Alice Oseman

"Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...?" -- back cover.

Heartstopper (Volume One)

Cassidy Nolan

-boy who is about to discover A LOT about himself

“Yeah… he’s just a really cool guy!”

“Let’s see… where did I put you on the seating plan… Ah yes. You’re over there - next to Nicholas Nelson.”

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between - for fans of the Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon. Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book. RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry On Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but theyve never met . . . until one day when theyre made to sit together. they quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesnt think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlies lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. the queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school. Gay Times This is the first volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.

Heartstopper (Volume 1)

Pia 

“Haha…what’s she like then?” “…You’re gonna assume they’re a she?” “Are they not a girl?” “E-erm” “would you…go out with someone who wasn’t a girl?” “I don’t know…maybe” “Would you kiss someone who wasn’t a girl?” “I don’t know” “ would you kiss me?”

“So Nick has a crush on Charlie, right? We’ve all been thinking it!!”

Oh yeah that’s definitely a great idea letzt search it up online because that’s accurate…we’ve all been there

“He’s very diffrent from your other friends isn’t he? You seem much more like yourself around him.”

“Just look at him he is as straight as they come.”

“He told you to stop you fucking prick”

“So…anyway…I have something to ask you” *

Charlie starts daydreaming about nick asking him out

* “Do you want to join the rugby team?”

Boy trifft Boy - Entdecke die schönste Liebesgeschichte des Jahres - Von der erfolgreichen Newcomer-Autorin Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 1

An’ 💙📚🍂☕️🤍🧋

…embrasserais quelqu’un qui n'est pas une fille ?

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. This edition features beautiful two-color artwork. "Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book." -- Rainbow Rowell, author of Carry On

Heartstopper: Volume 1

hannah

You can't tell whether people are gay by what they look like. And gay or straight aren't the only two options.

Ruby Jo 

Indi Wellink

Tori after she saw Nick hugging Charlie before he left

Andrea Rygh

Nick after telling Harry that he was pathetic, homophobic and self obsessed dick. 

Srijita Sarkar 

Keira 💫

AAAAAAA was the cutest thing ever! Nick and Charlie’s awkwardness gave me life, like can two people be more adorable?! Their chemistry? 10/10. This is what my heart needed

elinabel hidalgo 

I'm not normally one to pick up a comic, but after seeing BookTok raving about it, I had to. You get through it pretty fast (if you want something to read in a day, it's perfect), but it's still a good read.

Lorry

Scarlett

i finally started reading them today lmao i started about an hour ago and im reading volume 4 rn <3

ang 

i do really miss my babies 😕 so pretty and comfortable as always

Un chico conoce a otro. Los chicos se vuelven amigos. Y luego se enamoran.

Heartstopper

the paris trip has the most special part in my heary

Kirsten Kim

forced myself through this surprisingly? wasnt all that interesting imo

Eva Ströberg

It's a cute story for sure, but I think the comic could be drawn a little better, but that's maybe because I'm used to seeing more elaborate comic books, and this one feels like a rough draft for me.

The ending is not really the kind of ending that makes you want to get volume 2 immediately, so hence the 3 stars. A little meh.

Jennifer Gosnell

My first-ever graphic novel, and I loved it! The non-linear storytelling was really cool and well executed. I loved the way text messages played a role in helping to move along different parts of the story… overall really great!

The start of an amazing series of books! will forever have my whole heart ❤️ 

Sid Ewing

Anna 

ahh, heartstopper is still so beautiful and calming. reread it after 2 months and fell in love with nick and char all over again!!

one of the more boring volumes. I mean... it's great that it's teaching young people the harder times of relationships and that not everything is as easy... but the characters should've acted more... not like asses lol, especially charlie. or at least they should've been held accountable for what they say.
anyway I feel like I outgrew heartstopper; when I first read it (including this volume, on webtoon) a year and a half ago it was still something I wanted to relate to, the friend group was literally the same as the one I had irl and so on, but nowadays I'm in uni, enjoying my peace and not really caring about first loves and sex etc.
yeah, it was okay, definitely not as sweet as I wanted it to be, charlie made me actually pretty mad and nothing really happened in those 400 or so pages.

Kiran Aftab

Kaitlin Simpson

Cute and Quick Read

This story was absolutely adorable. It was a really quick read and it left me wanting so much more. I can’t wait to read volume 2!

Wes Michaud

very cute can't wait for the next to the season of the show

Shaq H

*Soon to be a live-action Netflix series!* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel: this new edition - with a cover including Alice Oseman's artwork and photographs showing characters from the Netflix show - also contains exclusive pages from Alice's original TV scripts. 'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry On Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. 'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.' Gay Times This is the TV tie-in edition of the first volume of Heartstopper.

The Million-Copy Bestselling Series Coming Soon to Netflix!

Heartstopper Volume One

isabelle

I enjoyed Heartstopper Volume 1 as it is a quick and easy ready. Alice Oseman does a great job on the subject of bullying as it isn't over exaggerated. For example: <spoiler>the part where Charlie is being bullied by the rugby boys for being gay happens often in real life </spoiler>.

Naomi Waldorf

THIS WAS SO AMAZING. My first ever LGBTQAI+ book, and I LOVED IT. Charlie & Nick's love story is so so cute, interesting & easy to read. Also I relate to Nick on a different level about sexuality. I need to read the sequels ASAP!!!

Heartstopper has a special place in my heart and will always have!!!

Heartstopper is such a great eye opener for what it is to be a part of LGBT. Likewise, Charlie was bullied because of his sexuality alone, nothing about his looks, personality, and ideologies, and this situation is very relevant in this time through and through.

Not only that, I love--love--how Nick realized he liked Charlie, not too random, and not forced. Because when Nick laid eyes on Charlie, he knew there was nothing going on--really. But when he's gotten used to Charlie's presence their relationship developed wholesomely. 

Luca

Big realizations, just pure! MWAH

Heartstopper has a special place in my heart and will always have!!!

Heartstopper is such a great eye opener for what it is to be a part of LGBT. Likewise, Charlie was bullied because of his sexuality alone, nothing about his looks, personality, and ideologies, and this situation is very relevant in this time through and through.

Not only that, I love--love--how Nick realized he liked Charlie, not too random, and not forced. Because when Nick laid eyes on Charlie, he knew there was nothing going on--really. But when he's gotten used to Charlie's presence their relationship developed wholesomely. 



Bria

The illustration is beautiful and I loooove Nick for Charlie

Léa

I liked it but it was like super overrated i expected more ngl

Elisavet Rozaki 

clau☁️

This book just makes me HAPPY. There’s no other way to explain it. It was my first ever graphic novel and I know already it’s always going to be my favorite. It has a special place in my heart. It’s just so cute and sweet and the relationship is so healthy. 
And I am so happy about the bisexual and LGBT rep in general. Something so easy and not a big deal yet confusing and sometimes hard, because it happens. It is hard sometimes. But we’re not just sad stories. We have easy and fluffy relationships as any other couple.
I just could see myself somewhere in the plot. I use this comic when I need a bit of a scape from reality.
What else can I say than just that I absolutely love it!

Heartstopper (Volume One)

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