✨ Possible Books You Could Get
A peek at the rotating book pool for each Blind Date with a Book genre. Selections update seasonally; the final pick is always a surprise 💫
Romance
Spicy Romance
Sports Romance
Dark Romance
YA Romance
Romantic Suspense
Historical Romance
Paranormal Romance
Mystery/Thriller
YA Mystery/Thriller
Horror
YA Horror
Historical Fiction
General/Contemporary/Lit
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Romantasy
Dystopian
YA Dystopian
Sci-Fi
YA Sci-Fi
Magical Realism
YA Fantasy
💞 Romance (Adult)
Heartfelt, bantery, low-to-medium spice; small towns, second chances, grumpy x sunshine.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Book Lovers | Emily Henry | Enemies to lovers, bookish banter |
| The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood | STEM rom-com, fake dating |
| Yours Truly | Abby Jimenez | Grumpy x sunshine, letters |
| Every Summer After | Carley Fortune | Second chance, lakeside nostalgia |
| Happy Place | Emily Henry | Exes to lovers, friend getaway |
| Meet Me at the Lake | Carley Fortune | Fate, timing, Toronto vibes |
| Georgie, All Along | Kate Clayborn | Soft growth, cozy romance |
| The Bodyguard | Katherine Center | Reverse bodyguard, wholesome |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Sarah Adams | Sweet, small town, opposites |
| Love, Theoretically | Ali Hazelwood | Academic rivals, slow burn |
🔥 Spicy Romance (Adult)
High tension & heat; enemies to lovers, age gaps, powerful alphas, big payoff.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Twisted Love | Ana Huang | Possessive billionaire, brother’s best friend |
| Icebreaker | Hannah Grace | Sports romance, forced proximity |
| The Fine Print | Lauren Asher | Workplace, grumpy x sunshine |
| Praise | Sara Cate | Forbidden, age gap, kink-positive |
| King of Wrath | Ana Huang | Arranged marriage, luxe angst |
| Terms and Conditions | Lauren Asher | Marriage contract, banter |
| The Stopover | T.L. Swan | CEO, jet-set chemistry |
| Heartless | Elsie Silver | Single dad, small-town heat |
| Runaway Love | Melanie Harlow | Protective hero, swoony |
| Powerless | Lauren Roberts | Fantasy-leaning spice, forbidden |
🏈 Sports Romance (Adult)
Athletes, rivals, and comeback arcs; locker-room banter meets heart.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Deal | Elle Kennedy | College hockey, fake dating |
| Icebreaker | Hannah Grace | Skater x hockey, one bed |
| The Right Move | Liz Tomforde | Grumpy pro athlete, protective hero |
| Offside | Avery Keelan | College soccer, rivals to lovers |
| The Wall of Winnipeg and Me | Mariana Zapata | Ultra slow burn, NFL |
| Fair Catch | Kandi Steiner | Forbidden teammates, angst |
| Broken Play | Ally C. Shaffer | Rugby, steam, redemption |
| Wildcat | Rebecca Jenshak | College sports, flirty |
| Play With Me | Becca Mack | Found family, team vibes |
| The Risk | Elle Kennedy | Rivals, red-hot chemistry |
🖤 Dark Romance (Adult)
Morally gray, dangerous tension, obsession, revenge, taboo edges.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Corrupt | Penelope Douglas | Rivalry, revenge, obsession |
| Haunting Adeline | H.D. Carlton | Stalker romance, psychological |
| The Sweetest Oblivion | Danielle Lori | Mafia, possessive alpha |
| The Risk (Mindf*ck #1) | S.T. Abby | Serial killer, cat-and-mouse |
| Twisted Lies | Ana Huang | Protective billionaire, obsession |
| Credence | Penelope Douglas | Taboo, isolated, intense |
| Den of Vipers | K.A. Knight | Why-choose, brutal antiheroes |
| King of Wrath | Ana Huang | Power, control, luxe angst |
| Praise | Sara Cate | Age gap, forbidden, kink |
| Hooked | Emily McIntire | Villain retelling, possessive |
📚 Young Adult Romance
First love, summer flings, rivals-to-romance; sweet & swoony.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Better Than the Movies | Lynn Painter | Enemies to lovers, rom-com |
