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love and relationships

Books about love and relationships for readers of all ages.

Cover of The Works of Mr. William Shakespear in Six Volumes (36 plays, 3 poems)

The Works of Mr. William Shakespear in Six Volumes (36 plays, 3 poems)

William Shakespeare

Ages 12–18love and relationshipspower and ambition

Cover of Just One Year

Just One Year

Gayle Forman

Ages 14–18self-discoverylove and relationships

Cover of Across the Barricades

Across the Barricades

Joan Lingard

Ages 13–18love and relationshipsconflict and division

Cover of Earthbound (Earthbound Series, Book 1)

Earthbound (Earthbound Series, Book 1)

Aprilynne Pike

Ages 13–18psychic abilityself-discovery

Cover of Finding Abbey Road

Finding Abbey Road

Kevin Emerson

Ages 13–18music and passionself-discovery

Cover of Just like fate

Just like fate

Cat Patrick

Ages 13–18fate and destinychoice and agency

Cover of The Day I Killed James

The Day I Killed James

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Ages 14–18death and lossguilt and redemption

Cover of Let the Storm Break

Let the Storm Break

Shannon Messenger

Ages 13–18love and relationshipsparanormal mystery

Cover of The Norton introduction to literature--shorter fourth edition

The Norton introduction to literature--shorter fourth edition

Carl E. Bain, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Richard Connell

Ages 14–18human naturemorality

Cover of Infinityglass

Infinityglass

Myra McEntire

Ages 13–18time travelpsychic ability

Cover of How to love

How to love

Katie Cotugno

Ages 14–18young motherhoodfamily

Cover of Complete Works

Complete Works

William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate (editor), Eric Rasmussen (editor)

Ages 12–18power and ambitionlove and relationships

Cover of My heartbeat

My heartbeat

Garret Freymann-Weyr, Garret Weyr, Garret Freymann-Weyr

Ages 13–18self-discoveryfamily relationships

Cover of The bright siders

The bright siders

Jen Wilde

Ages 13–18friendshipmusic and creativity

Cover of If You Really Loved Me

If You Really Loved Me

Anne E. Schraff

Ages 13–18love and relationshipspeer pressure

Cover of Notes from Ghost Town

Notes from Ghost Town

Kate Ellison

Ages 11–15grief and lossfamily and belonging

Cover of Blue Moon

Blue Moon

Alyson Noël

Ages 13–18supernatural powersimmortality

Cover of This Lullaby

This Lullaby

Sarah Dessen

Ages 13–18love and relationshipsself-discovery

Cover of Let's talk about love

Let's talk about love

Claire Kann, Kann

Ages 13–18love and relationshipsself-discovery

Cover of Running Loose

Running Loose

Chris Crutcher

Ages 13–18grief and losscoming of age

Cover of Works [37 plays, 5 poems, sonnets]

Works [37 plays, 5 poems, sonnets]

William Shakespeare

Ages 12–18love and relationshipspower and ambition

Cover of Works (46)

Works (46)

William Shakespeare

Ages 13–18power and ambitionlove and relationships

Cover of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Mariko Tamaki

Ages 13–18love and relationshipslgbtq identity

Cover of What we lost in the dark

What we lost in the dark

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Ages 13–18mysteryfamily