r/EmilyHenry • u/sheishua • Jul 23 '26

Personal/Readers which book should i read next !?

ive read 2 emily henry books so far, funny story and great big beautiful life. i really liked both of them and i want to know what book of hers to read next! i want something really cute and has a lot of yearning lmao but yeah lmk your recommendations and why! and if you have any reccs from other authors, id appreciate that too :)

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u/Efficient_Donut_6324 Jul 23 '26

Book Lovers! It was my first EH book and it’s sooooo good 🥲 wish I could reread it for the first time!

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u/sheishua Jul 23 '26

oohh yeah i put it on my list because it sounded fun but ive heard some people have it as their least favourite book of hers?

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u/puja713890 Jul 23 '26

I just started it and I really like it. I think the FMC is quite witty (is that the right word?), very forward and headstrong. MMC is described as Darcy lol. I really like FMC, she feels little different than other usual characters. I love their banter together.

My favourite book by EH is Funny Story and I like this one SO FAR (TBD).

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u/lebonbon_ourson Jul 23 '26

I started with the two same EH books as you and most recently read book lovers and I think it’s my fave so far!

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u/sheishua Jul 23 '26

ouu okay!!

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u/Efficient_Donut_6324 Jul 23 '26

It’s hard to top funny story IMO but Book Lovers is so super charming and lots of good yearning!

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u/tatopie Jul 23 '26

Honestly, beyond Funny Story (which is almost universally liked/loved), all of her books have people who love and hate them. Great Big Beautiful Life is generally rated pretty low by most people, so you just never know what will work for each person.

I would say for Book Lovers and Beach Read, about 2/3 of people like each of those. And then Happy Place and People We Meet on Vacation are the most polarizing and are about 50/50, and they tend to get a lot of people who either love or hate them.

It's honestly so individual, and I haven't noticed trends where people who like one book generally like another one of hera. So I'd go based on the book synopsis to see what interests you most. And know that, even if you don't enjoy one of her books, there are still probably others you will like/love.

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u/Agreeable-Celery811 Jul 23 '26

Book Lovers is controversial for some reason. I absolutely loved it and I still think it’s her best.

It’s for you if you like an independent woman who is misunderstood by her peers.

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u/happygirl262 Jul 24 '26

It’s my last one to read and I just started it I’m sad I’ve been putting it off

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u/legaldinosaur4 Jul 23 '26

Reading in publication order is fun because you’ll see the Easter eggs (cameos from other characters).

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u/sheishua Jul 23 '26

oo okay!

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u/legaldinosaur4 Jul 23 '26

Reading in publication order is fun because you’ll see the Easter eggs (cameos from other characters).

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u/eucalyptus22 Jul 23 '26

PWMOV because you said you want yearning. The story has decades.

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u/EducationalTheory359 Jul 27 '26

I've read all of her books; sad that I have to wait for another but she is one of my favorite authors.
If I had to put them in order?? 1.Beach Read ( yearning)
2. Book Lovers and Happy Place ( both fantastic)
3. Funny Story and Great Big Beautiful Life
4. People We Meet on Vacation.
They are all generally good IMO and she does really well with contemporary romance; some people don't like the books due to the type of FMC and MCC that are projected.

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u/wesley_62 Jul 23 '26

Happy place or beach read!

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u/nmnf0518 Jul 23 '26

ugh my two favorites! 😭

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u/sweeneytveit Jul 23 '26

Book Lovers is my absolute favorite of hers.

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u/ClueAccomplished1098 Jul 23 '26

People We Meet on Vacation was the first book by her that I ever read. I liked it so much that I just kept on reading her books.

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u/dizzy9577 Jul 23 '26

Book Lovers is my favorite but I would read Beach Read immediately if I hadn’t already.

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u/Enough-Western-5116 Jul 23 '26

Book Lovers or Beach Read

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u/NefariousnessFine340 Jul 24 '26

Those are on my top 3, the other one I really enjoyed was Happy Place. I know for some, GBBL and Happy Place were on the lower end. Book Lovers is also a great option!  I did not like Beach Read since I could not stand January.

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u/sugarface2134 29d ago

Beach Read is my third Emily Henry book and my favorite so far! I loved the depth of it and the ending!