Question: Romantic Books!?
I'm out of books at the moment, and would like a few romance novel suggestions!. I've read and liked:
Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, Twilight, The Host, Wuthering Heights, All of the Jane Austen Books, Don Quixote, and Rebecca!.
People have suggested Sarah Dessen books, but what are they about!? Is it average teen romance!?
I refuse to read the clique books or those books that are written all in text!.
I also enjoy fantasy (but have already read the Hobbit and LOTR!.)!. Don't suggest Eragon
As you can see, I'm a little picky!. However, if you have a really good book, especially a romance, I would love a brief description!. Suggest as many as you can think of!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I loved The House at Riverton!. It basically concerns a housemaid who grows up serving a rich English family!. She gains the trust of one of the daughters and helps keep her secrets!. The overarching drama leads up to a night when a poet shoots himself in front of the two daughters, and only they and the maid know the secret!. The premise is that a filmmaker is making a biopic about that night, leading the now-98 year old woman to look into her past!. There is a romance in the story which I found very sweet, but sad!. It's an excellent book, by Kate Morton!.
also try Anne Bronte!. I love the Bronte sisters, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one of my favorites among their novels!. Concerns a young man pursuing the love of a mysterious woman who has moved into his small town!. also delves into the woman's disastrous marriage!. Excellent read! Agnes Grey is her other novel, about an unhappy young woman in some unfortunate situtations as a governess!.
Middlemarch, by George Eliot, is worth a look!. Tells of an intelligent woman who enters a marriage with an older man and a doctor who has a disastrous marriage!. I love how she characterizes the titular town!.
The Remains of the Day is about a butler taking a road trip, on which he ruminates upon his life and his chance with a former coworker!.
84, Charing Cross Road is a love story of sorts!.!.!. love between a woman and an antique book shop!. Nonfiction, told through letters, very short!.
Happy reading!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Hello,
I agree with many of your ideas, but I actually love Eragon!.
However, try the Chrowthistle Chronicles!. It is a four-book series, but they are rather long!. They have a lot of unnecessary descriptions of places that get a bit dull, but they are hard-core romance novels!. Fantasy too!.
Good luck fellow reader!
~AllysonWww@QuestionHome@Com
Beastly by Alex Flinn!.
It's a modern Beauty and the Beast re-retelling!. A handsome, rich teen is turned into a beast by a witch and has to find true love else he'll remain a beast forever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Summer of my German Soldier, it's about a Jewish girl and a German soldier during the times of WWll they fall in love, but can't be together!.!.!.it's wonderfulWww@QuestionHome@Com
i would suggest reading the following novels by stephanie meyer New Moon and Eclipse, they are both follow ups of the book twilightWww@QuestionHome@Com
fairest - gail carson lavine
the penderwicks -- forgot (i seriously did)
i'd tell u i love u but then i'd have to kill you - ally carter
cross my heart and hope to spy - ally carterWww@QuestionHome@Com
You don't mention Harry Potter!. Maybe you haven't tried that yet!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Maybe Vanity Fair by Thackaray!. Or The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne!? They're both really good!.
also The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald!. Or any by him-I haven't read them all, but I do think that they're mostly romances!.
Anna Karenina is a definite yes!. The length is a good thing because once you start, you probably won't want to stop!.
And maybe Ethan Frome!. I don't know if you'll like that one, but you could try it!.
And (just as a side note-it's not really a romance, but it's really good) try The Tempest!. Shakespeare is always the master!. =3 And it's one of his really original plays, so it's really good!.
Good luck with your search!. I'm definitely in the same boat you are!. =3Www@QuestionHome@Com
I love Sarah Dessen, My favorite is Someone like you which is about Scarlett and her best friend Halley!. Scarlett's boyfriend dies and Halley is there to comfort her and still comforts her when she learns she is pregnant!. Halley finds some romance from someone who is not her "type" she learns a lot about herself and Scarlett!. This novel is one of my favorites!.
Try the other Bronte Sister's works!. Wuthering heights is okay, Agnes Grey is better!.
Meg Cabot is another "average teen romance" but she still writes some of my favorite book!. All American girl is about a girl who saves the president's life and falls in love with his son!. Ready or Not is the sequel, also good!. This one shows more detials of their relationship!. The Princess Diaries books are about a girl who learns she is a princess of Genovia!.
