The Book You Should Read Next, Based on Your Favorite Taylor Swift Era

Taylor was a teen when she released her debut album, so it’s only fitting that it’s paired with a young adult novel. Woodfolk’s music-centric coming of age story is the perfect coupling for this record. This heartwarming story follows Autumn, Shay, and Logan, who all share a deep love for music. But when tragedy strikes, somehow music is no longer enough. Despite the odds, one band’s music will reunite them. It will make you cry, smile, and remind you that sometimes it’s teenagers who feel things the deepest. If that isn’t debut vibes, I don’t know what is.

After season 3, we all know The Summer I Turned Pretty television adaptation. The show features so many Taylor songs, but Fearless is the perfect soundtrack to the book series. If you don’t know, it’s a tender, coming-of-age story about first loves, heartbreak, and summer romance. We see the main character Belly transform into a young woman, she finds herself navigating first crushes and first kisses, heartache and grief, and discovering the type of person she wants to become.

It doesn’t get more “it was enchanting to meet you” than a romance between two people who get stuck in an elevator together only to leave the unideal situation agreeing to a date. Well, a fake date. Drew needs a plus one to his ex’s wedding, and Alexa, who finds him charismatic and charming, says yes. But as the two go back to their respective homes—Drew in LA while Alexa’s in Berkeley—they discover that heart-fluttering feeling of attraction, only to realize they can’t stop thinking of each other.

Just looking at this cover makes me want to queue up “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).” In this, second-chance romance, a twist of fate forces two former roommates back into their beloved New York City brownstone where they must confront the events that led to their estrangement—and the unresolved feelings lingering between them. As the autumn leaves fall around them, through shared meals and late-night conversations, sparks resurface, and it becomes strikingly clear they have unfinished business.

1989 examines the aftermath of a tumultuous relationship, telling a story of the before, during, and after, which is why History Is All You Left Me will resonate with readers. After Griffin’s ex-boyfriend Theo tragically dies in a drowning accident, Griffin begins reexamining the time they shared before Theo moved to California and started a new relationship with a boy named Jackson. Griffin must figure out how to move on without losing himself.

Reputation is an album that centers on feeling isolated and alone in a world that doesn’t quite understand you. In The People We Keep, we first meet April in 1994 where she’s dealing with an absent father and a town that doesn’t feel like home. Playing open mic nights is the only thing that awakens her soul. April has her music and not much else, but she soon finds a barista gig and a few good friends who begin to make her feel accepted. Only, she’s uncertain if she’ll continue to hurt people or if she can find the strength to heal.

An album that celebrates love in all its messy, complicated forms deserves an equally emotionally-resonant romance novel pairing. Eliza and Graham are heading to a resort for their five-year wedding anniversary. But when a guest accidentally believes Graham is single, he introduces him to Eliza and instead of correcting him, Eliza and Graham begin a game of pretend, roleplaying and flirting as perfect strangers. While their chemistry might be returning, the emotional depth of their connection remains unresolved. Is a week-long getaway enough to reawaken what they’ve both been missing?

Folklore is an ode to the beauty of stories (anyone else still thinking about the Betty-August-James love triangle?), which deserves a story of equal beauty. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, January feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls of his sprawling mansion: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure, and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.

Evermore is chock-full of yearning and reflection of past relationships, which is why Connell and Marianne’s story compliments it beautifully. Set in a small Irish town, the magnetic attraction between the two begins in high school and continues at Trinity College in Dublin, where they’ve both decided to attend. But finding happiness together isn’t an easy achievement for two people who are stubborn, and both Connell and Marianne are still growing into the people they want to be. Even so, they find that circumstances in their lives keep pushing them back together.

Midnights is a collection of moments and memories that kept Taylor up at night, and Haig’s breathtaking and introspective novel delivers on many similar themes of reflection and wonder. What could have happened if you made different choices in your life? When Nora Seed finds a mystical library that contains books that answer that very question, revealing the paths her life could have taken, she not only sets off on a journey of self-discovery, but one that helps her understand the purpose of life’s meaning.