17 best-selling romance books like The Notes by Catherine Con Morse

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The Notes

By: Catherine Con Morse

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A reserved Chinese American teen at a Southern performing arts boarding school comes into her own u…

If you liked the romance plot in The Notes by Catherine Con Morse , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

1. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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2. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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3. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
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4. The Someday Daughter

By: Ellen O'Clover

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another nuanced, heartre… read more

Similar categories in Ellen O'Clover's The Someday Daughter book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We don’t have to do anything to earn it. We matter to the people who love us just by existing."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"That’s the thing about feelings—they don’t come with value judgments, they just are. A feeling cannot be wrong; it can only be."

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

"You can honor this feeling. Grieve the loss of something you wanted very much. But these feelings are like waves. We’re better for acknowledging them. Allow this to move you but don’t let it drag you…"

-Ellen O'Clover, The Someday Daughter

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5. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

By: Morgan Matson

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whol… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Ballad of Darcy and Russell book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • music
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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8. Wild Dreamers

By: Margarita Engle

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservati… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Wild Dreamers book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"As if moonlight has been transformed into music"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

"Always say unhoused instead of homeless so i'll know that its temporary and not an intrinsic aspect of my character, but i'm pretty sure that when she drives home at the end of each day she returns t…"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

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9. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

Similar categories in Parisa Akhbari's Just Another Epic Love Poem book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna  Gracia

10. The Misdirection of Fault Lines

By: Anna Gracia

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants goes to the US Open in an emotionally honest and openhearted nove… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gracia's The Misdirection of Fault Lines book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

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

11. 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 Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. What's Eating Jackie Oh?

By: Patricia Park

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations o… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Park's What's Eating Jackie Oh? book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller

13. Joined at the Joints

By: Marissa Eller

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When baking-obsessed Ivy meets a super-hot boy who shares her rare diagnosis, sparks fly outside of… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Eller's Joined at the Joints book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. I Am Not Jessica Chen

By: Ann Liang

4.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Am Not Jessica Chen book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar

15. Rani Choudhury Must Die

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this sapphic dual POV Young Adult romance by Adiba Jaigirdar, Meghna and Rani (ex-best-friends-t… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's Rani Choudhury Must Die book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal

By: Ambika Vohra

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this heartfelt and hilarious debut from Ambika Vohra—that's Netflix's Never Have I Ever meets Je… read more

Similar categories in Ambika Vohra's The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2) by Chloe Gong

17. Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2)

By: Chloe Gong

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the thrilling sequel to Immortal Longing… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2) book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Notes by Catherine Con Morse

18. The Notes

By: Catherine Con Morse

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A reserved Chinese American teen at a Southern performing arts boarding school comes into her own u… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Con Morse's The Notes book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • boarding school
  • music
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Better Than Revenge by Kasie West

19. Better Than Revenge

By: Kasie West

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A swoony new romance from the author of Sunkissed! When her football-player boyfriend and now ex la… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Better Than Revenge book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Rival by Emma Lord

20. The Rival

By: Emma Lord

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Rivals-to-lovers gets an academic send-up in this charming and irresistible romantic comedy from Em… read more

Similar categories in Emma Lord's The Rival book and Catherine Con Morse's The Notes

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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