Book description
How can a girl have fun with a game if she's only watching from the sidelines? That's what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders when her best friend, Faith, complains that it's time to stop pretending and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her older brother and even her parents…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Girl Who Invented Romance as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this book more than thirty years ago, and I still think about it sometimes. It’s the story of a teenager who observes the real-life love stories going on around her and invents a board game based on those interactions.
I really wished I could play the game, and I wished I had been the one to come up with it. I was so envious of her and admired her so much—how inventive!
From Claire's list on YA books about growing up and falling in love.
If you love The Girl Who Invented Romance...
Marvelous Jackson
Since losing his mom, thirteen-year-old Jack Wilson has spent most of his time seeing just how much trouble he can get away with so that he feels like a winner at something. But he takes his mischief too far and is faced with the possibility of unbearable consequences. He…
Want books like The Girl Who Invented Romance?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Girl Who Invented Romance.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,366
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Girl Who Invented Romance, you might also like...
Cinderelliot
A gay retelling of the classic fairy tale--a scrumptious love story featuring ungrateful stepsiblings, a bake-off, and a fairy godfather.
Cinderelliot is stuck at home taking care of his ungrateful stepsister and stepbrother. When Prince Samuel announces a kingdom-wide competition to join the royal staff as his baker, the stepsiblings…
Genomics
Over the past 50 years, scientists have made incredible progress in the application of genetic research to human health care and disease treatment. Innovative tools and techniques, including gene therapy and CRISPR-Cas9 editing, can treat inherited disorders that were previously untreatable, or prevent them from happening in the first place.…
