Superb Literary Romance Novels- Beautifully Written Fiction!

Discover a curated list of superb literary romance novels—beautifully written fiction that captivates the heart and mind. Explore timeless love stories with exquisite prose and emotional depth.

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The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our …
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Persuasion

by Jane Austen

The romance between Captain Wentworth and Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, seems doomed because of the young man's family connections and lack of …
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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

An orphan girl who accepts employment as a governess finds herself involved in a family secret and in love with her employer.
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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Bronte

One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American …
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The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

New chronology and updated further reading. Edited with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt.
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Washington Square

by Henry James

Washington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father’s vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris Townsend woos the …
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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

Considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, Anna Karenina is Tolstoy's classic tale of love and adultery set against the backdrop of …
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Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

An epic novel of Russia before and during the Revolution.
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A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel of love during wartime. Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge …
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The Great Gatsby

by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Tells the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.
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Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, a man who has secretly loved her …
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The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene

An adulterous love affair turns into a relationship filled with hate and jealousy
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Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance, bittersweet wit, and delicious recipes. This …
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A Town Like Alice

by Nevil Shute

"A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance." HARPER'S A TOWN LIKE ALICE tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a …
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The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Warlight traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at …
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Moon Tiger

by Penelope Lively

Claudia Hampton, dying in a hospital, remembers a war-time affair with a young tank officer killed in the North African desert war.