Romance

According to the Romance Writers of America, "Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending." Both the conflict and the climax of the novel should be directly related to that core theme of developing a romantic relationship, although the novel can also contain subplots that do not specifically relate to the main characters' romantic love. Other definitions of a romance novel may be broader, including other plots and endings or more than two people, or narrower, restricting the types of romances or conflicts. ...more

The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
Game On (Into Darkness, #3)
No Matter What
How to Write a Love Story
Starside
Innamorata (The House of Teeth, #1)
The Library of Amorlin (The Age of Beasts, #1)
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
The Book Tour
The Faraway Inn
Twisted Pawn (Society of Villains, #2)
Midnight on the Celestial
Almost Life
Mayhem and the Mortal
The Fox and the Devil
  • Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar
    Just a Highland Fling
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    Release date: Jul 21, 2026
    Sparks fly on a road trip through the Scottish highlands in this delightful forced proximity romance from the bestselling author of Flirting With Disa ...more
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  • The Love Variations by Victoria  Lee
    The Love Variations: A Novel
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    Release date: May 05, 2026
    Two rivals. One competition. No escape from the music—or each other.
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  • The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
    Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, #2)
    Atmosphere
    Heart the Lover
    Reminders of Him
    People We Meet on Vacation
    This Story Might Save Your Life
    The Love Hypothesis
    In Her Own League
    Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
    Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Funny Story
    Half His Age
    It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
    All Time Favorite Romance Novels
    5,829 books — 12,889 voters
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensSlammed by Colleen Hoover
    I AM IN LOVE !!!
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    Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DeverauxA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessBeyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
    The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
    1,051 books — 4,234 voters
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThoughtless by S.C. StephensBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
    Intense And "Angsty" Romance
    2,944 books — 7,222 voters

    City of Bones by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLast Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
    Character You Most Want to Sleep With
    4,209 books — 5,453 voters
    Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasPoison Study by Maria V. SnyderA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasFire by Kristin Cashore
    Magic, Adventure, Romance
    2,509 books — 5,332 voters

    The Love Hypothesis
    Beach Read
    Book Lovers
    Pride and Prejudice
    People We Meet on Vacation
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    Red, White & Royal Blue
    The Fault in Our Stars
    Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
    The Hating Game
    Happy Place
    The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
    Funny Story
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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