Reading: Romance
Romance -- Recommended Books!
Enjoy stories about dating, love and relationships? Check out these titles!
Recommended Romance Books
- Almost Perfect byLogan Witherspoon is attracted to a new student at his small-town high school, Sage, who is tall, unconventionally pretty, and a much-needed friend. One day, Logan kisses her, and then Sage discloses a secret: biologically, she's a boy. Young Adult Fiction. 360 pages. Available as ebook
- Anyone but You byNina Askew, newly forty and divorced, wants a puppy, but what she gets is Fred, an overweight, somewhat smelly middle-aged dog ... and an introduction to the gorgeous downstairs neighboor. Fiction. 224 pages.
- Ash byIn this Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves. Young Adult Fiction. 264 pages.
- Attachments byBeth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office e-mail, but they still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal lives like an open book. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer, he never imagined he'd be reading personal emails like some Peeping Tom, but here he is, falling in love with someone he's never met. You'll want to read this sparkling, laugh-out-loud funny book over and over again. Fiction. 323 pages.
- Call Me by Your Name byA sudden and powerful romance blossoms between an adolescent boy and a young man who is a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Nonfiction. 248 pages.
- Charlie St. Cloud byThe powerful bond between two brothers--one alive and the other killed in a terrible accident--unexpectedly transcends the barriers of life and death, and it is up to one enchanting woman to make their world right. Heartwarming and moving. Fiction. 306 pages.
- Dear John byJohn, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, the girl of his dreams. They fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. Then 9/11 changes everything. Fiction. 278 pages.
- Delirium byLena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love. Young Adult Fiction. 441 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook
- The Distance Between Us byMoney can't buy a good first impression. Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers learned early that the rich are not to be trusted. Enter Xander Spence--he's tall, handsome, and oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and the fact that he seems to be one of the first people who actually gets her, she's smart enough to know his interest won't last. Or will they? Fiction. 320 pages. Available as ebook
- Every Day byImaging waking up every morning in a different body. This is the only life A has ever known. A has developed rules over time to avoid attachments and causing problems for the person whose body A inhabits that day. And it works until A ends up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend Rhiannon. Now A struggles in every body to find a way to reconnect with Rhiannon. Can A make it work and could Rhiannon really love someone who is going to change every day? Young Adult Fiction. 324 pages. Available as ebook
- Exit West byAs violence and unrest looms over their country, Nadia and Saeed embark on a furtive love affair.. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed leave their homeland and begin their life as refugees. Described as "spellbinding" and "all too relevant." Fiction. 231 pages. Available as ebook
- The Fault in Our Stars byHazel,a 16-year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer. To help her deal with her clinical depression, her doctor sends her to a weekly support group where she meets "hottie" Augustus Waters, a fellow cancer survivor. Irreverent, raw, and unforgettable. Young Adult Fiction. 318 pages. Available as ebook
- Five Feet Apart bySeventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety. Young Adult Fiction. 281 pages.
- Hero byThom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is there that Thom finds other misfits whom he can finally trust. Young Adult Fiction. 428 pages.
- I Can't Think Straight byTala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian. The attraction is immediate. As Tala’s wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Fiction. 204 pages.
- Keeping You a Secret byWhen popular high school senior Holland Jaeger meets "out and proud" lesbian Cece Goddard, an instant spark leads to flirtation, and Holland comes to realize that "the man of her dreams is a girl." Young Adult Fiction. 250 pages. Available as ebook
- The Kiss Quotient byStella, a math whiz, has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. So she hires a professional, Michael Phan, a Vietnamese and Swedish stunner, for a no-nonsense partnership, and learns that love is the best kind of logic. Fiction. 317 pages.
Recommended Romance Books
- The Last Song byResentful and rebellious, Veronica “Ronnie” Miller is angry about having to leave New York City to spend time with her divorced father in Wilmingon. Butsoon Ronnie meets Will, the town's local heartthrob and the last person she thought she'd ever be. Fiction. 413 pages.
- The Lucky One byComing into the possession of a photograph of a smiling woman he has never met, a man experiences a chain of fortuitous events that causes him to regard the photograph as a lucky charm, a belief that prompts a heartfelt search for the woman. Fiction. 332 pages.
- Matched byAll her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, and whom to marry. But if she is Matched to Xander, why is she thinking about Ky? Young Adult Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook
- Me Before You by"Funny, surprising, and heartbreaking... A thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love." (review from People). Fiction. 369 pages.
- Message in a Bottle byA 36-year-old single mother finds a bottle containing a love letter written only three weeks earlier by a man declaring his love to his darling Catherine. She decides to try to make contact with the man in hopes of changing both their lives. Fiction. 342 pages.
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist byHigh school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart. Hang on for an epic night of adventure in Manhattan. Young Adult Fiction. 183 pages.
- The Notebook byA poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. Will their social differences divide them? Fiction. 239 pages. Available as audiobook
- Perfect Chemistry byTough guy Alex is primarily known by his classmates as a dangerous member of the Latino Bloods gang. He's not exactly thrilled when Brittany Ellis, the school's seemingly perfect beauty queen, is assigned as his lab partner and the feeling is more than mutual. Sparks fly in this smoldering romance. Fiction. 360 pages. Available as ebook
- Red Sparrow byDrafted against her will to serve the regime of Vladimir Putin as an intelligence seductress, Dominika Egorova engages in a charged effort of deception and tradecraft with first-tour CIA officer Nathaniel Nash before a forbidden attraction threatens their careers. Fiction. 434 pages.
- Shades of Blue byBrad Cutler seems to have the perfect life and is about to marry his dream girl, but memories of an old high school girlfriend disrupt his plans. A heartwarming novel from the Christian Fiction genre. Fiction. 333 pages. Available as audiobook
- Shiver byIn all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity. A Romeo and Juliet plot - with werewolves. Young Adult Fiction. 392 pages.
- Sing You Home byWhen infertility ends Max and Zoe’s marriage, Max turns to drinking – then religion – while Zoe falls in love with Vanessa, a school counselor. When Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos, Max sues for custody. Fiction. 466 pages.
- The Sun Is Also a Star byTwo teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love. Young Adult Fiction. 344 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook
- Trans-Sister Radio by"Provocative and insightful, this gender-bending novel will make readers question what it means to be a man or a woman, and how strongly these identities are influenced by biological and cultural pressures." (Booklist). Fiction. 352 pages.
- Twenties Girl byWhen the spirit of Lara's feisty great-aunt Sadie mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Fiction. 435 pages.
- Twilight byWhen Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. Young Adult Fiction. 498 pages. Available as ebook
- Water for Elephants byNinety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope. Fiction. 350 pages. Available as ebook
- Where the Heart Is byAbandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma, Novalee Nation, 17 years old and seven months pregnant, soon discovers the treasures hiding in this small Southwest town. Fiction. 376 pages.