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Colleen Hoover's books range from heartbreaking but mostly chaste to dark and explicit. Here are 12 of her novels rated on a five-flame scale, with content notes so you can pick the right one for your mood.
The Hating Game is two office rivals, one shared desk and a slow slide from loathing to longing. Here are 10 books that match a specific piece of it: workplace sparring, forced proximity, fake dating and the grumpy-versus-sunshine pairing.
Wondering how spicy fae romance really is? Here are 11 books about faeries, fae courts and the Folk, from The Iron King to A Court of Silver Flames, rated on a 0 to 5 heat scale with a content note for each.
Beach Read is two rival writers, one summer and a bet to swap genres. Here are 10 books that match a specific piece of it: writers in love, enemies to lovers banter, grief under the jokes, and small towns with a hidden ache.
Wondering how spicy vampire romance really is? Here are 11 vampire books, from Carmilla to Dark Lover, rated on a 0 to 5 heat scale with a one-line content note for each.
Daisy Jones & The Six is a fictional 1970s rock band told as an oral history, with a volatile creative partnership at its center. Here are 10 books that match one specific piece of it: the format, the music, the fame, or the love story you can't quite name.
Dark academia is moody, tense and obsessive, but how spicy is it really? Here are 12 dark academia and campus-set books rated from 0 to 5 on heat, with a one-line content note for each.
The Cruel Prince is a mortal girl, a cruel fae court, and an enemies-to-lovers slow burn built on scheming. Here are 10 books that match one specific piece of it, from fae politics to hateful heroes to heroines who win by being clever.
Small town romance can mean a closed-door cup of cocoa or a barn-door slammed at midnight. Here are 12 small town romances rated on a five-flame scale, so you can match the heat to your mood.
Readers keep reaching for heroines who are prickly, selfish, numb, or openly difficult. Here is why the unlikeable female narrator works so well, and 12 books where she runs the whole show.
Donna Tartt's The Secret History is the novel every dark academia reader measures the rest against. If you finished it and want more of the same cold beauty, here are 10 readalikes, each matched to the element of Tartt's book it captures best.
Some books leave you with a hangover. Others leave you with an itch to write. From Stephen King's On Writing to Jo March's attic in Little Women, here are 12 books that turn readers into writers.