15 romance books that are actually worth your time 📖💝

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[sumantrajput]

it's kinda crazy how nobody's talking about the forbidden ebook called BlackRock Money Secrets

[sarahs]

A fall reading recommendation vid is an absolute necessity I fear 🙏🙏

[IcyBear-vf]

3:21 Persuasion - Jane Austen
6:31 Emily Henry books - Happy Place > Funny Story, Beach Read > Book Lovers
(knows how to tell good story)
9:07 Seven Days in June (more serious- heavier theme, heartwarming well written, two authors fall in love)

Rom-com(less serious, less literary fiction)
11:01 The Charm Offensive (Queer rom novel)
11:41 Kiss Her Once For Me (Holiday winter, sapphic rom)
13:03 Act Your Age, Eve Brown (fantastic mental health, autism representation, funny, perfect)

Magical/Fantasy Rom
14:39 The Very Secret Society of Irregular witches (FAV)
15:44 Half a Soul (Bridgerton meets Howl's Moving Castle, lighthearted)
16:22 The Beautiful Ones (less fantasy more historical, dynamic of power)
17:42 The Dreadful Splendour (Mystery Gothic Rom, psychic medium hired to uncover murder)
18:44 A Lady for a Duke(classic historical rom, trans representation)

Manga
21:13 A Sign of Affection

[rwitajadutta]

Hannah: I really like tragedies.
She is literally me, I love her with my soul

[natatatt]

I adore Persuasion. The wallflower aspect, the yearning, the protagonist quietly loving the man from afar. So lovely.

[mariaquigley]

One thing that I enjoy about second chance romance is the couples tend to have a better understanding of each other which can make the romance feel deeper.

[emirose]

Hannah!! Love your videos, I’ve been watching them since my last years of secondary school and now I’m a qualified teacher myself!! You made me rediscover my love for reading 🥹

[HaseulMaid]

Sapphic books:
Vengeance planning for amateurs(romcom)
Lady eve's last con(soap opera)
Her spell that binds me (magical school)
Hearing red(zombie apocalypse)
Last night at the telegraph club
The invocations(paranormal mystery)
Jasmine thorne(Indian royal fantasy, trilogy)
Night owls and summer skies(camp romance)
Forget me not
Crier's war

[zareendipity]

Although this is unrelated to the video, I just wanted to say, THANK YOU HANNAH for recommending interview with the vampire tv show in your last video because ever since I finished it I CANT stop thinking about it. It even took me out of my 3 year long art block and now I’m inspired to draw my new fav characters and I love the iwtv aesthetic sm. So just like you said, it has been life-changing for me and I wish more people would watch it and get to experience this amazing series!

[luvmeday]

Okay but now we need your all time favorite side plot book romances im beggingggg

[underworldsghost]

I share the feeling of loving romance in books, but not loving most romance books, but I feel like everything Hannah recommends is right up my alley, so maybe I'll have to branch out to some more romances

[boburmirzoakbaraliyav]

Please make a video about your favourite romance movies as well. I really need more of good and emotional romance movies right now))

[andreapadron]

sapphic romance book recommendations:

- That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey
- Here We Go Again - Alison Cochrun
- Delilah Green Doesn’t Care - Ashley Herring Blake
- Forget Me Not - Alyson Derrick
- Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers
- Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail - Alison Herring Blake
- Her Name in The Sky - Kelly Quindlen

[keenu]

Omg Hannah the way I SQUEALED when i saw the video notif!! My tbr has always been safe in your hands

[ejfowler]

I'm not sure if you've read any of these queer/ sapphic romances but these are my favorites!
- This Is How You Lose the Time War (also just a fantastically literary post-human story)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club (YA historical)
- Mortal Follies (magical realism also by Alexis Hall)
- The Companion by EE Ottoman (historical novella with trans poly-triad rep)
- Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburg (YA historical but with time travel shenanigans)
- A Million to One (less of a romance proper but follows a group of girls plotting a heist on the Titanic, great especially if you love bittersweet endings)

Thank you for your recommendations! I have A Lady for A Duke on my TBR shelf specifically from your endorsement ❤

[ark]

For a Sapphic read, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. (written in 1872)
I wouldnt directly say its romance but explores love and such. It was Vampire before even Dracula was a thing.

[sara]

for sapphic romances, A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger and the Bright Falls saga by Ashley Herring Blake have been some of my favourites! <3

[TheVanillebluete]

* persuasion - jane austen
* book lovers - emily henry
* happy place - emily henry
* beach read - emily henry
* funny story - emily henry
* seven days in june - tia williams
* the charm offensive - alison cochrun
* kiss her once for me - alison cochrun
* act your age eve brown - talia hibert
* the very secret society of irregular witches - sagu mandanna
* half a soul - olivia atwater
* the beautiful ones - silvia moren garcia
* a dreadful splendor - b.r. myers
* a lady for a duke - alexis hall
* a sign of affection - suu morishita

[procaffeinate_withbooks]

I absolutely loved reading the Very secret society of irregular witches

[stephaniestorie]

THAT COPY OF A VERY SECRET SOCIETY FOR IRREGULAR WITCHES IS GORGEOUS! Also an absolute favorite of mine that I can't get enough of! I think this video tipped me over the edge on picking up Half a Soul...it's been on my list for so long