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Autumn Book Boyfriends Recs

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This is the ultimate Autumn Book Boyfriend lineup — moody, broody, and a little dangerous. If your type feels like falling leaves, late-night coffee, and a touch of chaos, this one’s for you 🍂🖤.
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Jess Mariano (Gilmore Girls)

If your dream MMC is sarcastic, a little broody, deeply intelligent, probably owns too many books, and hides a soft heart under that grumpy shell…
 
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Henry = quiet, scholarly, soft but haunted
A Study in Drowning|Paperback
 
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Wes = witty with secret depth
Better Than the Movies|Paperback
 
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Rob = morally gray with a protective streak
Call It What You Want|Paperback
 
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Rowan = banter + brains
Today Tonight Tomorrow (B&N Exclusive Edition)|Paperback
 
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Henry = sarcastic + heartbreak
Our Chemical Hearts|Paperback
 
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Quinn = musical, witty, and a little closed off
We Can't Keep Meeting Like This|Paperback
 
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David = quiet intelligence + unexpected tenderness
What to Say Next|Paperback

Logan Huntzberger (Gilmore Girls)

Golden-boy charm, secretly messy
 
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Benji = tender, poetic, patient protector
Divine Rivals: A Novel|Hardcover
 
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Garrett = cocky, golden-boy athlete with a soft side
The Deal (Collector's Edition)|Hardcover
 
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Connor Cobalt = polished, witty, deeply loyal
Addicted to You (Addicted Series #1)|Paperback

Stefan Salvatore (Vampire Diaries)

If your dream MMC is gentle, protective, loyal to a fault, and carrying the weight of so many feelings… these are for you
 
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Benji = tender, poetic, patient protector
Divine Rivals: A Novel|Hardcover
 
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Elliott = devoted, nostalgic, bookish soft boy
Love and Other Words: Deluxe Edition|Hardcover
 
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Archer = quiet, wounded protector. Slow-burn romance with heart-tugging moments
Archer's Voice|Paperback
 
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Sam = steady, loyal, always the one in the background waiting
Every Summer After|Paperback
 
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Finn = emotional, thoughtful, unforgettable first love
If He Had Been with Me|Paperback
 
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Nicholas = steady but playful, deep down hopelessly in love
You Deserve Each Other|Paperback

Damon Salvatore (Vampire Diaries)

If your dream MMC is sarcastic, reckless, morally gray, and would burn the world for the one he loves… these are for you
 
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Cardan = witty, dangerous, can’t stay away
The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air Series #1)|Paperback
 
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Wrath = seductive, dangerous, magnetic
Kingdom of the Wicked Box Set|Hardcover
 
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Sebastian = seductive, morally messy love interest
These Hollow Vows|Paperback
 
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Rhysand = dark, magnetic, powerful with hidden tenderness
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #1)|Paperback
 
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Hawke = charming, deadly, hiding secrets
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash Series #1)|Hardcover
 
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Adrian = intense, possessive, absolutely ride-or-die
King of Battle and Blood (Adrian X Isolde Series #1)|Paperback

Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things)

 
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Finn = broody boy-next-door with an emotional punch
If He Had Been with Me|Paperback
 
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Miles = broken, emotionally complex, worth the unravel
Ugly Love|Paperback
 
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Gansey & Ronan = broody + complex friendship
The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle Series #1)|Paperback

Killian “Hook” Jones (Once Upon a Time)

Witty, dangerous, redeemable rogue
 
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Hawke = charming, deadly, hiding secrets
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash Series #1)|Hardcover
 
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Adrian = intense, possessive, absolutely ride-or-die
King of Battle and Blood (Adrian X Isolde Series #1)|Paperback
 
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Nikolai = clever, witty, dangerous with a smile
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1)|Paperback

Jughead Jones (Riverdale)

Broody writer, outsider, dark academia
 
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James = tortured, intellectual, Shakespearean angst
If We Were Villains: A Novel|Paperback
 
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Darlington = sharp, mysterious, morally complex
Ninth House|Paperback
 
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Henry Winter = brilliant, aloof, dangerous charisma
The Secret History|Paperback