New album Harry’s House is full of groovy, catchy music that explores all different life experiences. This ranges from an exciting new relationship, to moving past a painful family history, to reflecting on lost love. Thankfully, we have plenty of books which match the vibes and the subject matter in these songs. Take a look at the books you should read based on your new favorite Harry Styles songs!
Music for a Sushi Restaurant
Hungry Hearts edited by Elsie Chapman
Hungry Hearts is made up of 13 sweet stories that bring together food, culture, and romance in charming ways. It explores the impact of food on our lives in a myriad of ways, and ties the stories together in a lovely way.
Late Night Talking
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
This upbeat song is all about the beginning of a relationship. It embodies the “can’t stop thinking about you” feeling and the desire to spend all your time together. In Field Notes on Love, two young adults meet on a train and spend the trip getting to know each other, as well as challenging each other to embrace their lives in different ways.
Grapejuice
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
This song epitomizes love in the summer. And in this book, Olive and Ethan, two people who can never get along, get to go on a romantic trip after everyone else at a wedding gets food poisoning. The summer vibes are fantastic and, of course, they start to get along better than ever expected.
As It Was
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
This hit song looks back on past days and reflects on just how different your life is. In this book, Addie LaRue has made a deal to live forever—at the cost of being forgotten by everyone she meets. Much of the book is spent looking over how she lived history and progressed through time.
Daylight
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
This song is about a relationship that’s over, but still remembered. The past love reminds Harry Styles of daylight and summer. Similarly, in Call Me By Your Name (now a major film), Elio and Oliver have a passionate summer romance that they remember for the rest of their lives.
Little Freak
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Here, Harry Styles reflects on a past relationship. He regrets the way it ended and blames himself. In Norwegian Wood, Toro struggles with a difficult past and frequently regrets the way he has focused on certain relationships. The story is nostalgic and moving.
Matilda
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells
In “Matilda,” Styles speaks to someone who has emerged from a difficult family life and is moving on. The Glass Castle paints a similar picture—this memoir tells the story of a woman raised by toxic parents, who managed to get herself out of a bad situation and begin to move on.
Cinema
Reborn Yesterday by Tessa Bailey
Like the song “Cinema,” the main heroine of this book has classic vibes—she loves old films and vintage dresses. And also like the song—she gets to experience a spicy romance when she meets a handsome vampire!
Daydreaming
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
This book is a dreamlike experience as it follows a family dealing with the recent death of their mother in different ways. The atmospheres and tones of the novel are unusual and unique. Reading this will feel like a beautiful and poignant daydream!
Keep Driving
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
“Keep Driving” is about quality time with someone you love on a road trip. This book is about an unbreakable bond between a feral cat and a human who’s taken to feeding it. They embark on a trip together in search of an owner for the cat, encountering different adventures and growing closer to each other.
Satellite
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
This is a song that captures the insecurities of trying to be close with someone. In Sally Rooney’s book, her characters struggle to remain close and support each other, even when they are also unsure of their own desires, relationships, and dreams.
Boyfriends
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This song describes someone being hurt over and over again by their boyfriends. In Malibu Rising, we follow a dysfunctional relationship between two people who fell in love young, as well as the future lives of their kids and the impacts of their parents’ choices. Just like in the song, one character in particular keeps falling back into a relationship that only hurts them.
Love Of My Life
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This song is very reflective, touching on a past relationship that you miss deeply. Before the Coffee Gets Cold is about a mysterious little café where customers have the chance to travel back in time—but only until the coffee gets cold, then they must return. It follows characters attempting to remedy their regrets and express feelings they kept inside.
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