Love stories in fiction (books)

[Anonymous]

Anyone have recommendations for novels that have great love stories? I’m not looking for romance novels…just a good old fashion love story that makes YOU feel a tinge of..something.

[Anonymous]

I don’t usually read books like this, but I (mid-40s woman who really loves baseball) really enjoyed Evvie Drake Starts Over. The romance was a major — but not the main — theme of the book, and I liked the male and female leads a lot.

[Anonymous]

The Rosie Project
One Day in December
In Five Years

Outlander
The Thorn Birds (though I have no idea if this holds up now)

[Anonymous]

The Last Goodbye - thought it would be a cheeky love story like One Day in December (which I also enjoyed), but it's not quite - highly recommend

[Anonymous]

Wuthering Heights

[Anonymous]

+1 for In Five Years, but it's certainly a different love story than I was expecting.

I'm not a huge love story fan, but I did read all 8 Bridgerton books, plus their epilogues.

YA - Eleanor & Park

Love/Hate Relationships - The Hating Game, and Shipped

General Romance - all of Elin Hilderbrand's books

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

Definitely have your kids read it and tell them that it describes real love perfectly and they should not settle.

[Anonymous]

Evvie Drake Starts Over

[Anonymous]

Erich Maria Remarque Three Comrades

[Anonymous]

Something borrowed, love the one you’re with

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

Definitely have your kids read it and tell them that it describes real love perfectly and they should not settle.

Lol!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

I actually always loved Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte, sister of Wuthering Heights author Emily Bronte) much more. It’s not a passionate love at first sight, and has really unlikely and different heroine/hero types but much more substance if you stick with it. Maybe because I read this around age 11-12 because my mom always watched the old Jane Eyre movie with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, and I didn’t get to Wuthering Heights till around 15.

It can read slow but the payoff is worth it. Disclaimer and (small and vague) spoiler: for several years I skipped the chapters about her teaching till I got back to the movie storyline; same with Gone With the Wind.

[Anonymous]

I’m enjoying Emily Henry these days. Light-hearted but you can feel the characters falling in love through their witty banter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wuthering Heights

I actually always loved Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte, sister of Wuthering Heights author Emily Bronte) much more. It’s not a passionate love at first sight, and has really unlikely and different heroine/hero types but much more substance if you stick with it. Maybe because I read this around age 11-12 because my mom always watched the old Jane Eyre movie with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, and I didn’t get to Wuthering Heights till around 15.

It can read slow but the payoff is worth it. Disclaimer and (small and vague) spoiler: for several years I skipped the chapters about her teaching till I got back to the movie storyline; same with Gone With the Wind.

Definitely have your kids read it and tell them that it describes real love perfectly and that even if their boyfriend keeps his secret wife locked up they should forgive him.

[Anonymous]

The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffeneger