YA Contemporary Romance

If like many other readers you are waiting to get your hands on Ali Hazelwood’s YA romance Check & Mate (or if you have already read it and are experiencing a serious book hangover), then you may be looking for other YA contemporary romance books to read while you wait. This list contains recent YA contemporary romance books featuring a diverse array of characters and all the feels that you’ve been craving. 


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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

When Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she’s surprised to find her ex-best friend, Brad, right beside her. Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook/eAudio on Libby. 


Imogen, Obviously

Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. However, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook/eAudio on Libby and eBook/eAudio on Hoopla. 




She Gets the Girl

At college together in Pittsburgh, Alex decides that helping Molly snag Cora will prove to her own flame that she is not totally selfish, but things do not work out as the two have planned. 

This title is also available as an eBook on Libby and as eAudio on Libby. 


The Upside of Falling

Pretending to be a couple to avoid messy relationships and peer pressure, a jaded teen and a busy football captain discover they have many things in common and start to develop inconvenient, real feelings for one another. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook/eAudio on Libby and eBook/eAudio on Hoopla. 


Woke Up Like This

For two high school seniors, it’s seventeen going on thirty—overnight—in a magical romantic comedy about growing up too fast and living in the moment.