Do you like coming-of-age novels with borderline sadistic romantic side plots? Like when a new lover drives rifts through old friendships, when hookups bloom into codependency, or when your partner has a suspiciously close bond with your mom? The couples in these stories might not even get together – or they might have to fight for a happy ending – but some sort of revelation or catharsis is guaranteed by the end of the book. From messy divorces to first dates, from strangers to childhood friends, there’s a situationship for everyone on this list.
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Fiona and Jane are best friends growing up together in Los Angeles, whose lifelong friendship is often challenged by their families’ pasts and their own unfulfilling relationships.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Long term partners Benson and Mike face a change in their relationship when Mike must fly to Osaka to visit his dying father – just as Mike’s mother arrives at the couple’s home for a visit (and ends up becoming unconventional housemates with Benson).
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Queenie is a Jamaican British woman working at a newspaper in London, who starts making questionable decisions in romance and life after a bad breakup with her long-term boyfriend.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
38-year-old Skye’s life is transformed when she meets a 12-year-old girl who was conceived from Skye’s egg donation – a girl whose aunt Skye made a failed pass at the other day.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
This minimalistic graphic novel follows Bron and Ray, caregivers to six-year-old Nessie, as their relationship begins to fall apart.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla.
A professor named Andres returns to his suburban hometown crushed by the revelation of his husband’s cheating. At his high school reunion, he picks up old friendships and old habits – and contends with the ghosts of old loves.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.