Holly Bourne Popular Books

Holly Bourne Biography & Facts

Holly Bourne (born 6 May) is a British author of young adult fiction. She is the author of best-selling novel Am I Normal Yet? and several other critically acclaimed books. She also writes online on feminist issues and writes for The Mix, a charity-run advice website for under-25s. Career Bourne is represented by The Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency. Her debut novel Soulmates was published in September 2013 by Usborne.Bourne's young adult novels deal with teenage romance, mental health and self-doubt. Her young adult novel Am I Normal Yet? was praised for its realistic and sensitive portrayal of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It was one of the 2016 World Book Night titles, a UK-wide book giveaway to promote reading for pleasure. Bourne won Lancashire Book of the Year Award 2016 for the novel, an award where young people select the shortlist and overall winner.In 2017 Bourne was a judge of the BBC Young Writers’ Award, along with Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant.The screen rights to Bourne's debut adult novel How Do You Like Me Now? were optioned by production company Ecosse Films in 2017. Her 2018 young adult novel Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? has been optioned for television by Duck Soup Films.She appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2018, alongside author Cat Clarke, discussing her book Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?, mental health, and resolve. The event was chaired by author Alex Nye.In 2019, the publisher Hodder acquired the rights to a further two adult novels from Bourne.Bourne was one of the headlining authors of the 2019 London Book Fair, appearing as 'Children’s Author of the Day' on the final day. Recognitions Bourne was shortlisted for the 2018 YA Book Prize from The Bookseller and We Love This Book, rewarding the best fiction for teenagers and young adults from authors in the UK and Ireland, for her 2017 novel It Only Happens in the Movies.Bourne is a former news journalist, and was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year in 2010 while working as a news reporter at the Surrey Mirror. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a first-class degree in Journalism. Bibliography Standalone novels Soulmates (2013) The Manifesto on How to be Interesting (2014) It Only Happens in the Movies (2017) How Do You Like Me Now? (2018) Floored, novel by Eleanor Wood, Holly Bourne, Lisa Williamson, Melinda Salisbury, Non Pratt, Sara Barnard, and Tanya Byrne (2018) Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? (2018) The Places I've Cried in Public (2019) What Magic is This? (novella, 2019) Pretending (2020) The Yearbook (2021) Girl Friends (2022, UK) / When We Were Friends (2022, Canada) You could be so pretty (2023)The Spinster Club series Am I Normal Yet? (2015) What's a Girl Gotta Do? (2016) How Hard Can Love Be? (2016) ...And a Happy New Year? (2016)References External links Official website Usbourne author page The Mix, formerly named The Site . Discover the Holly Bourne popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Holly Bourne books.

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  • A Thousand Perfect Notes synopsis, comments

    A Thousand Perfect Notes

    C.G. Drews

    An emotionally charged story about the power of dreams, and how passion can turn to obsession.Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he h...

  • Escape to Italy Collection synopsis, comments

    Escape to Italy Collection

    Nicky Pellegrino

    The Italian Wedding Two feuding families, two love stories and a lot of delicious Italian food. Pieta Martinelli's sister is getting married. Since she is a bridal designer it f...

  • One Secret Summer synopsis, comments

    One Secret Summer

    Lesley Lokko

    'Very exciting from start to finish. It's wellwritten, engaging and fastpaced, with a plot you'll be gripped by. ... I couldn't put it down' DAILY MAILIn the perfect family, there'...

  • Love Lessons synopsis, comments

    Love Lessons

    Jacqueline Wilson

    Fourteenyearold Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, superstrict father all their lives. Forced to wear Mum's odd handmade garments and forbid...

  • A Voice in the Distance synopsis, comments

    A Voice in the Distance

    Tabitha Suzuma

    In his final year at the Royal College of Music, star pianist Flynn Laukonen has the world at his feet. He has moved in with his girlfriend Jennah and is already getting concert bo...

  • Letters on Motherhood synopsis, comments

    Letters on Motherhood

    Giovanna Fletcher

    The heartwarming letters from Giovanna to her husband Tom Fletcher, their three sons, and mothers everywhere from the bestselling author and host of the No. 1 Happy Mum Happy Baby...

