BookTok Romance Books

BookTok loves a good romance — and these are the ones that truly took off. Tear-jerkers, slow burns, messy relationships, soft love stories, second-chance romance… it's all here. Perfect if you want emotional chaos without the endless TikTok scrolling.

Book Summaries

Icebreaker

by Hannah Grace

She's a figure skater, he's a hockey captain, and a shared rink makes avoiding him impossible.

3.73

1.3M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛸️ Figure Skating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trust Rebuilding

Immersive

Icebreaker

She's a figure skater, he's a hockey captain, and a shared rink makes avoiding him impossible.

by Hannah Grace 2022 447 pages

3.73

1.3M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛸️ Figure Skating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trust Rebuilding

The Rom-Commers

by Katherine Center • 2024

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

4.04

200k+

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

The Rom-Commers

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

by Katherine Center 2024 336 pages

4.04

200k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance ☀️🌧️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

Fangirl Down

by Tessa Bailey • 2024

To save his career, a surly golf pro makes his most devoted fan his caddie.

3.77

100k+

🏌️ Sports Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💫 Fangirl Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏆 Sports Comeback

Fangirl Down

To save his career, a surly golf pro makes his most devoted fan his caddie.

by Tessa Bailey 2024 380 pages

3.77

100k+ ratings

🏌️ Sports Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💫 Fangirl Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏆 Sports Comeback

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

400k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016 316 pages

4.03

400k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Dating Plan

by Sara Desai • 2021

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

3.62

47k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family

The Dating Plan

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

by Sara Desai 2021 353 pages

3.62

47k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family

How to End a Love Story

by Yulin Kuang • 2024

Her novel becomes a TV show. The writers' room includes the man linked to her sister's death.

3.61

100k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✍️ Writers' Room 🎬 Hollywood Setting 😮‍💨 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

How to End a Love Story

Her novel becomes a TV show. The writers' room includes the man linked to her sister's death.

by Yulin Kuang 2024 384 pages

3.61

100k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✍️ Writers' Room 🎬 Hollywood Setting 😮‍💨 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

800k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018 432 pages

4.21

800k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

The Graham Effect

by Elle Kennedy

To make Team USA, a hockey icon's daughter needs coaching from her ex's teammate.

4.17

200k+

🏒 College Hockey 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 🖤 Traumatized Hero 🔥 High Steam

Immersive

The Graham Effect

To make Team USA, a hockey icon's daughter needs coaching from her ex's teammate.

by Elle Kennedy 2023 498 pages

4.17

200k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 🖤 Traumatized Hero 🔥 High Steam

Better Than the Movies

by Lynn Painter

A rom-com obsessed teen fake-dates her aggravating neighbor to make her childhood crush notice her.

4.25

800k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 📚 High School Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Slow Burn

Immersive

Better Than the Movies

A rom-com obsessed teen fake-dates her aggravating neighbor to make her childhood crush notice her.

by Lynn Painter 2021 356 pages

4.25

800k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 📚 High School Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Slow Burn

Romancing the Duke

by Tessa Dare • 2014

A penniless woman inherits a crumbling castle, but the blind, scarred duke inside refuses to leave.

3.88

53k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌼 Plain Heroine ✍️ Writer Heroine

Romancing the Duke

A penniless woman inherits a crumbling castle, but the blind, scarred duke inside refuses to leave.

by Tessa Dare 2014 370 pages

3.88

53k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌼 Plain Heroine ✍️ Writer Heroine

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

400k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Flatshare

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019 394 pages

3.98

400k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

When in Rome

by Sarah Adams • 2022

Stranded in Rome, Kentucky, a pop star finds herself at the mercy of a guarded baker.

3.87

200k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎵 Music Industry

When in Rome

Stranded in Rome, Kentucky, a pop star finds herself at the mercy of a guarded baker.

by Sarah Adams 2022 320 pages

3.87

200k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎵 Music Industry

The Hating Game

by Sally Thorne • 2016

Rival assistants. One promotion. A game of hate that feels suspiciously like love.

3.86

800k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Banter

The Hating Game

Rival assistants. One promotion. A game of hate that feels suspiciously like love.

by Sally Thorne 2016 365 pages

3.86

800k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Banter

Fourth Wing

by Rebecca Yarros

A frail scribe forced into a dragon war college answers to the son of the man her mother killed.

4.57

3.6M+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Rider Academy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🌑 Shadow Daddy ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Immersive

Fourth Wing

A frail scribe forced into a dragon war college answers to the son of the man her mother killed.

by Rebecca Yarros 2023 517 pages

4.57

3.6M+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Rider Academy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🌑 Shadow Daddy ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

4.15

4.3M+

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

Immersive

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

by Sarah J. Maas 2015 419 pages

4.15

4.3M+ ratings

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

The Duke and I

by Julia Quinn • 2000

A duke refusing marriage and a debutante seeking suitors fake a courtship, then fall in love.

