23 Books With Flowers on the Cover For the Perfect End to Spring

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Spring is coming to an end and for many of us, social distancing is still in force. While it’s safe, it’s not always fun to get stuck watching your favorite TV show for the third time or rereading The Hunger Games for the fiftieth time while your TBR is stacked next to your bed.

You are reading: Books with flowers on the cover

But just because you can’t go outside doesn’t mean you can’t bring the outdoors in.

You know that books are our favorite escapes, especially when they have such beautiful covers. We’ve rounded up some great books with flowers on the cover, for when you need a little spring in your life. From beautiful illustrations to photos of your favorite flora, these books can help you feel like you’re lounging in a field of wildflowers.

Pick up one of these pretty, petal-covered books. we know it will brighten your day.

23 books with flowers on the cover

books to read when spring ends

1. this time it will be different by misa sugiura

Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived up to her mom’s type A ambition, and she’s perfectly happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family’s flower shop.

She doesn’t buy into hannah’s romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, cj discovers a skill he never knew he had. a skill that she might even be proud of.

then his mother decides to sell the store to the family who swindled cj’s grandparents when thousands of japanese americans were sent to internment camps during world war ii. Soon, a breakup threatens to divide CJ’s family, friends and the entire Northern California community; And for the first time, CJ has found something he wants to fight for.

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2. felix forever by kacen callender

Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.

When an anonymous student starts sending him transphobic messages (after publicly posting felix’s dead name along with pictures of him before he transitioned), felix comes up with a plan for revenge. what he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario led him to a quasi-love triangle…

But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps him redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.

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3. weaving in the moonlight by isabel ibañez

Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight.

when atoc demands the royal countess’s hand in marriage, it is ximena’s duty to go in his place. she relishes the opportunity, as illustrious spies have reported that atoc no longer carries her deathly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristocrats to their rightful place.

Look for the relic and use its weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante, a kind-hearted princess and a thoughtful healer challenge Ximena, her mission becomes more complicated. There might be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war, but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge and the countess from her.

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4. with fire on top by elizabeth acevedo

From the New York Timesbestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.

Since she became pregnant in her first year, emoni santiago’s life has been centered on making tough decisions: doing what must be done for her daughter and her grandmother.

The only place you can leave all that behind is in the kitchen, where you add something magical to everything you cook, making your food a delight.

Although she dreams of working as a chef after graduation, emoni knows that pursuing the impossible isn’t worth her time. however, despite the rules he believes he has to abide by, once emoni starts cooking, his only option is to let his talent run wild.

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5. the midnight lie of marie rutkoski

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.

nirrim keeps his head down and a dangerous secret close to his chest.

but then he meets sid, a rogue traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the high caste possess magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic herself. but to do that, nirrim must give up her old life. she must place her trust in this cunning stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.

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6. moon mermaid by susann cokal

Blood calls to blood; charm calls to charm.

This is the world.

Come in and tell us about your dreams.

sanna is a mermaid, but she’s only half marine. the night of her birth, a sea witch cast a spell that made the people of sanna, including her earth mother, forget how and where she was born. now sanna is sixteen and she is a stranger in the marine matriarchy, and she is determined to find her mother and find out who she is. she herself becomes an apprentice to the witch to learn the magic of making and unmaking, and with a new set of legs and a quest for her master to complete, she follows a trail that leads her ashore in the thirty-seven dark isles. There, as her fellow mermaids wait at sea, Sanna stumbles upon a wall of bloodthirsty white roses, a humble town hungry for miracles, and a baroness who will do anything to live forever.

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7. a constellation of roses by miranda asebedo

Perfect for fans of Tell Me Three Things and The Astonishing Color of After, A Constellation of Roses is brimming with a magic all its own—lovable and flawed characters, an evocative setting, and friendships to treasure.

Ever since her bereaved mother abandoned her, Trix McCabe has preferred to keep on the move.

but when he lands with his long-lost relatives, he discovers that the mccabe women have talents just like his own that defy explanation: cakes that cure all ills, palm reading that never fails, knowledge of secrets that they never know. has said.

Before long, trix feels like she might finally have found a place where she belongs. But when her past comes back to haunt her, he’ll have to decide if he wants to take a chance on this new life. . . Or keep running away from the one she’s always known.

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8. Damsel Elana K. arnold

The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.