| Today Tonight Tomorrow | Rachel Lynn Solomon | Academic rivals, 24 hours |
| If He Had Been With Me | Laura Nowlin | Tearjerker, friends to lovers |
| Tweet Cute | Emma Lord | Online banter, cinnamon roll |
| The Summer of Broken Rules | K.L. Walther | Beachy, second chance |
| Places We’ve Never Been | Kasie West | Road trip, sunshine-y |
| Begin Again | Emma Lord | College start, found family |
| Love & Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch | Italy, sweet discovery |
| Five Feet Apart | Rachael Lippincott | Emotional, hospital romance |
| The Do-Over | Lynn Painter | Time loop, rom-com |
🔫 Romantic Suspense (Adult)
Love under fire: FBI, bodyguards, stalkers, and twisty reveals.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Bodyguard | Katherine Center | Protector hero, close proximity |
| Say You’re Sorry | Karen Rose | Serial killer hunt, high stakes |
| Dangerous Lies | Becca Fitzpatrick | Witness protection, secrets |
| Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica | Small-town secrets |
| Verity | Colleen Hoover | Psychological, taboo |
| The Obsession | Nora Roberts | Past trauma, new love |
| Dangerous Ground | Rachel Grant | Opposites, fieldwork peril |
| Kill Shot | Lynette Eason | Undercover, trust issues |
| Cold-Blooded Liar | Karen Rose | Procedural, intense |
| No One Will Miss Her | Kat Rosenfield | Journalist angle, twisty |
👑 Historical Romance (Adult)
Regency rakes, wallflowers, witty scandal & slow-burn swoon.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Duchess Deal | Tessa Dare | Marriage of convenience, humor |
| Bringing Down the Duke | Evie Dunmore | Bluestocking, feminist |
| Devil in Winter | Lisa Kleypas | Reformed rake, iconic |
| The Perks of Loving a Wallflower | Erica Ridley | Sapphic, sleuthing |
| A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem | Manda Collins | Regency mystery + romance |
| The Duke Undone | Joanna Lowell | Artist heroine, scandal |
| Her Night with the Duke | Diana Quincy | Forbidden, society rules |
| The Wallflower Wager | Tessa Dare | Animal chaos, tender |
| A Rogue of One’s Own | Evie Dunmore | Suffragists, passion |
| The Rogue Not Taken | Sarah MacLean | Road trip, banter |
🌙 Paranormal Romance (Adult)
Fated mates, vampires & witches, cozy to dark supernatural love.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Lover | J.R. Ward | Vampire x human, intense |
| Feral Sins | Suzanne Wright | Shifter alpha, possessive |
| The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna | Cozy witchy, found family |
| Payback’s a Witch | Lana Harper | Rivals to lovers, witch tourney |
| Wolf Gone Wild | Juliette Cross | Grumpy wolf x sunshine witch |
| A Quick Bite | Lynsay Sands | Comedy vampire, sweet |
| Not the Witch You Wed | April Asher | Light, modern magic |
| King of Battle and Blood | Scarlett St. Clair | Vampire king, enemies to lovers |
| Covet | J.R. Ward | Angel/demon pull, angst |
| Witcha Gonna Do? | Avery Flynn | Rom-com, hexes & heart |
🔍 Mystery / Thriller (Adult)
Domestic secrets, unreliable narrators, locked rooms & late-night pages.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Domestic noir, twisty |
| None of This Is True | Lisa Jewell | Podcast true-crime vibes |
| The Guest List | Lucy Foley | Isolated wedding, whodunit |
| Rock Paper Scissors | Alice Feeney | Mind games, marriage secrets |
| A Flicker in the Dark | Stacy Willingham | Serial-killer past returns |
| The Night She Disappeared | Lisa Jewell | Dual timeline, secrets |
| Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica | Missing persons, shocks |
| The Sanatorium | Sarah Pearse | Alpine hotel, locked-room |
| The Golden Couple | Hendricks & Pekkanen | Therapist twist, suburban |
