All the books Isaac reads in Heartstopper — season two!!
Hello friends!! I have been very lax in posting lately, but you better believe that I have been preparing this post for MONTHS ahead of Heartstopper season two being released. So, for your viewing pleasure, here’s a little post I made about all the books that Isaac reads in Heartstopper — season two!!
OK, so to give credit where credit is due, the post I made for my own benefits of season one, is by FAR the most popular post I’ve ever written. EVER. In fact, I’m kind of flabbergasted that the post has held the SEO position 1 for so long. Netflix did their own post and it occasionally bumps me off, depending on how you search for the topic, but I’m usually back within a couple of days. Which is super weird, but I’m also HUGELY THANKFUL to everyone who searched for this topic and clicked on my poor, little (currently neglected) blog.
I won’t give a synopsis of the show, like last time. Because I kind of assume that if you’re here, then you probably know what Heartstopper is, and you very likely know who Isaac is. And we (still) stan a voracious bookworm!!
Also, for something a little different this year, and something I wish I had done last year — I’ve taken “screenshots” (but really, very terrible photos) of each book Isaac is reading so you can see the book itself, and added in the episode each book is in. This meant A LOT of pausing, rewinding, and crying while I tried to make each one as clear as possible. Then I kind of gave up on getting them perfect — hence the terrible part.
I have provided links to Goodreads for each book as I don’t have the blurbs this year. So, without any further ado, check out all the books that Isaac reads in Heartstopper — season two!!
EDIT: Isaac’s shopping spree in Paris, and season three are now up on my blog too!!
all the books Isaac reads in Heartstopper — season two
I Love This Part — Tillie Walden
Seen in episode 1: Out
I Love This Part is a sapphic romance YA graphic novel. Tillie Walden is the author and illustrator of this story.
Published in 2015
SHOUT OUT to Sam for helping me figure out this book!! Thank you x
Ace of Spades — Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Seen in episode 1: Out
Ace of Spades is a queer YA mystery/thriller novel by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and deals with bullying.
Published in 2021
We Are Okay — Nina LaCour
Seen in episode 2: Family
Seen in episode 4: Challenge
And seen in episode 5: Heat
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour is the only book Isaac is ever seen reading in multiple episodes.
It is a queer contemporary romance that deals with mental health.
Published in 2017
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays — Oscar Wilde
Seen in episode 2: Family
Comprising of five of Oscar Wilde’s plays, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays demonstrates his wit in looking at society’s views on morality, etiquette and propriety, in comparison with sex and the power of relationships.
First published in 1989
Night Sky with Exit Wounds — Ocean Vuong
Seen in episode 3: Promise
Ocean Vuong’s first full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, comprises queer contemporary poetry about family, relationships, grief, romance, memory, war and melancholia.
Published in 2016
Book Lovers — Emily Henry
Seen in episode 3: Promise
A contemporary adult romance, Book Lovers is Emily Henry’s third book, and full of tropes that two editors falling in love would never allow.
Published in 2022
Les Misérables — Victor Hugo
Seen in episode 4: Challenge
Classic historical literature set in France, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, features a romance born in the middle of war and revolution.
Published in 1862 (although this version is the Penguin clothbound classic published in 2012)
The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Seen in episode 4: Challenge
The Little Prince is a classic French children’s story about a pilot who meets a strange little fellow when stranded in a desert.
Published in 1943
The Little Prince is the only book that I couldn’t find the exact cover for — but this is the copy that I have.
The Awakening — Kate Chopin
Seen in episode 4: Challenge
The Awakening by Kate Chopin was ground-breaking for its time. In an era of Austen-type romances, it tells the story of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage and has an affair.
Published in 1899
The Outsider — Albert Camus
Seen in episode 5: Heat
Albert Camus’ The Outsider is a portrayal of a man confronting the absurdity of human life became an existentialist classic. Yet it is also a book filled with quiet joy in the “tender indifference” of the physical world.
Published in 1942
Where’s Wally? The Great Picture Hunt! — Martin Handford
Seen in episode 6: Truth/Dare
The Where’s Wally? books (or Where’s Waldo? in the US) are children’s search and find picture books. The Great Picture Hunt is the sixth book and set in museums and art galleries.
Published in 2006
Birthday — Meredith Russo
Seen in episode 6: Truth/Dare
Birthday by Meredith Russo tells the story of friends born on the same day. The story is told in a snapshot of their shared birthday each year and is an award-winning queer contemporary novel.
Published in 2019
Around the World in 80 Days — Jules Verne
Seen in episode 6: Truth/Dare
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a classic story about an adventurer who bets his friends he can travel around the world in 80 days, and then sets off to do so.
Published in 1872
Crush — Richard Siken
Seen in episode 6: Truth/Dare
Crush by Richard Siken is a powerful collection of queer contemporary poems driven by panic, romance and obsession.
Published in 2005
Boy Erased — Garrard Conley
Seen in episode 7: Sorry
Boy Erased is a memoir of identity, faith and family. It tells the story of the son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality.
Published in 2016
All Boys Aren’t Blue — George M. Johnson
Seen in episode 7: Sorry
In a series of personal essays entitled All Boys Aren’t Blue, journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia, including his experiences being bullied, time with family and his first sexual experiences.
Published in 2020
We Have Always Been Here — Samra Habib
Seen in episode 7: Sorry
A queer, Muslim memoir of forgiveness and family, both chosen and not, We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one’s truest self.
Published in 2019
Summer Bird Blue — Akemi Dawn Bowman
Seen in episode 8: Perfect
A queer contemporary novel, Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman, explores these of grief, abandonment and mental health.
Published in 2018
Ace — Angela Chen
Seen in episode 8: Perfect
Through interviews, cultural criticism, and memoir, Ace by Angela Chen, invites all readers to consider big-picture issues through the lens of asexuality, because every place that sexuality touches our world, asexuality does too.
Published in 2020
Have you read any of the books Isaac is reads in Heartstopper — season two?
meeghan
Hi!! I'm Meeghan 😊 I like books (surprise). I also like games (board, video and D&D), baking (mostly cakes) and travel. I live in Canberra, Australia with Husband and 3 black rescue kitties.
9 Comments
wonderwall360blog
Not watched heart stopper. Not sure if on free tv in UK. But interesting selection of books. Have only read Birthday but that was good.
Kristina
I love little gems hints like those!! Damn, that character reads so quick— les misérables is quite a brick! 🥲
I’ve also read Ace! ✌🏼 .. though a few are also on my list
meeghan
Ooh! Was Ace good? (And yes, his speed reading is to be admired!!)
Kristina
Yes I quite liked it! Some things tilted me – like how sexual attractions can’t be helped (controlled yes) but I always thought it to be against me.. as I didnt understood 😅 cemented my identity more than just questioning
meeghan
That’s really great, I’m so glad for you!!
journeyintobooks
Great post, loving season 2 so far and I am definitely the Issac of my friend group
Caro @ bookcheshirecat
Love that you tried to find all the books Isaac reads in the new Heartstopper season! I just finished watching it & it was amazing 🥰
meeghan
Thank you!! I’m feeling like I should add screenshots to the season 1 post like I did for season 2… thoughts?
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