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As readers always interested in finding and sharing titles, the book review editors launched a sure-bet survey last summer in advance of LJ’s yearlong celebration of our 150th anniversary. This month, we feature the romance genre. These are stories that follow the arc of a relationship as characters fall in love and navigate the various steps—both wonderfully swoony and heartrendingly rocky—along that path.

Get in the holiday spirit with these love stories that take place during Christmas and Hanukkah.

Sports romance for the win. From hockey to baseball, these titles have it all.

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

These contemporary romances by Emily Henry, Jenn McKinlay, and KJ Micciche all feature librarians falling in love.

Savor these contemporary romances featuring a sous-chef at a Michelin-starred Maine restaurant and a hotshot NYC cook who has just relocated to Spunes, OR.

Readers seeking magical love stories will enjoy these novels featuring a professor of supernatural studies, a guardian angel, a witch, and a half-demon.

Fall in love with Hollywood while reading these romance novels about the film industry.

These wintry holiday romances feature Christmas, the winter solstice, Hanukkah, and Ramadan.