| The Wife Between Us | Hendricks & Pekkanen | Unreliable, domestic suspense |
🩸 Young Adult Mystery / Thriller
Dark academia, friend-group secrets, teen detectives & big twists.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder | Holly Jackson | Podcast sleuth, addictive |
| One of Us Is Lying | Karen M. McManus | Detention whodunit, secrets |
| The Agathas | Glasgow & Lawson | Clue vibes, amateur sleuths |
| The Ivies | Alexa Donne | Elite school, rivalry |
| The Girls I’ve Been | Tess Sharpe | Heist + trauma, fierce heroine |
| Nothing More to Tell | Karen M. McManus | True-crime club, secrets |
| Truly Devious | Maureen Johnson | Academy cold case |
| They Wish They Were Us | Jessica Goodman | Prep school drama |
| I Killed Zoe Spanos | Kit Frick | Hamptons, unreliable |
| The Night in Question | Glasgow & Lawson | Follow-up sleuthing, fun |
🕯️ Horror (Adult)
Haunted houses, folk horror, psychological dread—read with the lights on.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Gothic mansion, creeping rot |
| How to Sell a Haunted House | Grady Hendrix | Possessed dolls, family trauma |
| The Only Good Indians | Stephen Graham Jones | Folk horror, revenge spirit |
| The Last House on Needless Street | Catriona Ward | Unreliable, mind-bending |
| Dead Silence | S.A. Barnes | Ghost ship, sci-horror |
| Black River Orchard | Chuck Wendig | Cursed fruit, town rot |
| The Spite House | Johnny Compton | Malevolent home, secrets |
| The Twisted Ones | T. Kingfisher | Folk lore, unsettling |
| The Hunger | Alma Katsu | Historical, Donner party |
| Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield | Cosmic, grief, liminal |
👻 Young Adult Horror
Creepy towns, haunted halls, slashers & supernatural secrets.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Rules for Vanishing | Kate Alice Marshall | Found-footage trail, missing sister |
| Clown in a Cornfield | Adam Cesare | Slasher mayhem, social horror |
| The Dead and the Dark | Courtney Gould | LGBTQ+ ghost mystery |
| Small Favors | Erin A. Craig | Folk horror, bargains |
| The Whispering Dark | Kelly Andrew | Dark academia, otherworld |
| The Girls Are Never Gone | Sarah Glenn Marsh | Haunting, grief |
| The Island | Natasha Preston | Killer game, isolation |
| Five Survive | Holly Jackson | RV siege, survival |
| Harrow Lake | Kat Ellis | Urban legend, eerie town |
| Burn Our Bodies Down | Rory Power | Body horror, family secrets |
📖 Historical Fiction (Adult)
WWII courage, dual timelines, love & loss through the ages.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | Sisters, resistance, heartbreak |
| The Rose Code | Kate Quinn | Codebreakers, friendship, war |
| The Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner | Dual timeline, revenge |
| The Paris Library | Janet Skeslien Charles | Books, bravery, found family |
| Pachinko | Min Jin Lee | Epic family saga, identity |
| The Secret Book of Flora Lea | Patti Callahan Henry | Lost sister, memory |
| The Women | Kristin Hannah | Vietnam nurses, resilience |
| The Alice Network | Kate Quinn | Spy ring, sisterhood |
| The Book of Lost Names | Kristin Harmel | Forgery, resistance |
| The Paris Daughter | Kristin Harmel | Motherhood, wartime loss |
🌿 General / Contemporary / Literary Fiction (Adult)
Beautifully written, character-driven, bittersweet & thought-provoking.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | Friendship, creativity, time |
| Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt | Found family, gentle hope |
| Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Garmus | Witty, feminist, 60s lab |
| Yellowface | R.F. Kuang | Publishing satire, messy morals |
| The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | Sibling bond, memory, home |
