The Romance Genre

The Romance Novels are a literary Genre,. It's main focus is having two people in love or more. There are many subgenres to The Romance Genre.

Expectations for a Romance Genre

• A Sympathetic Heroine
• A Strong Irresistible Hero
• Likeable Characters
• Emotional Tension
• An Interesting Believable Plot
• A Happy Ending

Readers of the Romance Genre

• Since there are many subgenres of Romance it attracts different types of readers.
• There are Fantasists who read the Romance Genre for Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction. Like the Hunger Games is speculative fiction but it also has romance.
• Realist readers would read romance because they may want to find personal experiences and it's not out of the ordinary.

Sub-Genres

• Paranormal
• Historical
• Regency, Horror/ Gothic
• LGBT
• Inspiration
• Contemporary
• African American/Urban

Popular Romance Books

• The Notebook
• The Fault in our Stars
• Pride and Prejudice
• Eleanor and Park
• Hunger Games Trilogy

Popular Romance Authors

• Nicholas Sparks
• John Green
• Stephanie Meyers
• E.L James
• Meg Cabot