Books like Love and Gelato

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch reads as lighthearted, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Jenny Han · 2014

Both explore first love

83% genome match

The Summer of Broken Rules

K. L. Walther · 2021

Both explore grief & self-discovery

74% genome match

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

Same ya feel

83% genome match

My life with the Walter boys

Ali Novak · 2014

Both explore grief & first love

67% genome match

Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali · 2019

Both explore first love & self-discovery

67% genome match

13 little blue envelopes

Maureen Johnson · 2005

Both explore travel & self-discovery

68% genome match

Call It What You Want

Alissa DeRogatis · 2023

Both explore self-discovery & first love

67% genome match

That Summer

Sarah Dessen · 1996

Both explore first love & self-discovery

67% genome match

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin · 2013

Both explore first love & grief

62% genome match

Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell · 2013

Both explore first love

64% genome match

The Kissing Booth

Beth Reekles · 2012

Both explore first love

63% genome match

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot · 2000

Both explore self-discovery

61% genome match