When Ama wakes up in Prince Emory’s arms, however, she doesn’t know about this. she does not remember what happened before the dragon captured her, nor the horrors she has faced in her lair. she only knows this handsome prince, the story he tells of rescuing him and her destiny to sit on the throne beside her. Ama returns with Emory to Harding’s kingdom, hailed as the new princess, welcome to court.

However, as soon as her first night falls, she begins to realize that all is not as it seems, that there is more to the legends of dragons and maidens than anyone knows, and that the greatest threats for her life may not be behind her, but here, in front of her.

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9. the golden wolves of roshani chokshi

No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them.

It’s 1889. The city is at the height of industry and power, and the World’s Fair has breathed new life into the streets and exposed ancient secrets. No one here keeps a better watch on dark truths than treasure hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. when the elite and ever powerful order of babel forces him to help them on a mission, severin is offered a treasure he never imagined: his true heritage.

To hunt down the ancient artifact the order seeks, Severin turns to a group of unlikely experts: an engineer with a debt to pay. a historian banished from his house. a dancer with a sinister past. and a brother in arms if not by blood.

Together, they will join Séverin in his exploration of the dark and bright heart of Paris. what they find could change the course of history, but only if they can stay alive.

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10. descendant of the crane by joan he

Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own.

Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, but when her beloved father is assassinated, she assumes power and suddenly becomes queen of an unstable kingdom. Determined to find her father’s killer, she hesina does something desperate: she hires the help of a fortune teller, an act of treason, punishable by death…because in yan, magic was banned centuries ago.

Using the information illicitly provided by the trial, and not knowing if she can trust even her family, Hesina turns to Akira, a brilliant investigator who is also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. With the future of his kingdom at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high?

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11. kiera cass’s fiancee

Kiera Cass is back with a glittering royal romance sure to captivate her legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike.

an aspiring queen. a handsome young king. a perfect combination… or not?

When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked and thrilled. After all, she grew up in Keresken Castle, vying for the king’s attention along with other daughters of the nobility. Capturing her heart is a dream come true.

But Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and being crowned queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power to see right into her heart, she discovers that the future she really wants is one she never thought she could imagine.

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12. romina garber werewolf

Some people ARE illegal.

werewolves don’t exist.

both of these statements are false.

manuela azul has been put into an existence that seems too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant on the run from her father’s Argentine crime family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida.

until manu’s protective bubble breaks.

Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested for ice. Homeless, unanswered, and finally untethered, Manu investigates the only clue she has from her to her past, a mysterious “Z” emblem, which leads her to a secret world buried within ours. a world connected to her dead father and her criminal past. a world taken directly from Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a witch and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. a world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong.

As Manu discovers his own history and traces his true heritage to a cursed city in Argentina, he discovers that it’s not just about the United States. residence that is illegal. . . .is his entire existence.

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13. girl, snake, thorn of melissa bashardoust

There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.

As her twin brother’s wedding day approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step out of the shadows for the first time. Down in the dungeon is a demon who has the knowledge he longs for, the answer to his freedom. and above is a young man who is not afraid of her, whose eyes are not shining with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.

Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices have consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she’s becoming…human or demon. princess or monster.

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14. the birdie randolph revolution by brandy colbert

Dove “Birdie” Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she’s on track to finish high school at the top of her class.

But then Birdie falls for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past… who she knows her parents will never approve of.

When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family’s apartment above her hair salon, Birdie notices tension building at home.

carlene is sweet, friendly and open-minded; he has also spent decades in and out of addiction treatment centers. As Birdie approaches Booker and Carlene, she longs to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets bubble to the surface, everything she knows to be true is turned upside down.

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15. the stars we stole by alexa donne

Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin?

but when elliot, leo’s first love and childhood friend, returns as captain of a successful whiskey boat, everything changes. Elliot was the one who ran away, the Leo boy’s family deemed him unfit for marriage. Now, he’s the biggest catch of the season and he seems determined to make Leo’s life miserable. But old habits die hard, and as Leo navigates the gleaming balls of valg season, he finds himself falling for his first love in a game of love, lies, and past regrets.

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16. llama in the mist by renée ahdieh

The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was sealed the moment she drew her first breath.

So, at only seventeen, Mariko is sent to the Imperial Palace to meet her fiancé, a man she did not choose, for the first time. But the journey is cut short when Mariko’s convoy is brutally attacked by the Black Clan, a dangerous group of bandits who have been hired to kill Mariko before she reaches the palace.

mariko, the sole survivor, narrowly escapes into the woods, where she plots her revenge. Dressed as a peasant boy, she sets out to infiltrate the black clan and hunt down those responsible for the target on her back. however, once she is in her ranks, her mariko discovers for the first time that she is appreciated for her intellect and abilities. she even finds herself falling in love with her, a love that will force her to question everything she’s ever known about her family, her purpose, and her deepest desires.

