One City One Book Recommendations: Love and Relationships

If you run a One City One Book program and are looking for stories about love and relationships, look no further!

For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog.

THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN by Lynda Cohen Loigman
9781250819505
Trade paperback available 8/19/25

A heartwarming story that explores how love and healing can be found in unexpected places—and how a bit of magic in each can go a long way.

A FRAGILE ENCHANTMENT by Allison Saft
9781250892850
Trade paperback available 7/22/25

Transporting readers to a Regency England-inspired fantasy world, A Fragile Enchantment is a sweeping romance threaded with intrigue, unforgettable characters, and a love story for the ages.

THE SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst
9781250324603
Trade paperback available 5/27/25

Sarah Beth Durst’s debut romantasy about an unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over.

THE ROM-COMMERS by Katherine Center
9781250382825
Trade paperback available 5/13/25

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center’s latest laugh out loud, feel good rom-com about writing your own story.

A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE by April Asher
9781250357854
Trade paperback available 5/13/25

A witch and a shifter get a second chance at love in this new paranormal romantic comedy from USA Today Bestselling author April Asher.

TWELFTH KNIGHT by Alexene Farol Follmuth
9781250884916
Trade paperback available 5/13/25

The Reese’s Book Club Pick and instant New York Times bestselling YA romantic comedy and coming-of-age story about taking up space in the world and learning what it means to let others in — now in paperback!

888 LOVE AND THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS by Abraham Chang
9781250910806
Trade paperback available 5/6/25

For fans of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and High Fidelity comes a dazzling love story set at NYU in the mid-’90s, that buzzes with big-hearted pop culture energy.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY by Charlotte Rixon
9781250877321
Trade paperback available now

A sweeping, poignant novel spanning two decades, about first love, first heartbreak, and the ones we never forget, for readers of Jill Santopolo, Rosie Walsh, and Colleen Hoover.

I DID SOMETHING BAD by Pyae Moe Thet War
9781250330512
Trade paperback available now

In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder…and falling for each other in the process.

YOU’VE REACHED SAM by Dustin Thao
9781250762054
Trade paperback available now

The blockbuster bestseller, now in trade paperback! IF I STAY meets YOUR NAME in this heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.

HELLO STRANGER by Katherine Center
9781250336156
Trade paperback available now

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center comes a novel about finding love, confronting a haunting past, and figuring out what, and who, really matters.

BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min
9781250819116
Trade paperback available now

Lio Min’s debut is a “dizzying, sexy, and utterly heartfelt” (Mary H. K. Choi) love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock, perfect for fans ready for what comes after HEARTSTOPPER.

ANDER & SANTI WERE HERE by Jonny Garza Villa
9781250323392
Trade paperback available now

ARISTOTLE AND DANTE meets THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR in this YA contemporary love story about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their family’s taqueria.

BEGIN AGAIN by Emma Lord
9781250874948
Trade paperback available now

A laugh-out-loud funny and emotionally resonant send-up of Legally Blonde and THE EX TALK, BEGIN AGAIN is a vibrant, romantic novel about the journey we take to find our people, and ourselves.

MEDUSA by Jessy Burton
9781639732685
Trade paperback available 12/5/23

ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION by Bushra Rehman
9781250834805
Trade paperback available 12/5/23

OTHER NAMES FOR LOVE by Taymour Soomro
9781250872883
Trade paperback available 7/11/23

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by Julia Armfield
9781250229908
Trade paperback available 6/27/23

YERBA BUENA by Nina LaCour
9781250810519
Trade paperback available 5/30/23

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT by Freya Marske
9781250831798
Trade paperback available now

BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU by Sally Rooney
9781250859044
Trade paperback available now

WINTER’S ORBIT by Everina Maxwell
9781250758842
Trade paperback available now

ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston
9781250244499
Trade paperback available now