friendship + romance

11 books tagged both “friendship” and “romance”.

One Day

David Nicholls · 2009

Emma and Dexter meet July 15 1988 and we revisit each St Swithins Day for 20 years.

2,392-word summary · 11 min read

The Flatshare

Beth O'Leary · 2019

Two strangers share one bed on opposite shifts and fall in love through notes left around the flat.

2,793-word summary · 12 min read

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

John Green and David Levithan · 2010

Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.

2,742-word summary · 12 min read

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney · 2021

Two friends Alice and Eileen trade letters while navigating love with Felix and Simon.

2,872-word summary · 13 min read

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin · 2013

Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.

2,785-word summary · 12 min read

The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes · 2019

Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.

3,439-word summary · 15 min read

In Five Years

Rebecca Serle · 2020

Dannie sees herself with another man in 2025, then meets him as her best friend Bella's boyfriend. A sad, readable story about plans, friendship, and grief.

2,748-word summary · 12 min read

Something Borrowed

Emily Giffin · 2004

Good girl Rachel loves her best friend's fiance through a summer of weddings and lies.

2,100-word summary · 9 min read

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry · 2021

Poppy and Alex have shared one vacation each summer for ten years. Two years after a silent falling out, she talks him into one more trip to fix it.

2,358-word summary · 10 min read