Contemporary Romance

Contemporary romance is broadly described as the time period for romance set after World War II, and is sometimes referred to as "modern romance". It is the most popular classification in the Romance genre, with Historical coming in at a close second. One of the most popular forms in Contemporary is Category Romance.

The themes and sub-genres are varied with a wide range. Popular Contemporary sub-genres include Christian Romance, Erotica, Fantasy Romance, Romantic Suspense, and Paranormal Romance. Romances also have sub-division types such as Young Adult Contemporary, M/M Contemporary, Lesbian
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Happy Ending
The Paris Match
Enemies to Lovers
Don't Tell Me How It Ends (Dial Delights)
The Write Off
Drifting Dawn (Scottish Isles #2)
The Summer I Found You
Boots Beneath Her Bed
Not What We Pictured
Unapologetic Love Story
The Alias Agenda
The Woman From Nowhere (Misted Pines, #5)
Falter (Guardian Protection, #3)
The Summer of Lost Things
Stay With Me (Dangerous Obsession #1)
The Love Hypothesis
Reminders of Him
Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
Happy Place
Lift Me Up
This Book Made Me Think of You
Twisted Pawn (Society of Villains, #2)
Rules for the Summer
Just Friends
Everybody's Favorite Guy
Love Overboard
Meet Me at the Lake
No, Don't Ever Stop (The Billionaires of Boston)
The Heir Apparent
Maple & Moonlight (Maplewood, #2)
In the Unlikely Event by L.J. ShenDirty Letters by Vi KeelandWhite Lies by Autumn Jones LakeThe Fall of Legend by Meghan MarchViolent Triumphs by Jessica Hawkins
November 2019 Most-Anticipated Romances
193 books — 1,861 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireHopeless by Colleen HooverEasy by Tammara WebberThe Edge of Never by J.A. RedmerskiSlammed by Colleen Hoover
Best YA/New Adult Contemporary Romance
2,231 books — 4,619 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaWallbanger by Alice ClaytonBet Me by Jennifer CrusieMatch Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNatural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Humorous Romance Books
3,195 books — 6,718 voters
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsSee Jane Score by Rachel GibsonThis Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsNatural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sports Romances
1,285 books — 1,938 voters

Dirty Headlines by L.J. ShenBlock Shot by Kennedy RyanThe Glue by K. WebsterWhen We Kiss by Tia LouisePerversion by T.M. Frazier
September 2018 Most-Anticipated Romances
156 books — 2,342 voters
The Kiss Thief by L.J. ShenWe Shouldn't by Vi KeelandDeal with the Devil by Meghan MarchLass by Harloe RaeFinding Alexei by Kendall Ryan
January 2019 Most Anticipated Romances
142 books — 1,818 voters

The Love Hypothesis
Beach Read
The Hating Game
Book Lovers
People We Meet on Vacation
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
Love on the Brain
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