8 Adult Romance Books You Must Read in 2022

Adolescence’s bashful and occasionally awkward phases come to an end as adulthood’s untidy and uncertain phases take their place. However, the delightful pleasure of love remains the same when teens embark on their journey to college-related difficulties, first jobs, and altering relationships with family and friends. Check out these 8 adult romance books if you’re in your twenties or you just enjoy those moments of coming of age and falling in love.

Heart Bones

Colleen Hoover

After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.

Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore.

Release Date: August 24, 2020

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Right Where I Left You

Julian Winters

Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won’t have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be left to make friends on his own. Knowing his time with Diego is limited, Isaac enacts a foolproof plan: snatch up a pair of badges for the epic comic convention, Legends Con, and attend his first ever Teen Pride.

Just him and Diego.

But when an unexpected run-in with Davi—Isaac’s old crush—distracts him the day tickets go on sale, suddenly he’s two badges short of a perfect summer.

Release Date: March 15, 2022

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Here’s to Us

Becky Albertalli

Ben survived freshman year of college, but he’s feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan’s been acting weird for weeks.

Ben’s only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who’s been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses.

Mario’s big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger—and the choices he makes now could be the key to reshaping his future. So why can’t he stop thinking about a certain boy from his past?

Release Date: December 28, 2021

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The American Roommate Experiment

Elena Armas

Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor.

Release Date: September 6, 2022

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You’re the Reason

J. Nathan

Welcome to Crestwood University…
Where smiles conceal secrets.
Gossip runs rampant.
And everyone hides the truth.

Sophia Galloway has no idea what she’s walking into when she transfers to Crestwood University. Returning to Texas was her only goal. But nothing could prepare her for stepping foot on a campus where no one is what they seem. In a world where frat guys think they can do no wrong.

And sorority presidents think they run the show. Sophia’s about to find out what happens when she unknowingly crosses the wrong guy, pisses off the wrong sorority sister, and refuses to play by anyone else’s rules.

Release Date: June 24, 2020

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So, That Got Weird

Amelia Kingston

Incomprehensibly awkward Elizabeth Wilde is desperate for love. Connection. Intimacy. After a lifetime of romantic failures, the twenty-one-year-old gamer realizes she needs help. Professional help. She needs… A sex tutor. The devastatingly hot jock Austin Jacobs is just the man for the job. As the reigning campus sex god, he has the playboy act down pat. But underneath those six-pack abs beats a broken heart. He doesn’t trust people and he sure as hell doesn’t believe in love.

When Austin coaxes Elizabeth out from behind her computer screen, the attraction they feel is undeniable. They’re both a little broken, but somehow their jagged edges fit.

Release Date: December 24, 2019

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Prince of Hearts

L.A. Cotton

An angsty college mafia romance from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders series. Arianne Capizola is her father’s daughter. Humble. Hardworking. Honest. She’d rather spend her days helping at the local shelter than brushing shoulders with her vain and entitled classmates.

Niccolò Marchetti is his father’s son. Dark. Dangerous. Deceitful. He’d rather spend his days getting bloody in the ring than attending class and keeping up pretences. When their paths cross at Montague University neither of them are willing to drop the walls they’ve spent so long building. But he can’t resist the girl with stars in her eyes.

Release Date: June 2, 2020

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Upsy Daisy

Chelsie Edwards

College, cookies, capers, Oh my! Daisy Payton has everything. Exceptional grades. Impeccable clothes. Model family. But perfection comes at a high cost, and Daisy is wilting. Determined to use college as her chance to bloom anew, she’s focused on only one thing, leaving the Payton name behind and forging her own path—even if she has to tell the teeniest of fibs to do it.

Trevor Boone has nothing. Abandoned as a child. Raised by distant relatives. Constantly reminded he’s a burden. Trevor’s lived at the edges of opulence for years, having all he’s ever desired dangled just out of reach.

Release Date: May 5, 2020

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Tags: Contemporary Romance