--- description: Find out why 'Book Lovers' made the list. title: 'Book Lovers' Is on TIME’s List of the 50 Best Romance Novels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68bd22deced9ba93/698a593e47ca3865663bdcd3/Book-Lovers-Emily-Henry.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 01, 2024 # Book Lovers ## Video: Romance Authors Share the Steamiest Book They've Ever Read [Watch (HLS stream): Romance Authors Share the Steamiest Book They've Ever Read](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jXMACfdW.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2024-07-30. Romance authors like Emily Henry and Beverly Jenkins talk about the steamiest book they've ever read._ by [Lucy Feldman](/author/lucy-feldman/) ## Lucy Feldman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editorial Director  As a literary agent, Nora Stephens understands what makes a good story. She's read enough books to know that the hunky guy ends up with the small-town gal who shows him there's more to life than work, not the type-A shark who lives for her career like Nora does. So when she agrees to accompany her sister for a month in small-town North Carolina, away from their beloved New York City, Nora doesn't have romance in mind—which is all the better, given that the man she keeps running into in the tiny town is Charlie Lastra, a prickly book editor she's never liked. Tension sizzles between Nora and Charlie in Emily Henry's 2022 enemies-to-lovers romance, which is a love letter to book people everywhere. [Henry](https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308486/emily-henry/ "undefined"), also the author of _Beach Read_, _People We Meet on Vacation_, _Happy Place_, and _Funny Story_, has hit the top spot on the New York _Times_ best-seller list five times and sold more than 7 million copies of her books—all in just four years. Her fans eagerly await [film adaptations of all five of her hits](https://deadline.com/feature/emily-henry-books-to-movies-1235984101/ "undefined"). **Read More:** [_What We Mean When We Say ‘Happily Ever After’_](https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/6330865/emily-henry-happy-endings-essay/ "undefined") **Buy Now:** _Book Lovers_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780593334836 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3W2fwgY "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/"},"headline":"Book Lovers","datePublished":"2024-08-01T12:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:33:58.334Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/","keywords":["Books","E-Commerce","list","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68bd22deced9ba93/698a593e47ca3865663bdcd3/Book-Lovers-Emily-Henry.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lucy Feldman","jobTitle":"Editorial Director","url":"https://time.com/author/lucy-feldman/"}],"creator":"Lucy Feldman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68bd22deced9ba93/698a593e47ca3865663bdcd3/Book-Lovers-Emily-Henry.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/","name":"Book Lovers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Romance Authors Share the Steamiest Book They've Ever Read","description":"Romance authors like Emily Henry and Beverly Jenkins talk about the steamiest book they've ever read.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jXMACfdW/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-07-30T10:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jXMACfdW.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996655/book-lovers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```