Genre Mash: Romance x Sports

Updated April 9, 2026
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Anything but ordinary
Avery, Lara
Paper Book
Bryce remembers it like it was yesterday. The scent of chlorine. The blinding crack and flash of pain. Blood in the water. When she wakes up in the hospital, all Bryce can think of is her disastrous Olympic diving trial. But everything is different now. Bryce still feels seventeen, so...
Check, please! Book 1, #Hockey
Ukazu, Ngozi
Paper Book
Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's...
Cheer up! : love and pompoms
Frasier, Crystal
Paper Book
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist 2021 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2021 Cybils Award Winner 2022 GLAAD Media Award Winner 2022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist   A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of ...
Crushing it
Becker, Erin, (Children's author)
Paper Book
On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She's ready to lead her team to victory at the city championship in her new role as captain. Off the field, however, is a totally different story. Mel can't get a handle on her class presentation, her friend group has completely dissolved, and...
Dairy queen
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
Paper Book
When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. can’t help admitting, maybe he’s right. When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up...
The favorites
Fargo, Layne
Paper Book
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice "Part...
Fence. Volume one
Pacat, C. S.
Paper Book
Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreams of getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After getting accepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into a cut-throat world, and finds himself...
The foxhole court
Sakavic, Nora
Audiobook
Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He's short, he's fast, he's got a ton of potential-and he's the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher.Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is...
Furia
Maendez, Yamile Saied
Paper Book
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020 A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus...
Girl against the universe
Stokes, Paula
Paper Book
From the author of The Art of Lainey and Liars, Inc. comes a fresh, contemporary story about one girl's tragic past and a boy who convinces her that maybe her luck is about to change. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen or Jenny Han. Maguire knows she's bad luck. No matter how many charms she...
Highly suspicious and unfairly cute
Hibbert, Talia
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A pair of ex-best friends turned high school rivals must work together to survive the great outdoors--and each other--in this cozy enemies-to-lovers romance from the beloved author of the Brown Sisters trilogy. "A pure delight. This book...
Kat's Greek summer : a novel
Tipper, Mima
Paper Book
Ready-set-look out, world! Kat Baker is about to explode . . . onto the high school scene, that is. All she has to do? Spend July and August training with New Canaan High's cross-country team, become a running goddess and, come fall, claim her place as the team's star freshman runner. When her mom...
Leap
Popescu, Simina
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library * Kirkus Reviews * School Library Journal In this stunning debut graphic novel, two dancers chase perfection at a prestigious performing arts boarding school in Bucharest, Romania--grappling...
I like me better
Weber, Robby
Paper Book
A joyful summer romance that Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Out of the Blue, calls "Swoon-worthy!" This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad,...
Playing for keeps
Heart, Lee; Darling, Angela
Paper Book
A girl starts to like-like her best friend and feel jealous of the girl he's hanging out with in this book in the new tween middle grade rom-com Spotlight Sprinkles series! Although she's bummed that summer is over, Aaliyah is excited for school to start. She hasn't seen...
She's the man
Fickman, Andy; Leslie, Ewan; Lutz, Karen McCullah; Smith, Kirsten; Bynes, Amanda, 1986; Tatum, Channing; Ramsey, Laura, 1982; Jones, Vinnie, 1965; Hoffman, Robert, 1980; Breckenridge, Alex, 1982; Hagerty, Julie; Cross, David, 1964; Shuler-Donner, Lauren;
DVD
Viola, disguised as her twin brother Sebastian, joins the high school boys' soccer team and helps win the big game while unexpectedly falling for Duke. High school politics and twisted love triangles become a major challenge.
Shut out
Keplinger, Kody
Paper Book
The battle of the sexes is on. Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it's a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part,Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always...
Throw like a girl
Henning, Sarah
Paper Book
Sizzling ambition, drama, and swoonworthy romance abound in this underdog sports story, perfect for fans of Icebreaker! When softball star Liv Rodinsky throws one ill-advised punch during the most important game of the year, she loses her scholarship to her...
Under the neon lights
Vinson, Arriel
Paper Book
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award In this sparkling and heartfelt debut YA novel in verse by a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, a young Black girl discovers first love, self-worth, and the power of a good skate. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Joya...

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