19 Best romance books like Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad

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Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

By: Maya Prasad

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Children's Book Council Young Adult Favorite of 2023! A Children's Book Council Librarian Favorit…

"Avani rolled her eyes. “You read too many romance novels."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"Avani rolled her eyes. “You read too many romance novels."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"The immensity of the infinite unknown was formidable, but for that brief moment, she did not feel small. With her sisters and a warm drink and flickering firelight, she only felt . . . Possibility."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"The immensity of the infinite unknown was formidable, but for that brief moment, she did not feel small. With her sisters and a warm drink and flickering firelight, she only felt . . . Possibility."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

If you liked the romance plot in Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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2. A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

By: Laura Taylor Namey

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated companion to the New York Times bestseller A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Taylor Namey's A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide) book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why is it so hard to choose a direction? Part of it is that I've lost the ability to trust any of my own decisions. But there's another gap here, one I can't name. It's a Polaroid I shake and shake, …"

-Laura Taylor Namey, A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak (Girl’s Guide)

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3. Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

By: Jessica Parra

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Graduation is only a few months away, and so far Rubi Ramos’s recipe for success is on track. *S… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Parra's Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Two silhouettes blocked out the hard sun. The shapes came into focus as my vision adjusted to the light. One of them revealed itself to be a longboard. The other, the smoking-hot, dripping-wet guy wh…"

-Jessica Parra, Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

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4. Friday I'm in Love

By: Camryn Garrett

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Friday I'm in Love book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Anne of Greenville

By: Mariko Tamaki

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of how I became Anne of Greenville. It’s also the story of how I found my true tr… read more

Similar categories in Mariko Tamaki's Anne of Greenville book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She sings it like she'd telling you a truth you don't necessarily see right away."

-Mariko Tamaki, Anne of Greenville

"She sings it like she's telling you a truth you don't necessarily see right away."

-Mariko Tamaki, Anne of Greenville

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6. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

By: Elise Bryant

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Fall of Whit Rivera

By: Crystal Maldonado

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemie… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Maldonado's The Fall of Whit Rivera book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Salt and Sugar

By: Rebecca Carvalho

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Carvalho's Salt and Sugar book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She takes off as fast as Jessie and James getting kicked into the horizon at the end of every Pokémon episode."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"The ruby guava melts into the cheesy corn cake looking like a flower sprouting in the sun-kissed earth. This is the best compromise between our families' bakeries. It's perfect ."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Bell pepper and onion skewers dripping with garlic hot sauce and a little lime. Chicken and steak skewers wrapped in bacon. And a side of farofa so we could dip the skewers and feel the crunch of kas…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Empadões sit behind the glass, the round, perfectly golden brown pot pies loaded with shredded chicken and green olives. People usually know what they want when they walk into our bakery. Five loaves…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

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9. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Going Bicoastal

By: Dahlia Adler

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (an… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's Going Bicoastal book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

By: Maya Prasad

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Children's Book Council Young Adult Favorite of 2023! A Children's Book Council Librarian Favorit… read more

Similar categories in Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Avani rolled her eyes. “You read too many romance novels."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"The immensity of the infinite unknown was formidable, but for that brief moment, she did not feel small. With her sisters and a warm drink and flickering firelight, she only felt . . . Possibility."

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"Nothing is too much to ask for because time is so precious and fleeting and because anyone who has ever truly loved you should want the most for you and because you should want the most for yourself,…"

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

"...she spotted his silhouette in the shadows, the sea behind him churning with smoke and dragons and night whispers. A thrill raced through her veins, the drug of endless possibilities. The evening w…"

-Maya Prasad, Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

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12. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington

13. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Happily Ever Island

By: Crystal Cestari

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Happily Ever Island, the most pixie-dusted vacation a Disney fan could ever imagine. … read more

Similar categories in Crystal Cestari's Happily Ever Island book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

15. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Belittled Women

By: Amanda Sellet

3.16

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Sharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic Little Wo… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Sellet's Belittled Women book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. What a Desi Girl Wants

By: Sabina Khan

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The romance of Becky Albertalli meets the nuanced family dynamics of Darius the Great is Not Okay i… read more

Similar categories in Sabina Khan's What a Desi Girl Wants book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win

By: Susan Azim Boyer

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Most Anticipated YA by Buzzfeed, BookRiot, Epic Reads, Publishers Weekly , and more! A fresh spin … read more

Similar categories in Susan Azim Boyer's Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The time to stand up is when everyone is putting you down."

-Susan Azim Boyer, Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win

Cover of The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

19. The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray

By: Christine Calella

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Storms and pirates are nothing compared to the evil within men’s hearts. After a lifetime of abu… read more

Similar categories in Christine Calella's The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • lesbian
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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20. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Shen's The Queens of New York book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

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21. Exes & Foes

By: Amanda Woody

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When two ex-best friends decide to hold a competition for the new girl's heart, they don't expect t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's Exes & Foes book and Maya Prasad's Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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