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Updated June 27, 2026
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Is that a book title or a Taylor Swift song?

Literary recommendations that share titles with your favourite Taylor Swift songs and lyrics. Recommendations are largely geared towards teen and adult readers.

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Begin again : James Baldwin's America and its urgent lessons for our own
Glaude, Eddie S., Jr.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same."--Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race....
This is why we can't have nice things
Wood, Naomi
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD'Terrifically exciting . . . It's a beautiful, electrifying thing to witness - a writer so hilariously and so reasonably voicing the unspeakable'Sarah Hall'I laughed and winced at these witty, shrewd stories . . . Hats off to Naomi Wood'...
Call it what you want : a novel
DeRogatis, Alissa
Paper Book
A situationship, a heartbreak, a mistake-you can call it what you want. But was it love? It's 2016, and Sloane Hart's senior year of college is bound to be the best one yet. Her nights consist of drinking cheap vodka and singing along to The Chainsmokers with her friends, and her...
Look What You Made Me Do
Lanchester, John.
Paper Book
'A great read. A box of delights which is also a thrilling satirical torture chamber.' Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession 'An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.' Observer 'A modern master of funny, penetrating satire.' GQ 'If...
No body, no crime
Sharpe, Tess
Paper Book
Murder either bonds you or breaks you. Rural PI Mel Tillman knows this well. She's seen her fair share of bloody cases and botched cover-ups. But killing with someone? That is a different kind of mess all together, and Mel's got real experience with it. No one's heard from Toby Dunne since Chloe...
Fearless
Roberts, Lauren
Paper Book
Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... ​ ​ And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate - and the fate of those around her - forever. ​ ​ In the ultimate battle of love and...
White horse
Wurth, Erika T.
Paper Book
"This ghost story is a perfect example of new wave horror that will also satisfy fans of classic Stephen King." --Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic Erika T. Wurth's White Horse is a gritty, vibrant novel about an...
You belong with me
Mcfarlane, Mhairi
Paper Book
Preorder Mhairi's new novel COVER STORY now! She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? When there's a ring on her doorbell, there's only one person Edie Thompson wants it to be. The person who's still in her heart. The person who just might be...
Love story
Kelk, Lindsey
Paper Book
The new enemies-to-lovers romcom from Lindsey Kelk 'Lindsey Kelk is the Taylor Swift of romance writing - she makes me PROUD to be a romance reader!' DAISY BUCHANAN 'Love Story might just be [Lindsey's] best yet. It has everything I...
Sparks fly
Jamal, Zakiya N.
Paper Book
A late bloomer thought a visit to a sex club might jump start her love life, but instead makes an instant connection that turns her whole world upside down, in this adult debut from author Zakiya N. Jamal. When Stella Renee Johnson's roommate invites her to a sex club party but...
Dear John
Sparks, Nicholas
Paper Book
Is duty enough reason to live a lie? When John meets Savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured...
Enchanted to meet you
Cabot, Meg
Paper Book
A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force--but will she be able to protect her heart? It's Magic When You Meet Your Match In her teenage...
Better than revenge
West, Kasie
Paper Book
A swoony new romance from the author of Sunkissed! When her football-player boyfriend and now ex lands the podcast job she's been dreaming of, a girl takes matters into her own hands by enlisting the help of his nemesis to get revenge. Seventeen-year-old Finley has...
Never grow up
Kingsbury, Karen
Paper Book
Now an original series on Prime Video In the third book in Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell's beloved series about the Baxter children, Ashley and Kari Baxter struggle with what it means to grow up. When Kari Baxter is assigned an essay about what she wants...
Ours
Williams, Phillip B.
Paper Book
An epic, spellbinding novel of rebellion, redemption, power and humanity, and of a Black community finding freedom to live an ordinary life of love and pain in America's darkest days.
The state of Grace
Lucas, Rachael
Paper Book
Whip-smart, hilarious and unapologetically honest, The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas is a heart-warming story of one girl trying to work out where she fits in, and whether she even wants to. Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for...
Never ever getting back together
Gonzales, Sophie
Paper Book
Romance, revenge, and reality TV. The new queer YA rom-com from Sophie Gonzales, bestselling author of Only Mostly Devastated. Eighteen-year-old Maya dumped her cheating ex-boyfriend Jordy two years ago. So, when she receives a call to participate in Second...
Begin again
Lord, Emma
Paper Book
As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and maintain her lifelong goal of becoming an iconic self-help figure despite the nerves that have recently thrown her for a loop. All it will take is ruthless...
Blank space : a cultural history of the twenty-first century
Marx, W. David
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A People Best Book of November 2025 · An NPR Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025 A revealing exploration of a quarter century of cultural...
Out of the woods : a girl, a killer, and a lifelong struggle to find the way home
Olsen, Gregg
Paper Book
From a girl's abduction by a serial killer to the harrowing aftermath--a gripping and heart-wrenching true-crime story by Gregg Olsen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell. In May 2005, authorities discovered the Groene family murdered in their Idaho...
