Thanks to @LocalBeeHuntersNook for #5OnMyTBR – a weekly bookish meme where we share 5 books on our TBR list from prompts (which you can find here). The prompt this week is Friendship!
I’ve chosen books that I know have a strong friendship or with friendship as the central theme over romance. Since I haven’t read these, correct me if I got anything wrong!
(Click on the title links for the goodreads synopses)
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane
✿ contemporary, middle grade
✿ 288 pages
✿ published 2020
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane sounds like a heart-warming read (but apparently heart-breaking too), with a road trip!! I love unlikely friendships, so I can’t wait to read about the trio mentioned in the synopsis.
The Gilded Wolves
✿ fantasy, historical fiction, YA
✿ 388 pages
✿ published 2019
I need to read The Gilded Wolves series asap. Historical fantasy with a heist? Sign me up! I think this also had romance in it, but the friendship sounds like a bigger theme with the found family trope – my favourite.
Check, Please!
✿ graphic novel, LGBT, YA
✿ 288 pages
✿ published 2018
Check, Please is centred around hockey, which I don’t care much about, but I love reading about team sports and teammates’ friendships! I think this will be a really fun read.
A Closed And Common Orbit
✿ sci-fi
✿ 365 pages
✿ published 2016
I recently finished The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, and although I have some conflicting feelings about it (I’ll be sharing my thoughts on it soon, look out for a review!), I loved the friendships, so I’m sure A Closed And Common Orbit will be just as strong on that side. It’s also much shorter, so I think it might have even less of a plot and focus more on the characters and their relationships?
Radio Silence
✿ contemporary, YA
✿ 403 pages
✿ published 2016
I’ve heard great things about Radio Silence! Although there is some romance, I think the main focus of the story is on Frances and her friendship with Aled? I’ve only read Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, but of course I loved that, and the side friendships were amazing.
Thanks for reading! Have you read any of these books?
—ella♥
ella isn’t writing 
Great list! I haven’t read any of these yet but I’m dying to read Radio Silence and Check, Please! The cover for The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane is SO pretty, oh my gosh. It looks both cute and bittersweet, so I guess matches up nicely with its insides?
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