The Heartstopper books are a series of graphic novels that tell a wonderful boy-meets-boy queer love story.
Written by award-winning YA author Alice Oseman, the Heartstopper graphic novels have now been made into a major live-action TV show. Heartstopper came to Netflix in 2022, starring Kit Connor (the voice of Pan in His Dark Materials) and newcomer Joe Locke as Nick and Charlie.
It is a gorgeous coming of age story about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. We follow the blossoming romance between Charlie and Nick as they meet, become friends and start to fall in love.
The sensitive content in some of the later books, means we recommend them for readers 13/14+. There are now four books in the series, which we recommend you read in order, starting with Heartstopper Volume One.
A fifth book in the Heartstopper series is due out in 2023 and you can find more books like Heartstopper in our blog post here.
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All the Heartstopper books in order:
Book 1: Volume 1 (2018)
Book 2: Volume 2 (2019)
Book 3: Volume 3 (2020)
Book 4: Volume 4 (2021)
Book 5: Volume 5 (2023)
The Heartstopper Colouring Book (2020)
The Heartstopper Yearbook (2022)
A black and white illustrated graphic novel, fifth in the series, about Charlie and Nick's relationship. Suitable for ages 13/14+ due to bad language ...
A quick 1 hour read for ages 13+ due to language and content, with black and white illustrations. The fourth instalment of the LGBTQIA+ story of Charl...
A quick 1 hour read for ages 13+ due to language and content. The third instalment of the LGBTQIA+ story of Charlie and Nick's relationship. The Girls...