The Sealed Letter – Emma Donoghue (2008)
A chance encounter rekindles a lost friendship, igniting scandal, betrayal, and a fierce reckoning in the shadowed halls of Victorian justice and society.
Historical
Mystery
Romance
Restart Reading
Romance
Satire
Cause Celeb – Helen Fielding (1994)
A dazzling satire meets raw humanity as a London publicist escapes heartbreak to confront famine, fame, and purpose in the searing heart of Africa.
Classics
Historical
Romance
The Blithedale Romance – Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852)
A secluded utopian farm unravels into betrayal, passion, and loss as idealism clashes with desire in a haunting tale of love, secrecy, and disillusionment.
Romance
Young Adult
We Are Inevitable – Gayle Forman (2021)
In a dying bookstore, amid grief, debt, and dust, a teenager confronts extinction and discovers that survival sometimes begins with one unexpected connection.
Romance
Satire
The Odd Women – George Gissing (1893)
The Odd Women by George Gissing explores the challenges faced by surplus Victorian women in a society that values marriage over independence.
Psychological
Romance
Young Adult
Sisters in Sanity – Gayle Forman (2007)
Trapped in a corrupt reform school, five girls forge an unbreakable bond, defying abuse with rebellion, courage, and the quiet power of sisterhood.
Classics
Romance
The Landlady – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1847)
A fevered young recluse is drawn into a haunting web of passion, power, and mysticism in a shadowy Petersburg lodging where love may be as terrifying as fate.
Classics
Historical
Romance
Sylvia’s Lovers – Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell is a historical romance set during the Napoleonic Wars, weaving love, betrayal, and duty in a Yorkshire whaling town.
Romance
Landing – Emma Donoghue (2007)
A grounded museum curator and a globe-trotting flight attendant meet midair, sparking a tender, witty, and quietly radical love story across oceans and opposites.
Classics
Psychological
Romance
The Virgin and the Gipsy – DH Lawrence (1930)
The Virgin and the Gipsy by D.H. Lawrence explores Yvette’s attraction to a gypsy man, questioning repression, desire, and societal expectations in rural England.