Nicholas Sparks is another good one!. The Notebook, no description needed!. A Walk to Remember is my favorite book ever written, its about Landon who falls in love with Jamie as he learns so much more about her, himself, and God!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Here are some awesome romance books that i would strongly recommend:) hope you like it :
Lush----Natasha Friend
Bounce----Natasha Friend
How Not to Spend Your Senior Year----Cameron Dokey
Royally Jacked----Niki Burnham
Ripped at the Seams----Nancy Krulik
Spin Control----Niki Burnham
Cupidity ----Caroline Goode
South Beach Sizzle----Suzanne Weyn
She’s Got the Beat----Nancy Krulik
30 Guys in 30 Days----Micol Ostow
Animal Attraction----Jamie Ponti
Scary Beautiful----Niki Burnham
A Novel Idea----Aimee Friedman
Getting to Third Date----Kelly McClymer
Dancing Queen----Erin Downing
Major Crush----Jennifer Echols
Do-Over----Niki Burnham
Love Undercover----Jo Edwards
Prom Crashers----Erin Downing
Gettin’ Lucky----Micol Ostow
The Boys Next Door----Jennifer Echols
In the Stars----Stacia Deutsch
The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren----Wendy Toliver
Impulse----Ellen Hopkin
Glass----Ellen Hopkin
Love, Hollywood Style----P!.J!. Ruditis
Something Borrowed----Catherine Hapka
Party Games----Whitney Lyles
Perfect ----Natasha Friend
Burned----Ellen Hopkin
Crank----Ellen Hopkin
Teen Idol----Meg Cabot
hope you enjoy it!! happy reading! :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Have you read "The Chronicles of Narnia" by CS Lewis!? They're about children from our world going into a different one!. If you like LotR, you'll probably like this!.
I also recommend "A Great and Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray!. That's about a girl who can go to the Realms, a place full of magic and danger!. It's mostly fantasy, but has some romance!.
Then there's the Maximum Ride books by James Patterson!. That's about teenagers who have wings due to genetic experimentation!. I've only read the first book, but the writing style is good and the heroine is very easy to relate to!. (First book: The Angel Experiment)
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud!. That one is in the fantasy category!. It takes place in a world where magicians summon demons to do their will!. It's got well developed characters, and Bartimaeous, a djinni, will make you laugh!. (First book: The Amulet of Samarkand)
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause!. This one is definitely my favorite vampire book!. It's about a girl whose mother is dying, who meets a vampire trying to get revenge on his evil brother!. It's very creepy and sent chills down my spine!.
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause!. I don't like this one as much as The Silver Kiss, but it's still pretty good!. It's about a werewolf named Vivian who falls for a human!. It's definitely original, that's all I'll say!.
Sarah Dessen's books!.!.!.yes, they're good!. I guess you could say that they are typical teen romance in a way, but they also aren't!. They aren't like the Clique at all, if that's what you're asking!. (Ugh, I hate the Clique so much!) The characters and situations are much deeper and they're better, more likable people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Vampire Kisses, Kissing Coffins, Vampireville, and Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber Vampire Kisses #5 comes out June 24 this year!.
Vampire Beach #1 by Alex Duval
Vampire Beach #2 by Alex Duval
Vampire Beach #3 by Alex Duval
Vampire Beach #4 by Alex Duval
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Beautiful City of the Dead by Leander Watts
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare- doesn’t come out until March 29, 2009
Gifts by Ursula K!. LeGuin
Powers by Ursula K!. LeGuin
Voices by Ursula K!. LeGuin
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
Perfect by Natasha Friend
Oh my Goth by Gena Showalter
Define Normal by Julie Ann Peters
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Frostbite( second book to Vampire Academy) by Richelle Mead
Marked by P!.C!. Cast (1st in the house of night series)
Betrayed by P!.C!. Cast(2nd in the house of night series)
Chosen by P!.C!. Cast (3rd in the house of night series)
Untamed by P!.C!. Cast (4th in the house of night series)- comes out on September 30, 2008
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz(2nd to blue bloods)
Fledgling by Octavia E!. Butler
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Ann Peters
Uninvited by Amanda Marrone
I heart you, You haunt me by Lisa Schroeder
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Lily Dale: Awakening by Wendi Corsi Staub
Lily Dale: Believing by Wendy Corsi Staub (Lily Dale: Connecting comes out ) November 25, 2008)
Got Fangs by Katie Maxwell
Circus of the Darned by Katie Maxwell (second to Got Fangs)
Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude by Rosemary Graham
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s my Prince!? By Melissa Kantor
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Sliver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Waves by Sharon Dogar
The Upper Class
Thirsty by M!.T!. Anderson
Glass by Ellen Hopkins (the 2nd one to crank)
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
The Clique series by Lisa Harrington
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sacher
One of those Hideous Books where the Mom Dies by Sonya Sones
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Totally Joe by James Howe
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Solarz
White is for Magic by Laurie Faria Solarz (second in Blue is for Nightmares series)
Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Faria Solarz (third in Blue is for Nightmares series)
Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Solarz ( fourth and last book in Blue is for Nightmares series)
Gossip times Three by Amy Goldman Koss
The Sight by David Clemet-Davies
Massive by Julia Bell
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Dark Angel By David Klass
The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: Ninth Grade Slays By Heather Brewer
Heavy Metal and You by Christopher Krovatin
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
When It Happens by Susane Colasanti
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
The Outsiders by S!.E!. Hinton
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening (1st in The Vampire Diaries series)
The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle (2nd in the Vampire Diaries series)
The Vampire Diaries: The Fury (3rd in the Vampire Diaries series)
The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion (4th and last in the Vampire Diaries series)
i love them all and because u like twilight i think u will like them all!. my favs outta this list would b vampire kisses, marked series, and City of bones series!. they all have some romance in them :]Www@QuestionHome@Com
These are some of my favs, hope you like them!. The Sarah dessen books are really good, I read aall of them, they are really good, and every one is total romance! Sorry I can't give a description, but there are too many!. Again, SOrry!!!
