Summer – Edith Wharton (1917)
Summer by Edith Wharton follows Charity Royall’s coming-of-age in rural New England, exploring love, independence, and societal expectations.
Romance
Satire
Restart Reading
Historical
Romance
The House of Special Purpose – John Boyne (2009)
A former Russian bodyguard reflects on lost love, loyalty, and revolution in a haunting journey through memory, where a hidden past quietly shapes a fragile present.
Psychological
Romance
Young Adult
I Have Lost My Way – Gayle Forman (2018)
Three strangers collide in New York City, each carrying invisible wounds, and in a single day, they discover how being truly seen can lead the way back to themselves.
Romance
Satire
Love’s Labour’s Lost – William Shakespeare (1598)
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare follows King Ferdinand and his lords, who swear off love for study, only to be challenged by the arrival of the Princess of France.
Classics
Historical
Romance
The Man Who Laughs – Victor Hugo (1869)
A disfigured boy with a permanent grin journeys through cruelty, love, and lost nobility, revealing the brutal face of society behind its mask of laughter.
Classics
Romance
The Eternal Husband – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1870)
A haunting duel of guilt and obsession unfolds between two men bound by a dead woman’s memory and a child’s fragile life, where revenge hides beneath grief’s shadow.
Mystery
Romance
Satire
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination – Helen Fielding (2003)
A daring journalist's wild imagination leads her into a glamorous, deadly game of espionage, where paranoia might just be the key to uncovering the truth.
Romance
Science Fiction
Young Adult
The Here and Now – Ann Brashares (2014)
A girl from a ruined future risks everything for love and truth in a world that still has a chance to be saved - if she dares to break the rules that bind her.
Classics
Romance
Ada, or Ardor – Vladimir Nabokov (1969)
A lush, provocative tale of forbidden love, time's illusions, and memory's grip, where passion defies all boundaries and nothing is ever entirely as it seems.
Classics
Historical
Romance
The Story Girl – Lucy Maud Montgomery (1911)
The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery follows Sara Stanley, a gifted storyteller, as she enchants her friends with folklore and family history in rural Prince Edward Island.