CLASSIC ROMANCE LITERATURE
Reading Challenge
Whether you enjoy the rich, romantic language of Tolstoy, the quick-witted plots of Austen or the legendary love affairs of Shakespeare; this classic reading challenge has something for everyone.
Ready for iconic literary couples and big heartache?
30 CLASSIC ROMANCE BOOKS TO READ
The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
Daphnis and Chloe – Longus
Doctor Zhivago – Boris Pasternak
Emma – Jane Austen
The End of the Affair – Graham Greene
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
From the Shop
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
Lady Chatterley's Lover – D.H. Lawrence
Lorna Doone - R.D. Blackmore
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
A Midsummer Night's Dream – William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing – William Shakespeare
North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
Persuasion – Jane Austen
From the Blog
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
The Princess Bride – William Goldman
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
A Room with a View – E.M. Forster
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough
Villette - Charlotte Brontë
Women in Love – D.H. Lawrence
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
How many have you read?
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