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17. seasons of the storm by elle cosimano

One cold, crisp night, Jack Sommers was faced with a choice—live forever according to the ancient, magical rules of Gaia, or die.

jack chose to live and instead became a winter, an immortal physical embodiment of the season on earth. each year, he must hunt the season that comes before him. summer kills spring. Autumn kills summer. winter kills fall. and spring kills winter.

jack and fleur, a winter and a spring, fall in love against all odds. to be together, they will have to escape the cycle that has been separating them. but their creator will not let them go without a fight.

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18. the beauties of dhonielle clayton

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful.

but it’s not enough that camellia is just a beauty. she wants to be the favourite, the beauty chosen by the queen of orléans to live in the royal palace, serve the royal family and her court, be recognized as the most talented beauty in the country. But once Camelia and her beautiful sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being her favorite isn’t all she always dreamed it would be. Behind the golden walls of the palace live dark secrets, and Camellia soon discovers that the very essence of her existence is a lie, that her powers are far greater and could be more dangerous than she ever imagined. And when the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the sick princess by using beauty powers in unintended ways, Camellia now faces an impossible choice.

with the future of orléans and its people at stake, camellia must decide: save herself, her sisters and the path of the beauties, or resurrect the princess, risk her own life and change the ways of her world forever.

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19. all crooked saints by maggie stiefvater

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle.

Here’s something everyone’s afraid of:

what it takes to get one.

any visitor to oddball, colorado, will likely find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden loves, scientific dreams, miracle-crazed owls, alienated affections, an orphan or two, and a sky full of watchful desert stars.

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In the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who have the ability to perform unusual miracles. and within this family there are three cousins who yearn to change her future: beatriz, the girl without feelings, who only wants to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel, the saint of the weirdo, who performs miracles for everyone except himself; and Joaquín, who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo.

everyone is looking for a miracle. But weirdo miracles are never what you expect.

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20. and i darken by kiersten white

No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.

lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, plotting her revenge for the day she can return to Wallachia and reclaim her birthright. he radu just longs for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the sultan’s defiant and lonely son, Radu feels that he has made a true friend, and Lada wonders if he has finally found someone worthy of his passion.

but mehmed is heir to the very empire that lada has sworn to fight, and that radu now calls home. together, lada, radu, and mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.

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21. i love you so much mochi by sarah kuhn

Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel brave, fabulous, and like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother sees this as a distraction from working on her portfolio paintings for the prestigious fine art academy where she’s been accepted for college. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi’s estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.

When he arrives in Japan, he gets lost in Kyoto’s open-air markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival, and meets Akira, a cute medical student who works as a costumed mochi mascot. What starts out as a journey to escape her problems quickly turns into a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind and find out where her own heart lies.

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22. tyler johnson was here for jay coles

Twins Marvin and Tyler couldn’t be more different. Where Marvin is reserved, Tyler is charismatic. Where Marvin is consumed by grief for his absent father, Tyler is carefree. And where Marvin is careful, Tyler is daring. But despite their differences, and despite the poverty and trauma that threatens to pull them apart, the brothers are close.

then one fateful night, tyler decides to go to a party and marvin tags along, hoping to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts out as harmless fun soon turns into a night of chaos that ends in a police raid. And the next day, Tyler is missing.

As his mother falls apart and his brother becomes known only as a hashtag, Marvin will learn what justice and freedom really mean in an unjust world.

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23. you say it first by katie cotugno

One conversation can change everything.

meg has her whole life organized perfectly: she and her best friend, emily, plan to travel to cornell together in the fall, and she works at a voter registration call center in her suburb of philadelphia. But everything changes when one of those calls connects her with a stranger from a small town in Ohio.

Colby is stuck in a rut, reeling from a family tragedy and working a dead end. the last thing he has time for is a privileged rich girl preaching the sanctity of the political process. so she says the worst thing she can think of and hangs up.

but things don’t end there.…

That night on the phone ends up being the first in a series of heartfelt, sometimes heated, always surprising conversations that lead to a long-distance friendship and then, slowly, to something more. Across state and phone lines, Meg and Colby form a once-in-a-lifetime connection. but in the end, are they too different for it to work?

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