Netflix’s Emily in Paris is BACK with a brand new season! Whether you are genuinely enamored with Lily Collins’ depiction of a wide-eyed Chicagoan taking Paris by storm or are hate-watching, you can’t deny that Emily in Emily in Paris is living the dream: traveling to Paris, pursuing her professional ambitions, and managing handsome suitors left and right. If you find yourself watching (or rewatching) every episode of Emily in Paris in one sitting, here are some books that you should get your hands on.
If you love all of the AMAZING food Emily gets to eat on her adventures then you'll love A Pho Love Story for both its adorable, swoony romance and delicious book food that will definitely make you hungry! Follow along as Bao and Linh navigate their new relationship against the backdrop of their families’ age-old feud about their neighboring pho restaurants.
Jenna Evans Welch’s newest getaway romance abroad is a Mamma Mia! inspired tale about a teen girl finding romance while trying to reconnect with her absent father in beautiful, Santorini Greece. Main character Liv Varanakis is decidedly less dazzled than Emily to find herself in Europe—but Santorini is as undeniably gorgeous as Paris, and her roommate Theo is just as charming as Emily’s favorite neighbor, Gabriel.
Someone pop the champagne, because this abroad story would be right up the alley of Mindy’s party-loving friends from home. My Summer of Love & Misfortune is a Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato novel about a Chinese-American teen thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.
This one is for fans of Mindy and her singing aspirations: Shine is a knock-out contemporary YA written by previous Girls’ Generation member Jessica Jung. Korean-American Rachel Kim would give anything to live her dreams of becoming a K-pop star. After six years of training at DB entertainment, she knows the rules like the back of her hand: Train 24/7. Be perfect. Don’t date. Easy right? Not so much.
If you want a fun romp through Paris (while fighting demons with your hot boyfriend), then The Red Scrolls of Magic is the book for you! Sure, the adventures that High Warlock Magnus Bane goes on in this iconic city are just a little different from Emily's, but you still get the irresistible Paris ambiance with a little magic thrown in, too!
One of the defining features of Emily in Paris is the fact that Emily is seemingly irresistible to every man she encounters, so much so that she finds herself in a love entanglement that is almost a Love Quadrangle or Pentagon by the end of the series. But if you’re willing to settle for a good ol’ love triangle, Jenny Han’s iconic summer trilogy will hit the spot, starting with The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Following your dreams to new places... sound familiar? Fitz spent her junior year transforming her passion for sustainable fashion and upcycling into a viral online platform, and this summer she plans to take it all to the next level by attending a prestigious summer fashion program in New York City. But when her girlfriend Dani dumps her before classes even start, she’s left not only heartbroken, but also creatively blocked. Fitz will do anything to win Dani back, until a chance encounter reunites her with former classmate Levi Berkowitz and real history leads to not-so-fake feelings. Fitz will have to decide if she’s finally willing to let go of what she thought was picture-perfect and choose what might actually be right for her!