In 2023, reading has become one of the most popular hobbies in our young generation. Since quarantine, reading has become the main distraction for teenagers to keep their mind off the pandemic. More and more authors have come out with huge releases and books. However, what are the top 10 Young Adult Romance Books of 2023? 

Happy Place By Emily Henry

Happy Place by Emily Henry is about a couple so in love it was too good to be true. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college. Peas in a pod they’ve been since they first laid eyes on each other. Once a year their group goes on a vacation getaway. So what happens when Wyn and Harriet have to share the largest bedroom at the Main cottage? How hard can it be to fake one last week of true love… right? 

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

First impressions and second chances are the two most important things to anyone who makes a complete fool of themselves multiple times. Dr. Briana Ortiz is slowly slipping through her fingers. Being newly single as a divorcee, her brother is running out of time to find a kidney donor and the promotion she wants is slowly being placed into the hands of new man-doctor, Dr. Jacob Maddox. Yet what happens when Bri and Jacob begin exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates and discussing freakishly tiny horses? But when Jacob offers the best thing you could ever give Briana- a kidney for her brother- how will she resist temptation? 

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

Katee Rose is living every little girl’s dream of being an international pop star. Katee is caught in the public eye and in constant tabloid coverage. Everyone wants to know about her and her boyfriend, Ryan LaNeve, the hottest member in new boy band CrushZone. Katee hates being watched and criticized on her every move in stardom. Neither does CrushZone member Cal Kirby who’s very quiet and serious, especially in public. Suddenly, one unforgettable night between Katee and Cal can completely flip their lives upside down. Years later, Kathleen Rosenberg is okay with no longer being in the public’s eye perceived by anyone who would look. That is until Cal Kirby shows up at her front door step with an opportunity of her lifetime. The starring role in a Broadway show he’s directing. The two haven’t spoken since the destruction of both of their careers, and each of them blames the other. So how will tensions rise between the two enemies?

Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune 

Fern Baxter had always dreamed big. Just one encounter with Will Baxter was enough to infatuate Fern with him. Only 24 hours is all they got to spend together in Toronto. They made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t. Years later Will comes back to surprise Fern. Will wants to mend things with Fern, while she’s reluctant to even speak to him. So what happens when Will needs saving? He saved Fern so many years ago. Can Fern save him?

Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

The second book in the series When in Rome, Annie Walker is the sweet girl next door in every light hearted movie. She wants someone who can compliment her quiet, happy, calm life running her flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. At least she thinks she does… But when she overhears her date who’s already canceled on her several times, “so unbelievably boring” she can’t help but worry if she’ll ever find someone. Fortunately for her, maybe a little practice is what she needs. Yet, Annie has the perfect tutor. Will Griffin. 

Exes and O’s by Amy Lea

“Stage-five clinger” is what all ten of Tara Chen’s exes all refer to her as. Still Tara is determined to find The One. Tara has one last solution before giving up. Revisiting her exes in hope of maybe there still being a spark with any ten of them. Tara enlists help from her new roomate, firefighter Trevor Metcalfe to help her reconnect with her exes. But what Tara doesn’t know is maybe she’s looking in the wrong direction… The One could be just down the hall from her.

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen doesn’t know what she’s doing in life anymore. She loves her work and the romance and lust she writes about. Yet when she realizes she hasn’t been practicing just exactly what she preaches. Connor Prince is a single father and beloved documentary filmmaker. His boss orders him to create a reality TV show putting his job and career on the line. Desperate to find a romantic lead for the show, he realizes he found his lead. Fizzy automatically declines until she realizes just maybe she could find true love. 

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

First book in the Maple Hills series, Anastasia Allen is a competitive figure skater with dreams of a place on Team USA at the Olympics. Stassie has come to win and not back down from a fight. That is until Nathan Hawkins shows up. Captain of the Maple Hills Titans hockey team, Nathan has always gotten what he’s wanted. No matter what. When a freak accident results in the two teams sharing an ice rink. Stassie’s partner is badly injured and Nate finds himself taking her partner’s place. Nothing could happen between the two because Stassie doesn’t even like hockey players… right?

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Love, loss and friendship. Macy Sorensen knows what she wants in life. Pediatrics resident, financially secure man, beautiful wedding. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life- the quiet, secure bubble that’s her life begins to dissolve. Years ago, Elliot was Macy’s entire world. Throughout all of her life Elliot was her neighbor, best friend and lover. Macy never understood what happened between them that one night, where everything changed. 

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith is too busy to focus on anything but her science work. Olive is set on letting love come to her instead of going out and looking. But when her best friend Anh says that she doesn’t need a man to make her life better. She panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than her new professor, Adam Carlsen at Stanford University. Olive is shocked when Adam agrees to keep up her little charade of being her fake boyfriend. Confusion and lust is all that is going through Olive and Adam’s brains whenever they’re together.