| Signal Fires | Dani Shapiro | Family threads, fate |
| We Are the Light | Matthew Quick | Grief, healing, hope |
| Writers & Lovers | Lily King | Artist life, romance |
| Good Material | Dolly Alderton | Breakup, humor, heart |
| Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Fame, siblings, summer |
⚔️ Fantasy (Adult)
Epic quests, court intrigue, dragons & dazzling worldbuilding.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon | Dragons, matriarchal epic |
| The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri | Political, lush, sapphic |
| The Bone Shard Daughter | Andrea Stewart | Bone magic, mystery empire |
| The Stardust Thief | Chelsea Abdullah | Arabian-night heist |
| Legends & Lattes | Travis Baldree | Cozy, low stakes, bakery |
| The Goblin Emperor | Katherine Addison | Courtly kindness, intrigue |
| The Mask of Mirrors | M.A. Carrick | Con artist, Venetian vibes |
| The Warden | Daniel M. Ford | Classic quest comfort |
| The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin | Urban myth, avatars |
| The Fifth Season | N.K. Jemisin | Cataclysmic magic, masterful |
🕯️ Dark Fantasy (Adult)
Gothic vibes, morally gray lovers, blood-touched magic.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| A Dowry of Blood | S.T. Gibson | Lyrical, vampiric, intimate |
| The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang | Grimdark, war, power |
| The Atlas Six | Olivie Blake | Dark academia, ambition |
| The Wolf and the Woodsman | Ava Reid | Mythic, harsh, romantic |
| Godkiller | Hannah Kaner | Fallen gods, found family |
| For the Wolf | Hannah F. Whitten | Forest god, sacrifice |
| The Justice of Kings | Richard Swan | Law magic, moral gray |
| Starling House | Alix E. Harrow | Gothic, moody, romantic |
| The Witch’s Heart | Genevieve Gornichec | Loki lore, tragic love |
| The Foxglove King | Hannah Whitten | Death magic, court danger |
💞✨ Romantasy (Adult)
Magic + romance in equal measure; fated mates, enemies to lovers, dragons.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Dragon riders, rivals to lovers |
| The Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent | Trial romance, vampiric court |
| The Bridge Kingdom | Danielle L. Jensen | Marriage alliance, spies |
| A Soul to Keep | Opal Reyne | Monster romance, devotion |
| Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross | War, letters, slow burn |
| From Blood and Ash | J.L. Armentrout | Fated mates, secrets |
| King of Battle and Blood | Scarlett St. Clair | Vampire king, enemies to lovers |
| The Shadows Between Us | Tricia Levenseller | Villain love, power couple |
| The Hurricane Wars | Thea Guanzon | Opposites, star-crossed |
| To Shape a Dragon’s Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose | Academy, dragons, culture |
⚙️ Dystopian (Adult)
Bleak futures, resistance arcs, and sharp social commentary.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Power | Naomi Alderman | Gendered power shift, global |
| Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel | Pandemic, art, hope |
| Severance | Ling Ma | Millennial ennui, apocalypse |
| The Ministry for the Future | Kim Stanley Robinson | Climate crisis, policy |
| The Light Pirate | Lily Brooks-Dalton | Quiet survival, coastal |
| Vox | Christina Dalcher | Feminist dystopia, control |
| When She Woke | Hillary Jordan | Scarlet-letter future |
| The Circle | Dave Eggers | Tech surveillance, satire |
| Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | Genetic ethics, elegiac |
| The Road | Cormac McCarthy | Post-apoc, father/son |
🔥 Young Adult Dystopian
Rebellion, deadly trials, found family against the system.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins | Capitol origin, ruthless politics |
| Scythe | Neal Shusterman | AI utopia, grim reaping |
