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12 books with a reading profile close to The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 It Only Happens in the Movies

    It Only Happens in the Movies

    by Holly Bourne

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Audrey, a seventeen-year-old, has recently been dumped by her boyfriend and decides that real life does not work like the movies she loves.

  2. 2 Flipped

    Flipped

    by Wendelin Van Draanen

    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.

  3. 3 Everything Leads to You

    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.

  4. 4 You Should See Me in a Crown

    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.

  5. 5 Finding Audrey

    Finding Audrey

    by Sophie Kinsella

    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.

  6. 6 Once and for All

    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.

  7. 7 The Rest of the Story

    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.

  8. 8 The Geography of You and Me

    The Geography of You and Me

    by Jennifer E. Smith

    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.

  9. 9 If I Was Your Girl

    If I Was Your Girl

    by Meredith Russo

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Amanda Hardy moves to Lambertville, Tennessee, to live with her father after a violent assault at her previous school.

  10. 10 Now That You Mention It

    Now That You Mention It

    by Kristan Higgins

    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.

  11. 11 Pumpkinheads

    Pumpkinheads

    by Rainbow Rowell

    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.

  12. 12 The Last Summer of You and Me

    The Last Summer of You and Me

    by Ann Brashares

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Riley, Alice and Paul are friends who grew up together in a small town in Maine.

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