Books like It Only Happens in the Movies
12 books with a reading profile close to It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Everything Leads to You
by Nina LaCour
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emi Price is an eighteen-year-old production designer working as an intern on film sets in Los Angeles.
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2
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Set in nineteenth-century Paris, the story follows Prince Sebastian, a royal heir whose parents are searching for his future bride.
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3
Finding Audrey
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner lives trapped behind dark sunglasses inside her house, struggling with a severe anxiety disorder and agoraphobia following a traumatic bullying incident at school.
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4
The Geography of You and Me
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
The story begins in a stalled elevator during a New York City blackout, where Lucy, a teenager living in a luxury penthouse, meets Owen, the son of the building’s superintendent.
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5
You Should See Me in a Crown
by Leah Johnson
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Liz Lighty prioritizes her escape from Campbell, Indiana, through a scholarship to Pennington College.
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6
Once and for All
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Louna Barrett spends her summers working for her mother’s wedding planning business, navigating the logistics of high-end ceremonies while maintaining a cynical outlook on romance.
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7
The Rest of the Story
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emma Saylor Northup spends her summer at North Lake, the childhood home of her mother, who died from an overdose years earlier.
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8
Now That You Mention It
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Nora Stuart, a physician in Los Angeles who loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, goes home to the small town in Maine where she grew up.
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9
Pumpkinheads
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
High school seniors Deja and Josiah have worked together at a sprawling Nebraska pumpkin patch every autumn for three years.
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Flipped
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Bryce Loski and Juli Baker have been neighbors since the second grade, when Juli first decided she was in love and Bryce decided he needed to escape her.
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The Future of Us
by Jay Asher
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Set in 1996, the story follows high school neighbors Josh and Emma after they install an America Online CD-ROM on a brand-new computer.
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12
Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Evie Thomas gains a supernatural ability to witness the entire trajectory of a couple’s romance, from the first spark to the eventual breakup, just by watching them kiss.
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