Friends to lovers books

Love stories between people who were friends first, often for years, before one of them dares to change it. Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation follows two friends across a decade of summer trips, Jane Austen's Emma ends with the heroine realising what she had missed, and T. J. Klune's The Extraordinaries mixes the trope with superheroes and fan fiction. Expect warmth, shared history and plenty of pining.