Best Books To Read After A Breakup

1. Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed — Compassionate but full of tough love, this advice column collection is like getting a pep talk from your emotionally intelligent fairy godmother.

2. Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors — A beautifully messy novel about love, loneliness, and timing that reminds you sometimes breaking apart is how you grow.

3. Heartburn by Nora Ephron — A hilarious novel (based on Ephron’s own divorce) about a food writer whose husband cheats on her while she’s seven months pregnant.

4. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid — A couple takes a one-year break from their marriage to rediscover themselves—and it turns into a moving meditation on identity, love, and growing apart.

5. Goodbye, Again by Jonny Sun — Intimate essays on loneliness, change, and starting over.

6. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton — A funny, poignant memoir about growing up, falling hard, and realizing that the love of your life might just be your friends.

7. Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake — For the romantics who want to stay in their feelings, this is an intense love story about two deeply broken people trying to connect in a chaotic world.

8. You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi — A stunning, sexy novel about grief, second chances, and daring to love again.

9. Untamed by Glennon Doyle — An empowering memoir about shedding expectations and being yourself.