Thirteen of the sexiest, most addictive romance novels

Emma Specter is the Culture Writer at Vogue, where she covers film, TV, books, politics, news and (almost) anything queer. She has previously worked at GARAGE and LAist and has freelanced for outlets including The Hairpin, Bon Appetit, them, the Hollywood Reporter and more. Her first book is More Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing and the Lust for ‘Enough’.

Specter lives in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she shops for vintage purses and bakes a lot of bagels.

For Vogue she tagged "the 13 best romance books to pick up now." One title on the list:

Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

In my opinion, there aren’t enough campus rom-coms out there (college is the perfect place for romance! I mean, I didn’t experience any when I was there, but in theory!), which makes Bolu Babalola’s novel about a relationship advice expert and a fuckboy—excuse me, wasteman, in British parlance—who engage in a fake relationship that starts to become more real than either of them bargained for a particular delight.

Read about another entry on the list.

Honey & Spice is among Catriona Silvey's six romances about creatives in love.

--Marshal Zeringue