History Literature / SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (including Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor) during their time at college.

* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Cal and Nora]] are broken up by the time ''Love, Creekwood'' is set, but are adamant that they're still friends and that the rest of the group shouldn't "make it weird". In the same novella, [[spoiler:Nick and Abby]] seem to have finally reached this point after their break-up in ''Leah on the Offbeat''.

** In ''Love, Creekwood'', Simon manages to miss the fact that [[spoiler:his roommate Kellan]] is also openly into guys, and in a relationship with the boy Simon believes to be his [[StraightGay "straight dude bro"]] best friend. He doesn't clue in until he sees them holding hands on Halloween, over six weeks after he initially meets them.

** ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' reveals that Leah nurtured a crush on Simon for a few years in their early teens, but that she'd gotten over it long before he came out as gay.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was announced in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (including Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor) during their time at college.

* {{Adorkable}}: Simon, by far. He's a huge fan of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', incredibly awkward, and manages to catch the eye of a few guys over the course of the story because of it.

* BiTheWay: The sequel reveals that Simon's best friend Leah is bisexual: she's known this about herself for years, is perfectly comfortable with it, and is even out to her mother. However, ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' deals with Leah's reticence to come out to her friends — feeling that she'll either be misunderstood, or that people won't view her orientation as significant like Simon's since she likes the opposite sex too — and her attempts to navigate a relationship with a female crush when they've both publicly presented as straight until now.

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Cal]] tells Simon that he's bisexual shortly after [[spoiler: Simon's outing]].
** The sequel ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' revolves around Leah's bisexuality (which she openly acknowledges to herself and her mother but has kept hidden from her friends). By the end of the novel, [[spoiler:Abby has also come out bisexual, though it's mainly a case of IfItsYouItsOK with Leah, who she starts a relationship with.]]

* RomanticFalseLead: Simon spends a good chunk of the book thinking stage manager Cal is Blue, but never makes a move because he isn't 100% sure and doesn't want to out himself.

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Cal]] tells Simon that he's bisexual shortly after [[spoiler: Simon's outing]]. [[spoiler:In ''Leah on the Off-Beat'', he starts dating Simon's younger sister.]]

** The sequel ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' revolves around Leah's bisexuality (which she openly acknowledges to herself and her mother but has kept hidden from her friends). By the end of the novel, [[spoiler:Abby has also come out bisexual, though she still prefers guys; it's mainly a case of IfItsYouItsOK with Leah, who she starts a relationship with.]]

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Cal]] tells Simon that he's bisexual shortly after [[spoiler: Simon's outing]].

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was announced in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between returning characters Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garret, Nick, and Taylor during their time at college.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist.

A film adaptation titled ''Film/LoveSimon'' was released on March 16, 2018 starring Creator/NickRobinson (''Film/JurassicWorld'') as Simon, Katherine Langford (''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'') as Leah, Creator/AlexandraShipp (''Film/XMenApocalypse'') as Abby, and Creator/KeiynanLonsdale (''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'') as Bram.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. In April 2019, it was reported that an adaptation of ''Leah on the Offbeat'' was being developed as an original series for Creator/DisneyPlus, though it's not clear if the ''Love, Simon'' cast will reprise their roles or if the series would be connected to the film at all.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist. In April 2018, it was reported that an adaptation of ''Leah on the Offbeat'' was being developed as an original series for Creator/DisneyPlus, though it's not clear if the ''Love, Simon'' cast will reprise their roles or if the series would be connected to the film at all.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Simon and Oreos.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the main protagonist.

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Leah's dad left her family after having an affair.]]

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'', takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters.

* RedHerring: One of Blue's hints about his real identity is that he shares his first name with a US president. Simon initially thinks that it's Cal (as in [[CalvinCoolidge Coolidge]]) or possibly Martin (as in [[MartinVanBuren Van Buren]]). In reality it's [[spoiler: Bram, which is a shortened version of [[AbrahamLincoln Abraham]]]].

* {{Blackmail}}: Martin blackmails Simon with outing him unless he helps him get a date with Abby.