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The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009).
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 2009
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Young Adult
Start here: The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty is Jenny Han's opening novel in the series of the same name, first published in 2009. It's the natural place to begin, in a series that runs to 3 books in this catalogue and continues here with It's Not Summer Without You. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Summer I Turned Pretty - Book 2:
It's Not Summer Without You
It's Not Summer Without You is the 2nd entry in The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han, published in 2010 at 284 pages. It follows The Summer I Turned Pretty and precedes We'll Always Have Summer in this catalogue's reading order. Alternative text for cover: Cover of It's Not Summer Without You - Book 3:
We'll Always Have Summer
We'll Always Have Summer is the 3rd book in The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, published in 2011 at 289 pages. It follows It's Not Summer Without You in this catalogue's reading order. Alternative text for cover: Cover of We'll Always Have Summer
Key facts about The Summer I Turned Pretty series
Our list has 3 books in The Summer I Turned Pretty series. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with The Summer I Turned Pretty, since it opens the publication order in 2009. It's Not Summer Without You is book 2, from 2010. We'll Always Have Summer is book 3, from 2011.
The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.
The books came out between 2009 and 2011, while their length runs from 276 to 289 pages. That is a run of 2 years.
Jenny Han has 11 books on our list. Additionally, they write Burn for Burn and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. We shelve the books under young adult.
About The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy follows Isabel "Belly" Conklin across the summers she spends at Cousins Beach with her mother's best friend's family, growing from an awkward younger sister figure into someone both brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher, notice differently. Jenny Han tells the story in Belly's first-person voice, jumping between present-day summers and flashbacks to earlier ones, tracking a slow-building love triangle alongside real grief and family strain as the beach-house matriarch's illness reshapes both families over the trilogy. It's a foundational YA summer romance, credited with popularizing the modern love-triangle beach read well before it became a Prime Video hit starring Lola Tung, Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno.
The three books cover three consecutive, escalating summers, each raising the stakes on Belly's choice between the brothers while the wider Conklin-Fisher family relationship strains and reforms around illness, divorce, and growing up.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in The Summer I Turned Pretty series?
Three: The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009), It's Not Summer Without You (2010) and We'll Always Have Summer (2011).
What order should I read The Summer I Turned Pretty in?
Publication order, which is also story order: The Summer I Turned Pretty, then It's Not Summer Without You, then We'll Always Have Summer.
Does Belly end up with Conrad or Jeremiah?
We won't spoil the ending here — read We'll Always Have Summer, the trilogy's final book, to find out.
Is The Summer I Turned Pretty finished as a book series?
Yes, the original trilogy is complete at three books; Jenny Han has not published a fourth novel in the print series, though the Prime Video TV adaptation continues to expand the story on screen.
Is the TV show based on all three books?
Yes — Prime Video's adaptation (2022-) follows the trilogy across its seasons, with Jenny Han serving as showrunner, and the show has added scenes and subplots beyond the original three novels.
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