If you loved

Books like Five feet apart

A tender, high-stakes romance where the simple act of closeness becomes a matter of life and death. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Five feet apart.

bittersweet
tender
confined
emotionally charged

01
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
A tender, mixtape-fueled exploration of first love that feels as visceral and fragile as a bruised heart.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- tender
- emotionally charged
- earnest
02
Because You'll Never Meet Me
Leah Thomas
An intimate, letter-based exploration of an impossible friendship shadowed by a sinister shared history.
Shares:
- earnest
- tense
03
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon
A tender, visually inventive romance about the terrifying, exhilarating choice between merely surviving and truly living.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- tender
- earnest
- yearning
04
The Kissing Booth
Beth Reekles
A high-energy, trope-tastic dive into the thrilling angst of a forbidden high school crush.
Shares:
- earnest
05
The upside of falling
Alex Light
A sweet, trope-tastic high school romance that melts guarded hearts with cozy fake-dating antics.
Shares:
- tender
- earnest
06
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
A tender, devastating exploration of two broken teenagers finding a fleeting, beautiful world in each other.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- tender
- earnest
07
Holding Up the Universe
Jennifer Niven
A tender, dual-perspective romance about the profound relief of finally being seen for who you truly are.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- tender
- earnest
08
Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins
A cinematic, banter-filled love letter to Paris and the dizzying, agonizing thrill of an all-consuming crush.
Shares:
- earnest
- romantic
09
The Flatshare
Beth O'Leary
A tender, slow-burn exploration of how shared spaces and Post-it notes can build a foundation for profound emotional intimacy.
Shares:
- tender
10
Slammed
Colleen Hoover
A heart-on-its-sleeve exploration of grief and forbidden love, where raw emotion is spoken aloud and every feeling is dialed up to ten.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- earnest
- forbidden romance
11
Heartstopper, Volume 1
Alice Oseman
A warm hug of a graphic novel that captures the dizzying, delicate butterflies of a first crush.
Shares:
- tender
- earnest
12
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
A visceral, dread-soaked descent into the monstrous beauty of survival and the fierce, feral bonds of girlhood.
Feels:
- dread-soaked
- eerie
- feral

Back to Five feet apart