Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
1847
Books with the “Star-Crossed Lovers” trope
Two people love each other, but fate, family, or society stands in the way of their union.
Romance and dynamics · Star-Crossed Lovers
Books with this trope
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
2011
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2017
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
2008
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab
2020
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
1991
The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons
2000
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
1977
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
2011
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
2005
Fallen
Lauren Kate
2009
Hush, Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick
2009
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
2011
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
1999
Delirium
Lauren Oliver
2011
The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov
1955
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe
1794
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
1861
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
2005
Atonement
Ian McEwan
2001
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
1830
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1808
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2001
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
2012
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
2016
The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater
2012
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
1992
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
1940
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
1891
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
1920
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
1937
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
2017
The Witch's Heart
Genevieve Gornichec
2021
Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman
1995
Katherine
Anya Seton
1954
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
2003
Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross
2023
These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
2020
An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson
2017
Replay
Ken Grimwood
1986
Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
2011
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
2014
Legend
Marie Lu
2011
Matched
Ally Condie
2010
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
2015
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
2020
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
1878
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
1973
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
1869
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
2012
The King of Elfland's Daughter
Lord Dunsany
1924
The Idea of You
Robinne Lee
2017
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
1974
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch
2016
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Forbidden Love
Love TriangleRelated tropes
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.
Love Triangle
Two people want the same person, who must choose between them while everyone gets hurt along the way.