Heartstopper

by Alice Oseman

Alice Oseman’s heartwarming YA webcomic has taken the world by storm. The love story between rugby boy Nick Nelson and the charmingly nerdy Charlie Spring has captivated readers since the YA novelist Alice Oseman began publishing their story online in 2016. Now available to buy as a series of four graphic novels—with a fifth and final volume due to be released in December 2023. If you can’t wait we recommend five more books like Heartstopper.

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“Heartstopper takes place in England at a public school (UK equivalent of prep school). It’s a gay romantic story between a somewhat geekier kid and a guy on the rugby team. It shows how the two protagonists, Nick and Charlie, confront the world around them, and the latent homophobia around them, but it’s a very pleasant read. ‘Cozy’ is a word that many would use to describe it…It is the most successful of its generation at this point, I would argue. There are a number of other comics that are extremely good and competitive, and some of them are in various different states of adaptation; but, as we speak in 2023, it is undeniable that Alex Oseman’s Heartstopper has been one of the most commercially and critically successful comics of this entire decade.” Read more...

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