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Ah, love! What better way to indulge in the feeling of love than with a good romance novel? Romantic fiction is very important because it may be the only art form developed for women by women. Romantic fiction looks at the world only through the eyes of women – which may be the reason why the genre is so popular among females. They’re a great pass time – but don’t base your expectations of love on a really good book – although it may be hard to resist with this top 5.
Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen in 1813. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness to form the foundation of love.
The story of forbidden love – The Thorn Birds revolves around Meggie who loses the love of Ralph to his faith and his commitment to the Church, and then she loses their son twice: first to the priesthood and then to his own selflessness. This novel is both hearts wrenching and sadly a reality for many – even to this day.
The Time Traveler’s Wife is a love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences. The twists and turns of this novel will leave you eager for their love to prosper.
The Notebook by Nicholas sparks is the romance novel that will pull on your heartstrings. Fun fact: This was Sparks’ first published novel. The novel opens with Noah Calhoun, an old man, reading to a woman in a nursing home. The story he tells her is about a young couple in love – but, what happens at the end of this book will bring you to tears.
The Fault in our Stars revolves around two cancer-afflicted teenagers Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer support group. The two of them embark on a journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam where they fall in love – but will cancer tear them apart?
