Favorite Literary Love Stories

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In honor of Valentine's Day 2014, the rest of the staff and I got together and compiled a list of our favorite love stories from literature. Feel free to add yours!
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Jane Eyre
door Charlotte Brontë
58,851 leden
913 besprekingen
4.2
20 Members
rarm, starfishian, varielle, AnnaClaire, rainpebble, uath, iggyjreilly, seasonsoflove, madeleine71, sturlington, perennialreader, thecoroner, Tess_W, redheadish, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, Clarityz, lorannen, Fjola, dkarenart, ,aulsmith ,amanda4242
Verklaringen
: Great book, but doesn't belong on the list of great love stories.
sturlington: Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester are one of the great literary couples, who establish a marriage based on mutual respect and equality. "Reader, I married him."
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Overtuiging
door Jane Austen
28,657 leden
532 besprekingen
4.2
12 Members
holly_golightly, starfishian, Tafadhali, AnnaClaire, cbl_tn, merrystar, madeleine71, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, Fjola, ManWithAnAgenda, dkarenart
9
Emma
door Jane Austen
37,902 leden
505 besprekingen
4.1
14 Members
rarm, iggyjreilly, cbl_tn, seasonsoflove, sturlington, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, Clarityz, lorannen, Fjola, ManWithAnAgenda, jessicamateo,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : Mr. Knightly could have done much better.
10
Onrust in Oxford
door Dorothy L. Sayers
5,445 leden
149 besprekingen
½ 4.3
11 Members
hailelib, casvelyn, Tafadhali, varielle, aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, jen.e.moore
Verklaringen
sturlington: A proposal in Latin. It doesn't get much more erudite than that.
11
Obsessie
door A.S. Byatt
12,951 leden
288 besprekingen
4
11 Members
starfishian, uath, seasonsoflove, madeleine71, thecoroner, elkiedee, ahef1963, 0wllight, linlef, libelulla1, Charon07,sturlington
Verklaringen
sturlington : Not a favorite
12
Dokter Zjivago
door Boris Pasternak
11,368 leden
151 besprekingen
3.9
10 Members
rarm, lahochstetler, BookWallah, rainpebble, Whisper1, perennialreader, eowynfaramir, thecoroner, alex68, Fjola
13
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,030 leden
1,164 besprekingen
3.8
12 Members
rarm, longway, ssiegel, PaperbackPirate, seasonsoflove, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ACComayagua, LLoLaguayasaminaj, Rubenwiering,ShelfMonkey ,aulsmith ,amanda4242
Verklaringen
sturlington: That first love you never get over.
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Liefde in tijden van cholera
door Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27,777 leden
407 besprekingen
4
10 Members
ablachly, SqueakyChu, longway, starfishian, varielle, merrystar, Luisali, ahef1963, ACComayagua, lorannen,linlef
16
A Midsummer Night's Dream
door William Shakespeare
19,780 leden
177 besprekingen
4
10 Members
AnnaClaire, aulsmith, uath, Miela, seasonsoflove, thecoroner, ahef1963, matthewmason, Friederike.Geissler, jessicamateo
17
Gejaagd door de wind
door Margaret Mitchell
23,417 leden
440 besprekingen
½ 4.3
10 Members
dara85, varielle, rainpebble, amanda4242, PaperbackPirate, thecoroner, tina1969, Tess_W, Fjola, libelulla1,
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De jaren van onschuld
door Edith Wharton
13,900 leden
300 besprekingen
4
10 Members
SigmundFraud, holly_golightly, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, Diane-bpcb, Fjola
19
Twee cowboys
door Annie Proulx
2,704 leden
96 besprekingen
3.9
9 Members
ablachly, ShelfMonkey, norabelle414, uath, seasonsoflove, sturlington, Luisali, libelulla1, ManWithAnAgenda
20
Ster
door Neil Gaiman
21,916 leden
562 besprekingen
4
11 Members
hailelib, hipdeep, rarm, norabelle414, amanda4242, madeleine71, Myyst, kgodey, ahef1963, lorannen, ManWithAnAgenda,linlef
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Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor/ Barrayar/ Aftermaths)
door Lois McMaster Bujold
2,710 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 4.3
8 Members
hailelib, Linkmeister, Nerilka, SigmundFraud, Tafadhali, kgodey, Merryann, jen.e.moore,aulsmith
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De doornvogels
door Colleen McCullough
7,543 leden
147 besprekingen
4
9 Members
lkmiller, KimarieBee, BookWallah, rainpebble, amanda4242, perennialreader, Tess_W, ahef1963, Fjola
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Het einde van het spel
door Graham Greene
6,519 leden
171 besprekingen
3.9
8 Members
hipdeep, anglemark, varielle, amanda4242, eowynfaramir, elkiedee, anmaka, katemcangus
24
Boetekleed
door Ian McEwan
26,454 leden
