August is the start of Romance Awareness Month, but it’s not just another time of the year to stress about your romantic prospects (or lack thereof). Romance Awareness Month has come to represent a time to enjoy the meet-cutes, enemies to lovers, and forced proximity love stories created by some of our favorite authors. As we move into the dog days of summer, now is the perfect time to curl up with a romance novel on the beach or binge watch your favorite rom-com movies under the artic blast of your air conditioner.
Streaming platforms are offering us movie adaptations of some of the most popular love stories of the past few years. If these tales don’t move you, check out adaptations of romance manga on Crunchy Roll and Viki.com. Check out a booklist of Book to TV Adaptions too!
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
- Kaguya-Sama: Love Is war by Aka Akasaka
- Kimi ni Todoke (Frome Me to You) by Karuho Shiina
- Sasaki and Miyano by Sho Harusono
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- True Beauty by Yaongyi
- When Will Ayumu Make His Move by Sōichirō Yamamoto
Here are some other romance books to check out as recommended by YA Librarian, Jes Gafkowitz:
- Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
- Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
- If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Only this Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
- The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
- The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
- When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
- You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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