I've compiled a list of showstopping YA books that all encompass the magic of K-Dramas, no streaming subscription needed 📽📽!!
📖SYNOPSIS:
Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class."
Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare - now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie - Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate . . .
📖TROPE: Enemies 🙍♂️🙍♀️ to Lovers 💘😍💑
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. THIS TIME IT'S REAL BY ANN LIANG
📖SYNOPSIS:
When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, her entire life changes overnight. Eliza made her essay up. She's never been in a relationship before, let alone in love. All good writing is lying, right?
Desperate to hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with the famous actor in her class, the charming but aloof Caz Song. She'll help him write his college applications if he poses as her boyfriend. But when her relationship with Caz starts feeling a little too convincing, all of Eliza's carefully laid plans are threatened. Can she still follow her dreams if it means breaking her own heart?
📖TROPE: FAKE DATING
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.03 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. ONCE UPON A K-PROM BT KAT CHO
📖SYNOPSIS:
What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom?
📖TROPE: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS TO LOVERS 👫➡️ 💑
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.77 ⭐⭐⭐
4.SEOULMATES BY SUSAN LEE
📖SYNOPSIS:
Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out - the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with their friends. But then Nate does what everyone else in Hannah's life seems to do - he leaves her, claiming they have nothing in common.
Jacob Kim, Hannah's former best friend, whom she hasn't seen in years is desperate for a break from the fame, so a family trip back to San Diego might be just what he needs ... that is, if he and Hannah can figure out what went wrong when they last parted and navigate the new feelings developing between them.
📖TROPE: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS TO LOVERS 👫➡️ 💑
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.55 ⭐⭐⭐
5. IF YOU COULD SEE THE SUN BY ANN LIANG
📖SYNOPSIS:
A Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets. Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student among China’s most rich and influential teens. But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible—actually invisible.
When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.
But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.
When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.
But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.
📖TROPE: ACADEMIC RIVALS TO LOVERS WITH A SUPERNATURAL TWIST 👩🎓👨🎓➡️ 💑🔮
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.03 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. FIREWORKS BY ALICE LIN
📖SYNOPSIS:
Lulu hasn't seen Kite since eighth grade, after he left the country to pursue a career in K-pop, eventually debuting in the boy group Karnival. When Karnival announces that Kite will be taking a break from K-pop activities for mysterious reasons, the opportunity to rekindle their friendship arises
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.54 ⭐⭐⭐
7. K-POP CONFIDENTIAL BY STEPHAN LEE
📖SYNOPSIS:
A Korean-American girl travels to Seoul in hopes of debuting in a girl group at the same K-pop company behind the most popular boy band on the planet.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.01 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. THE NAMEDROP BY SUSAN LEE
📖SYNOPSIS:
When Elijah Ri arrives in New York City for an internship at his father's massive tech company, Haneul Corporation, he expects the royal treatment that comes with being the future CEO. But instead, he finds himself shuffled into a group of overworked, unpaid interns, all sharing a shoebox apartment for the summer.When Jessica Lee arrives in New York City, she's eager to make the most of her internship at Haneul Corporation. But she's shocked to be introduced as the new executive-in-training intern with a gorgeous brownstone all to herself.
It doesn't take long for Elijah and Jessica to discover the source of the mistake: they share the same Korean name. But they decide to stay switched. As Elijah and Jessica work together to keep up the charade, a spark develops between them. Can they avoid discovery -- and total disaster -- with their feelings and futures on the line?
It doesn't take long for Elijah and Jessica to discover the source of the mistake: they share the same Korean name. But they decide to stay switched. As Elijah and Jessica work together to keep up the charade, a spark develops between them. Can they avoid discovery -- and total disaster -- with their feelings and futures on the line?
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.54 ⭐⭐⭐
9. THE NOH FAMILY BY GRACE K SHIM
📖SYNOPSIS:
THE NOH FAMILY introduces irrepressibly charming teen Chloe Kang, who is reunited with her deceased father's estranged family via a DNA test, and is soon whisked off to Seoul to join them…
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.58 ⭐⭐⭐
10. COMEBACK BY LYN ASHWOOD
📖SYNOPSIS:
Alana Kim is trying to forget. After a tragic loss sends her spiraling, she escapes to her family in Korea, abandoning her love of music along the way. However, her plans are derailed when she literally runs into M, the famous K-pop idol.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.87 ⭐⭐⭐
11. NOT HERE TO BE LIKED BY MICHELLE QUACH
📖SYNOPSIS:
Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len—who is tall, handsome, and male—just seems more like a leader.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.67 ⭐⭐⭐
12. STAY WITH MY HEART BY TASHIE BHUIYAN
📖SYNOPSIS:
When Liana accidentally sabotages an up-and-coming local band, Third Eye, she makes it her mission to steer them towards success—without them discovering her role in their setback. But as she gets closer to Third Eye, especially their enigmatic leader Skyler Moon, it becomes harder to hide the truth.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
13. YOU'VE REACHED SAM BY DUSTIN THAO
📖SYNOPSIS:
You've Reached Sam is a story about a high school girl named Julie grappling with the recent death of her boyfriend Sam. One day, after a week of Sam's death, Julie decides to call Sam to try and hear his voice for one last time.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.63 ⭐⭐⭐
14. FALLING FOR KOREA BY PIPER JEAN
📖SYNOPSIS:
When Sydney is sent to Seoul to live with a family she's never met, she encounters unexpected chemistry with their son, but must fight to unravel the mystery of why she was sent away.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.01 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
15. TOKYO EVER AFTER BY EMIKO JEAN
📖SYNOPSIS:
Follows Izumi, a Japanese-American teen who lives with her solo mother, who discovers that she's actually a secret Japanese princess. In her search to learn more about her heritage and family, Izumi follows her father, the Crown Prince, back to Japan and confronts what it means to be royalty.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.9 ⭐⭐⭐
16. MADE IN KOREA BY SARAH SUK
📖SYNOPSIS:
Valerie Kwon is the star entrepreneur at school with her K-Beauty business and she wants nothing more than to finish her senior year strong and take her halmeoni on her dream trip to Paris. Until the new kid in class starts selling K-pop branded beauty products and steals her customers.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.79 ⭐⭐⭐
17. K-POP REVOLUTION BY STEPHAN LEE
📖SYNOPSIS:
When a rival girl group emerges to steal the spotlight, carrying the message of change better than Candace ever could, she'll have to decide what it'll cost her and her bandmates to stand up for their beliefs.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.06 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI BY ABIGAIL HING WEN
📖SYNOPSIS:
A sheltered teen with a passion for dance finds love, drama, and herself at a summer camp in Taiwan. Eighteen-year-old Everett “Ever” Wong braces herself for a summer of curfews and vocabulary lessons after her parents reveal that they signed her up for a Mandarin language and Chinese culture program.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.69 ⭐⭐⭐
19. THE COLLIDING WORLDS OF MINA LEE BY ELLEN OH
📖SYNOPSIS:
When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must find a way out with the help of a cute boy all while facing off against a villainous corporation.Mina has to become the hero of her own story.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.52 ⭐⭐⭐
20. DUNGEONS AND DRAMA BY KRISTY BOYCE
📖SYNOPSIS:
Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 4.2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
21. DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING BY JESSE Q SUTANTO
📖SYNOPSIS:
A gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she's never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school.
📖GOODREADS RATINGS: 3.68 ⭐⭐⭐
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