Looking for an Emily Henry inspired TBR? We’ve got you covered! Featuring all of the couples from each of her books, here are what we believe each character would be reading or adding to their TBR while falling in love. From romances to literary thrillers and more, here is what we imagine your favorite Emily Henry characters have on their nightstands!

Beach Read featuring January and Augustus

As a romance author herself, I know January would be binging other bestselling romances and supporting other romance authors. If I could imagine the paperback she’s carrying with her everywhere, I think she would love Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez. In this book, Justin believes he is cursed. After all, every woman he dates finds her soulmate immediately after she and Justin break up. To make matters worse, the entire internet knows about this which leads to a woman who has the same curse to DM Justin planning to date and break up in hopes they will cancel each other’s curses out. Emma is a traveling nurse currently in Minnesota and believes dating Justin is the opportunity she must take, until her mother shows up and ruins her plans and Justin has to act as a guardian to his siblings. Now, Justin and Emma find they just may need to lean on each other to make it through the summer.

Augustus is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. I truly think that he is a huge fan of A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara which follows four college classmates who travel into adulthood together. As the four friends move to New York in hopes of bright futures, the glue to their friendship lies in the enigmatic Jude, who is haunted and physically scarred from childhood trauma.

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People We Meet on Vacation featuring Poppy and Alex

Our girl Poppy is a wild child who loves to travel and what screams wild-child other than Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid? I think Poppy would devour this fictional story of a rock band in the 1970s from their rise to stardom, becoming one of the most famous bands in the world, down to what caused the band to breakup when they were at their peak.

Alex is strait-laced and prefers to stay at home with a book. What better book to read for someone who follows the rules than A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman? Ove is known as “the bitter neighbor from hell,” a man who points at people he doesn’t like who sticks to his strict routine and has a short fuse. Behind the grumpy exterior is a story that no one knows, until a young couple and their daughters accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox in a turn of events that results in an unlikely friendship.

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Book Lovers featuring Nora and Charlie

Stuck in Sunshine Falls with a mute-cute on the brain and looking to be her own heroine? Nora would love A Not so Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn and probably packed this first in her suitcase. Lottie has just gotten fired and Huxley is quite angry after a business deal has gone wrong. When the two bump into each other in Beverly Hills, you’d think with a romance that sparks would fly. Not immediately. The two find themselves at lunch in which Huxley asks Lottie to make a deal with him which includes pretending to be in love and live in his mansion. Getting paid to pretend to date someone with no other expectations when she needs money, Lottie agrees. What happens if she does…or did…accidentally fall for Huxley?

A brooding book editor from the city? I know Charlie’s favorite form of escapism is in a book and he was probably first in line to pick up the much-talked-about The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. In August 1975, thirteen-year-old Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her family’s summer camp, mirroring the unsolved disappearance of her older brother years earlier. When a search begins for Barbara, the Van Laar family’s secrets and drama rise to the surface.

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Happy Place featuring Harriet and Wyn

A driven surgical resident dealing with breakup drama and secrets? Harriet would love The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin. Zadie and Emma have been through it all together including the madness and stress of medical school. Now they are both married with children and have found success in their careers. When an old flame returns to the hospital and secrets from the past surface, Zadie and Emma’s friendship will be put to the test.

Wyn is laid back and charming, so of course he would escape from the real life drama by reading about another dramatic relationship. He would love Normal People by Sally Rooney. In high school, Connell and Marianne couldn’t be more opposite. While Connell thrives as a soccer star, Marianne is introverted. When a chance encounter brings them together, the sparks between the two are instantaneous. A year later in college, the roles have reversed, and Marianne is the social butterfly while Connell is more of an outcast. Can the two battle the circumstances that threaten their bond or would saving themselves come at a price?

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Funny Story featuring Daphne and Miles

A librarian looking for love? Daphne would be the first to check out a copy of The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead. Alexis Stone is the shy school librarian who has just been dumped for being too meek in bed, of all things. To prove her ex wrong, Alexis decides to embark on her first one-night stand. Alexis then meets the handsome and foul-mouthed stranger, Logan, in a bar and the two couldn’t be more different from one another. Just as Alexis is about to heat things up with Logan, the hotel catches on fire and the paparazzi catch Logan carrying Alexis into the street. Alexis then finds out Logan is none other than the hotshot who is looking to be the next Texas governor and now, he’s asking Alexis to be his faux-girlfriend for a couple of months to avoid scandal. Recently dumped by his ex and developing a romance with his new roommate?

Miles is definitely looking for guidance (and inspiration) in The Roommate by Rosie Danan. Clara is the only Wheaton that doesn’t live up to the family legacy and their lack of impulse control. She is the over-achiever, well-mannered, predictable socialite. However, every Wheaton has their weakness—and Clara might have just found hers. After a bait-and-switch, Clara finds herself living with a charming stranger, rather than her childhood crush who had invited her to move cross-country. Josh is perceptive, and not to mention handsome, maybe a little too much for comfort. They could have survived a summer together, but when Clara learns how Josh made a name for himself she realizes that living with him might make her the Wheaton family’s most scandalous story yet. They may not agree on much, but Josh and Clara both believe women deserve better sex. What they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too.

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Great Big Beautiful Life featuring Alice and Hayden

The chance to write a biography for a famous woman not seen in years? I know Alice has annotated The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid! Evelyn Hugo, the most popular actress in Hollywood had an exciting and scandalous life. When an unknown magazine reporter gets the chance of a lifetime to tell Evelyn’s story from her rise to stardom to what led to her disappearing from the spotlight, Monique Grant jumps at the chance for this assignment. Once she meets Evelyn, Evelyn does not hold back from how she arrived in Hollywood to how her career ended in the 80s, including the seven husbands she had along the way.

Hayden is a Pulitzer-prize winner and I just know he has Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver as his latest favorite read! A boy is born in a trailer to a single teenage mother in the mountains of southern Appalachia. As he grows, he faces the tribulations of foster care, child labor, poor education, addiction, tragic romances, and devastating losses.

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