Romance

According to the Romance Writers of America, "Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending." Both the conflict and the climax of the novel should be directly related to that core theme of developing a romantic relationship, although the novel can also contain subplots that do not specifically relate to the main characters' romantic love. Other definitions of a romance novel may be broader, including other plots and endings or more than two people, or narrower, restricting the types of romances or conflicts. ...more

  • Servant of Earth by Sarah  Hawley
    Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)
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    Release date: Nov 12, 2024
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  • Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireHopeless by Colleen HooverEasy by Tammara WebberThe Edge of Never by J.A. RedmerskiSlammed by Colleen Hoover
    Best YA/New Adult Contemporary Romance
    2,115 books — 4,759 voters
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOutlander by Diana GabaldonDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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    Graceling by Kristin CashorePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasFire by Kristin Cashore
    Magic, Adventure, Romance
    2,255 books — 5,861 voters
    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboA Shade of Vampire by Bella ForrestThe Wronged Sons by John MarrsIsle of Winds by James FahyDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThoughtless by S.C. StephensBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
    Intense And "Angsty" Romance
    2,854 books — 7,269 voters
    City of Bones by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLast Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
    Character You Most Want to Sleep With
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