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Best Romance Books

Romance novels

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  1. Paper Towns

    John Green

    ★ 3.8 (919k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A boy's lifelong crush on an adventurous girl turns into a search through cryptic clues and abandoned places to find her, only to discover she is a mystery far deeper than he imagined.

  2. The Host

    Stephenie Meyer

    ★ 3.8 (895k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After aliens take over Earth by inhabiting human bodies, one defiant human mind fights for control, love, and life itself inside her alien occupier.

  3. The Selection

    Kiera Cass

    ★ 4.1 (893k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future where love is forbidden and social standing is everything, America Singer must choose between a secret romance and a royal competition for a prince's heart, all while a rebellion grows outside the palace.

  4. Bridget Jones's Diary

    Helen Fielding

    ★ 3.8 (881k) average on Goodreads

    Bridget Jones navigates a year of calorie counting, bad dates, and unwanted advice, as she tries to find love and a less embarrassing life.

  5. Eleanor & Park

    Rainbow Rowell

    ★ 4.0 (860k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In 1980s suburbia, two misfit teenagers find first love on a school bus, navigating prejudice, mixtapes, and the reality that some loves don't last.

  6. Allegiant

    Veronica Roth

    ★ 3.6 (827k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Tris and Tobias leave their shattered city, only to find a devastating truth about their world that forces them to choose between freedom and love.

  7. Outlander

    Diana Gabaldon

    ★ 4.2 (824k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A World War II nurse on a second honeymoon in Scotland is flung through ancient standing stones into 1743, where she must navigate the Jacobite uprisings, a brutal ancestor of her husband, and an undeniable passion with a chivalrous Highland warrior.

  8. The Devil Wears Prada

    Lauren Weisberger

    ★ 3.8 (786k) average on Goodreads

    A small-town girl's job as assistant to a fashion magazine editor becomes a stylish nightmare, making her choose between her values and a career in high fashion.

  9. The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    ★ 4.3 (746k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Imprisoned for a betrayal he didn't commit, a naive sailor transforms into the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo, meticulously orchestrating a grand, decades-long scheme of vengeance against those who stole his life and love.

  10. City of Ashes

    Cassandra Clare

    ★ 4.2 (746k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Downworlder children are murdered and a powerful artifact is stolen. Clary must navigate forbidden love with her brother Jace, confront their father Valentine, save her mother, and stop a looming war.

  11. Fifty Shades Darker

    E.L. James

    ★ 3.8 (745k) average on Goodreads

    After leaving Christian Grey's dark world, Anastasia is pulled back into his desires and past, forcing her to face her own struggles and make a life-changing choice.

  12. Fifty Shades Freed

    E.L. James

    ★ 3.9 (714k) average on Goodreads

    As their passionate, tumultuous love story culminates, Anastasia and Christian face their greatest tests yet, battling internal demons and external threats that jeopardize their hard-won future together.

  13. If I Stay

    Gayle Forman

    ★ 3.9 (712k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a car accident leaves her in a coma, a cellist must decide whether to live or die, observing her grieving loved ones and reliving memories that define her.

  14. The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

    ★ 4.6 (698k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the Nazi occupation of France, two sisters choose different, dangerous paths of resistance and sacrifice to protect what they love and defy war.

  15. The Night Circus

    Erin Morgenstern

    ★ 4.0 (685k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    At a mysterious night circus, two magicians, bound by a lifelong magical duel, find their forbidden love is the most dangerous act of all.

  16. Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    ★ 4.2 (683k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the squalor of 19th-century Paris, an ex-convict's lifelong quest for redemption clashes with an unyielding inspector, set against a backdrop of revolution, poverty, and the enduring power of human compassion.

  17. Cinder

    Marissa Meyer

    ★ 4.1 (683k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future New Beijing, a mechanic who is a cyborg discovers her hidden past and a dangerous attraction to Prince Kai. These discoveries are key to humanity's survival against lunar invaders and a deadly disease.

  18. Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

    ★ 4.0 (682k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1870s Russia, a passionate affair ruins a high-society woman's life, while another person searches for happiness amidst social rules and moral problems.

  19. A Walk to Remember

    Nicholas Sparks

    ★ 4.2 (673k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In 1958, a rebellious high school senior falls for a minister's quiet, Bible-carrying daughter, changing his life and leading him to a big decision.

  20. Clockwork Angel

    Cassandra Clare

    ★ 4.3 (666k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In Victorian London, an American orphan with a mysterious power gets involved with demon-hunting Shadowhunters and two intriguing boys as they try to stop a secret society from taking over the British Empire with an army of clockwork robots.

  21. Matched

    Ally Condie

    ★ 3.7 (653k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where every life choice is dictated, a young woman's perfectly matched future shatters when a fleeting glimpse of an unauthorized face on her screen forces her to choose between the illusion of perfection and the dangerous truth of her own heart.

  22. Confessions of a Shopaholic

    Sophie Kinsella

    ★ 3.6 (647k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A charming but financially reckless London journalist, drowning in debt and designer labels, must confront her shopping addiction when her lies begin to unravel her glamorous facade and threaten her chance at true love and self-acceptance.

  23. Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Tracy Chevalier

    ★ 3.9 (627k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A young servant in 17th-century Delft finds her quiet world intertwined with the painter Johannes Vermeer as she becomes his muse, blurring the lines of class, art, and forbidden desire.

  24. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    Ann Brashares

    ★ 3.8 (624k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four best friends, separated for the summer, share a magical pair of jeans that fit each of them perfectly. This connects them through individual journeys of self-discovery and shared experiences.

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