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)
    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboA Shade of Vampire by Bella ForrestThe Wronged Sons by John MarrsIsle of Winds by James FahyDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
    Best of Little-Known Authors
    6,908 books — 4,978 voters
    Dark Lover by J.R. WardTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
    Best Paranormal Romance Series
    1,621 books — 12,825 voters

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
    Best Love Stories
    5,228 books — 9,730 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
    2,226 books — 4,582 voters

    Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Darker by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
    Controlling/Sexy/Possessive Men
    3,092 books — 6,412 voters
    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

    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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