Current:Home > MyTell us your favorite Olivia Rodrigo 'Guts' song and we'll tell you what book to read -Infinite Wealth Strategies
Tell us your favorite Olivia Rodrigo 'Guts' song and we'll tell you what book to read
View
Date:2025-04-18 03:14:02
We still have Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” on repeat, weeks after the Sept. 8 drop.
Music and reading are the perfect companions, so we’ve come up with book recommendations based on your favorite “Guts” songs. Whether you’re in your angsty teens, or you’re a teenager at heart, here’s what you should read alongside the album.
“The Comeback” by Ella Berman
If your “Guts” favorite is “All-American Bitch,” “Making the Bed,” “The Grudge” or “Teenage Dream”
This album is a hard hitter about all the pressures, pits, and downfalls of being a young woman in the public eye. This novel touches on such topics as being pretty when you cry, pretending you’re older than you are, not feeling strong and fearing they already got all the best parts of you.
Check out: USA TODAY's weekly Best-selling Booklist
This book delves inside the “Me Too” movement and follows Grace Turner, who disappeared from the public eye after her first Golden Globe nomination. When she is asked to present an award to Hollywood’s favorite indie director, the same man who controlled her life for eight years, she has to decide if she is ready to use her voice and make a comeback.
“How to Fall Out of Love Madly” by Jana Casale
If your “Guts” favorite is “Bad Idea, Right?” “Love is Embarrassing” or “Pretty Isn’t Pretty”
Oh, the chaos of heartbreak. “Guts” songs speak to all the relatable, cringey, embarrassing things that love brings out in us. This story includes: the biggest lie you ever said, some loser who’s not worth mentioning, and trying every lipstick in every shade.
This story follows three women as they grapple with men, work, mothers, and the societal expectations that keep them up at night. Talk about highs and lows! This book has them all.
“I Kissed Shara Wheeler” by Casey McQuiston
If your “Guts” favorite is “Lacy,” or “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”
This twisty-turny sapphic YA romance asks: Do I hate you, do I want to be you, or do I want you? And the answer is a little bit of all three. The story includes lingering like perfume, taking over your life, making it weird, and making it worse.
The book follows Chloe Green, a type-A high school senior who is going to win valedictorian and take down anyone who stands in her way, namely Shara Wheeler, the school’s perfect little prom queen. But when Shara kisses Chloe a month before graduation, then disappears, Chloe goes on a “Paper Towns”-esque hunt for answers. Plenty of stolen secrets, high school hijinks, and embarrassing party fouls abound.
“A Dowry of Blood” by S.T. Gibson
If your “Guts” favorite is “Vampire” or “Logical”
This novel is an epistolary horror story about the controlling relationship between famed vampire Dracula and his first bride, Constanta. This story includes blood suckers and master manipulators.
This book is dark and seductive, which means it’s a perfect pre-Halloween read. Constanta grapples with her husband’s secrets and her own longing for freedom –– and there’s murder. Reading this book is like slowly unwrapping the best present ever, it comes together in a beautiful way, sort of like the slow burn of Olivia’s “Vampire” turning into an actual headbanger by the end.
“Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Sophie Gonzales
If your “Guts” favorite is “Get Him Back!”
This book is the perfect mix of revenge and romance, just like “Get Him Back!”
Two 18-year-old girls participate on a teen reality dating show when their now-famous ex invites them. One is hellbent on revenge and the other is open to finding love again. This story is definitely for any lovers of “The Bachelor,” but don’t be fooled, you might not expect the ending!
USA TODAY is thrilled to partner with independent bookstore The Novel Neighbor to help you discover the best books while championing indie booksellers.
With the relaunch of USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist, Novel Neighbor and friends at BookShop.org are curating enlightening and entertaining content. Discover our recent book recommendations and book-ish articles. Then, since what book lovers want most is another great read, sign up for a customized Mystery Box and monthly book subscription.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- Cyberbullying in youth sports: How former cheerleader overcame abuse in social media age
- The No-Brainer Retirement Account I'd Choose Way Before a 401(k)
- Maryland man leads Virginia police on wild chase in stolen truck and ambulance before DC arrest
- Federal court filings allege official committed perjury in lawsuit tied to Louisiana grain terminal
- Judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money case denies bias claim, won’t step aside
- Michael Oher, Subject of Blind Side, Says Tuohy Family Earned Millions After Lying About Adoption
- Crews searching for Maui wildfire victims could find another 10 to 20 people a day, Hawaii's governor says
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- This $13 Exercise Ball Can Hold Up to 700 Pounds and You Can Use It for Pilates, Yoga, Barre, and More
Ranking
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani to miss next pitching start over arm fatigue
- A history of Hawaii's sirens and the difference it could have made against Maui fires
- Prosecutors have started presenting Georgia election investigation to grand jury
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- You Missed This Stylish Taylor Swift Easter Egg in Red, White & Royal Blue
- A former Georgia police chief is now teaching middle school
- Gwen Stefani's Son Kingston Rossdale Makes Live Music Debut at Blake Shelton's Bar
Recommendation
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Heat wave forecast to bake Pacific Northwest with scorching temperatures
Morgan Freeman on rescuing a Black WWII tank battalion from obscurity
A landmark case: In first-of-its-kind Montana climate trial, judge rules for youth activists
Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
Argentine peso plunges after rightist who admires Trump comes first in primary vote
Derek Carr throws a TD pass in New Orleans Saints debut vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin takes the field in first NFL game since cardiac arrest