An electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another. Shobha Rao’s Girls Burn Brighter introduces two heroines who never lose the hope that burns within. Friendships are so important to us that we proudly make bracelets, wear BFF pendants, and even have funny quotes about true friends being in the jail cell next to you. We love and need our friends, and just as important to us are the friendships we feel a part of when reading. So we asked you to tell us your favorite books about friendship—new and old, all books about friendships were welcome!—and we’ve put them all in the friendliest list for you.
32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter The Lido by Libby Page Circle Of Sand by Lia Fairchild The Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Spin by Lamar Giles Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson NW by Zadie Smith Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte I’m Not Missing by Carrie Fountain This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl I’ll Eat When I’m Dead by Barbara Bourland The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser The End of Everything by Megan Abbott Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
