Does the boxed set include all three books?

Yes. It contains The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer.

Is this the paperback or hardcover edition?

This listing is the paperback boxed set from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

It is marketed as young adult, roughly grades 7 to 9, and centers on a teenage romance.

At $20.41 at Target as of November 7, 2026, the set costs less than three separate paperbacks and adds the sprayed edges and foil cover.

Either order works. The show follows the books closely in the first season, so reading first avoids spoilers.

Boxed sets like this tend to dip during holiday and back-to-school sales; the current $20.41 is already the lowest of the four new prices we track.

Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 265 ratings.

12 stores we checked sell it, including Target, Half Price Books, Bookshop.org, Walmart, AbeBooks.com.

At Target, for $20.41, 44% under what the other stores charge, as of our latest check.

$20.41at TargetObserved at 7:23 AM

44% under what the other stores charge

Compared across 4 stores. Prices are checked against each store and labelled with when.