age Gap Romance 💔 Love Triangle ♟️ Chess Prodigy 👥 Sibling Tension

Intermezzo 91%

Two grieving brothers in Ireland fall into consuming age-gap affairs while their own bond fractures.

by Sally Rooney 2024

3.79

386k+ ratings

🇮🇪 Contemporary Ireland 🧩 Age Gap Romance 💔 Love Triangle ♟️ Chess Prodigy 👥 Sibling Tension

I Fell in Love With Hope

by Lancali • 2022

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

3.81

34k+

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

I Fell in Love With Hope 91%

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

by Lancali 2022

3.81

34k+ ratings

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

by Junauda Petrus • 2019

Exiled from Trinidad, Audre falls for Mabel, a girl whose love blazes brightest as her body fails.

4.24

7k+

🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 💔 Terminal Illness Romance ✨ Magical Realism Ya 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them Summary

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them 91%

Exiled from Trinidad, Audre falls for Mabel, a girl whose love blazes brightest as her body fails.

by Junauda Petrus 2019

4.24

7k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 💔 Terminal Illness Romance ✨ Magical Realism Ya 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers

After the Shot Drops

by Randy Ribay • 2018

A basketball transfer divides two best friends, and a cousin’s debts force a betrayal at gunpoint.

4.13

3k+

🏀 High School Basketball 💔 Estranged Friends 👥 Dual Pov 🕊️ Guilt And Redemption 💰 Socioeconomic Divide

After the Shot Drops 91%

A basketball transfer divides two best friends, and a cousin’s debts force a betrayal at gunpoint.

by Randy Ribay 2018

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏀 High School Basketball 💔 Estranged Friends 👥 Dual Pov 🕊️ Guilt And Redemption 💰 Socioeconomic Divide

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 91%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Verona Comics

by Jennifer Dugan • 2020

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

3.58

4k+

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

Verona Comics 91%

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

by Jennifer Dugan 2020

3.58

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rival Families 🤫 Secret Relationship 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 91%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

Homeboyz

by Alan Sitomer • 2007

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

4.34

2k+

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Homeboyz 91%

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

by Alan Sitomer 2007

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

13k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power 90%

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.31

13k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Out of Darkness

by Ashley Hope Pérez • 2016

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

4.14

9k+

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

Out of Darkness 90%

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016

4.14

9k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

My Return to the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak • 2025

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

3.73

23k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

My Return to the Walter Boys 90%

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

by Ali Novak 2025

3.73

23k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick • 2006

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

4.05

10k+

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

Notes from the Midnight Driver 90%

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006

4.05

10k+ ratings

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

3.86

74k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her Summary

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her 90%

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

by Laura Nowlin

3.86

74k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham • 2007

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

3.81

58k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Before I Die 90%

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

by Jenny Downham 2007

3.81

58k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Vendetta

by Catherine Doyle • 2015

Five brothers move in next door. One steals her heart. They all want her family's blood.

3.99

7k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Family Vendetta 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Vendetta 90%

Five brothers move in next door. One steals her heart. They all want her family's blood.

by Catherine Doyle 2015

3.99

7k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Family Vendetta 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

by Jared Reck • 2017

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

3.85

8k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

A Short History of the Girl Next Door Summary

A Short History of the Girl Next Door 90%

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

by Jared Reck 2017

3.85

8k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard • 1972

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

3.67

2k+

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

Across the Barricades 90%

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

by Joan Lingard 1972

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love 🧓 Protective Mentor 👥 Community Pressure

Heartache and Hope

by Jay McLean • 2019

A mother broken by war. A basketball dream. Two teens collide, knowing love cannot save them.

4.07

10k+

🏫 High School Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Bittersweet Ending 👥 Dual Pov 🩺 Young Caregiver

Heartache and Hope 90%

A mother broken by war. A basketball dream. Two teens collide, knowing love cannot save them.

by Jay McLean 2019

4.07

10k+ ratings

🏫 High School Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Bittersweet Ending 👥 Dual Pov 🩺 Young Caregiver

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