| Legend | Marie Lu | Dual POV rebels, romance |
| The Grace Year | Kim Liggett | Feminist survival, eerie |
| The Ones We’re Meant to Find | Joan He | Climate future, sisters |
| Red Queen | Victoria Aveyard | Class divide, rebellion |
| The Selection | Kiera Cass | Royal competition, romance |
| Matched | Ally Condie | Controlled love, choice |
| The Darkest Minds | Alexandra Bracken | Powers, road survival |
| All of Us Villains | Foody & Herman | Deadly tournament, magic |
🪐 Science Fiction (Adult)
Space, tech & humanity; first contact, AI ethics, time-tangled tales.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Buddy alien, science shenanigans |
| Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Evolution epic, wonder |
| Dead Silence | S.A. Barnes | Ghost ship, survival |
| Recursion | Blake Crouch | Memory tech, thriller |
| A Psalm for the Wild-Built | Becky Chambers | Cozy robot philosophy |
| Leviathan Wakes | James S.A. Corey | Space opera, noir |
| Sea of Tranquility | Emily St. John Mandel | Multiverse, elegiac |
| Dark Matter | Blake Crouch | Parallel worlds, thriller |
| Upgrade | Blake Crouch | Genetic engineering, chase |
| The Warehouse | Rob Hart | Corporate future, satire |
🌌 Young Adult Science Fiction
Space academies, AI, rebellions & found-family star crews.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Skyhunter | Marie Lu | Elite fighters, invasion |
| Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao | Mecha, rage-to-power |
| The Infinity Courts | Akemi Dawn Bowman | AI afterlife, rebellion |
| The Darkness Outside Us | Eliot Schrefer | Stranded in space, romance |
| Mindwalker | Kate Dylan | Cyberpunk, neural hacks |
| The Stranded | Sarah Daniels | Refugee ship, uprising |
| Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves | Meg Long | Ice planet race, survival |
| Under This Forgetful Sky | Lauren Yero | Divided cities, love |
| Star Splitter | Matthew J. Kirby | Time loop, survival |
| The Sound of Stars | Alechia Dow | Alien occupation, music |
✨ Magical Realism (Adult)
Everyday life with a gentle twist; time, memory, and quiet wonder.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | Life redo, hopeful |
| The House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune | Found family, whimsy |
| Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi | Time café, bittersweet |
| The Book of Form and Emptiness | Ruth Ozeki | Talking things, healing |
| Oona Out of Order | Margarita Montimore | Time-hop heartstrings |
| The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina | Zoraida Córdova | Family magic, legacy |
| The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | Deal with darkness, love |
| The Little Paris Bookshop | Nina George | Book apothecary, healing |
| The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry | Gabrielle Zevin | Bookish, tender |
| The Collected Regrets of Clover | Mikki Brammer | Death doula, gentle |
🧚♀️ Young Adult Fantasy
Hidden magic, royal intrigue, trials & slow-burn romance.
| Title | Author | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| Legendborn | Tracy Deonn | Secret society, modern magic |
| Raybearer | Jordan Ifueko | Found family, destiny |
| Six Crimson Cranes | Elizabeth Lim | Fairy-tale retelling, siblings |
| Only a Monster | Vanessa Len | Time-bending, morally gray |
| Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross | Letters, war, yearning |
| The Gilded Ones | Namina Forna | Warrior training, rebellion |
| Belladonna | Adalyn Grace | Death personified, gothic |
| Spice Road | Maiya Ibrahim | Desert quest, magic |
| The Luminaries | Susan Dennard | Monster trials, secret order |
| The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea | Axie Oh | Mythic voyage, whimsical |
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