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32 Recent Romance Recommendations by Trope
Finding the perfect book at the perfect moment can feel a lot like falling in love. Both experiences bring up those “I can’t take my eyes off of you, I want to spend every waking second with you” feelings.
But we all know there are a lot of fish in the romance sea. To help match you to your next stay-up-all-night read, we took a look at the hit romances (according to readers’ shelvings and star ratings) published in the last few months and grouped them by major tropes. So whether you’re in the mood for friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, or good old-fashioned fake dating, you just might find a book or two here to satisfy your longing.
But we all know there are a lot of fish in the romance sea. To help match you to your next stay-up-all-night read, we took a look at the hit romances (according to readers’ shelvings and star ratings) published in the last few months and grouped them by major tropes. So whether you’re in the mood for friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, or good old-fashioned fake dating, you just might find a book or two here to satisfy your longing.
Don’t forget to add any titles you’re interested in to your Want to Read shelf!
Love in the Spotlight
The premise: One of them—or both!—is famous, which makes a relationship...complicated.
Fake Dating
The premise: “We’ll just pretend to be in love.” What could possibly go wrong?
Sportsball!
The premise: Rounding the bases in more ways than one.
They Share a Past
The premise: They knew (or thought they knew) each other way back when.
The Office
The premise: They can definitely keep it professional. *direct look to camera*
Friends to Lovers
The premise: From BFFs to “OMG, yes!”
Enemies to Lovers
The premise: They totally can’t stand each other. Totally. Uh huh.
Trading Places
The premise: Sometimes you have to leave your comfort zone (literally) to find love.
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Which new romances are you enjoying? Let’s talk books in the comments!
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FRANK wrote: "
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a must read for those with a leaning to family life sagas, in the mode of Hardy, Melville, and Downton Abbey."
Never knew how much I needed books organized by troupes. I might make my way through this whole list!
oops! Sorry guys, still finding my way around, the book that is worth taking to bed is 'Lentune's Heart', available at Waterstone's.. ( oops and Amazon etc...)
ps ... just finishing 'The Grapes of Wrath' again...
happy reading
Frank...
The Hating Game should be #1 on your list if you like this genre!!!
Thanks for the 'head's up' Ranap.s. a good day For Thomas Hardy
best regards
Frank...
...whey, too much praise dude...Frank...
Katie wrote: "The Hating Game should be #1 on your list if you like this genre!!!"Sorry I didn’t like that book.
...Not sure have 'hating' , in the title is a very good idea for any book....Frank
FRANK wrote: "...Not sure have 'hating' , in the title is a very good idea for any book....Frank"
Agreed
I love enemy to lovers & fake dating tropes but dislike the office trope.
ClaraBelle wrote: "Katie wrote: "The Hating Game should be #1 on your list if you like this genre!!!"Sorry I didn’t like that book."
I DNF'd the Hating Game
Hazel Bee wrote: "ClaraBelle wrote: "Katie wrote: "The Hating Game should be #1 on your list if you like this genre!!!"Sorry I didn’t like that book."
I DNF'd the Hating Game"
Same here
Another great (and absolutely hilarious) friends-to-lovers book is Just Friends by Holly McCulloch. It's a pretty recent book too!I'm tagging it below just in case someone wants to check it out :)
Just Friends
I ended up with a lot of new book on my Want to Read shelf, oh god...
Just finished and absolutely recommend Talia Hibbert’s Take a Hint, Dani Brown! Really lovely!
In the Enemies to Lovers category The Unhoneymooners and The Hating Game are MUST reads!
Waiting For Tom Hanks (Love in the Spotlight category) followed by book 2 in this Kerry Winfrey series Not Like the Movies (friends to Lovers category) should also be on the list
Rounding the bases in more ways than one. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Two thumbs up to your copywriter!! The subheads are hilarious!!!
You forgot Opposites Attract!! One of my favorite tropes!!
I want read them all, give me all the romance
Queen Move is stunning. Kennedy Ryan writes about people struggling with some very relatable and real issues and situations that rarely get talked about in Romance. That makes her a Queen in herself.Katie wrote: "The Hating Game should be #1 on your list if you like this genre!!!"
Not really. Romance is so wide and has so many sub-genres and different types of story that there is no 'one fits all'. Individual preferences dictate and personally, that one doesn't interest me at all. I'm glad you liked it though, I know many others who did too.
a must read for those with a leaning to family life sagas, in the mode of Hardy, Melville, and Downton Abbey.