LibGuides: Reading Recommendations: Romance

The Best Romance Books of 2025

Here are the best romance books of 2025, ranging from deeply emotional contemporary love stories to romantasy and sci-fi romance! From Book Riot.

All of Us Murderers by K. J. Charles
ISBN: 9781464227523

Publication Date: 2025-10-07
Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria
ISBN: 9780062960009

Publication Date: 2025-05-27
August Lane by Regina Black
ISBN: 9781538767528

Publication Date: 2025-07-29
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
ISBN: 9780593818633

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
ISBN: 9798217187430

Publication Date: 2025-05-27
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
ISBN: 9781645661535

Publication Date: 2025-04-29

According to the Romance Writers of America, the main plot of a romance novel must revolve around the two people as they develop romantic love for each other and work to build a relationship together. Furthermore, a romance novel must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending."