American Royals by Katharine McGee

For glitz, glam, and multiple couples to ship.

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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

For a love story that traverses decades and crosses continents.

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Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

For a brutally honest and nostalgic look at the life-changing friendships of teenage girls.

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Atonement by Ian McEwan

For a heartbreaking story of a blossoming romance cut much too short.

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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

For a story that proves love blooms in the most unlikely of places.

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The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

For epic adventure, misplaced love, magical creatures, and self-discovery.

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The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

For the self-conscious romance novel that’ll make you fall in love with romance novels.

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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

For a sexy queer romance set in a quirkier version of Hogwarts.

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

For the classic tale of the  unbreakable bonds of female friendship.

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Emma by Jane Austen

For lovers who make each other better.

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Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

For palpable sexual tension and a story of second chances.

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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

For a he said / she said that will have you looking at relationships in a whole new light.

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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

For an open door friends-to-lovers romp set in a publishing house.

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The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

For the female friendships that are both profoundly life giving and devastatingly destructive.

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival

For a steamy magical realism romance alongside an entire recipe book.

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Normal People by Sally Rooney

For the dark millennial love story that just may become a modern classic. 

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The Only Story by Julian Barnes

For a truly depressing story about how the wrong first love can ruin you.

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The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames

For four unlikely friends who stand by each other through some earth shattering mistakes.

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Persuasion by Jane Austen

For a second chance at love.

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Possession by A.S. Byatt

For a literary mystery and parallel stories of irrepressible passion.

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

For the original enemies to lovers novel.

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A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Elliot, and Woolf by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney

For the literary Galentines’ bonds you never knew existed.

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Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick

For all the reasons having a forever Valentine is overrated.

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

For the original epic turned epic love story.

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Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

For the sweetest little YA romance you won’t be able to put down.

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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

For a YA trilogy that’s as much about sisterhood as it is about first love.

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We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill

For a true royal love story that’s stranger than fiction.

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The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

For the book that will leave you craving a steamy makeout, donuts, and a cheese platter.

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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanan

For a creepy Valentine’s Day read with lots of twists and stalking.

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Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

For a genderless story of love, loss, passion, and pain.

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