Books like Summer and the city by Candace Bushnell

Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel follows middle‑school theater enthusiast Callie as she designs a blue‑grass‑tired set for a school play, grappling with teamwork, budgets, and the drama of friendship and family.

In a chilly Chicago night, two high‑school teens sharing the name Will Grayson meet and intertwine, navigating friendships, first crushes, and the production of a spectacular musical while discovering their own identities.

Judy Moody’s new friendship with Amy Namey shakes up her old circle and threatens the school project they are all working on.

Explore the social rituals and intimate lives of New York’s cultural elite through candid glimpses of dating, sexuality, and celebrity affairs.

In Harlem, Xiomara Batista learns to use her voice and verse to fight for herself and her dreams, turning lyrical poetry into her most powerful tool.

High‑school dramas, romance, and the trials of a princess‑in‑training student body president navigate friendships, love, and the everyday realities of modern teens.

Carrie Bradshaw's high‑school years in Manhattan: friendships, rivalries, budding romance, and the path to writing.

Candace Bushnell’s *One Fifth Avenue* follows the intertwined lives of Manhattan’s elite as they vie for power, wealth, and social prominence beneath the iconic Art Deco building that houses hedge‑fund families, gossip columnists, and ambitious actresses.

Mia, a Genovian high‑school senior, balances a secret romance novel, a scandalous election featuring her cousin, and shifting love interests as she decides on college—and what will become her future as Princess.

A witty romp through the halls of a prestigious New York private school, where teenage girls juggle friendship, social climbing, and the ever‑present gossip that shapes their adolescent lives.

John Berendt cross‑pads Venice after the 1996 Fenice fire, weaving history, culture, and quirky locals into a vivid portrait of a city on the brink.

Seventeen‑year‑old Margaret "Cuckoo" Clark journals her high‑school life, navigating friendships and rivalry while striving to bring hope to the divided halls of North Plains High.

A paper Fortune Wookiee from McQuarrie Middle School catches the attention of Sara, who learns its advice resembles that of Yoda, though in her case, it seems focused on romance.

A Knit to Quit series about women learning to embrace change and the bonds of friendship that help them through difficult times.

In her fourth book, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, best-selling author Candace Bushnell re-creates a real-life world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and the City. In LIPSTICK JUNGLE, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it.Victory Ford -- single, beautiful, creative and unconventional -- has worked for years to create her own independent fashion house. But when her company goes into a tailspin, Victory falls into the arms of the ruthless cosmetics baron, Lyne Bennett. As she struggles to keep her company afloat, she learns crucial lessons about what she really wants from a relationship.One of the most powerful women in publishing, Nico O'Neilly seems to have it all -- a stellar career, a well-respected husband, and an eight-year-old daughter whom she adores. But at forty-three, Nico finds that this isn't enough. Her secret ambition is to become the first female CEO of Splatch-Verner (the multimedia company that owns her magazine), but if she's going to achieve her goal, she needs to start acting now.Wendy Healy, President of Parador Pictures, has chutzpah to spare. It’s propelled her to the very top of the cutthroat movie business, yet as she tries to bring her most important movie to the screen, her drive is not enough to save her. Selden Rose, the president of MovieTime, is secretly lobbying to oust Wendy and take over Parador; meanwhile, her twelve-year-marriage to her metrosexual househusband is falling apart. One has to go--and in a series of unconventional plot twists, Wendy finds a startling answer.Following these determined but likeable leading ladies through the ups and downs of their careers, their marriages and their affairs, Candace Bushnell shows us how three strong women stay at the top of their fields in the toughest town in the world.

279 pages ; 20 cm

Samantha Owens, a good‑girl from a farm, spends her senior year in New York City with her fashionable friend Riley Swain, exploring friendship and school life.

Explore a charming summer in the city as athletic Jamie navigates school camps, shopping trips, and a budding romance while learning from her romance‑novel‑writing mom.

The story of a young woman who is nannying to support herself while she is at college - She becomes more attached to her young charge than she realises.