The city of love and its eccentric residents captivated us all in Emily in Paris season four. While we snack on croissants and macaroons waiting for season five, we can keep the Parisian spirit alive with these books all about romance, food, friends, fashion, and self-love.

Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn Stringfield

Whitney lives for drama and can’t wait to start her career as a play director. She has an airtight plan to become a famous and successful director with a color-coded itinerary ready to go. But when she arrives in Paris to study at a drama school, she realizes she is in way over her head. She struggles to balance school, work, and her social life, not to mention learning French is much harder than she thought it would be. To help overcome one of her many challenges, she hires Thierry, a French tutor and handsome soccer player who is determined to show her the real Paris. Will Whitney follow her heart and ride off into the sunset on Thierry’s Vespa or will all her plans come crashing down?

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The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

Stella’s mother recently passed away, leaving her nothing but a note and a plane ticket to Paris. Stella’s first instinct is to throw herself into her work and pay no mind to her mother’s strange antics, but she eventually gives in and heads off to France where she is immediately out of her element. An impulsive trip is not her, spending time away from work is not her, so when she finds herself impulsively buying a one-of-a-kind Dior dress at a thrift store, she sees that this change may be good. She continues her adventure to a famous brasserie and meets an art collector, Jules. He introduces her to the people responsible for Paris art, literature, and food. She discovers taking chances and making mistakes is not as scary as she thought it would be.

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P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy

Lucky in love on screen but not so much in real life, actress Mia needs a change of pace and space from her playboy husband. After a quick trip to the salon, she heads over to France where she gets a job at her best friend’s restaurant while trying to figure out what she really wants from life. Then along comes Paul, a struggling writer who, after the success of his first book, is completely unsure about his future. When the two meet, there is an instant connection, but they must stay friends, worried they will further complicate their relationships. Sounds like a good plan, but when you’re in the most romantic city in the world, sparks are bound to fly.

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Tell Me Everything by Laura Key

One of the great things about Emily in Paris is the complexity of Emily’s character. She is a strong, confident woman who tends to get wrapped up in situations she does not belong in but will always be a good friend while trying to discover herself. This is a lot like Natasha in Tell Me Everything, who is on a road to ruin by bouncing from one messy relationship to the next while still living at her ex-girlfriend’s house. It is not until she meets Margot that her perspective starts to change and her journey to self-actualization and personal growth begins.

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For the Love of Friends by Sara Goodman Confino

While Emily runs around trying to balance her love life and job in marketing, she is a supportive and helpful friend, much like Lily in For the Love of Friends. After being asked to be a bridesmaid in five weddings of her close friends and younger sisters, all happening only weeks apart, she begins a blog called Bridesmania to anonymously talk about her experience as a single, 31-year-old bridesmaid, and the chaos that is bound to happen while trying to help these couples find their happily every after. But when her blog is discovered, it will take a lot more work to keep these weddings on track.

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Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

Mia knows deep in her heart that she is meant to become a world-famous ballerina. In pursuit of her dance dreams, she sets off to Paris where she is met with an instructor that pushes her to her breaking point, and a rival, Audrey, is determined to make her look bad. She cannot afford to give up her dream or focus on anything that may distract her from becoming a ballerina, especially not Louis, a local who is determined to show her why Paris is called the City of Love.

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A Totally Awkward Love Story by Lucy Ivison and Tom Ellen

One of the things we love most about Emily is her relatability and realness. She is not perfect by any means and can be awkward and clumsy just like us. Becoming comfortable in the uncomfortable can be tricky, especially for Hannah and Sam, two people who seem destined to be together but manage to mess up their chances to get a name or number every time they meet. Even when they do talk, it is only a matter of time before one of them trips up and embarrasses themselves. Miscommunication, mishaps, romance and chance meetings continue to pull and push the couple apart while they try to navigate their feelings for one another.

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Sylvia’s Second Act by Hillary Yablon

Like Emily embarking on an adventure to discover herself, Sylvia is heading out on her own for the first time in years. After finding out her husband is cheating on her, Sylvia and her best friend leave for New York City to start their lives over at age sixty-three. They are determined to make it and start making money any way possible to pay for their shoebox-sized apartment. After a while, Sylvia restarts her wedding planning business and wonders what her future of romance will hold. The world better prepare for a new era of Sylvia!

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Diva by Daisy Goodwin

It is nearly impossible to think of Paris and not talk about the iconic and glamourous fashion, especially some of the looks featured in the show. While set years before Emily in Paris, Diva also dives headfirst into the world of glitz and glamour, as opera singer Maria graces the stage with her beauty. She catches the eye of a wealthy shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis, and he showers her with affection, jewels, fine clothes, anything her heart desires. For the first time Maria feels seen as more than a performer. That is until Aristotle says he plans to marry Jacqueline Kennedy, leaving Maria to clean up the shattered remains of her glamorous life.

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Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenna Mckinlay

Chelsea has been a bit of a workaholic since her mother passed away. She has spent all her time focusing on work and becoming successful, now she is one of the top fundraisers for the American Cancer Association. But when her dad announces he will be remarrying, Chelsea decides to take a trip back to the last time she remembered being happy, her postgrad trip abroad. Now thirty, she hopes to reconnect with past loves from all around the world to find herself and what she wants from life.

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One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan

Audrey is on the run from heartache and ends up in the city that constantly reminds her of it, Paris. She takes a job at a local bookstore, trying to fill her time to avoid the crushing weight of her heartbreak, but she won’t get very far without some help. Grace also found herself in Paris after her husband announced he wanted a divorce, so she decided to embark on their anniversary trip to France by herself. The two women become the most unlikely of friends when moving into neighboring apartments above the bookshop. Together, they grow into the next phase of their lives.

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Yes, Chef  by Waitlyn Andrews

Claire Richards is determined to be a professional chef in Paris and so far, her plan is going perfectly. She is focusing on herself and her career, not the pressure from her family to take over their restaurant, not her loser ex or obnoxious mother-in-law, and definitely not the new head chef James. He is annoyingly charming with eyes that sparkly like the Eifel Tower at night, but she has sworn off workplace romances for good. She will not let anything get in the way of her dreams, but what is Paris without a little romance?

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