An Abundance of Katherines
Colin, dumped by his nineteenth Katherine, road-trips to Gutshot with Hassan and tries to turn heartbreak into math.
2,465-word summary · 11 min read
coming of age + romance
23 books tagged both “coming of age” and “romance”.
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Call Me by Your Name
One summer on the Italian Riviera: seventeen-year-old Elio and grad student Oliver circle each other through swims, talks, and missed chances.
2,627-word summary · 12 min read
It's Not Summer Without You
After Susannah's death, Belly returns to a cold Cousins Beach with Jeremiah to save the house and faces grief, brother tension, and first love.
2,736-word summary · 12 min read
The Last Song
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
2,761-word summary · 12 min read
A Walk to Remember
Bad boy Landon falls for pastor's daughter Jamie in 1950s North Carolina.
1,991-word summary · 9 min read
Fangirl
Twin Cath Avery starts college clinging to fanfiction while her sister, her dad, and a boy named Levi pull her outward.
2,099-word summary · 9 min read
Great Expectations
Orphan Pip chases wealth and Estella through London fog and prison ships.
2,117-word summary · 9 min read
Norwegian Wood
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
2,051-word summary · 9 min read
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Belly spends another Cousins summer torn between Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher.
3,556-word summary · 16 min read
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.
2,325-word summary · 10 min read
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars: Hazel and Augustus in Amsterdam, the unfinished manuscript, and how the novel handles illness, humor, and dying without…
2,192-word summary · 10 min read