Book Lovers
Emily Henry, 43
A sharp literary agent, cast as the city girlfriend in everyone else’s love story, meets a grumpy editor who might be her equal—and her rival. Witty, brisk, and a little sharp-edged, with a city-smart voice that keeps the banter moving and the romance grounded in work and family.
Feels like wonder. About death, war and society.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy contemporary romance with quick dialogue, workplace rivalry, and heroines who are more city-sharp than small-town sweet. It may also suit you if you like romance that plays with small-town tropes while staying rooted in publishing and family.
Why read it
It gives you a romance about two people who match wits and ambitions, plus a knowing look at the stories we tell about city women and small-town love.
A page from the book
A poem that begins like a bugle call and ends like a psalm.
But while said City Person is in town, things don’t go to plan. Because, of course, the Christmas tree farm—or bakery, or whatever the hero’s been sent to destroy—is owned and operated by someone ridiculously attractive and suitably available for wooing. Emily Henry.Before her adult romances, Emily Henry published several YA novels, including The Love That Split the World.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Book Lovers for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy contemporary romance with quick dialogue, workplace rivalry, and heroines who are more city-sharp than small-town sweet. It may also suit you if you like romance that plays with small-town tropes while staying rooted in publishing and family.
- What is Book Lovers like?
- Witty, brisk, and a little sharp-edged, with a city-smart voice that keeps the banter moving and the romance grounded in work and family. Feels like wonder. About death, war and society.
- What should I read after Book Lovers?
- If you liked Book Lovers, try The Hotel Nantucket (Elin Hilderbrand), Artemis (Andy Weir) and The Wedding People (Alison Espach).
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Why has no one invented a pill for the one thing that really hurts?
With all the advances in medicine and technology, why has someone not created a pill that cures heartbreak? Emotional penicillin. Why has someone not invented software that will sweep all traces of your ex out of your brain or an app that eliminates unrequited love?
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The number you must not look at while your air runs out.
I switched to long, even hops. It felt like slow motion, but it was the best way to move with all that weight. My helmet’s heads-up display said the airlock was fifty-two meters away. I glanced at my arm readouts. My oxygen reserve plummeted while I watched. So I stopped watching.
Artemis · Andy Weir
Why letting go is never a single, clean decision.
You don’t let go once. That’s your first mistake. You say goodbye over a lifetime. You might not have thought about her for ten years, then you’ll hear a song or you’ll walk past somewhere you once went together - something will come to the surface that you’d totally forgotten about. And you say another goodbye. You have to be prepared to let go and let go and let go a thousand times.
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