Best Romance Books

Two agents on opposite sides of a time war — Red from a technological future, Blue from an organic one — begin leaving letters for each other in the timelines they traverse. What begins as provocation becomes correspondence, and correspondence becomes something neither of them can afford and neither can stop.

Two rival young journalists, unknowingly connected by a pair of enchanted typewriters, fall for each other through anonymous letters even as a war between old gods pulls them toward the front lines.

A black and white circus appears without warning and vanishes just as suddenly — and within it, two young magicians trained from childhood are competing in a contest whose rules neither fully understands.

A melancholy, deeply personal novel set in 1960s Tokyo: Toru Watanabe looks back on his student years, his relationships with two very different women, and the losses that shaped him.

Two contemporary academics discover evidence of a secret love affair between two Victorian poets — the eminent Randolph Henry Ash and the lesser-known Christabel LaMotte — and the double narrative that follows, moving between the Victorian and contemporary stories, is a meditation on love, scholarship, and possession in all its senses.

Istanbul, 1975. Kemal, a wealthy man engaged to a suitable woman, falls obsessively in love with his poor distant cousin Füsun. Their affair ends; she marries another; he spends eight years visiting her family's apartment, collecting objects she has touched. He eventually builds a museum to house these objects. Pamuk has also built the actual museum in Istanbul.

In Leningrad on the eve of the German invasion in 1941, nineteen-year-old Tatiana falls in love with Alexander — a Red Army officer carrying dangerous secrets — as the 872-day siege closes around the city and its inhabitants.

In a world inspired by ancient India, a fugitive princess and the emperor's servant discover a forbidden magic that could save or destroy their empire — and find each other in a situation designed to keep them apart.

In 1962, a young Italian innkeeper on a remote Ligurian cliff meets a dying American actress, and their brief encounter echoes across fifty years, two continents, and a Hollywood dream factory that chews up everyone who enters it.

Following the events Under the Mountain, Feyre adjusts to life as a High Fae and discovers that the Spring Court is not the safe haven she believed.

As the King's Champion, Celaena Sardothien is supposed to eliminate his enemies — but she has been secretly protecting her targets while uncovering shocking truths about her own identity and the darkness at the heart of Adarlan's power.

Celaena travels to the fae kingdom of Wendlyn to master her powers, while a new threat — the Valg, demonic beings from another world — descends on Adarlan with the King's devastating backing.

The third installment of The Empyrean series follows Violet Sorrengail and Xaden Riorson as they venture beyond the Aretia wards to discover what truly threatens their world.

The conclusion of the Nightborn Duet, in which the fallout of the Kejari forces a human survivor and a vampire king into an uneasy alliance against the gods, with the fate of the Nightborn court hanging in the balance.

A caseworker for magical children is sent to evaluate a mysterious orphanage housing the most dangerous magical children in existence, where he finds something unexpected: a home.

Nesta Archeron and Cassian are trapped in a brutal training regimen together, slowly discovering that their mutual antagonism masks something much harder to fight.

Feyre returns to the Spring Court as a spy, and the war against Hybern that has been building since the first book finally arrives in a climax that reshapes Prythian.

The midpoint of The Plated Prisoner series, where Auren's transformation deepens, the romance with Commander Rip intensifies, and the betrayals that have defined her life come to a head.

The epic finale of The Plated Prisoner series, in which Auren's long journey from gilded possession to true power reaches its climax and the fates of the characters and kingdoms are decided.

A cheerful working-class woman becomes caregiver to a cynical, recently paralyzed man, and the relationship that develops challenges everything both of them believe about a life worth living.

The conclusion of the War of Lost Hearts trilogy, in which Tisaanah, Max, and Aefe face the final reckoning of war, the gods, and the sacrifices required to win the freedom they have fought for.