Even if you’re not a fan of Taylor Swift, you’ve likely heard her hit song “You Belong with Me” from her second album Fearless. According to the music video, the song tells the story of a girl who is secretly in love with her neighbor, who is dating a popular cheerleader. She wishes he could see that she is the one who understands him and makes him happy. The song is catchy, relatable, and full of emotion.
The song was released in 2008 and became one of Swift’s most successful singles, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. The song also inspired a music video that features Swift playing both the roles of the nerdy girl and the cheerleader, and actor Lucas Till (Hannah Montana the Movie, anyone?) as the love interest. The video has over 1.5 billion views on YouTube.
Needless to say, this song is extremely popular – which is why it was one of our most requested songs to find a book pairing with. So, if “You Belong with Me” is one of your all-time favorite Taylor Swift songs to jam out to, we’ve got you covered with a book recommendation that’s as adorable as this throwback song is.
You Belong with Me Book Recommendation
If you love this song and its message, you might enjoy reading a book that has a similar plot or theme. One of the books that I recommend is People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. This is a contemporary romance novel that follows Poppy and Alex, two best friends who are opposites in every way. She is a wild child with insatiable wanderlust while he is laidback and would rather stay home with a book. Every summer they come together for a week long vacation. Until one trip where everything is ruined and they stop speaking for two years.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
This book is a perfect match for the theme of “You Belong With Me” because it explores the idea of falling in love with your best friend, who might not see you the way you see them. It also shows how sometimes the person you are looking for has been right in front of you all along. The book is full of humor, heart, and nostalgia. Poppy and Alex’s story will make you laugh, cry, and swoon.
So, if you are looking for a book that will give you the same feelings as “You Belong With Me”, you should definitely check out People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. You can find it on Amazon, Goodreads, or your local bookstore. Happy reading! 😊
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Show & Tell Book Nook Rating:
Genre: Romance
Category: New Adult
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
Spice: 🌶🌶 /10
Slightly more obvious in spice or sexual nature, with more descriptive scenes but without overt descriptions of sexual acts. Within a movie rating system, this would be seen as a (barely) “PG-13” rating.
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