If your heart skipped a beat during Season 2 of the Heartstopper series on Netflix, you’re in good company. Many are discovering they have a massive crush on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel series turned TV adaptation that’s warming hearts with it’s feel-good LGBTQ+ romance. For those who love coming-of-age stories, you know you don’t have to be a high-schooler to connect with this sweet love story that also tenderly delves into tough topics like mental health and bullying.

If you’re finding yourself Googling “When does Season 3 of Heartstopper come out?” because you’re just not sure you can wait a year—or more—to see what happens with Nick, Charlie, Tao, Elle and the rest of the gang, mend your aching heart with books about other characters in Oseman’s series, or a read-alike on the free Libby app from your library.

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

🎧 Check out this review of the audiobook read by Jenny Walser from AudioFile magazine.

Oseman’s Heartstopper characters first appeared in 2014. This new 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.

I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre

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?

The Summer of Everything 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.

Bloom 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.

Twelfth Grade Night 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.

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

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.

This Winter by Alice Oseman
Release date: Sept. 5, 2023

A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season...

Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie and Charlie's boyfriend, Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.

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