That’s what Ramin is after in IT HAD TO BE HIM (Forever, 384 pp., $26). Dumped when he tried to propose to a man who added ...

With each genre, novels have different levels of intensity. For romance books, some will make you cry uncontrollably, others will make you laugh. Certain books are extremely complex, making you go ...

Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...

Scrolling through #booktok one recent evening, I came across something rare: a popular trend for couples that actually made me want to participate. The “BookTok Boyfriend Challenge” involves people ...

Happily ever after. These three words form the backbone of the romance genre. Because no matter how fraught the journey, in romance, the protagonists will be together by the story’s end. This is the ...

Fewer teens are reading for fun these days than they were about a decade ago. That's according to a federal survey of 13-year-olds. It also found that when they do read for pleasure, they're doing so ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Romance novels have always spiced up quiet nights. Now, a genre that has sometimes been dismissed as a guilty pleasure is bringing readers and writers together through social ...

If you’re reading this on a quiet Saturday, know this: you are not alone. The right book can sit beside you like a friend, and love (both the kind you read about and the kind you live) has a way of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Romantasy. Time-travel. Queer romance — these are just a sample of the subgenres celebrated at South Florida's first romance-only bookstore. For the ...

Ally Hartman was starting to sweat. Hartman, co-owner of the recently opened Anchorage romance bookstore Beauty and the Book, hadn’t yet opened the door. And already, a line that started with about a ...

St. Patrick's Day is upon us and you might be skipping the festivities and staying home for some reading time. If that's the case, you can still get into the spirit of the holiday by picking up a few ...

Pop some popcorn, slip into something more comfortable and heat things up with these old Hollywood movies that pair perfectly with these sultry new romance reads Amazon; Snap/Shutterstock It’s ...