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Home > Looking For A Good Book or Film? > Genre 101 > Romance

Romance

While many books have romantic elements, a true romance book has the relationship as the main plot and ends with a Happily Ever After (or at least a Happy For Now). Romance has several sub-genres, including historical, paranormal, suspense, and contemporary.

Every month we send an email highlighting the most compelling recent romance titles, as well as backlist gems.

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Romance Books Lists... 

link to "Share the Love - Arlington Reads 2025" booklist

Share the Love - Arlington Reads 2025

link to "New Romance ebooks and eaudio" booklist

New Romance ebooks and eaudio

link to staff picks romance booklist

Romance Staff Picks

link to Baseball Romance booklist

Baseball Romance

link to "Love on Vacation" booklist

Love on Vacation

link to best recent romance booklist

Best Recent Romance 2025

link to black romance booklist

Black Romance 2025

link to football romance booklist

Football Romance

link to "hockey romance" booklist

Hockey Romance

link to grumpy/sunshine romance booklist

Grumpy/Sunshine

link to "They called it puppy love" booklist

They Called it Puppy Love

link to love is love II: More Queer Romance booklist

Love is Love is Love: More Queer Romance

link to "best recent romance" booklist

Best Recent Romance 2024

link to "Romantasy" booklist

Romantasy

link to "Black ROmance" booklist

Black Romance II

link to "Romance with Mental Illness" booklist

Romance with Mental Illness

link to holiday romance booklist

Holiday Romance for Teens

link to How do Shirts Work? booklist

How do Shirts Work?

link to Romance 101 booklist

Romance 101

link to I've Put a Spell on You booklist

I've Put a Spell on You

link to Love in Danger booklist

Love in Danger

link to Black Romance booklist

Black Romance

link to Love is Love is Love booklist

Love is Love is Love is Love

link to Latinx romance booklist

Latinx Romance

link to Asian and Asian Heritage Romance

Asian and Asian Heritage Romance

link to My Funny Valentine booklist

My Funny Valentine

link to famous flings booklist

Famous Flings

link to enemies to lovers booklist

Enemies to Lovers

link to love in disguise booklist

Love in Disguise

link to No Strings Attached booklist

No Strings Attached

link to Marriage of Convenience booklist

Marriage of Convenience

link to Second Chance at Love booklist

Second Chance at Romance

link to recipe for love booklist

Recipe for Love

link to surprise arrivals booklist

Surprise Arrivals

link to In Love with Puns booklist

In Love with Puns

link to Love on the High Seas

Love on the High Seas

link to All I Want For Christmas is You booklist

All I Want For Christmas is You

link to "Eight Romantic Nights" booklist

Eight Romantic Nights

link to Happy Holigays! booklist

Happy Holigays!

link to For Fans of Hallmark Holiday Movies booklist

For Fans of Hallmark Holiday Movies

link to Read-Alikes for Bridgerton booklist

Read-Alikes for Bridgerton

link to Academic Romance booklist

Academic Life

link to Love and War booklist

Love and War

link to Titles Worth Trying: Romance [Middle School] booklist

Middle School Romance

link to Titles Worth Trying: Romance [High School] booklist

High School Romance

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