Top 10 Romance Books 2025: Your Ultimate Reading List for the Year

You know what’s harder than getting into med school? Yeah, your mind probably circled around it: romantic love. With unreasonable checklists and even more absurd rules, it has been a cold war indeed. But do not sweat it. You may have slim luck finding romance this year, but dreaming about it is just as good—if not better. And in that sphere, we have got you covered with these enchanting romance book recommendations:

1. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles is like a cut that never stopped bleeding, and trust us, you won’t even try to defend your emotions. Madeline Miller did not just retell a Greek myth—instead, resurrect it as a literary masterpiece. As a love that knows no bounds—untethered to life or death. A love that felt more like devotion.

Trust us, you’ll be held in a chokehold by their love story.

2. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

If you have ever yearned, this book, draped in silk and sin, is just the right pick. Is real-life love ever all roses and pink? It is messy, terrifying, and aching. This book exactly captures that. Even though there are seven husbands... None of them are worthy of this glorious woman’s love—except her only true love. And their story is to die for. It surpasses decades, endures pain, and even chimes truth. Their story burns with such fervour, you will swear the pages leave burn marks behind.

3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

What is love without yearning and longing? Without that, it will just be some hormones playing their roles, and what a petty image that would be. To save you from that dreary dream, this novel embodies longing so deeply that it becomes an inseparable, tragic part of you. And isn’t that the beauty of love? This book leaves you with a lingering question: how far will you go for love?

4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

It would be a grave immorality to leave Wuthering Heights behind when speaking of romance. It did not just speak of love but howled it through the moors. Emily Brontë didn’t just write a love story, she brought a storm to the gothic genre with this literary masterpiece. This will haunt you long after you close the book. You are about to be a devotee.

5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

If the reader in you demands to get their heart broken into tiny little dazzling pieces and smile through the tears, this book is just for you. John Green has romanticized tragedy in such a way that even though you know you would be left with this empty hollow in your chest, you would go through it all again. Because, in his own words, a privilege to get your heart broken by this story.

So, if you are ready to get your heart broken in the softest way possible and learn how some infinities are bigger than others, Hazel and Augustus are waiting for you between the pages and starry nights.

6. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

This book will make you want to practice celibacy until you want to swear off love, until you find a devotion like this, and we wish we were exaggerating. Nicholas Sparks takes you on this emotional rollercoaster that will make you furious at times because of miscommunication and petty societal norms. It’s about a love that transcends years, that grows even when memory fades, and that lingers in unread love letters. It is not just another romantic tale, but a testimony that even when everything fades, true love remembers.

7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Speaking of classical romance, how can we not mention the most celebrated one? Pride and Prejudice is the holy pavement where romance peaked. Jane Austen wove enemies-to-lovers with wit and elegance years before it was even a thing. If you ask which book set the standard, by a long shot, this would take the first position. Especially in 2025, where people treat romance as a side quest, reading this book can be a good experience.

8. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

For this teary literary masterpiece, consider keeping a tissue box handy. Trust us, you are going to need it. This tale bloomed unexpectedly in sarcastic exchanges, becoming a timeless love story that surpasses death itself. Love is often compared to something worth dying for, but this book made love a reason to live even more loudly and boldly. Because a lot of people are willing to die for love, but the real question is, how many are going to live for it?

9.  To All the Boys I've Loved Before by  Jenny Han

OH! You young readers are going to love this one. Imagine you wake up one day just to realise all the love you never confessed is knocking at your door. Breathe, because that just might be how you actually meet the love of your life. This gentle coming-of-age is a celebration of taken chances and stolen glances. Imagine you are back at high school in front of the most popular soccer guy with your nerdy glasses on, and a love storm is waiting just for you. Buckle up (while you still can).

10. Normal People by Sally Rooney

This book is tied together by invisible strings—so strong that even when you want them to break, fate does not even let them budge. This is no fairytale, but the haunting what ifs and the love that still bloomed somewhere, even though it never rightfully got its chance. It would make you curse timing and maybe even scream, "Just sit down and talk!"—because they could have had a love that most of us can only dream of. So, if getting a little insane is your choice of poison, you are at the right place.

Maybe real-life love has been an ordeal in this generation. With so many terminologies and mind games, we understand why you would dread it. But you can still get the butterflies and the giggles between these sacred pages, where love is divine. And maybe your love train might be a little late—but you can wait on this holy pavement with one of these literary masterpieces and a cup of coffee. Who knows, the lead in the next great love story.

Love through stories before loving in real life.

Don’t wait for love to find you, experience it through these stories. At Rolling Authors, we help dreamers, readers, and writers create unforgettable love stories. 

Pick up a book. Get butterflies. Live the love.