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Teen Contemporary Romance Books by BIPOC Authors

Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar

Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar

Buckle up for a wild ride with this cheeky and charming rom-com where one girl’s quest across India to seal her first kiss turns into finding first love in the...

Bingsu for Two

Bingsu for Two

Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion—even for...

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope,...

A Bánh Mì for Two

A Bánh Mì for Two

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vietnam and they spend the semester unraveling their families’ histories―and eating all the...

Stay With My Heart

Stay With My Heart

From Tashie Bhuiyan, the author of Counting Down with You and A Show for Two comes a new YA contemporary about a girl who accidentally sabotages an up-and-coming local band...

An Echo in the City

An Echo in the City

Two star-crossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary novel about coming-of-age in a time of change. In An Echo in the City by...

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

From Talia Hibbert, the bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the...

The Queens of New York

The Queens of New York

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian American girls, their unbreakable bond, and one life-changing summer, perfect for fans of The Sisterhood...

The Dos & Donuts of Love

The Dos & Donuts of Love

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and...

This Place is Still Beautiful

This Place is Still Beautiful

A sweeping debut novel about first love, complicated family dynamics, and the pernicious legacy of racism. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Jandy Nelson, and Emily X.R. Pan, with crossover...

Flip the Script

Flip the Script

In this simmering, joyous novel, I’ll Be the One author Lyla Lee delivers a tender romance set between two brave teens who decide that when the script isn’t working, it’s...

Yolk

Yolk

A funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they’ll go to save one of their lives—even if it means swapping identities. Jayne and June Baek are...

A Show for Two

A Show for Two

New from Tashie Bhuiyan, the author of Counting Down with You, comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes undercover...

Tokyo Ever After

Tokyo Ever After

Emiko Jean’s New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the “refreshing, spot-on” (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers...

Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

Everyone likes Humaira “Hani” Khan―she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity,...

A Pho Love Story

A Pho Love Story

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their...

Counting Down with You

Counting Down with You

In this sparkling and romantic YA debut by Tashie Bhuiyan, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date...

Instructions for Dancing

Instructions for Dancing

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when...

The Henna Wars

The Henna Wars

Nishat doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her...

I’ll Be the One

I’ll Be the One

The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating confidence and body positivity—perfect for fans of Jenny...

Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know

Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know

Discover New York Times bestseller Samira Ahmed’s romantic, sweeping adventure through the streets of Paris told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, continents, and the lives of two young Muslim...

Internment

Internment

Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the...

Permanent Record

Permanent Record

An unforgettable new romance about how social media influences relationships every day. On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. His graveyard shift at...

I Wanna Be Where You Are

I Wanna Be Where You Are

A debut young adult rom-com about an African American ballerina who finds love on the road to an audition. “In a world where it’s easy to lose faith in love,...

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