Bad blood
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Paper Book
Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. All of your burning questions are answered in this shocking conclusion...
How you get the girl
Kelly, Anita (Romance author)
Paper Book
'No one understands the beauty of quiet moments in romance quite like Kelly' ALISON COCHRUN 'Kelly never fails to bring the perfect combination of humor, swoons, and grounded emotion' Timothy Janovsky 'I can't get enough of Anita Kelly's writing' Ava Wilder ...
This love : a novel
Jeffs, Lotte
Paper Book
An Autostraddle and Electric Literature Most Anticipated Queer Book "We're calling it... Lotte Jeffs' novel is the new One Day." --Sunday Times Style Magazine An utterly charming and modern debut novel spanning ten years of...
Wonderland
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
Fall into the lives of the city's filthy rich with Juno Dawson's deliciously dark and intoxicating London Collection. FROM THE WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2020 A vicious, dark delight' - heat magazine What happens when you fall down...
More than a best friend : a novel
Alban, Emma R.
Paper Book
The swoon-worthy queer friends-to-lovers regency romance, the perfect sapphic love story for fans of Bridgerton's Francesca and Michaela! 'Top tier wit, spice, and swoons!' Evie Dunmore, bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke 'A sapphic romance set...
Cruel summer : a novel
Yates, Maisey
Paper Book
The archer
Coelho, Paulo
Paper Book
From the #1 best-selling author of The Alchemist comes an inspiring story about a young man seeking wisdom from an elder, and the practical lessons imparted along the way. Includes stunning illustrations by Christoph Niemann. "A novelist who writes in a...
The one : a novel
Argy, Julia
Paper Book
A razor-sharp and seductively hypnotic debut novel about the very fantasy of falling in love. Emily didn't join the cast of The One for fame or for a relationship. She simply didn't have anything better to do. Newly fired from her dead-end job, it doesn't take much...
Cardigans
Karlsson, Maja
Paper Book
Dive into a world of warmth, comfort and style with Cardigans, a beautiful book bursting with inspiration that invites seasoned knitters and beginners alike to construct perfect cardigans from a selection of 20 projects. Dreaming of a stylish summer cardigan? Or snuggling into a plush...
August
Wink, Callan
Paper Book
From an assured new voice in American fiction, a magnificent and moving first novel about a boy coming of age in the American heartland.
Invisible strings
Frederick Daugherty, Kristie
Paper Book
113 brand new poems. Responding to 113 songs by Taylor Swift. Can you match every poem to the song that inspired it? 🦋✨💜☎️🌃🐍🌸🌲🍂🌟🖋️ 'If you like Taylor...
Mad woman : how to survive a world that thinks you're the problem
Gordon, Bryony
Paper Book
'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer' Elizabeth Day What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that's making us so sad? Ten years on from first writing about her own experiences of mental illness, Bryony Gordon still receives...
Betty
McDaniel, Tiffany
Paper Book
A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life. "A girl comes of age against the knife." So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in...
Evermore
Holland, Sara
Paper Book
Happiness
Forna, Aminatta
Paper Book
"Throughout Happiness, Forna stops in our tracks . . . Reminiscent at times of Michael Ondaatje's novel Anil's Ghost . . . Happiness is a meditation on grand themes: Love and death, man and nature, cruelty and mercy. But Forna folds this weighty matter into her buoyant...
Long story short
Kaylor, Serena
Paper Book
"Like the best of the Bard himself, Long Story Short combines dazzling repartee with iconic, nuanced characters and the kind of charged, perfectly paced romance fit for the world stage...a sparkling Shakespearean homage and a wonderful debut." --Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund...
You're the problem, it's you : a novel
Alban, Emma R.
Paper Book
The enemies-to-lovers queer Victorian romance follow-up to Don't Want You Like a Best Friend, an MM romance in which a young lord and a second son clash, but find themselves thrust together again and again by their meddling cousins. "That man is, without a doubt, the...
Dear reader : the comfort and joy of books
Rentzenbrink, Cathy
Paper Book
A memoir of a life spent immersed in the comfort and joy of books, from Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink.For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up, she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in...
Florida
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts." --The New York Times Book Review In her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric...
The black dog
Bridges, Kevin
Paper Book
THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin BridgesDeclan dreams of becoming a writer. It's a dream that helps him escape the realities of his life - going through the motions at college and stacking supermarket shelves part-time, whilst...
Elizabeth Taylor : the grit & glamour of an icon
Brower, Kate Andersen
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major...
Father figure : how to be a feminist dad
Shapiro, Jordan
Paper Book
From Sesame Workshop senior fellow and digital-age parenting expert Jordan Shapiro, a thoughtful and long-overdue exploration on fatherhood and masculinity in the 21st century. There are hundreds of books on parenting, and with good reason -- becoming a parent is scary,...
Cancelled
Penn, Farrah
Paper Book
With its clever snark and searing perspective, Cancelled is a funny, fearless novel about the realistic pitfalls and unforgettable moments high school has to offer, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Emma Lord. Not to brag, but Brynn Whittaker is basically killing her...
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