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30 Best Romance Books to Add to Your Next Read📚💕

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Kiara mari Jansen van vuuren

Looking for your next romance book obsession? 💕 Discover 30 of the best romance books to add to your TBR, including emotional romance, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, college romance, slow burn, and more. Perfect for romance readers looking for thei...

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💕 Emotional Romance Books

💗 Enemies-to-Lovers & Chemistry

🌸 Summer & Second-Chance Romance

🔥 Spicy & Addictive Romance

🎓 College & Sports Romance

💕 More Romance Books for Your TBR

💕 Emotional Romance Books

For readers who want heartfelt love stories, complicated relationships, emotional moments and books that stay with you long after the final page.

💗 Perfect for: second-chance romance + love triangle fans. Why read it: Lily finally gets the opportunity to explore a relationship with Atlas while trying to build a healthier future for herself and her daughter. You’ll love it if you like: emotion...

It Starts with Us by Colleen hoover

💗 Perfect for: spicy romance + complicated relationship fans. Why read it: Tate and Miles agree to a relationship with strict rules, but their undeniable attraction makes those rules increasingly difficult to follow. You’ll love it if you like: emot...

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

💗 Perfect for: forbidden romance + slow-burn fans. Why read it: Fallon and Ben meet just before she moves away and agree to reunite every November 9, creating a complicated relationship full of secrets and surprises. You’ll love it if you like: emot...

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

💗 Perfect for: second-chance romance + emotional healing fans. Why read it: Kenna returns to town hoping to rebuild her life and reconnect with her daughter, while an unexpected relationship gives her a chance at redemption. You’ll love it if you li...

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

💗 Perfect for: emotional romance + complicated relationship fans. Why read it: A powerful love story about Lily, Atlas, and the difficult choices she must make when love becomes complicated. You’ll love it if you like: emotional contemporary romance...

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

💗 Enemies-to-Lovers & Chemistry

Sharp chemistry, irresistible tension and characters who absolutely cannot stand each other… until they fall in love. Perfect for fans of enemies-to-lovers romance.

💗 Perfect for: fake dating + enemies-to-lovers fans. Why read it: A fake relationship between a PhD student and an intimidating professor quickly becomes much more complicated than either expected. You’ll love it if you like: STEM romance, slow burn...

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

💗 Perfect for: fake dating + enemies-to-lovers fans. Why read it: Catalina desperately needs a fake date for a wedding in Spain, and the last person she expects to help is her infuriating coworker Aaron. You’ll love it if you like: workplace romance...

The Spanish Love by Elena Armas

💗 Perfect for: enemies-to-lovers + workplace romance fans. Why read it: Lucy and Joshua are competitive coworkers who can’t stand each other—or at least that’s what they think. You’ll love it if you like: workplace romance, witty banter, forced prox...

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

💗 Perfect for: rivals-to-lovers + summer romance fans. Why read it: Two rival writers spend the summer challenging each other to write outside their usual genres, but their competition soon turns into something much more romantic. You’ll love it if ...

Beach Read by Emily Henry

💗 Perfect for: enemies-to-lovers + small-town romance fans. Why read it: Literary agent Nora Stephens keeps running into the same editor during her summer getaway, and their rivalry slowly turns into something much more. You’ll love it if you like: ...

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

🌸 Summer & Second-Chance Romance

Feel-good romance, summer settings, old flames and second chances. These books are perfect for a cozy summer reading TBR.

💗 Perfect for: friends-to-lovers + slow-burn romance fans. Why read it: Alex and Poppy have been best friends for years, but one summer trip gives them a chance to finally confront what exists between them. You’ll love it if you like: travel romance...

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

💗 Perfect for: second-chance romance + childhood friends-to-lovers fans. Why read it: Percy returns to the lake where she spent her summers with Sam, forcing them to confront the love and heartbreak they left behind. You’ll love it if you like: summ...

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

💗 Perfect for: friends-to-lovers + second-chance romance fans. Why read it: Laurie spots a man through a bus window and instantly feels a connection, but when their paths finally cross, he becomes her best friend’s boyfriend. You’ll love it if you l...

One Day in December by Josie Silver

💗 Perfect for: second-chance romance + emotional love story fans. Why read it: Noah and Allie’s unforgettable relationship proves that some love stories can survive years, distance, and heartbreak. You’ll love it if you like: classic romance, soulma...

