romanceSeven Days in JuneA Booklitty reading list
Romance with strong characters
Love stories with distinctive voices, real choices and lives beyond the romance. Selection order is not a ranking.
Why these books
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These love stories give their central characters ambitions, flaws and relationships beyond the romance itself. The connection matters, but so do the choices each person makes about work, family and identity.
The shortlist
Ten books worth considering.
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romanceSeven Days in June
romanceBook LoversBook Lovers
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romanceThe FlatshareThe Flatshare
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
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romanceGet a Life, Chloe BrownGet a Life, Chloe Brown
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romanceThe Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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romanceThe Dead RomanticsThe Dead Romantics
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romanceBefore I Let GoBefore I Let Go
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romanceThe Kiss QuotientThe Kiss Quotient
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romanceThe Song of AchillesThe Song of Achilles
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