Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel

* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *

* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.

"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners


"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

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Published May 14, 2019

448 pages

Average rating: 7.86

856 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

kylie_fitz
May 26, 2025
8/10 stars
I felt like I was watching a Hallmark/Netflix Christmas movie - cute, fun, and a little cringe.

OneDirectionLover
Jun 20, 2025
10/10 stars
My absolute favorite book I've ever read!!
feelingfrazzled
Jun 15, 2025
10/10 stars
one of my favorites if all time!
April B.InkAudioDragon
Jun 09, 2025
10/10 stars
I absolutely loved this book! 🥰 I have never had a book make me so hopeful and happy to have reality come crashing back down to where I am mad. 😡 NO not mad at the book but mad at our society and our politics! I’ve lived in Texas most of my life and knowing the characters were Texan and the son being Bi I called BS on that state vote. Also the Royals…PLEASE they would never!!! 👎🏽 I truly loved this book but it was a lot of reality that so tooo much fantasy. I think if it was just a story about a British guy and Texan then it would’ve hit differently. I’m so glad they did make a movie which I’m about to watch. It was very comical and hit all the serious tones that’s wrong with our society. I highly recommend it. ☺️
staceygall
Jun 04, 2025
8/10 stars
Strong showing for a romance, but something felt... off, particularly in the final third of the book. Sure it's a romance, where everything was a bit cheesy and the central conflicts never felt insurmountable, but something about how idealized and glossy the climax and conclusion were just felt ingenuine and like overindulgent escapism, especially set in a parallel-universe 2020 election. Is this how people felt about The West Wing when it aired?

I did really enjoy it at face value, and I prefer to weigh enjoyment a bit heavier literary merit when rating (in attempt to save my sanity while "reading for fun"). But ultimately, the political commentary felt hollow when set against today's climate, and I don't think it would have been much better back in 2019 either. This book screams pre-2016 election, in the peak of the Hamilton era when everyone was looking for our next batch of political heroes to revere. Maybe I'm just not a fan of treating politicians like celebrities anymore.

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