The Perfect Book Recommendations for Leos!

July 25, 2024

To all our Leo friends, you dropped this 👑

Harry Styles said it best: You’re so golden! The sun can move over because you don’t need a spotlight—all you need is your confidence and charisma to make the world your stage wherever you go. People are drawn to you because you make everything fun and there is never a boring conversation with you.

Take these five books filled with Leo-coded characters to your next hangout—your friends will ask what you’re reading just so they can hear you talk and give the most entertaining review they’ve ever heard!

So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

So This Is Ever After explores the question of what happens after a fairytale’s happy ending. After he has saved the kingdom of Ere, the only prerequisite left before Arek becomes king is choosing a spouse by his 18^th birthday. Thus begins the ultimate slowburn friends-to-lovers story, aka our Arthur and Merlin MCs being so obvious yet obliviously in love with each other. With your playful and ~royal~ nature, you’ll fit right in with Arek’s rag-tag group of quest companions!

Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Bailey and Charlie don’t exactly have the dreamiest meet-cute (he cuts in line and calls her a hall monitor, and she makes him go to the back of the line and calls him out for his cynicism). So you can imagine Bailey’s surprise when they become coworkers at a hotel waterpark three years later and she begins to look forward to seeing confident, charismatic, and witty Charlie Sampson every day. If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago were teenagers in an alternate trope-filled universe, you’ll love Betting on You.

Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

“After all, the dead might be dangerous, but it’s the living who can betray you.” Chills. Literal chills. There is no end to Ghostsmith’s twists, turns, and intrigue—dark fantasy world, a dead mother revealed to be the Corpse Queen, running away from a tyrannical father, powerful new abilities, and a long-lost twin brother. This paranormal fantasy romance is perfect for those counting down the days until spooky season.

Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez

Hot Boy Summer reads like the group chat you share with two close friends that has a questionable name. Told almost entirely in queer slang, Jimenez’s latest novel is about four gay teens who learn to let go of toxic friends and make new ones who accept you for who you truly are. If your dream movie is a summer coming-of-age with Ariana Grande and RuPaul’s Drag Race background music on the soundtrack, Hot Boy Summer needs to be at the top of your TBR.

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes is on this list because someone on our team said Jace’s blond hair makes him look like a lion. They were on to something though, because if you’re a Leo who’s been described as independent, charming, and a natural leader, Jace might be the YA character you relate to most on a spiritual level (and the one at the top of your Book Boyfriends list). In the second installment in the Mortal Instruments series, you’ll watch him prove his strength and loyalty even as he fights off werewolves, gets poisoned by demons, and is wrongly accused of stealing the Soul-Sword.