Romance Books for When You're in Your 20s (and Don't Relate to Teenagers Anymore)
Like romance? In your 20s? Can't relate to awkward and dramatic high schoolers? Also not into bodice-rippers and bonnet-rippers? This is the list for you! Here are some romance books that feature main characters in their 20s, in college, attending their friends' weddings, or starting their careers and falling/stumbling into love along the way. May contain some spice.
For those who like workplace romances!
For those who like renaissance fairs!
For those who like fake dating! And science!
For those who like enemies to lovers on vacation!
For those who like regency era romances!
For those who still enjoy workplace romances!
For those who like fake dating! And Hollywood!
For those who like small town romances!
For those who like virtual flirting!
For those who like forbidden love!
For those who like plus-sized female romantic leads!
For those who like love at first sight!
For those who like fanfiction and plus-sized representation!
For those who like enemies-to-lovers who are forced to work together!
For those who like fake-dating for an ex's wedding!
For those who like fanfiction and campus cuties!
For those who like fake-marriages!
For those who appreciate a mixture of sass with serious topics (in this case, infertility).
For those who like polar opposites and unexpected legal guardianship!
For those who like falling for your nemesis on a beach!
For those who like enemies to lovers, but as roommates!
For those who like forced proximity and second chances!
For those who like enemies to lovers stuck together in a dangerous situation!
For those who like meet cutes and city folk in a small town vibes!
For those who like science, nerd love, and secret pining!
For those who like physics, romantic academic rivalry, and Type 1 diabetes representation!
For those who like forced proximity with a smitten gynecologist taking care of his pregnant frenemy!
For those who like secret pining and romantic miscommunication (it's so worth it).
For those that like an enemies-to-lovers marriage of convenience between a Wall Street girl boss and a rugged ex-marine!
For those who like the playboy falling for a girl who sees more in him!
For those who like fake dating and regency era romance!
For those that like strangers to lovers (warning: includes an emotionally abusive ex-relationship).