Best Sarina Bowen Books

The best books by Sarina Bowen — 13 titles spanning Romance, Literature & Fiction, averaging 4.18 BLT stars.

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Sarina Bowen built her reputation on sports romance that actually earns its emotional weight. Where the genre often leans on chemistry alone, Bowen layers in real character work — her protagonists carry specific wounds and blind spots that drive the conflict rather than manufactured misunderstanding. The Ivy Years series captures the particular texture of college life with warmth and wit, while Brooklyn Bruisers delivers sharp, funny ensemble storytelling where the secondary characters are almost as compelling as the leads. Her collaboration with Elle Kennedy on Him is rightly celebrated: two best friends falling for each other, written with a candor and ease that makes the romance feel genuinely inevitable. Bowen's prose is efficient and emotionally precise — she doesn't overwrite the feeling, she earns it. Readers who want romance with stakes, specificity, and a light hand should start here.

Sarina Bowen's highest-rated book in our collection is Us (4.61 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Sarina Bowen

  1. 1
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    Us

    Him • Book 2

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    ★ 4.61 BLT Score (57.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (57.6K)
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    The Understatement of the Year

    The Ivy Years • Book 3

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.36 BLT Score (22.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (22.3K)
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    Brooklynaire

    Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 4

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.32 BLT Score (23.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (23.9K)
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    The Year We Hid Away

    The Ivy Years • Book 2

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.31 BLT Score (16.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (16.9K)
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    The Fifteenth Minute

    The Ivy Years • Book 5

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (8.3K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (8.3K)
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    The Year We Fell Down

    The Ivy Years • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.21 BLT Score (33.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (33.8K)
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    Hard Hitter

    Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 2

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.19 BLT Score (12.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (12.6K)
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    The Five Year Lie

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.17 BLT Score (46.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (46.1K)
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    Pipe Dreams

    Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 3

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.16 BLT Score (11.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (11.1K)
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  10. 10
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    Good Boy

    WAGs • Book 1

    by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.12 BLT Score (45.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (45.5K)
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    Rookie Move

    Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 4.03 BLT Score (17.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (17.4K)
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    The Gravity Collection Box Set: Three Complete Novels

    Gravity #1-3 • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 3.89 BLT Score (213 ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (213)
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    Coming in from the Cold

    Gravity • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen

    ★ 3.78 BLT Score (5.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (5.7K)
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