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Whether it’s at a Comic Convention, Renaissance Festival, or online through a fan fiction forum, these titles have main characters who don’t let the love for a fandom get in the way of their love stories.  *Heat level developed using guides from All About Romance and Novelist.
Heartwarming: These books don't feature any sex scenes, although some may include swearing or mild inneuendo.
Geekerella

Ashley Poston - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale romance. Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield,...
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The Princess and the Fangirl: A Geekerella Fairytale

Ashley Poston - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

The Prince and the Pauper gets a Geekerella-style makeover in this witty and heartfelt novel for those who believe in the magic of fandom. Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl on an impossible mission: to save her favorite Starfield character, Princess Amara, from...
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Don't Read the Comments

Eric Smith - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover

Divya Sharma is a queen. Or she is when she's playing Reclaim the Sun, the year's hottest online game. Divya - better known as popular streaming gamer D1V - regularly leads her #AngstArmada on quests through the game's vast and gorgeous virtual universe. But for Divya, this is more than...
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This Is How We Fly

Anna Meriano - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

A loose retelling of Cinderella, about a high-school graduate who--after getting grounded for the whole summer--joins a local Quidditch league and finds her footing, perfect for fans of Dumplin', Fangirl, and everyone who's read and adored Harry Potter. 17-year-old vegan feminist...
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Queens of Geek

Jen Wilde - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

Three friends. Two love stories. One convention.Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she's over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington...
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Fangirl: A Novel

Rainbow Rowell - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them...
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Eliza and Her Monsters

FRANCESCA ZAPPIA - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.Scott Westerfeld's Afterworlds meets Nimona in this novel about art, fandom, and finding...
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Be Dazzled

Ryan La Sala
Format: Hardcover

Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self.Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making -- for creation. He's always chosen...
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Chaotic Good

WHITNEY GARDNER - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Cosplay, comic shops, and college applications collide in this illustrated novel, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Noelle Steveson!Cameron's cosplay creations are finally starting to earn her attention--attention she hopes to use to get into the CalArts costume design department...
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Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here

Anna Breslaw - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Cross Veronica Mars with MTVs Daria, and youll get Scarlett Epstein, the snarky, judgmental, and often hilarious star of Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here, a witty and heartwarming novel thats perfect for fans of David Arnolds Mosquitoland and Kody Keplingers The Duff. "Absolutely delightful,...
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Now a Major Motion Picture

Cori McCarthy - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Their fantasy is her reality in this bright and uplifting contemporary coming-of-age novel by the acclaimed author of Breaking Sky and You Were Here. Iris Thorne wants to blaze her own path. That's easier said than done when you're the granddaughter of M. E. Thorne, famous author of the Elementia...
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Heating up: These books may contain innuendo and sex scenes that are not overly explicit.
Conventionally Yours

Annabeth Albert - Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Paperback

When two "big name fans" go head-to-head at a convention, love isn't the only thing at stake.Charming, charismatic, and effortlessly popular, Conrad Stewart seems to have it all...but in reality, he's scrambling to keep his life from tumbling out of control. Brilliant,...
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Hot & Spicy: These books contain one or more detailed sex scenes.
Well Met

Jen DeLuca - Berkley
Format: Paperback

All's faire in love and war for two sworn enemies who indulge in a harmless flirtation in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author Jen DeLuca.Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover...
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Well Played

Jen DeLuca - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy filled with Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, kilted musicians, and an unlikely love story from the author of Well Met. Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow...
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Spoiler Alert: A Novel

Olivia Dade - Avon
Format: Paperback

Olivia Dade bursts onto the scene in this delightfully fun romantic comedy set in the world of fanfiction, in which a devoted fan goes on an unexpected date with her celebrity crush, who's secretly posting fanfiction of his own. Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. While the world knows...
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