Biblio Staff Recommends... Romantic Novels
What are we reading this month? Check out our romantic novel recommendations from the knowledgeable and friendly staff at Biblio.com!
Frieda Carson |
The Princess BrideWilliam Goldman The Princess Bride is one of the most romantic books ever written, and not just because Buttercup and Westley are in love. The author comments on true love in many forms. Get the 30th Anniversary Edition. It includes the first chapter of Buttercup's Baby, and some good reading group questions in the back of the book. |
Sandy Sawyer |
The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger I really like it because it is such an atypical love story. Even though the story line closely resembles that of a science fiction novel, there's a strong bond between the two characters that makes it easy to relate to. |
Love in the Time of CholeraGabriel Garcia Marquez I haven't read it in many years, but it's such an emotional, heart-wrenching book that I find the plot hard to forget. I just remember picking this book up one day and being so consumed in it I read it cover to cover in a day without any sleep. |
James Hemphill |
Dead Until DarkCharlaine Harris The Sookie Stackhouse books are Gothic vampire tales crossed with Southern romance. This series of books can intrigue the romance reader and fans of the vampire mythos. |
Still Life With WoodpeckerTom Robbins An intriguing look into redheads and Camels that will resonate with fans of off-the-wall humour. |
Allen Singleton |
The River WhyDavid James Duncan It's not that I find trout romantic, but the love story that runs through this book is unexpected, and profound. |
Tracy Sherar |
EmmaJane Austen First published in 1816, Jane Austen's Emma is about an unconventional heroine-and one whom Austen thought no one but herself would like. Emma Woodhouse is bright, beautiful, and rich; she is also snobbish and judgmental, and she can be cruel, with a tendency to interfere in other people's lives. The novel moves toward a not unexpected but perfectly satisfying conclusion, and in the process introduces Austen's usual cast of amusing, pretentious, hypocritical, and/or dim-witted characters, including the appalling, nouveau riche Mrs. Elton, and Emma's widowed father, one of the most insufferable (and delightful) neurotics in literature. |
Jim Hurst |
OutlanderDiana Gabaldon Time travel and passion in the Scottish highlands! While sightseeing, Claire Randall is whisked back through time to the Scottish Highlands of 1743. She marries a fierce Scottish soldier for survival's sake and finds a love that transcends time. |



