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Best Romance Books

Romance novels

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  1. The Man in 3B

    Carl Weber

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building, a charismatic new tenant's arrival ignites a powder keg of forbidden desires, shattered illusions, and ultimately, murder among his neighbors.

  2. Climbing the Stairs

    Padma Venkatraman

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During WWII and India's fight for independence, a fifteen-year-old girl defies tradition, secretly reading forbidden books in an upstairs library, while also dealing with new love and her family's changing loyalties.

  3. Black Box

    Amos Oz

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on Goodreads

    A failing marriage unravels amidst the stifling heat and unspoken tensions of Jerusalem, revealing the quiet desperation and lingering regrets of two souls adrift.

  4. Insanity

    Lauren Hammond

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A tormented young woman, confined to an asylum after a tragic event, uncovers a dark conspiracy that forces her to question the very nature of her love and sanity.

  5. The Falling in Love Montage

    Ciara Smyth

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A cynical teen who's sworn off love because her mother has early-onset dementia agrees to a summer of rom-com dates with a charming girl, only to find that fake montages can lead to real feelings.

  6. Redemption

    Erica Stevens

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A vampire prince, scarred by war, finds his new peace threatened by a human woman whose quiet town holds secrets that could either save or destroy them both.

  7. Just One Thing

    Holly Jacobs

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on Goodreads

    A reclusive artist processes her past through tapestries and weekly 'one things' with a kind bartender, finding unexpected comfort and a chance at love as they reveal their shared heartaches.

  8. The Breathing Series

    Rebecca Donovan

    ★ 4.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A high schooler, silently enduring abuse, finds love that helps her confront her past, even as new secrets and old heartaches threaten her fragile hope.

  9. Where Dreams Descend

    Janella Angeles

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a cutthroat magical competition held in a city of ice and ruin, a determined showgirl, a mysterious club owner, and a brooding judge must uncover dark secrets as rival magicians disappear, threatening to expose their pasts and claim their lives.

  10. Bear

    Marian Engel

    ★ 3.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A lonely archivist's field assignment to a remote island library takes a bizarre turn when she discovers an unexpected, primal connection with its only other inhabitant: a bear.

  11. The Crossing of Ingo

    Helen Dunmore

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Two young Mer, Sapphy and Conor, must brave the perilous underwater realm of Ingo, outwit sinister sharks and ancient magic, and embark on a mythical 'Crossing' to unite their divided worlds before darkness consumes them all.

  12. Undefeated

    Scott Hildreth

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on Goodreads

    A shy, undefeated boxer from Compton finds his fight for love with a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, only to discover that winning in the ring doesn't prepare him for the battles outside of it.

  13. It Happens for a Reason

    Preeti Shenoy

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on Goodreads

    An eighteen-year-old's decision to embrace single motherhood shatters her world, only for the father of her child to re-enter her life sixteen years later, forcing her to confront a past she thought she'd buried and a future she never imagined.

  14. Daphnis and Chloe

    Longus

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistory

    Two shepherd-raised foundlings find first love in an ancient world, overcoming pirates, rivals, and social divides to claim their happiness.

  15. Dark Horse

    Kate Sherwood

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on Goodreads

    A heartbroken horse trainer, reeling from a devastating breakup, finds himself unexpectedly drawn to the complex allure of a wealthy mogul and the quiet strength of his lover.

  16. One Perfect Rose

    Mary Jo Putney

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A disillusioned man seeking anonymity finds his world changed by the love of a compassionate foundling, forcing him to confront secrets that threaten to keep them apart.

  17. Waiting

    Ha Jin

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Trapped by tradition and the watchful eye of Communist China, a devoted doctor spends seventeen years navigating the agonizing limbo between his arranged, loyal wife and his modern, passionate love, desperately waiting for a divorce that never seems to come.

  18. Havoc

    Chris Wooding

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Haunted by his escape from a terrifying comic book, Seth must re-enter the twisted world of Malice to rescue his best friend Kady, who is now a rebel fighting the tyrannical Tall Jake under the watchful eye of an unknown, omniscient reader.

  19. God on a Harley

    Joan Brady

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A burnt-out woman finds her 'Higher Power' in a mysterious, Harley-riding stranger named Joe, who guides her on a journey of self-discovery.

  20. The Bet

    Rachel Van Dyken

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A fake engagement to help a childhood friend's grandmother forces a woman to confront her lingering animosity and unexpected attraction towards her friend's devilishly handsome older brother.

  21. Hold My Hand

    Durjoy Datta

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In Hong Kong, a bookish young man's world of words meets a blind woman's sensory exploration, as they find love by combining what they see and what they feel.

  22. Layla and Majnun

    Nizami Ganjavi

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century poem 'Layla and Majnun' reworks the classic romantic fool, Majnun, into an ideal lover. His earthly love for Layla is an allegory for the soul's longing for God.

  23. Five Smooth Stones

    Ann Fairbairn

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    A brilliant Black man from New Orleans poverty leads the civil rights movement, enduring a turbulent journey of love and sacrifice, as he decides to leave his white fiancée for the cause.

  24. Flawed

    Cecelia Ahern

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on Goodreads

    In a society that demands perfection and punishes mistakes with public branding, a seemingly faultless girl risks everything for one act of kindness, exposing a system built on fear.

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