Once you’ve finished A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, you’ll undoubtedly be jealous of those who get to experience it for the first time.
The Best Romance of 2024
In 2024, the rom-com fractured into a million different variations (A take on “Good Luck Chuck”! A murder mystery! The queerest, sexiest food and wine tour of all time!), while a growing countermovement of more serious, emotional love stories continued to flower.
By Emily Henry
Featuring laugh-out-loud banter and flawed but lovable characters, Funny Story is Emily Henry at her best.
By Yulin Kuang
How to End a Love Story is a mature, compelling and relatable romance that resists simplifying its characters at every turn.
By Abby Jimenez
In Abby Jimenez’s superb Just for the Summer, two people cursed a la “Good Luck Chuck” try to break their unlucky streaks by dating each other—only to fall in love.
Julie Anne Long exquisitely captures sensuous, romantic longing in My Season of Scandal, a love story between an innocent debutante and a notorious politician.
By Ally Carter
Ally Carter’s The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year is a vastly entertaining rom-com/mystery hybrid.
A bacchanalian romp from Monaco to Pisa to Paris, The Pairing is a testament to Casey McQuiston’s talent.
Natasha Siegel’s beautifully written The Phoenix Bride pushes readers to reconsider what happily ever after looks like.
