The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925
Books with the “Second Chance Romance” trope
Former lovers meet again after years apart and get another chance at the relationship.
Romance and dynamics · Second Chance Romance
Books with this trope
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2017
Persuasion
Jane Austen
1817
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover
2016
Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
1874
Normal People
Sally Rooney
2018
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James
2012
The Highwayman
Kerrigan Byrne
2015
These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
2020
The Road Trip
Beth O'Leary
2021
Every Summer After
Carley Fortune
2022
The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt
2022
The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim
1922
Rhapsodic
Laura Thalassa
2016
Happy Place
Emily Henry
2023
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren
2018
Before We Were Strangers
Renée Carlino
2015
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Enemies to Lovers
Two characters start out hating or fighting each other and slowly fall in love.
Only One Bed
A shortage of rooms forces two characters to share a single bed, turning an awkward night into a turning point.
Slow Burn
The romance develops very slowly, with pages of tension and yearning before the characters finally get together.
Star-Crossed Lovers
Two people love each other, but fate, family, or society stands in the way of their union.