3.80

700k+

🎭 Fake Courtship 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Traumatized Hero 😈 Reformed Rake 🔥 Steamy

The Duke and I

A duke refusing marriage and a debutante seeking suitors fake a courtship, then fall in love.

by Julia Quinn 2000 384 pages

3.80

700k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Courtship 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Traumatized Hero 😈 Reformed Rake 🔥 Steamy

Good Girl Complex

by Elle Kennedy • 2022

When a bartender seduces his enemy's girlfriend, revenge feels sweet until the feelings get real.

3.57

100k+

😈 Revenge To Love 🏖️ Small Beach Town 💰 Class Divide Romance 🎓 College Romance 💕 Opposites Attract

Good Girl Complex

When a bartender seduces his enemy's girlfriend, revenge feels sweet until the feelings get real.

by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages

3.57

100k+ ratings

😈 Revenge To Love 🏖️ Small Beach Town 💰 Class Divide Romance 🎓 College Romance 💕 Opposites Attract

A Fate of Wrath & Flame

by K.A. Tucker • 2021

A street thief wakes inside a murdered princess, betrothed to her accuser: the immortal king.

4.07

40k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Fated Mates 💍 Hidden Powers 👑 Royal Court Intrigue

A Fate of Wrath & Flame

A street thief wakes inside a murdered princess, betrothed to her accuser: the immortal king.

by K.A. Tucker 2021 547 pages

4.07

40k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Fated Mates 💍 Hidden Powers 👑 Royal Court Intrigue

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston • 2019

First Son Alex and Prince Henry stage a friendship for the cameras, only to secretly fall in love.

4.05

1.2M+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🤫 Secret Romance 💌 Love Letters 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Immersive

Red, White & Royal Blue

First Son Alex and Prince Henry stage a friendship for the cameras, only to secretly fall in love.

by Casey McQuiston 2019 443 pages

4.05

1.2M+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🤫 Secret Romance 💌 Love Letters 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover

A florist falls for a neurosurgeon and slowly recognizes the violence her mother never escaped.

4.08

4.6M+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 💌 First Love Returns 💍 Marriage In Crisis ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Heartbreaking Romance

Immersive

It Ends with Us

A florist falls for a neurosurgeon and slowly recognizes the violence her mother never escaped.

by Colleen Hoover 2016 386 pages

4.08

4.6M+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 💌 First Love Returns 💍 Marriage In Crisis ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Heartbreaking Romance

Corrupt

by Penelope Douglas

Three years ago masked men claimed her. Now they're back to destroy her, and she still wants them.

3.78

400k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Dark College Romance 😈 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Revenge Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Immersive

Corrupt

Three years ago masked men claimed her. Now they're back to destroy her, and she still wants them.

by Penelope Douglas 2015 516 pages

3.78

400k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Dark College Romance 😈 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Revenge Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

From Lukov with Love

by Mariana Zapata • 2018

A figure skater's last comeback: partner with the rival she's spent years despising.

4.18

200k+

⛸️ Figure Skating ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💔 Emotional Angst

From Lukov with Love

A figure skater's last comeback: partner with the rival she's spent years despising.

by Mariana Zapata 2018 493 pages

4.18

200k+ ratings

⛸️ Figure Skating ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💔 Emotional Angst

The Unhoneymooners

by Christina Lauren • 2019

A food-poisoning outbreak spares only her and her nemesis, forcing them into a fake Maui honeymoon.

3.89

1.1M+

💢 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🚪 Forced Proximity 🏖️ Vacation Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Unhoneymooners

A food-poisoning outbreak spares only her and her nemesis, forcing them into a fake Maui honeymoon.

by Christina Lauren 2019 432 pages

3.89

1.1M+ ratings

💢 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🚪 Forced Proximity 🏖️ Vacation Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn

Love, Theoretically

by Ali Hazelwood

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

4.08

600k+

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating ⚔️ Academic Rivals 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine

Immersive

Love, Theoretically

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023 389 pages

4.08

600k+ ratings

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating ⚔️ Academic Rivals 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine

Shatter Me

by Tahereh Mafi

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

3.84

1.2M+

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🫂 Found Family

Immersive

Shatter Me

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

by Tahereh Mafi 2011 338 pages

3.84

1.2M+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🫂 Found Family

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

4.30

2M+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

Immersive

The Song of Achilles

An exile loves the warrior destined to die at Troy, their bond defying gods and fate.

by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages

4.30

2M+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling ⚔️ Trojan War 💛 Friends To Lovers 💔 Doomed Love 🩹 Healer And Warrior

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

4.39

4.1M+

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

Immersive

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 389 pages

4.39

4.1M+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

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