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Best Romance Books

Romance novels

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  1. Night and Day

    Virginia Woolf

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on Goodreads

    Katharine Hilbery, caught between tradition and modern ideas, chooses between a pragmatic poet and a passionate suitor. She faces the complexities of love, expectation, and self-discovery, shaped by the feminist ideas and literary pursuits of the women around her.

  2. Annabel Lee

    Edgar Allan Poe

    ★ 4.3 (8k) average on Goodreads

    In 1930s Gaspé Peninsula, a love as deep as the sea itself fights against death, forever joining two souls.

  3. Arms and the Man

    George Bernard Shaw

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on Goodreads

    A pragmatic soldier, who prefers chocolate to glory, challenges a young woman's romantic ideas about love and war during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War.

  4. Faking Normal

    Courtney C. Stevens

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Haunted by a summer trauma she can't voice, a closeted Alexi finds an unexpected confidant and the courage to confront her past in the equally scarred, quiet boy next door.

  5. Siren

    Tricia Rayburn

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by her sister's mysterious cliff-diving death, a fearful teen returns to a seaside town where grinning victims of water-related accidents hint at a chilling, ancient secret that could unravel her new romance and change her life forever.

  6. Heading Out to Wonderful

    Robert Goolrick

    ★ 3.5 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In the sweltering summer of 1948, a charming war veteran with a suitcase full of cash and a set of butcher knives carves a path of doomed romance and chilling mystery through a sleepy Virginia town.

  7. The Forgotten Sisters

    Shannon Hale

    ★ 4.2 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Miri, a seasoned princess academy graduate, must transform three wild swamp sisters into refined royalty while unraveling a dangerous royal secret that threatens their very lives.

  8. Spirit Bound

    Richelle Mead

    ★ 4.2 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Rose Hathaway grapples with an impossible magic tied to her best friend, Lissa, to save her Strigoi-turned lover, Dimitri, from eternal damnation, all while he relentlessly hunts her.

  9. Rumble

    Ellen Hopkins

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Haunted by his brother's suicide, an atheist teen bent on self-destruction is thrust into a silent darkness where a mysterious 'rumble' forces him to confront the very faith he's vehemently denied.

  10. Breathing Underwater

    Alex Flinn

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Beneath a veneer of perfection, a wealthy and popular teen grapples with his abusive father's legacy, threatening to drown his burgeoning love and his own identity in a cycle of inherited violence.

  11. The Divide

    E.J. Mellow

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by prophetic dreams and stalked by an unseen enemy, Molly must embrace her growing powers and an unexpected romance with a man from her nightmares to prevent a world-ending divide, even if it means confronting a shocking truth about her own lineage.

  12. More Than We Can Tell

    Brigid Kemmerer

    ★ 4.3 (8k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A new coder dealing with online harassment and a quiet teen haunted by an abusive past find comfort and unexpected danger in their shared secrets, testing their fragile trust as their individual problems grow.

  13. Antigoddess

    Kendare Blake

    ★ 3.6 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Ancient Greek gods, plagued by a mysterious illness that is slowly turning them into monstrous versions of themselves, must unite with a forgotten prophetess to fight a desperate war for their existence against vengeful Olympians.

  14. The Beginning of After

    Jennifer Castle

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a car crash kills her family, Laurel finds an unexpected connection with the son of the man responsible, their shared grief creating a bond that redefines their fractured worlds.

  15. Numbers

    Rachel Ward

    ★ 4.2 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A teenage girl who sees everyone's death dates faces a city-wide terrorist attack, forcing her to fight for lives and confront her fate.

  16. A Sport and a Pastime

    James Salter

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1960s France, a Yale dropout and a young French girl begin a secret affair, their encounters imagined and observed, blurring reality and dreams.

  17. Stitching Snow

    R.C. Lewis

    ★ 3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A runaway tech princess, hiding as a drone mechanic on an ice planet, must confront her past and a galactic war when a mysterious pilot crash-lands, threatening to expose her identity and shatter her icy sanctuary.

  18. Uncharted

    Tracey Garvis Graves

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on Goodreads

    A dot-com millionaire seeking solitude on a remote island finds his escape upended by a British girl, only to discover their intertwined fates are far more catastrophic and connected than he could have imagined.

  19. Elective Affinities

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    When an aristocratic couple invites two guests to their estate, the balance of their marriage shatters under the pull of forbidden love, mirroring nature's 'elective affinities.'

  20. More Than Enough

    Jay McLean

    ★ 4.3 (8k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Two people, scarred by fear and grief, find comfort and passion in each other, believing their love can overcome the chaos they face.

  21. The African Queen

    C.S. Forester

    ★ 4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Stranded in the WWI African jungle, a missionary and a steamboat captain fall in love and plan to sink an enemy warship, battling nature and their own differences.

  22. Once Is Not Enough

    Jacqueline Susann

    ★ 3.7 (8k) average on Goodreads

    In the pill-popping, beanbag-strewn world of 1970s entertainment, January Wayne navigates a glamorous yet morally ambiguous journey through New York and Los Angeles, desperately seeking a lover who can fill the void left by her charismatic, movie-producer father.

  23. Love You Hate You Miss You

    Elizabeth Scott

    ★ 3.8 (8k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden, a teen girl writes unsent letters to her deceased best friend, slowly unearthing the complex truths of their past while navigating the treacherous path to healing.

  24. Someone Like You

    Sarah Dessen

    ★ 4.1 (8k) average on Goodreads

    Halley's life changes when her best friend's unexpected news forces her to grow and find love.

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