Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Date with Darcy | 2018 | Tiffany Schmidt | Buy |
| 2 | The Boy Next Story | 2019 | Tiffany Schmidt | Buy |
| 3 | Talk Nerdy to Me | 2020 | Tiffany Schmidt | Buy |
| 4 | Get a Clue | 2021 | Tiffany Schmidt | Buy |
The Bookish Boyfriends series follows Merrilee, a teenager who has spent years believing real boys could match the heroes in classic literature. The series finds comedy and heart in the gap between the ideal and the real, using a different classic novel as the backdrop for each book.
A Date with Darcy opens the series with a Pride and Prejudice parallel, while The Boy Next Story, Talk Nerdy to Me, and Get a Clue move through other beloved texts. The format works for readers who have already met the source novels and for those who haven’t, since the books function as full contemporary stories in their own right.