Books Like Eleanor & Park

Loved Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell? If its young adult, first love and teen protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, They Both Die at the End and The Summer I Turned Pretty. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Eleanor & Park: Young Adult · First Love · Teen Protagonist · Teenagers · Romance

The Fault in Our Stars
John Green

First Love · Teenagers · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Bittersweet

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They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

First Love · Teen Protagonist · Bittersweet · Young Adult · Teenagers

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han

First Love · Nostalgic · Teenagers · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist

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A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition) (Ravenswood, 1)
Talia Hibbert

Bullying · Teenagers · First Love · Teen Protagonist · Opposites Attract

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The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton

Teenagers · Class Struggle · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Coming of Age

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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott

Nostalgic · Coming of Age · Tearjerker · First Love · Character-Driven

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The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · First Love · Bittersweet

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Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter

First Love · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Teenagers · Contemporary Fiction

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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Robert Dugoni

Bullying · Nostalgic · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Emotional

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Gather
Kenneth M. Cadow

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks

First Love · Nostalgic · Class Struggle · Bittersweet · Romance

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My Name Is Venus Black
Heather Lloyd

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Toxic Family Dynamics · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction

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Daisy Jones & the Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Music · Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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Spoiler Alert
Olivia Dade

Body Image · Romance · Contemporary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Opposites Attract

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Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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The Catcher in the Rye
Jerome David Salinger

Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Teenagers · Nostalgic · Character-Driven

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It
Stephen King

Bullying · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Domestic Abuse · Teenagers

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Marked
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Blended Family · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Bullying

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This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub

Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Emotional

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson

Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Coming of Age · Toxic Family Dynamics · Emotional

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