Fiction
Romance Worth Your Time
Love stories with real craft behind them.
14 books · ranked
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1
Beach Read
Two rival writers swap genres for a summer; sharp, funny, surprisingly tender contemporary romance.
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People We Meet on Vacation
Best friends, one ruined trip and years of will-they-won't-they; the comfort read of the modern rom-com revival.
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It Ends with Us
A romance that turns into a clear-eyed story about a difficult cycle; a phenomenon among readers.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
The First Son and a British prince fall for each other; a sunny, escapist political rom-com.
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Bridget Jones's Diary
A single Londoner's diary of resolutions, cigarettes and Mr Wrong; the book that launched a genre.
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The Flatshare
Two strangers share one bed on opposite schedules and fall for each other by note; a charming high-concept romance.
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The Hating Game
Two office rivals locked in escalating war; the enemies-to-lovers benchmark.
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Aaron's Rod
An amateur musician leaves a coal mining town in the English Midlands, going first to London and later to Florence.
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Age of chivalry; or, King Arthur and his knights
Annotated, hyperlinked edition of Bulfinch's Legends of King Arthur.
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Anne of the Island
New adventures lie ahead for Anne Shirley as she packs her bags, waves goodbye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With her old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport,
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At Fault
At Fault is Kate Chopin’s early novel about a young widow seeking to reconcile her own needs with those of the people she is responsible for. ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.katechopin.org/at-fault/ --
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Beatrice
The autumn afternoon was fading into evening. It had been cloudy weather, but the clouds had softened and broken up. Now they were lost in slowly darkening blue. The sea was perfectly and utterly stil
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Betty Zane
I found this book one of Mr. Grey's finer writings, perhaps due to his emotional and familial attachment to the subject. The feel of the time is very real and still written with contemporary digestabi
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Corinne
"Corinne, or Italy (1807). A romantic novel by Mme de Staël. Oswald Nevil, and English lord, recuperating in Rome, meets the famous poetess Corinne, who, half-English and half-Italian, has exiled hers