Browse all our articles, featuring books that contain an element of romance, whether that be simmering romantic tension or a full blown love affair — heartwarming, heart breaking or heart racing!
Recent standout reads for us in the romance genre are Ashley Poston’s The Seven Year Slip, Pip Williams’ The Bookbinder and Mhairi McFarlane’s Last Night. And, it would be hard to go wrong with some of our all time top romance reads such as the iconic One Day, The Flatshare and The Time Traveller’s Wife, the quirky under-appreciated gem Resistance Is Futile and the uplifting Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.
Finally, if you too think romance and humour make the perfect match, then we recommend checking out our most popular Book List: 30 Top Romantic Comedy Novels.
Nicole Mones’ The Last Chinese Chef is a delicious escape for foodies and romantics alike. The Last Chinese Chef Synopsis: This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light…
LJM Owen’s Olmec Obituary is the first novel in the fascinating series: Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth. Really cold cases. Read on for our review. Olmec Obituary Synopsis Yearning for her former life as an archaeologist, Australian librarian Dr. Elizabeth Pimms is struggling with a…
In Good Money, J M Green introduces fabulous leading lady Stella Hardy – a wisecracking social worker with a thirst for social justice, good laksa, and alcohol. Good Money Book Synopsis: Stella’s phone rings. A young African boy, the son…
Beauty is a Wound is the first of Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan’s novels to be translated into English. Beauty is a Wound Synopsis: Compulsively readable, Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humour, and romance in an astonishing epic novel,…
Resurrection Bay is Emma Viskic’s multi-award-winning Australian crime fiction debut that has gone on to become an international bestseller. Resurrection Bay Synopsis Caleb Zelic, profoundly deaf since early childhood, has always lived on the outside – watching, picking up telltale signs…
Fever of Animals Synopsis : Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award 2014 For nearly five years I have wanted to write something about the surrealist painter Emil Bafdescu: about his paintings, one of which hangs in a little restaurant in…
Muse Synopsis : Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices on Union Square belie the treasures of its list. Thanks to his boss, the flamboyant Homer Stern,…
Kate Forsyth’s The Beast’s Garden is a retelling of the Grimm’s Beauty and The Beast, set in Nazi Germany. The Beast’s Garden Synopsis ‘Ava fell in love the night the Nazis first showed their true nature to the world .’ It’s…
The Bit in Between is a strong debut from Claire Varley, a novel that is a potent combination of entertainment and meaning, hilarity and sorrow – the epitome of life. The Bit in Between Synopsis: There are seven billion people in the world. This is…
Jenny T Colgan’s Resistance Is Futile is a wonderful romantic comedy come save-the-world adventure with a rebellious, geeky tone. Read on for our full review of this under-appreciated gem. Resistance Is Futile Synopsis: She’s smart. She’s funny. But she’s only human…. As a…
Wave Synopsis : I remember how you were, not how you are. We were we until we became you and I. Midori and Âu Cô are international university students tasting freedom from family for the first time. They discover Melbourne and each other….
Deborah O’Brien does not shout her message. The Trivia Man is a slow-burning and almost quiet read, but its depth of meaning creeps up on you. The Trivia Man Synopsis: From the author of Mr Chen’s Emporium comes a quirky and…
Modern Romance Synopsis : ‘An Investigation’, co-authored by Eric Klinenberg People today have more romantic options than at any point in human history, and thanks to social media, smartphones and online dating, our abilities to connect with these options are staggering. Yet we…
Lion Attack! Synopsis : From an inaugural winner of the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers comes a funny, energetic coming-of-age story that isn’t quite like any other book you’ll read this year. Oliver is a writer who’s just moved cities. He…
When Celeste was kidnapped a century ago and turned against her will by a cruel vampire fighter, she expected to spend her doomed eternity as his slave, chained in the darkness, and she questioned her ability to survive. But things…
Ann Turner’s debut novel The Lost Swimmer is an entertaining and compelling contemporary thriller, that would easily translate to the big screen. The Lost Swimmer Synopsis: Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor, makes sense of the past for a living. But suddenly, truth…
