CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Addiction by Jessica Hawkins
Bared to You by Sylvia Day
Beard in Mind by Penny Reid
Beard Science by Penny Reid
Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren
Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren
The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken
Bet Me by Lila Monroe
Cheater's Regret by Rachel Van Dyken
Dating You Hating You by Christina Lauren
Dirty Headlines by L.J. Shen
The Doctor by Nikki Sloane
Domination by Jessica Hawkins
Friends with Benefits by Penny Reid
Get Lucky by Lila Monroe
Guilty As Sin by Meghan March
I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting
In Flight by R. K. Lilley
It Takes Two by Nikki Sloane
Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
My Favorite Half Night Stand by Christina Lauren
Obsession by Jessica Hawkins
One More Rule by Nikki Sloane
Park Avenue Prince by Louise Bay
Possession by Jessica Hawkins
Provocation by Jessica Hawkins
Richer Than Sin by Meghan March
Roomies by Christina Lauren
Taming Him by Kennedy Fox
Three Blind Dates by Meghan Quinn
Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane
Three Sweet Nothings by Nikki Sloane
Wicked Wedding by Sawyer Bennett
FICTION
The Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Husbands and Other Sharp Objects by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
Our House by Louise Candlish
The Power by Naomi Alderman
NEW ADULT
Bad Intentions by Charleigh Rose
Bane by L.J. Shen
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
The Chase by Elle Kennedy
Co-Ed by Rachel Van Dyken
Cracked Kingdom by Erin Watt
Dirty Doctor by Whitney G
Elect by Rachel Van Dyken
Elite by Rachel Van Dyken
The End Zone by L.J. Shen
Fall by Kristen Callihan
Gentleman Nine by Penelope Ward
The Goal by Elle Kennedy
I Dare You by Ilsa Madden Mills
Jock Row by Sara Ney
Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins
Like Gravity by Julie Johnson
Love Sincerely Yours by Sara Ney & Meghan Quinn
Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington
Midnight Blue by L.J. Shen
Misadventures of a College Girl by Lauren Rowe
Misadventures of the Night Shift by Lauren Rowe
Mister Tonight by Kendall Ryan
The Moment of Letting Go by J.A. Redmerski
Nash by Jay Crownover
P.S. I Love You by Winter Renshaw
Reasonable Doubt by Whitney G
Roman by Sawyer Bennett
Roommates with Benefits by Nicole Williams
Royally Endowed by Emma Chase
Royally Matched by Emma Chase
Summer Heat by Rachel Van Dyken
Summer Seduction by Rachel Van Dyken
Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren
Thirty Day Boyfriend by Whitney G
Two Weeks Notice by Whitney G
The Wright Brother by K.A. Linde
Wrong by Jane Aston
The Wrong Kind of Love by Lexi Ryan
NON-FICTION
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure by Amy Kaufman
How to Be a Bawse by Lilly Singh
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D.
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Super Better by Jane McGonigal
ROMANCE / SUSPENSE
Beneath These Lies by Meghan March
Blood to Dust by L.J. Shen
Monster in his Eyes by J.R. Darhower
Torture in his Eyes by J.R. Darhower
SUSPENSE / THRILLER
Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
YOUNG ADULT
The Book of Luke by Jenny O'Connell
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein
Everless by Sara Holland
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills
The Hard Count by Ginger Scott
It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Relative Strangers by Paula Garner
Save the Date by Morgan Matson
Say You'll Remember Me by Katie McGarry
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Starlight by Stacey Kade
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
When Elephants Fly by Nancy Richardson Fischer
The Wrong Side of Right by Jen Marie Thorne
The XY by Virginia Bergin
*Bold = My Favorites
A few important things I need to mention:
Everything written by Nikki Sloane is high on the steam factor (graphic sex scenes), and most of her books involve some type of taboo. Every single one of her books is very good because she's an incredibly talented writer, but I felt the need to mention this because it's not for everyone.
The following is a list of others to avoid if you aren't a fan of dark romance:
Monster in His Eyes duet by J.A. Redmerski
How to Date A Douchebag series by Sara Ney (not dark but they are pretty vulgar and sexually explicit)
Reasonable Doubt by Whitney G (again, extremely graphic)
Obsession series by Jessica Hawkins
Blood to Dust by L.J. Shen
The following books I found especially interesting and/or unique:
Everything written by Nikki Sloane is high on the steam factor (graphic sex scenes), and most of her books involve some type of taboo. Every single one of her books is very good because she's an incredibly talented writer, but I felt the need to mention this because it's not for everyone.
The following is a list of others to avoid if you aren't a fan of dark romance:
Monster in His Eyes duet by J.A. Redmerski
How to Date A Douchebag series by Sara Ney (not dark but they are pretty vulgar and sexually explicit)
Reasonable Doubt by Whitney G (again, extremely graphic)
Obsession series by Jessica Hawkins
Blood to Dust by L.J. Shen
The following books I found especially interesting and/or unique:
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Relative Strangers by Paula Garner (love her!)
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (2012 Pulitzer Prize winner)
Our House by Louise Candlish
When Elephants Fly by Nancy Richardson Fischer
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
IDF (I did not finish) list or those I felt were a waste of time:
The XY by Virginia Bergin
Summer Heat series by Rachel Van Dyken
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
P.S. I Love You by Winter Renshaw
Love Sincerely Yours by Sara Ney & Meghan Quinn
Wicked Wedding by Sawyer Bennett
Bared to You by Sylvia Day
In Flight by R. K. Lilley
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Wrong by Jane Aston
Taming Him by Kennedy Fox
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
Roommates with Benefits by Nicole Williams
The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll
