What to read next if you love the Heartstopper series

by Alice Oseman

🎧 Audiobook

Oseman’s Heartstopper characters first appeared in 2014. This production, narrated by Jenny Walser, is an entertaining addition to the franchise. Walser, who plays Tori Spring in the Heartstopper streaming series, clearly knows her character well and narrates this story, full of suspense and romance, fittingly. Although she does not widely vary her voice for dialogue, her narration distinguishes characters through tone and pacing. Tori, a high school student, blogger, and introvert, has attracted the attention of the mysterious Solitaire as they create a series of increasingly dangerous “experiences” for the student body. Walser’s narration keeps the listener engaged as the suspense and romance build to a dramatic climax.

by Alex Assan

In this queer coming-of-age teen graphic novel by breakout talent Alex Assan, high schooler Rotem feels herself growing apart from her friends in a million inexpressible ways. But an unexpected connection with another student makes her feel more herself than ever before. This incisive and stunningly gorgeous debut is perfect for fans of Heartstopper.

by Ngozi Ukazu

Heartstopper meets Heated Rivalry in the first volume of Ngozi Ukazu's bestselling graphic novel series!

Eric Bittle has been a junior figure skating champion, a vlogging sensation, and a talented amateur pâtissier—but nothing could have prepared him for freshman year on the Samwell University hockey team. College hockey is a whole new game, with hard checks, intense practices, and one very attractive—but moody—team captain: Jack.

by Alice Oseman

Instead of Season 4, Netflix opted to turn the final installment in Nick and Charlie's romance into a film adaptation. Read the graphic novel when it releases on July 7! 

Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they're going to be together forever. But Charlie's busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he's starting to wonder who he'll be... without Charlie.

by Miles Toriko Burks

In this queer rom-com graphic novel for fans of Heartstopper and Bloom, two ex-best childhood friends reconnect again in high school only to discover they might be something more than friends. Based on the popular Webtoon of the same name!

by Rebekah Weatherspoon

🎧 Audiobook

Heaven and Saylor could not be more different. Saylor is bubbly, popular, and athletic. Heaven is grumpy, artistic, and prefers her skateboard to people. So no one would expect them to spend the summer together. But when Saylor breaks her arm at basketball camp and dreads being stuck at home with her influencer mom, she jumps at the chance to join Heaven’s Summer Bingo challenge. But Saylor must help Heaven build a social media presence for her tattoo-artist dreams. As the girls spend every day together, what starts as a deal becomes something more. But with Saylor afraid of the attention her mom’s fame could bring, can their relationship survive in the spotlight?

by Auriane Desombre

🎧 Audiobook

A YA contemporary rom com about two girls who start as rivals but, after a twist of events, end up falling for one another—at least they think so.

Arch-nemeses Emma, a die-hard romantic, and more-practical minded Sophia find themselves competing against one another for a coveted first-prize trip to a film festival in Los Angeles... what happens if their rivalry turns into a romance?

by Julian Winters

Adulting is hard. Just ask Wes Hudson. An avid comic book geek, Wes excels at two things: slacking off and pining after his best friend, Nico. Advice from his friends, '90s alt-rock songs, and online dating articles aren't helping much with his secret crush. And his dream job at Once Upon a Page, the local indie bookstore, is threatened when a coffee shop franchise wants to buy the property. To top it off, his family won't stop pestering him about picking a college major. When all three problems converge, Wes must face the one thing he's been avoiding—adulthood.

by Kevin Panetta

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band—if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom... that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything. Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, in which the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.

by Molly Horton Booth

Vi came to Arden High for a fresh start and a chance to wear beanies and button-ups instead of uniform skirts. And though doing it without her twin feels like being split in half, Vi finds her stride when she stumbles (literally!) into broody and beautiful poet-slash-influencer, Orsino. Soon Vi gets roped into helping plan the school's Twelfth Grade Night dance, and she can't stop dreaming about slow dancing with Orsino under the fairy lights in the gym. The problem? All Vi's new friends assume she's not even into guys. And before Vi can ask Orsino to the dance, he recruits Vi to help woo his crush, Olivia. Who has a crush of her own... on Vi. Star-crossed love abounds in this hilarious and romantic story of self-discovery, mistaken identities, and the magic that happens when we open our hearts to something new.

by Kacen Callender

🎧 Audiobook

Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle. But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.