EmilyBooks of love offer a way to explore the human dimension of affection and intense emotional ties through literature. Getting lost in their pages is more than entertainment; it allows us to identify aspects of our daily lives.

Literature offers us the possibility of seeing different facets of our lives reflected in stories and, from there, reflecting and fantasizing in equal parts.

Fully recommended love books

Below you can see a selection of love books that deal with different aspects of the passionate, romantic and tragic that this feeling sometimes involves. They are not ordered according to any particular criteria, so feel free to search through them based on your interests.

1. This is how you lose it (Junot Díaz)

A book about love composed of stories that cover practically all the sides of this feeling . Stories of betrayal, of loneliness and illusion, and also of despair, all expressed in simple language that corresponds to the way we speak in everyday life.

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2. Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)

One of the best known novels by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. The story of two people who, after living apart for decades, consider the possibility of starting a real relationship as they approach old age .

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3. Love lasts three years (Frédéric Beigbeder)

Where does the crush stage end and the downhill stage begin? The protagonist of this novel is determined that the moment when the relationship turns three years old is the point of no return from which it is impossible to return in anticipation .

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4. Like water for chocolate (Laura Esquivel)

One of the best known books on love in Mexican literature. The story, which takes place during the Mexican Revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, tells of a young woman who, despite being in love with her childhood sweetheart , is forbidden to marry any man , since she is expected to take care of the older members of the family when they reach old age. This work is also known for expressing ideas and sensations through the use of parts that talk about the typical cuisine and gastronomy of the region.

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5. A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)

The love story between a young rebel and a teenage girl whose father is a reverend. Little by little the relationship will bring out aspects of the protagonists’ personalities that they did not know. This is one of the best rated teenage dramas by this well-known writer , who already has several works adapted to the big screen, this book being one of them.

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6. One plus one (Jojo Moyes)

A surprisingly funny love novel, centered on the story of a single mother who, with so many responsibilities that she can only dream of having a life in which she can be in control and how meeting a man transforms the lives of both of them .

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7. The Turkish Passion (Antonio Gala)

One of the most important aspects of love is the impulsiveness associated with passion . This book perfectly reflects this ingredient of romanticism through the story of a woman who leaves everything behind for a relationship born on a trip to Turkey.

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8. The Lover (Marguerite Duras)

One of the best known love books, is already part of the classics even though it was published in the mid-1980s. This story is about the relationship of a young woman from a recently ruined family and a wealthy Chinese man.

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9. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)

Considered by Tolstoy the first true novel written by him, the story of Anna Karenina is one of the best known narratives about forbidden love in a deeply conservative and patriarchal society . For lovers of romantic stories with a tragic background.

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10. Under the Same Star (John Green)

One of the best known books on love aimed at a young audience. It tells the story of a couple of teenagers who, determined to make the most of the time they spend together because of the influence of the cancer they have been diagnosed with, set out together to meet a writer. It has a version adapted for the cinema and released in 2014.

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11. Bad Girl Mischief (Mario Vargas Llosa)

This work, which was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a love story about two young people who meet in different parts of the world , halfway through their lives and experience different funny situations based on spontaneity.

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12. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)

One of the love books that cannot be missing from any selection of 19th century English literature. It is a classic not only because of the quality of the characters’ construction, but also because of the way in which the most turbulent facet of love is portrayed.

13. The Bridges of Madison (Robert James Waller)

One of the best novels about mature love, that which is established between people of middle age or older. The magnetism of the story being told and the style of narration made this work so appealing that the opportunity to adapt it to the cinema arose, creating another of the best romantic films in existence.

14. The Princes Charming Also Fade (Megan Maxwell)

A story about love’s potential to complicate our lives while giving us second chances. Knowing oneself as the brother and sister of a couple in their downtime can be a totally frustrating context.

15. My Island (Elisabet Benavent)

Although it is said that knowledge makes us free, having gone through certain experiences can lead us to just the opposite: to see how the range of possibilities to choose is narrowed down again. This is what happens to Maggie, the protagonist of this novel, who tries to keep her past locked up… with little success, as the emotional wounds of those memories open up again and again. However, a second chance at love could change all that.