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Books Like What If It's Us

by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

YA ContemporaryLGBTQ+ ❄️ 0/5 SweetFunRomantic

A sweet, fun Young Adult ya contemporary built around meet cute, nyc, lgbtq+. 437 pages and a satisfying conclusion.

You just finished What If It's Us and now everything else on your Kindle feels... flat. That sweet energy? The way Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera made you feel things you didn't sign up for? Yeah, we get it. That's a book hangover, and the only cure is another book that hits the same way. We didn't just search "books like What If It's Us" and call it a day. We broke down exactly what made this book land — the mood, the tropes, the pacing, the heat — and found books that match on the elements that actually matter.

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12 Books Matched to What If It's Us

Grouped by the elements that made What If It's Us unforgettable.

The Chemistry You Can't Stop Thinking About

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Finding Cinderella
by Colleen Hoover
🌶️ 1/5 · 112p · Contemporary Romance, Novella
Finding Cinderella hits the same sweet and fun and meet cute notes that made What If It's Us impossible to put down. Colleen Hoover brings sweet and romantic to every page.
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Better Than the Movies
by Lynn Painter
❄️ 0/5 · 384p · YA Contemporary, Romance
If What If It's Us's sweet and fun energy had you one-clicking at midnight, Better Than the Movies delivers the same rush with a romance twist. Lynn Painter knows exactly what you're craving.
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The Extraordinaries
by TJ Klune
❄️ 0/5 · 352p · YA Fantasy, LGBTQ+
You loved What If It's Us for the fun and romantic and lgbtq+? The Extraordinaries is your next obsession. Same emotional frequency, different story — and TJ Klune might just become your new auto-buy author.
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The Heat That Left You Breathless

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A Restless Truth
by Freya Marske
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 352p · Historical Fantasy, Romance
You loved What If It's Us for the fun and romantic and lgbtq+? A Restless Truth is your next obsession. Same emotional frequency, different story — and Freya Marske might just become your new auto-buy author.
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On the Way to the Wedding
by Julia Quinn
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 384p · Historical Romance
Looking for more sweet and fun after What If It's Us? On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn is the book your TBR has been begging you for. Fair warning: it's spicier.
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First Comes Scandal
by Julia Quinn
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 384p · Historical Romance
If What If It's Us's sweet and fun energy had you one-clicking at midnight, First Comes Scandal delivers the same rush with a historical romance twist. Julia Quinn knows exactly what you're craving.
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The Fantasy World You'll Want to Move Into

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A Holly Jolly Ever After
by Julie Murphy
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 400p · Contemporary Romance, Holiday
Looking for more sweet and fun and lgbtq+ after What If It's Us? A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy is the book your TBR has been begging you for. Heat level: comfortable.
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Betting on You
by Lynn Painter
❄️ 0/5 · 352p · YA Contemporary, Romance
You loved What If It's Us for the sweet and fun? Betting on You is your next obsession. Same emotional frequency, different story — and Lynn Painter might just become your new auto-buy author.
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Our #1 Pick After What If It's Us

Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 112 pages

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Questions About Books Like What If It's Us

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to What If It's Us include Finding Cinderella, Better Than the Movies, The Extraordinaries. Each matches on specific elements like sweet and fun that made What If It's Us resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover — it shares What If It's Us's core Sweet energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

What If It's Us is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

What If It's Us has a spice level of 0/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

What If It's Us is already a low-spice read (0/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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