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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel

Casey McQuiston

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GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more!

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instagramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through?

Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.

“I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!”

— Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners.

“ Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six.

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chronicallybookish\ \ Kaley\ \ • May 19 2025

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Tongue in Cheek\ \ Carter\ \ • Aug 6 2025

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Sapph-Lit\ \ Nina\ \ • Jul 10 2024

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So yesterday I shared THIS instagram post, jumping on the #Bookstagram trend of creating our own NYTimes best books of the 21st century ballots.\ \ \ \ It was So Hard choosing just 10 titles for this, so I wanted to share the additional 15 books I was considering when narrowing down what I truly consider to be top 10.\ \ The below are all 5 star reads for me and are permanent fixtures in my personal library.\ \ What would your top 10 books be?\ \ 01. Just Kids by Patti Smith\ \ 02. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley\ \ 03. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson\ \ 04. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid\ \ 05. Old Enough by Haley Jakobson\ \ 06. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens\ \ 07. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston\ \ 08. Open by Rachel Krantz\ \ 09. Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress\ \ 10. Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton\ \ 11. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt\ \ 12. Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz\ \ 13. Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad\ \ 14. Girlhood by Melissa Febos\ \ 15. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin\ \ \ Upgrade for $5 or login

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The Inky Phoenix\ \ Kathryn Budig\ \ • Mar 28 2023

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Violetear Books\ \ Kevin\ \ • Jan 19 2023

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Violetear Books\ \ Kevin\ \ • Jan 12 2023

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Which of these “weird” reader habits are YOU most guilty of? I am definitely someone who is constantly reading multiple books at the same time. It’s the curse of being a mood reader! Which one of these do you do? Also, what should I include in part 4?!? #books #bookstagram #readmorebooks #booksbooksbooks #ilovebooks #readerproblems

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Boundless Press\ \ Jananie\ \ • Sep 16 2022

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Boundless Press\ \ Jananie\ \ • Aug 20 2022

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💌 for business/sponsorship inquiries please contact eric@smallscreenmarketing.com 💌 for all other inquiries please contact me at thisstoryaintover@gmail.com

faqs 🤍 how do you pronounce your name? - my name is Jananie—pronounced JEN-nah-nee (like a knee!)

🤍 what's your background/ethnicity/etc? - both my parents are Sri Lankan Tamil, and I was born and raised in Canada!

🤍 what is your job? - aside from youtube I also work in product marketing!

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