Teen School Romance Books for Back to School Season

New School Year, New Crush!

If you’re looking forward to a new school year and all its potential for a new romance, then you’ll want to add these academic romance books to your required reading list! Check out our recommendations for teen school romance books for back to school season.

I Wanna Be Your Girl, Volume 1

By Umi Takase

Being in love with your childhood best friend can be complicated, especially when, right before high school, she transitions to living as a girl. Printed for the first time in English, this manga series tells a thoughtful story about the complications of first loves, friendship, and what it truly means to be an ally.

Love Points to You

By Alice Lin

A swoony rivals-to-lovers romance between driven, practical Lynda Fan and her rich, arrogant classmate, Angela Wu. When Angela offers Lynda the chance to design characters for her Otome game, Lynda discovers things she never knew about herself . . . or her heart.

Brielle and Bear, Volume 1

By Salomey Doku

A tale as old as time refreshed for modern readers. This Beauty and the Beast retelling captures the magic and romance of first-year university students Brielle and Bear and the fairytale they are destined to live.

The Homecoming War

By Addie Woolridge

When plunging enrollment forces two rival high schools to merge, two class presidents must work together to make the schools unite. But when a mutual crush emerges, they’ll both have to figure out what they want and where their loyalties lie before they become the most hated people at school.

You Bet Your Heart

By Danielle Parker

A riveting, swoon-worthy teen romance debut centered on two high achievers fighting for the title of high school valedictorian and falling in love along the way, from author Danielle Parker.

10 Things I Hate About Prom

By Elle Gonzalez Rose

There are more than 10 things to hate about prom, but the worst is having to convince your BFF that you’re the one he should take—a sweet friends-to-lovers teen rom-com from the author of Caught in a Bad Fauxmance.