Book Recommendations Based on Your Favorite Netflix Shows

It’s almost Fall!!!!!!!!! (All those exclamation marks still barely express my excitement.) Pumpkin spice, Halloween, and sweater weather are finally upon us, and I for one can not wait. With fall comes plenty of cozy Netflix or reading time, and I have all the recommendations for you.

If you like Gilmore Girls read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Both Gilmore Girls and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before have remained some of my favorite television shows and books because they just make me feel warm and fuzzy. They cover all my feel spots; strong family bonds (check!), yummy food (check!), awesome Christmas scenes (check!), and of course cute boys (check!). If Rory Gilmore wasn’t so darn stupid (who drops out of YALE?!) and could bake, she would be the equivalent of Lara Jean. Overall both Gilmore Girls and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before will make you laugh, cry, and want to drink a pumpkin spice latte in your fuzziest sweater.

If you like Thirteen Reasons Why read Looking for Alaska by John Green

I personally cringe at the teenage angst of Thirteen Reasons Why, and the only book that could match its levels of hormones is Looking For Alaska by John Green. I wasn’t able to make it through Thirteen Reasons Why so I don’t know how accurate my recommendation is, but judging from the first season and a half-ish both these titles focus around stupid boys who want to want their manic pixie dream girls.

If you like Sex Education read Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke

I loved both these titles for the same reason, the pure level of wit! Oelke makes you fall in love with sadistic and witty Jane Sinner in the same ways the creators of Sex Education make you fall in love with Meave Wiley. They both also use these characters to break your heart and stomp all over it. I will say I applaud the diversity in Sex Education and I wish I could have seen more of it in Nice Try, Jane Sinner.

If you like The Politician read The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin

The best way to describe these titles is “weirdly serious and grown-up teenagers” which I know some people hate, but I weirdly love it. I’m a freshman in high school and I seriously doubt by my senior year will include planning my presidency or trying to prove my best friend committed murder BUT I do like to imagine. In both these titles, everything just feels so hardcore that it gives an easy escape from my stress into these bizarre teenager’s lives.

If you like Outer Banks read We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

The teenagers of We Were Liars are comparable to the kooks of Outer Banks but ten times richer and on a private island off Martha’s Vineyard. I think these two titles go so well together because they have the same summer island nostalgia feeling that makes you long for sunshine and pool days. They also play off each other well in the idea that they show opposite sides of the spectrum wealth wise.

If you like Gossip Girl read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Think Upper East Side, but instead of New York it is in Singapore. Both Gossip Girl and Crazy Rich Asians explore the life of the richest of the rich from tabloid-worthy gossip to charity fundraisers. While I may be stuck in the middle of nowhere midwest it sure is fun to dream of Dior and private parties. I think a strength of both of these titles is examining its characters from the lens of an outsider, in Gossip Girl its Dan (even though he definitely sucks) and in Crazy Rich Asians it is Jessica (much better than Dan).

I wish you all a happy fall filled with plenty of binge-watching and reading time! Until next time, Bookish Babble.