Romance book recs…

Discovering new stories and tropes.

Well, let’s make it official… I’m a romance reader!

I’ve always listed “fantasy, sci-fi and mystery” as my main three genres, and I particularly enjoyed books that also had a romantic plotline. But over the last year or so, I’ve shifted to saying “SFF, mystery and romance” to better reflect my interests, especially as I have read more contemporary and historical romance novels.

So here is a comprehensive list of my favorite romance books/authors:

Adult Romance

  • Sarah Adams – The Cheat Sheet; The Rule Book; When in Rome; Practice Makes Perfect; Beg, Borrow or Steal; In Your Dreams; The Match; The Off Limits Rule
  • Suzanne Allain – Miss Lattimore’s Letter
  • Melissa Baldwin – UnLucky Christmas
  • B.K. Borison – Good Spirits; First-Time Caller; And Now, Back to You; Lovelight Farms; In the Weeds; Mixed Signals; Business Casual
  • Ally Carter – The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
  • Katherine Center – Hello Stranger, The Rom-Commers, Things You Save in a Fire, The Love Haters, The Bodyguard, How to Walk Away, The Lost Husband
  • Marion De Ré – Paris, Pumpkins, & Puns; Ski, Sparks, & Serendipity
  • Morgan Elizabeth – The Ex Files, Tis the Season for Revenge
  • Tawna Fenske – Studmuffin Santa, Chef Sugarlips, Sergeant Sexypants, Hottie Lumberjack, Stiff Suit, Mancandy Crush, Captain Dreamboat, Snowbound Squeeze, Dr. Hot Stuff, Charm Me
  • Lana Ferguson – The Game Changer, Overruled
  • Emily Henry – Funny Story, Book Lovers, Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Great Big Beautiful Life
  • Rachael Herron – Abigail’s Shop, On the Market, The Darling Songbirds
  • C.N. Holmberg – You’re My I.T., Two-Damage My Heart
  • Melanie Jacobson – The Fall Back Plan
  • Uzma Jalaluddin – Ayesha at Last
  • Abby Jimenez – Part of Your World, Yours Truly, Just for the Summer, Say You’ll Remember Me, The Night We Met
  • Christina Lauren – The Unhoneymooners, The Honeymoon Crashers, The Soulmate Equation, The True Love Experiment, In a Holidaze, Something Wilder, My Favorite Half-Night Stand, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, Love and Other Words
  • Annabelle McCormack – See You Next Fall
  • Beth O’Leary – The Road Trip, The Switch, The Flatshare
  • Lyra Parish – A Very Merry Mistake
  • Ashley Poston – The Dead Romantics
  • Alexandra Potter – Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
  • Jenny Proctor – Absolutely Not in Love
  • Rainbow Rowell – Fangirl, Attachments
  • Savannah Scott – A Not So Fictional Fall
  • Jo Segura – Raiders of the Lost Heart, Temple of Swoon
  • Emma St Clair – Just Don’t Fall
  • Melanie Summers – The Space Between Us
  • Carina Taylor – Easy as Pie
  • Rebecca Yarros – The Things We Leave Unfinished

Queer Romance

  • Dylan Drakes – Cubs & Campfires, Bears & Bakeries
  • Erin Dunn – He’s to Die For
  • Alexis Hall – Boyfriend Material, Husband Material, Father Material
  • Adib Khorram – I’ll Have What He’s Having
  • Casey McQuiston – One Last Stop; Red, White & Royal Blue
  • Jennifer Moffatt – Flirty Dancing
  • Gabe Cole Novoa – Most Ardently
  • Chip Pons – You & I, Rewritten; Winging it With You, Dearly Departed
  • Rachel Reid – Game Changer, Heated Rivalry, Tough Guy, Common Goal, Role Model, The Long Game
  • J.A. Stevens – A Change of Pace
  • Sarah Wallace – Letters to Half Moon Street
  • Julian Winters – Last First Kiss

YA Romance

  • Ashley Elston – 10 Blind Dates
  • Monica Gomez-Hira – Once Upon a Quinceañera
  • Katrina Leno – The Lost & Found
  • Jenna Evans Welch – Love & Gelato, Love & Luck, Love & Olives

Queer YA Romance

  • Sarah Rees Brennan – Striking Distance, Disarmed
  • Kacen Callender – Felix Ever After
  • Mason Deaver – I Wish You All the Best
  • Alice Oseman – Heartstopper Vol. 1-5, Nick and Charlie: A Heartstopper Novella
  • Lev A.C. Rosen – Emmett

Romance / Magical Realism

  • Sarah Addison Allen – Garden Spells, First Frost, The Peach Keeper, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, Other Birds
  • Heather Webber – Midnight at the Blackbird Café, South of the Buttonwood Tree, At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities, In the Middle of Hickory Lane, The Forget-Me-Not Library

For recommendations for sci-fi romance, fantasy romance, and/or paranormal romance, check out these posts:

I’m looking forward to discovering more romance books/authors in future!

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