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    The Boyband Murder Mystery

    Ava Eldred

    'I have long believed that loving a boyband brings with it a wealth of transferable skills, but I'd never imagined solving a murder would be one of them...'Harri and her best frien...

  • Just For Today synopsis, comments

    Just For Today

    Nell Hudson

    'A yearning, tenderly bruising beauty of a book and a brilliant portrayal of friendship in the roaring noughties' Rhik SamadderIt was a time of drinking too much and staying out al...

  • The Last Romeo synopsis, comments

    The Last Romeo

    Justin Myers

    'If you liked Bridget Jones's Diary, try this' BBC News 'So funny and sharp, yet tender and emotional too. I loved it!' Jill Mansell 'I adored The Last Romeo . . . funny, clever an...

  • Web of Lies synopsis, comments

    Web of Lies

    Beverley Naidoo

    Two years after their flight from Nigeria, 14yrold Sade, her younger brother Femi and her father are living in a council flat in London, waiting for their claim for asylum to be ap...

  • When The Curtain Falls synopsis, comments

    When The Curtain Falls

    Carrie Hope Fletcher

    The TOP FIVE Sunday Times BestsellerPLUS this ebook includes the beginning chapters of Carrie's BRANDNEW book In The Time We LostAvailable to PREORDER now'Enchanting, evocative and...

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    Sunny

    Sukh Ojla

    'If you've ever felt lonely, overlooked, unappreciated and just "wrong" this is the book for you . . . Very funny, blisteringly honest' Marian Keyes'I was laughing from the very fi...

  • Limelight synopsis, comments

    Limelight

    Daisy Buchanan

    'A book to cancel plans for' BELLA'An ode to sisterhood and sexuality... Utterly refreshing' HEAT'Daisy Buchanan writes about all the chaos and conflict of being a young woman' Red...

  • The Matchmaker synopsis, comments

    The Matchmaker

    Catriona Innes

    'I thoroughly enjoyed this smart, feelgood read. It's witty, sharp and has real depth to it.' BETH O'LEARY, bestselling author of The FlatshareFor Caitlin Carter, love means busin...

  • Almost Adults synopsis, comments

    Almost Adults

    Ali Pantony

    Encapsulates the highs and lows of friendship in your twenties. Perfect for fans of Dolly AldertonThe struggle is real but at least they're all in it together.Ever managed to kill ...

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    The Xmas Factor

    Annie Sanders

    Thank goodness Christmas comes just once a year...! 'A heartwarming and sparkly comedy ideal for the time of year' WOMAN'S OWN'A funny festive read' HEAT'A book you'll enjoy long ...

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    I Followed the Rules

    Joanna Bolouri

    My friends think I'm insane, I'm stalking men all over town, and I'm on a deadline. Highflying journalist Cat Buchanan has been single for six years. So she's sceptical when assig...

  • The Governor synopsis, comments

    The Governor

    John Lonergan

    In his talks to communities throughout the length and breath of Ireland, John Lonergan finds himself coming back to one theme: the importance of kindness. It is an unexpected theme...

  • Chelsea High synopsis, comments

    Chelsea High

    Jenny Oliver

    For all fans of Jenny Han, Holly Bourne and The Kissing Booth comes the musthave teen read from bestselling fiction author, Jenny Oliver! Norah Whittaker has grown up on a houseboa...

  • Bring Me Sunshine synopsis, comments

    Bring Me Sunshine

    Laura Kemp

    'A delight from the first page to the last' Milly Johnson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew'Laughoutloud funny, as warm as it is witty...If you love Mi...

  • Baby Blue synopsis, comments

    Baby Blue

    Julia Green

    BABY BLUE picks up Mia's story (begun in BLUE MOON) just after the birth of her baby. Mia is sixteen now, and still living with Dad, although this relationship becomes increasingly...

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    Love and Other Puzzles

    Kimberley Allsopp

    Following the clues doesn't always lead you where you might expect ...A witty, warmhearted and appealing novel about how stepping out of our comfort zones can sometimes be the best...

