Happy Tuesday, y’all! This week, Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl set today’s topic as a Love freebie in honor of Valentine’s Day later this week. I decided to keep with my 2024 highlights and share my twelve favorite romances read in 2024. Some of the books may have been released in 2024, but several are older than that.
Before we get too far into this week’s post, I want to apologize for not hopping around to many blogs last week. And for being slow to like and comment on the comments on my post. My mind was not on blogging. Between my youngest daughter having a procedure (she recovered quicker than I did) and stress from work, my heart and brain were elsewhere.
I’ll share these in the order I read them. All were at least a 4-star read for me. All titles are linked to Goodreads.
Without further ado, here are my twelve favorite romances I read in 2024.
Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Sports
- Release Date: January 2024
- Tropes: grump/sunshine, fake dating, slow-burn romance, dual POV
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe
- Genre: YA, Romance, Magical Realism, Christmas
- Release Date: December 2023
- Tropes: miscommunication, friends-to-lovers, second chance romance
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
- Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: January 2023
- Tropes: friends to enemies to friends to dating, grumpy/sunshine, duel POV
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: May 2024
- Tropes: fake dating, family drama, cultural identity, dual POV
Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: September 2021
- Tropes: miscommunication, grumpy/sunshine
Time to Rise by Helene Holmström
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Food, Translated, Christmas
- Release Date: November 2021 (in Swedish), September 2024 (in English)
- Tropes: grump/sunshine, dual POV, opposites-attract
Can’t Help Falling in Love by Sophie Sullivan
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: September 2024
- Tropes: fake dating
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
- Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Magical Realism
- Release Date: October 2024
- Tropes: misunderstanding, miscommunication, second-chance romance, dual timeline, dual POV
The Christmas Countdown by Holly Cassidy
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Christmas
- Release Date: October 2024
- Tropes: friends-to-dating, small-town romance
A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Food, Sports
- Release Date: November 2024
- Tropes: missed connections, second-chance romance, friends to dating, dual POV
How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: December 2024
- Tropes: friends to lovers, grumpy/sunshine
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
- Genre: Romance, Contemporary
- Release Date: June 2019
- Tropes: friendly enemies to lovers, friends with benefits, dual POV
And that’s my twelve favorite romances read in 2024. Have you read any of these? What were some of your favorite romances you read in 2024? Do you need a gift for the special bookworm in your life? Check out the love coupons for bookworms I made by clicking here.
Are you looking for some more books to read? Check out my other bookish lists, book reviews, and monthly reading wrap-ups.
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Hope your daughter is feeling better after her procedure and that work stress has lessened. Love your list. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern and The Christmas Countdown caught my eye this week. Hope you have a wonderful day, Pam.
I’m intrigued by The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, and I love the cover of Can’t Help Falling Love! I did something similar on my blog, listing my favorite romance subplots of 2024 (I don’t tend to read a lot of romance books). Here is my TTT: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2025/02/top-ten-tuesday-best-romance-subplots-i.html
I see The Friend Zone everywhere and should check it out! Thanks for dropping by my post!
I hope your daughter’s recovery is going smoothly and that work gets less stressful! I adored Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute and I’ve been keen to read the second book in Wesley’s series so I’m excited to see it made your list of 2024 romance faves! I actually had her first book on my list today 🙂