Books Like Romeo and Juliet

Loved Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare? If its classics, romance and tragic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Song of Achilles, Anna Karenina and The Bronze Horseman. 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 Romeo and Juliet: Classics · Romance · Tragic · Forbidden Love · Theater

The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller

Tragic · First Love · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Romance

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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy

Suicide Content · Tragic · Classics · Forbidden Love · Emotional

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The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons

First Love · Secret Relationship · Tragic · Forbidden Love · Romance

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They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

First Love · Instalove · Tragic · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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Almost Life
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

First Love · Secret Relationship · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Romance

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Twilight
Stephenie Meyer

Instalove · First Love · Forbidden Love · Romance · Teen Protagonist

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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Classics · Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Emotional

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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë

Classics · Tragic · Forbidden Love · Romance · Emotional

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The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Lyrical Prose · First Love · Teen Protagonist · Emotional · Ensemble Cast

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The Fault in Our Stars
John Green

First Love · Tragic · Romance · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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Priest
Sierra Simone

Secret Relationship · Forbidden Love · Instalove · Romance · Emotional

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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Classics · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens

Classics · Tragic · Emotional · Ensemble Cast · Forbidden Love

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Atonement
Ian McEwan

Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Emotional · Classics

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Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor

Instalove · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Emotional · Tragic

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The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah

First Love · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Emotional · Forbidden Love

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This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar

Secret Relationship · Forbidden Love · Lyrical Prose · Emotional · Romance

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling

First Love · Tragic · Classics · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas

First Love · Tragic · Teen Protagonist · Emotional · Romance

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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

Tragic · Classics · Emotional · Sudden Loss · Death of a Friend

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