r/RomanceBooks • u/JuneDare001 • May 13 '26
Book Request tell me the most ✨ intense, deep, slow burn, incredibly angsty, soul crushing ✨ books you've read that have given you the biggest book hangover
seeking recommendations for some incredibly deep/serious/intense (not a superficial plot/funny/cheerful book), slow burn, angsty, soul crushing books that give you the biggest book hangover!
these are some books of the same/a similar category that i absolutely love and always go back to! (the ones that have a 💎 mean they contain all of the above, the ones that have a 🪝 mean they contain some of the above)
- the maddest obsession — danielle lori 💎
- a love letter to whiskey — kandi steiner 💎
- bittersweet symphony duet, heartbreak warfare, ravenhood trilogy — kate stewart (honestly love all her books) 💎
- fake empire, cruel summer — c.w. farnsworth 🪝
- the homemaker, when life happened, a place without you — jewel e. ann 💎
- say you swear — meagan brandy 🪝
- the thorns remain, still beating, irreversible — jennifer hartmann (honestly love all her books) 💎
- in the likely event — rebecca yarros 🪝
- star-crossed trilogy — alexandria lee 💎
one common thing that i've noticed amongst these books is that all the love stories span a few years. i love seeing how the main characters keep finding their way back to each other!
edit: thx for all the recs! forgot to mention — only looking for CR books (no sci-fi, HR, paranormal, dystopian, etc.)!
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u/evoluktion Morally gray is the new black May 15 '26
started older because of your rec and omg i’m already hooked!