YA Books to Read If You Loved Emily In Paris
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YA Books to Read if You Loved Emily in Paris
Do you love Emily in Paris on Netflix? There’s just something about the show. An American girl in Paris who’s awkward. Doesn’t speak French. And yet, loves the city and is trying to live her best life there.
Here’s my list of Ten YA Books To Read if You Loved Emily in Paris:
THESE BOOKS ARE:
- set in Paris, Rome or Venice
- feature an American abroad
- have food and/or fashion themes
- have romance (bonus points for a love triangle)
All Paths Lead to Paris by Sabrina Fedel (2025)
- A glam influencer in a fake dating pitch
- Meets a down-to-earth regular guy
- Cue secret dates and a forbidden romance
- But … maybe her fauxmance isn’t so faux?
Why All Paths Lead to Paris is Like Emily in Paris
Influencer in a love triangle? With a pop star best friend? If this isn’t Emily coded I will buy you a croissant!
When Love Gives You Lemons by Steven Salvatore (2025)
- Best friends and neighbors
- Tragic Breakup
- Reunited on the Amalfi coast
- Can they rekindle their friendship …. or maybe more?
Why When Love Gives You Lemons is like Emily in Paris
With its Italian setting and complicated romance, When Love Gives You Lemons is about figuring out where you stand with someone in romantic Italy. Are Fiedler and Ricky meant to be or is this a tragic love story?
All Roads Lead to Rome by Sabrina Fedel (2024)
- An American living in Italy and a Scotsman enter into a fake dating scheme in Rome
- Love with a celebrity vibes, as the Scottish guy is a famous heartthrob
- Roman Holiday feel as the main character is the tour guide for the famous person.
Why All Roads Lead to Rome is Like Emily in Paris
It’s a travelogue! It’s a romance! It’s a love triangle!
Love Requires Chocolate by Raven Stringfield (2024)
- Whitney is an American student abroad
- Her dreams of Paris are crushed by her ineptitude in French, too much homework, and a little homesickness.
- Enter her new French tutor Thierry Magnon, a grumpy yet très handsome soccer star. Can love be their common language?
Why Love Requires Chocolate is a YA Book to Read If You Loved Emily in Paris:
A main character who struggles with her French? French lessons? A grumpy tutor? I’m totally getting Emily in Paris vibes from this one!
Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau (2021)
- An American ballerina in Paris
- A charming French boy, Louis, offers to be her tour guide
- But this is a forbidden romance: he’s the son of the head of her ballet school.
Why Kisses and Croissants is like Emily in Paris:
Like Emily, Mia is an American with a dream. She’s excited to be in Paris. The romance, while not a triangle, does have complications.
Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch (2017)
- Themes of love, loss and personal growth
- Lina is following her late mother’s journal, uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries.
- Then Lina unearths a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.
Why Love and Gelato is Like Emily in Paris:
Yes, Tuscany is not Paris, Rome or Venice. But it has a lush romanticism. The food is amazing. And this book has romance and a great travelogue.
Anna and the French Kiss (2013)
- Anna has been sent to boarding school in Paris for her senior year.
- She struggles with learning French, with making friends, and with adjusting to her new home.
- Anna meets Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. He can’t be more, because he’s taken —and Anna might be, too.
Why Anna and the French Kiss is like Emily in Paris
There are a LOT of similarities. Anna’s French is terrible. She’s crushing on a guy with a girlfriend. And she spends a lot of time exploring the city.
XOXO by Lexie Oh (2021)
- Cello prodigy Jenny meets the mysterious, handsome Jaewoo in her uncle’s Los Angeles karaoke bar.
- Three months later, when Jenny arrives in South Korea , she’s shocked to discover that Jaewoo is a student at the same elite arts academy where she’s enrolled for the semester.
- And he’s not just any student. He’s a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world—and he’s strictly forbidden from dating.
Why XOXO is similar to Emily in Paris:
On the surface, it doesn’t seem that similar. But like Emily, Mia is a girl with a dream. She’s exploring an amazing city filled with tempting food, fashion, and guys. And she’s getting deep into a forbidden romance!
The Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey (2020)
- Lila has a complete crash-out.
- Her parents make a new plan for her: spend three months with family friends in England,
- Lila meets Orion Maxwell, teashop clerk with troubles of his own
- Is this just a vacation fling, or could it be more.
Why A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow is like Emily In Paris
No, it’s in Paris. Or a major city. But this book, with its charming characters, foodie themes, and sweet romance, will put a smile on your face.
The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Frum (2018)
- Carter Lane has wanted to be a chef forever.
- Now she has the chance of a lifetime: a prestigious scholarship competition
- But Carter has a cute but unbearably cocky opponent, Reid who goes out of his way to screw her over on day one
- Carter vows revenge, and soon they’re involved in a full-fledged culinary war.
Why The Art of French Kissing is Like Emily in Paris
Yes, it’s in Savannah. But it has a meet cute, foodie themes and an adorable romance.
Just One Day by Gayle Forman (2013)
- Sheltered American LuLu meets Dutch actor Willem at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England.
- After one romantic day together, Allyson wakes up to discover that Willem has left.
- Over the next year, Allyson embarks on a journey to come to terms with the narrow confines of her life, and through Shakespeare, travel, and a quest for her almost-true-love, to break free of those confines.
Why Just One Day by Gayle Forman is like Emily in Paris
An American girl abroad. A chance encounter. A whirlwind romance set in Paris. This isn’t exactly the same, but fans of Emily in Paris will enjoy this romantic book about serendipity!
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (2010)
- Ginny gets a gift from her aunt: a little blue envelope and instructions to buy a plane ticket.
- The next envelope has directions to a specific London flat.
- And so on… there are 13 blue envelopes that will send Ginny on an exciting, whirlwind, and romantic adventure!
Why 13 Little Blue Envelopes is like Emily in Paris:
This classic YA book has the same spirit of adventure as Emily in Paris!
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Die For Me has such a beautiful cover. I haven't read any of these but I don't read a lot of YA.
Die for Me is a YA classic – I loved it back in the day and am curious as if it stands the test of time!
Some good YA choices! Gayle Forman's Just One Day books are some of my favourites and I love the journey the characters go on so very fitting. As is Anna and the French Kiss, the perfect French setting and it still makes me want to visit when I read it.
YES – YA books with travel themes (and romance) are just really good!