Don't listen to Mrs!. Katie Cullen, she stole my list!
2) Vampire Kisses, Kissing Coffins, Vampireville, and Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber Vampire Kisses #5 comes out June 24 this year!.
3) Vampire Beach #1 by Alex Duval
4) Vampire Beach #2 by Alex Duval
5) Vampire Beach #3 by Alex Duval
6) Vampire Beach #4 by Alex Duval
7) Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
8) Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
9) This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
10) That Summer by Sarah Dessen
11) Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
12) The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
13) Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
14) Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
15) Beautiful City of the Dead by Leander Watts
16) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
17) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
18) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare- doesn’t come out until March 29, 2009
19) Gifts by Ursula K!. LeGuin
20) Powers by Ursula K!. LeGuin
21) Voices by Ursula K!. LeGuin
22) Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
23) The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
24) Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
25) Specials by Scott Westerfeld
26) Extras by Scott Westerfeld
27) Perfect by Natasha Friend
28) Oh my Goth by Gena Showalter
29) Define Normal by Julie Ann Peters
30) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
31) Frostbite( second book to Vampire Academy) by Richelle Mead
32) Marked by P!.C!. Cast (1st in the house of night series)
33) Betrayed by P!.C!. Cast(2nd in the house of night series)
34) Chosen by P!.C!. Cast (3rd in the house of night series)
35) Untamed by P!.C!. Cast (4th in the house of night series)- comes out on September 30, 2008
36) Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
37) Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz(2nd to blue bloods)
38) Fledgling by Octavia E!. Butler
39) Keeping You a Secret by Julie Ann Peters
40) Uninvited by Amanda Marrone
41) I heart you, You haunt me by Lisa Schroeder
42) I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
43) Crank by Ellen Hopkins
44) Lily Dale: Awakening by Wendi Corsi Staub
45) Lily Dale: Believing by Wendy Corsi Staub (Lily Dale: Connecting comes out ) November 25, 2008)
46) Got Fangs by Katie Maxwell
47) Circus of the Darned by Katie Maxwell (second to Got Fangs)
48) Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude by Rosemary Graham
49) If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s my Prince!? By Melissa Kantor
50) Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
51) The Sliver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
52) Waves by Sharon Dogar
53) The Upper Class
54) Thirsty by M!.T!. Anderson
55) Glass by Ellen Hopkins (the 2nd one to crank)
56) A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
58) Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
59) The Giver by Lois Lowry
60) Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sacher
61) One of those Hideous Books where the Mom Dies by Sonya Sones
62) Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
63) When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
64) Totally Joe by James Howe
65) Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
66) Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Solarz
67) White is for Magic by Laurie Faria Solarz (second in Blue is for Nightmares series)
68) Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Faria Solarz (third in Blue is for Nightmares series)
69) Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Solarz ( fourth and last book in Blue is for Nightmares series)
70) Gossip times Three by Amy Goldman Koss
71) The Sight by David Clemet-Davies
72) Massive by Julia Bell
73) The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
74) Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
75) Dark Angel By David Klass
76) The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
77) The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd: Ninth Grade Slays By Heather Brewer
78) Heavy Metal and You by Christopher Krovatin
79) Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
80) When It Happens by Susane Colasanti
81) Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
82) The Outsiders by S!.E!. Hinton
83) Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
84) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
85) The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening (1st in The Vampire Diaries series)
86) The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle (2nd in the Vampire Diaries series)
87) The Vampire Diaries: The Fury (3rd in the Vampire Diaries series)
88) The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion (4th and last in the Vampire Diaries series)Www@QuestionHome@Com