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You may have heard about a musician named Taylor Swift once or twice in the past few years. Her latest album promises to drop all the angst, heartbreak, and drama your heart could desire. If you're looking for books to make you feel the same way, you've come to the right place! Here are a few books that will bring ALL the emotions.

 

We Are All So Good at Smiling book cover

We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, she recognizes they both have magic in the marrow of their bones. And when Faerry and his family move to the same street, the two start to realize that their lifelines may have twined and untwined many times before.

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Out of Love by Hazel Hayes
Instead of moving forward through the emotional fallout of a break-up, Out of Love moves backward in time, weaving together an already unraveled tapestry, from tragic ending to magical first kiss. Each chapter jumps further into Angel and Theo's past, mining their history for the days and details that might help us understand love; how it happens and why it sometimes falls apart. 

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 
This first novel by poet Vuong is narrated by Little Dog, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Hartford with his mother and his maternal grandmother, Lan. A writer now, he addresses his story as a letter to his mother, who cannot read, "to tell you everything you'll never know."

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The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Asking her former college boyfriend, Max Harcourt, to go public as her songwriting muse, megastar Riley Wynn, when he joins her and her band on tour, starts to realize that, despite the sour notes in the past, their future could hold incredible things.

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Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari book cover

Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari
Two best friends, bonded by their shared love of poetry, uncover all the different meanings of "I love you" their senior year of high school.

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