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Romantic Books for People Who Hate Romance Novels

Here’s the thing: sometimes, you just want to read a good love story. Or at least, something with a little sex, a little passion, a few dramatic swoons. But a romance novel, per se? Nothing so gaudy or slapdash for you! You need real literature. Well, person who I’ve just made up (though I know you’re out there), here’s the answer: a selection of romantic books that will rev your motor (emotional or otherwise) but don’t fall into that taboo category of cheap paper and cheaper storylines. After the jump, 50 romantic novels for people who hate romance novels
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Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
1
André Aciman
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
2
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
3
Boris Pasternak
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
4
John Wyndham
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
5
James Baldwin
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
7
Gabriel García Márquez
History of a Pleasure Seeker
History of a Pleasure Seeker
8
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (Adelle Waldman)
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
9
Adelle Waldman
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
Tipping the Velvet
12
Sarah Waters
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
13
Jennifer Egan
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
14
Virginia Woolf
Lord of Misrule
Lord of Misrule
15
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
16
Djuna Barnes
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
17
Erin Morgenstern
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
18
Gustave Flaubert
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
19
Kingsley Amis
Atmospheric Disturbances
Atmospheric Disturbances
20
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
21
Ernest Hemingway
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
22
Gary Shteyngart
The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary
23
All Is Forgotten Nothing Is Lost
All Is Forgotten Nothing Is Lost
24
Schematics a Love Story
Schematics a Love Story
25
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
26
Griffin and Sabine
Griffin and Sabine
27
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
28
Evelyn Waugh
We
We
29
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
30
Nick Hornby
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
31
Helen Oyeyemi
Swamplandia (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia
32
Karen Russell
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
33
Jeffrey Eugenides
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
34
Katherine Dunn
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
35
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
36
Italo Calvino
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
37
Edith Wharton
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
38
Marguerite Duras
The Virgins
The Virgins
39
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
40
Frank Herbert
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