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

💗 Perfect for: emotional romance + opposites-attract fans. Why read it: Louisa’s life changes completely when she becomes a caregiver for Will, leading to an unforgettable and deeply emotional connection. You’ll love it if you like: tearjerker roman...

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

🔥 Spicy & Addictive Romance

Looking for romance with serious chemistry? These spicy romance books bring tension, attraction, steamy scenes and addictive love stories.

💗 Perfect for: college romance + sports romance fans. Why read it: A competitive figure skater and hockey player are forced to spend more time together, and their rivalry quickly turns into attraction. You’ll love it if you like: college romance, ho...

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

💗 Perfect for: brother’s best friend + possessive romance fans. Why read it: Ava and Alex have an intense attraction that develops into a complicated relationship filled with secrets, jealousy, and undeniable chemistry. You’ll love it if you like: s...

Twisted Love by Anna Huang

💗 Perfect for: bodyguard romance + forbidden love fans. Why read it: Princess Bridget and her bodyguard Rhys are drawn into a forbidden relationship while duty, royal expectations, and intense attraction stand in their way. You’ll love it if you lik...

Twisted Games by Anna Huang

💗 Perfect for: workplace romance + billionaire romance fans. Why read it: A grumpy billionaire and the woman hired to work for him discover that their professional relationship is becoming anything but professional. You’ll love it if you like: billi...

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

💗 Perfect for: forbidden romance + age-gap romance fans. Why read it: Jordan finds herself attracted to the one person she absolutely shouldn’t want, creating a tense and forbidden relationship. You’ll love it if you like: taboo romance, slow burn, ...

Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

🎓 College & Sports Romance

College romance, sports romance, campus drama and swoony athletes. Perfect for readers who love young adult and new adult romance.

💗 Perfect for: friends-to-lovers + dark romance fans. Why read it: Two childhood pen pals discover that the person they’ve been writing to isn’t who they expected, leading to an intense and complicated connection. You’ll love it if you like: angsty ...

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

💗 Perfect for: college romance + fake dating fans. Why read it: Hannah agrees to help hockey star Garrett with his grades, while he offers to help her win over her crush—but their fake arrangement becomes real. You’ll love it if you like: hockey rom...

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

💗 Perfect for: college sports romance + hockey romance fans. Why read it: Gigi Graham is determined to make her mark in hockey, but working with a frustratingly charming hockey player makes staying focused much harder than expected. You’ll love it i...

The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

💗 Perfect for: friends-to-lovers + high school romance fans. Why read it: Liz is determined to get her happily-ever-after with her longtime crush, but her annoying neighbor Wes unexpectedly becomes part of her plan—and maybe her love story. You’ll l...

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

💗 Perfect for: friends-to-lovers + sports romance fans. Why read it: A former reality TV star gets a second chance at love when she reconnects with a man from her past, leading to unexpected feelings and plenty of romantic tension. You’ll love it if...

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

💕 More Romance Books for Your TBR

More highly recommended romance novels for your TBR, including romantic comedies, contemporary romance, slow burns and unforgettable love stories.

💗 Perfect for: fake dating + workplace romance fans. Why read it: Elsie is a theoretical physicist juggling multiple jobs when a ruthless experimentalist unexpectedly gets in the way of her plans—and sparks fly between them. You’ll love it if you li...

Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

💗 Perfect for: opposites-attract + small-town romance fans. Why read it: Daphne’s perfect life falls apart when her fiancé leaves her for his childhood best friend, but an unexpected friendship with her ex-fiancé’s former best friend leads to someth...

Funny Story by Emily Henry

💗 Perfect for: second-chance romance + emotional love story fans. Why read it: A heartfelt romance about two people navigating love, timing, and the complicated feelings that can linger between them. You’ll love it if you like: emotional contemporar...

Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed

💗 Perfect for: childhood friends-to-lovers + second-chance romance fans. Why read it: Macy reconnects with her childhood best friend years after their relationship ended, bringing old memories and unresolved feelings back to life. You’ll love it if ...

Love and other words by Christina Lauren

💗 Perfect for: forbidden love + second-chance romance fans. Why read it: A glamorous, emotional Old Hollywood story about love, ambition, secrets, and the woman behind the public image. You’ll love it if you like: emotional historical romance with c...

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed