Love stories are the best kind of stories. Everyone knows this. The trick, as with love itself, is finding the right match.  
 
We’ve gathered below a specially curated collection of 144 romance novels designed to include both high-profile hits and under-the-radar gems. To spice things up, as it were, we’ve mixed together the usual categories—contemporary, historical, romantasy–into tropes and themes, which is often the best way to scout around for romance books. Look, everybody has their thing, right?
 
Click below and you’ll find several familiar tropes (friends to lovers, second-chance romance) along with a few more specialized story types. Vampires, say, or romance/mystery hybrids. And yes, we’ve got hockey lust in the mix.
 
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title. You can also use the Want to Read button to add books directly to your digital shelf. As always, keep an eye out for particularly cool book cover designs. And hot Scotsmen.