If you find yourself in a reading slump, here are recommendations for which book to pick up next, based on who your favorite artist, or music genre, is!
If you like Bad Bunny, you should read “The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School” by Sonora Reyes.
This young adult novel is about a Mexican American teenager navigating a new school while trying to keep her identity as a lesbian secret.
Also available in Spanish.
If you like Taylor Swift, you should read “13 Little Love Stories.”
This newly published young adult book is a collection of short stories inspired by Taylor Swift songs. The collection features beloved young adult authors like Jennifer Dugan, Sara Shepard and more.
If you like Billie Eilish, you should read “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath.
“The Bell Jar” is a classic novel about a woman’s mental health, a topic Eilish explores in some of her songs. Billie herself is also making her acting debut as the main character in an upcoming film adaptation of the book.
If you like Drake, you should read “Let Me Hear a Rhyme” by Tiffany D. Jackson.
This young adult novel follows three teenagers as they secretly release the music of their murdered friend to turn him into a rap star after his death.
If you like Ariana Grande, you should read “Elphie: A Wicked Childhood” by Gregory Maguire.
If you miss the “Wicked” movies, never fear—there are plenty of books from the Oz universe to fill your craving for the story to continue, like this novel about Elphaba’s childhood.
If you like Kendrick Lamar, you should read “On the Come Up” by Angie Thomas.
This young adult novel written by the author of “The Hate U Give” follows an aspiring rapper named Bri as she navigates her emotions and the trauma she’s experienced through her songwriting.
If you like Sabrina Carpenter, you should read “Just for the Cameras” by Meghan Quinn.
If you like Sabrina’s flirty personality and songs, you’ll enjoy Meghan Quinn’s romance books featuring classic romance book tropes like fake dating and enemies-to-lovers.
If you like The Weeknd, you should read “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong.
This novel explores themes like race, gender and what constitutes a family, according to
Fiction Writers Review, like the themes of some of The Weeknd’s songs.
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