One of my favorite parts of being a librarian is doing book displays at my library! Here on my blog, I love sharing the behind the scenes of my displays, including everything you need to recreate the displays. If you’re a library worker, teacher, or bookseller, feel free to use this to make a display of your own!
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Hi friends! Summer is in full swing at my library and it has already been so hectic. I was brainstorming a fun, easy display that I could keep going through the whole summer and thought romance was perfect. Romance novels are perfect during the summer, and it’s definitely a genre I get asked for a lot at work. Plus, this display is broad enough that it’s easy to quickly pull books for without having to do a ton of searching. You can choose romances set in the summer if you want, or just do a variety of romance novels (which is what I ended up doing).
For the display, I chose to go with the iconic lyrics from Grease! I included a mix of adult & teen romances. Below is everything you need to recreate this display at your library.
(Alphabetical by author or editor)
Adult Romance:
- Can’t Resist Her by Kianna Alexander
- Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
- Business Not as Usual by Sharon C. Cooper
- Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
- You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
- The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
- D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
- I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson
- Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- Donut Fall In Love by Jackie Lau
- Make Up Break Up by Lily Menon
- The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon
- Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter
- Simmer Down by Sarah Smith
- Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
- For Her Consideration by Amy Spalding
- Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
- A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Young Adult Romance:
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
- The One True Me and You by Remi K. England
- The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
- My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth
- The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
- Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
- As If On Cue by Marisa Kanter
- Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
- I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
- Color Outside the Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna
- A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
- Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad
- You, Me, and Our Heartstrings by Melissa See
- Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma
- Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson
This list is just a small selection; there are so many other incredible romance novels out there!
If you use my display ideas, I’d love to see pictures! Please tag me on Instagram or Twitter so I can see them.
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