Best romance books: Try these must-read love stories
Best romance books: Try these must-read love stories
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Once upon a time, before Netflix provided us with our regular romance fix (we’re looking to you Bridgerton), we relied on the humble book to transport us to the heart of mesmerising love stories where our imaginations could run free. We’re not just talking about the ‘princess meets prince and they live happily ever after’ cliché, we mean true love stories packed with ups and downs, leave us with tears of both laughter and sadness and will make even the most cynical of cynics believe in love.
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This ever-popular genre of books has expanded rapidly to spotlight stories told from LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC perspectives, meaning there’s something for everyone when it comes to romance novels. So, whether you love to get stuck into a Regency-era read or are after something hot-off-the-press that’s too steamy to read on your morning commute, we’ve got you sorted with our the best romance novels to add to your basket right now.
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The historical blueprint for all contemporary reimaginings of Regency-era romance, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice offers a true glimpse into love and courtship during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Filled to the brim with acerbic wit, ebullient emotions and wonderfully full characters which you’ll struggle to leave behind, it’s a perennially popular novel by one of the world’s best-loved novelists worth ticking off your reading bucket list.
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Nothing is more suited to Valentine’s Day than a best-selling Romantasy yarn. Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing is the unexpected, highly addictive and fiery (quite literally, there are dragons involved) novel which follows Violet Sorrengail, a new cadet in Navarre’s brutal Basgiath War College.
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