To All the Boys I've Loved Before Books in Order

In the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy, Jenny Han takes a simple what-if—what if every secret love letter you’d ever written accidentally got mailed?—and spins it into a warm, funny, and sometimes painfully honest coming-of-age story. The books follow Lara Jean Song-Covey, a half-Korean, half-white teenager who lives with her widowed dad and two sisters in suburban Virginia.

Her world is small on the map, but big in feeling.

At the start of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean writes unsent letters to each boy she’s ever seriously liked and keeps them tucked in a hatbox. When those letters mysteriously go out in the mail, her carefully controlled inner life explodes into public view. To survive the fallout, she strikes a deal with one of the recipients, Peter Kavinsky, and they begin a fake relationship that slowly stops feeling fake at all.

P.S. I Still Love You picks up with Lara Jean and Peter as a real couple, facing the ordinary and not-so-ordinary stress of first love. A leaked video, Peter’s history with his ex-girlfriend, and the return of another letter recipient, John Ambrose, force Lara Jean to figure out what she expects from someone who claims to love her—and what she owes herself. The love triangle that follows is less about choosing between boys and more about learning to trust her own judgment.

In Always and Forever, Lara Jean, the focus shifts toward the future. Senior year brings college applications, her father’s engagement, and the realization that she won’t be able to keep her family, her boyfriend, and her plans all in the same neat box. When her dream school falls through and a more distant campus begins to call to her, Lara Jean has to decide whether to build her life around a relationship or around her own evolving ambitions.

Throughout the trilogy, Han keeps the stakes grounded in small domestic details: cookie recipes, hand-written notes, car rides, and late-night conversations in shared bedrooms. Lara Jean’s world is full of food, traditions, and the quiet comfort of a family that has weathered grief together. Even when the romance gets swoony, the books never lose sight of sibling dynamics, single-parent stress, and the push-pull between staying safe and taking a risk.

The novels later inspired a trio of popular films and a spin-off series, bringing Lara Jean and her letters to an even wider audience. On the page, though, the story remains intimate—a girl learning to speak up, to say yes and no with equal confidence, and to believe that her own feelings deserve to take up space.