Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Inspired by the Kennedys and ’90s New York.

Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Want More ‘Love Story’? Read These Books Next. If the TV show has you craving 1990s glam, upper-crust romance and doomed dynasties, these books have got you covered. Share full article 0 By Sadie Stein March 27, 2026, 5:04 a.m. ET “Love Story,” the Ryan Murphy series that chronicles the doomed love affair of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has captured America’s imagination with its combination of explosive drama, Camelot mystique and 1990s cool. With the March 26 finale, this tragic romance came to a watery end. If you’re mourning not just the golden couple but also their fabulous pre-internet world of effervescent glamour, indoor smoking and robust print magazines, here are a few books to help you keep the party going. Once Upon a Time by Elizabeth Beller The basis for the TV series, Beller’s biography — which “aims to make John F. Kennedy Jr.’s wife the princess she was meant to be,” as our reviewer said — is sympathetic, generous and full of the turtlenecks and headbands you crave. Read our review. Once upon a Time Save to your reading list : Want to read Have read What Remains by Carole Radziwill A lot of people published memoirs after the death of John and Carolyn, from his assistant to Carolyn’s sometimes boyfriend to childhood friends. Although Radziwill doesn’t appear in “Love Story,” the former Real Housewife of New York arguably has a much better story to tell : She was married to John’s cousin Anthony, and writes extensively about the couples’ close friendship. Read our review. What Remains Save to your reading list : Want to read Have read Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes If you can’t get enough of those “ foiled cashmere ” highlights, then pick up this deliciously frothy novel by Sykes, a former Vogue girl-about-town who brings insider knowledge to her barbed comedy of manners about Manhattan’s richest socialites. Read our review. Bergdorf Blondes Save to your reading list : Want ...