Beloved young adult romance author reached new levels of fame when the screen adaptation of her novel Before was adapted into a Netflix movie in 2018. But Han has many dedicated followers from her first book trilogy, series, which opens with .
The trilogy gained a lot of new fans when it was adapted into a streaming series for Amazon’s Prime Video, which debuted on June 17, 2022.
and its two sequels, , and We’ll Always Have Summer, follow Isabel "Belly" Conklin as she comes of age over the course of several summers at Cousins Beach. Belly visits the beach every year with her mother and brother, her mother’s childhood best friend, Susannah Fisher, and Susannah’s children, sons Conrad and Jeremiah.
When we first meet Belly, she’s 16, transitioning out of a (very relatable) awkward phase and finding herself caught between the Fisher boys. Throughout the trilogy, we see Belly go through high school, college, and an eventual wedding—although you’ll have to listen to the series to learn the identity of her groom! It’s the perfect combination of romance, teenage drama, and family conflict, with countless heartfelt moments sprinkled throughout.
So, whether you can’t get enough of the Amazon Prime Video series or you’re lining up a healthy TBLT (To Be Listened To) queue for when you’ve finished watching, check out these delightful audiobooks perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty. We've got love triangles, summer romance books, easy beach reads and touching coming-of-age recommendations for any listener who loves Jenny Han.
YA Books Like The Summer I Turned Pretty
If you’re a Jenny Han fan, you’ll love this YA romance book by . Meredith Fox heads to Martha’s Vineyard on her family’s annual vacation after losing her sister, Claire. She shut everyone out but is determined to rejoin the world this summer.
In The Summer of Broken Rules the annual family vacation is the perfect place to reconnect. Meredith is dateless at the family game of assassin, which has become a Fox family tradition. She finds herself forming an assassin alliance with a cute groomsman. She tries to focus on the game and honouring her late sister’s legacy but can’t help falling for him.
powerful novel about hope in the face of heartbreak will be a hit with Jenny Han fans. Second Chance Summer follows Taylor Edwards from an average but somewhat distant family.
One day, Taylor’s dad gets a terrible diagnosis, so the family decides to spend one last summer together at their Pocono Mountains lake house. They begin to reconnect and comfort one another. Taylor realizes her former best friend and her first boyfriend from years ago are still in the area.