  • The Magnificent Sons synopsis, comments

    The Magnificent Sons

    Justin Myers

    'Funny, beautifully observed and moving' Adam Kay'Tales Of The City for a new generation . . . smart, touching, razorsharp oneliners, a lifeaffirming read . . . I fell utterly in l...

  • We Are All Constellations synopsis, comments

    We Are All Constellations

    Amy Beashel

    'This poignant YA story of longfrozen grief and gradual selfdiscovery is slyly funny, romantic and filled with unlikely beauty.' The GuardianA heartbreaking but hopefilled tale abo...

  • The Missing Pieces of Me synopsis, comments

    The Missing Pieces of Me

    Amelia Mandeville

    Willow and Dustin are the perfect couple.Or so he thought, until she disappeared . . . 'Amelia Mandeville is an author to watch' EMMA COOPER Meet the couple you'll fall for head o...

  • The Car Share synopsis, comments

    The Car Share

    Zoe Brisby

    'I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Amazon reviewer 'Outrageously funny!' Amazon reviewer 'Extremely touching' Amazon reviewer 'An absolute delight' Netgalley reviewerThe PERFECT C...

  • Secrets of a Teenage Heiress synopsis, comments

    Secrets of a Teenage Heiress

    Katy Birchall

    A hilariously funny and fabulously glamorous series from the author of It Girl. Perfect for fans of Geek Girl, Super Awkward and Girl OnlineFlick's family ...

  • A Private Affair synopsis, comments

    A Private Affair

    Lesley Lokko

    No matter who you are, love comes at a price...'Perfect for a lengthy spot of tanning ... immerse yourself in the lives of four women looking for love' GRAZIA'Bestselling author Le...

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    That Jewish Thing

    Amber Crewe

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE JANE WENHAMJONES AWARD FOR COMEDY IN THE 2022 ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARDSThe new romantic comedy from the author of Adult Virgins Anonymous.Tamsyn Rutman is at yet an...

  • How to Say Goodbye synopsis, comments

    How to Say Goodbye

    Katy Colins

    ‘I adored this story and instantly fell in love with Grace Salmon. A beautiful book about learning to let go and start living your life’ Nina Pottell, Prima‘A touching story about ...

  • The Sky is Mine synopsis, comments

    The Sky is Mine

    Amy Beashel

    Shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award 2020Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021‘Izzy is my hero, and her voice deserves to b...

  • Naked synopsis, comments

    Naked

    Kevin Brooks

    London, 1976: a summer of chaos, punk, love . . . and the boy they called Billy the Kid.It was the summer of so many things. Heat and violence, love and hate, heaven and hell. It w...

  • The Accidental Love Letter synopsis, comments

    The Accidental Love Letter

    Olivia Beirne

    'A hilarious, heartwarming read' Daisy Buchanan'A charming, uplifting read... Delightful' Roxie CooperThe hilarious, uplifting novel from bestselling author Olivia Beirne is perfec...

  • White Lies, Black Dare synopsis, comments

    White Lies, Black Dare

    Joanna Nadin

    From the author of JOE ALL ALONE a BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated CBBC series.A compelling story for 10+ readers about falling in with the wrong crowd, and standing up for what ...

  • Influential synopsis, comments

    Influential

    Amara Sage

    Almond is forced into the spotlight when she was just a perfectly filtered bump: her mum has been documenting their family through social media since before she was born. And her f...

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    SweetFreak

    Sophie McKenzie

    Get ready for a brand new edgeofyourseat read from bestselling author Sophie McKenzie!  When everyone thinks you're a liar, how hard will you fight for the truth?Carey and Ame...

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    The Little Book Of Oral Sex For Her

    Ebury Publishing

    The authors have probed the deepest passages of history, lapped at the lake of human knowledge and plumbed the depths of our shared experience to bring you the truth about oral sex...

  • The To-Do List and Other Debacles synopsis, comments

    The To-Do List and Other Debacles

    Amy Jones

    'Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health' Marian Keyes'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental hea...