626 besprekingen
3.9
9 Members
ablachly, holly_golightly, starfishian, norabelle414, ahef1963, lorannen, TillyTenchwiggle, Fjola, libelulla1,
25
Een kamer met uitzicht
door E. M. Forster
11,150 leden
222 besprekingen
3.9
9 Members
holly_golightly, BookWallah, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
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Het dagboek
door Nicholas Sparks
15,103 leden
314 besprekingen
3.8
7 Members
dara85, rainpebble, chairless, Whisper1, Tess_W, flying_monkeys, jessicamateo
27
De Engelse patiënt
door Michael Ondaatje
11,546 leden
174 besprekingen
3.9
9 Members
ShelfMonkey, rarm, BookWallah, varielle, perennialreader, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, TillyTenchwiggle, Fjola,sturlington
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Scheepsberichten
door E. Annie Proulx
13,420 leden
248 besprekingen
3.9
8 Members
ShelfMonkey, rarm, ssiegel, uath, Whisper1, ahef1963, libelulla1, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Het nachtcircus
door Erin Morgenstern
18,382 leden
1,262 besprekingen
4.1
8 Members
ablachly, foggidawn, KimarieBee, starfishian, sturlington, ahef1963, TempleCat, lorannen
30
A Civil Campaign
door Lois McMaster Bujold
3,107 leden
67 besprekingen
½ 4.4
6 Members
Linkmeister, Nerilka, Tafadhali, merrystar, kgodey, Merryann
Verklaringen
Linkmeister: Miles Vorkosigan woos Ekaterin in his own way. The book leans heavily on the form created by Georgette Heyer. It's even DEDICATED to "Jane, Charlotte, Georgette, and Dorothy." A true comedy of manners.
kgodey: I don't think this one would be as good if we didn't have tons of books preceding it where Miles fails to acquire his Lady Vorkosigan (and rightly so). But I can't add the whole series to the list, so this will have to do.
Merryann: This was the first Bujold book I ever read and I found it delightful in so very many ways. The love story was deeply satisfying to me and the humor just right.
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Ceders in de sneeuw
door David Guterson
12,968 leden
190 besprekingen
3.8
8 Members
KimarieBee, starfishian, BookWallah, ex--libris, ahef1963, TempleCat, Fjola, libelulla1
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Anna Karenina [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]
door L.N. Tolstoy
134 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
7 Members
thecoroner, anmaka, alex68, matthewmason, ACComayagua, Fjola, libelulla1
33
Een weeffout in onze sterren
door John Green
26,824 leden
1,549 besprekingen
4.2
7 Members
SigmundFraud, Tafadhali, sduff222, Whisper1, kjgormley, Friederike.Geissler, jessicamateo
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Noord en zuid
door Elizabeth Gaskell
7,408 leden
245 besprekingen
4.1
7 Members
SigmundFraud, Tafadhali, iggyjreilly, elkiedee, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1
35
Laat me nooit alleen
door Kazuo Ishiguro
22,789 leden
937 besprekingen
3.8
9 Members
holly_golightly, Whisper1, sturlington, srtsrt, katemcangus, ahef1963, flying_monkeys, Fjola, ManWithAnAgenda,ShelfMonkey ,amanda4242 ,linlef ,
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Howl's Moving Castle
door Diana Wynne Jones
12,209 leden
439 besprekingen
½ 4.3
6 Members
casvelyn, merrystar, Myyst, soraki, cej1027, ahef1963
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Onder moeders vleugels
door Louisa May Alcott
26,388 leden
398 besprekingen
4
8 Members
casvelyn, BookWallah, uath, seasonsoflove, katemcangus, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, jessicamateo,
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In zee, twee jongens
door Jamie O'Neill
2,112 leden
55 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
anglemark, aulsmith, gsc55, kjgormley, ManWithAnAgenda
39
Metamorfoses
door Ovid
13,168 leden
102 besprekingen
4.1
6 Members
timspalding, rarm, varielle, aulsmith, alex68, matthewmason
40
Maurice
door E. M. Forster
4,150 leden
71 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
ssiegel, aulsmith, amanda4242, gsc55
41
Norwegian wood
door Haruki Murakami
16,247 leden
354 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
SigmundFraud, PaperbackPirate, Jamz, linlef
Verklaringen
Jamz: There's been a romantic story that's stuck with me through the years like this one has.
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Rode rozen en tortilla's
door Laura Esquivel
11,866 leden
255 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
starfishian, BookWallah, uath, libelulla1, Charon07
43
Beauty
door Robin McKinley
6,312 leden
201 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
Nerilka, foggidawn, merrystar, Friederike.Geissler
44
The Decameron : A New Translation, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
door Giovanni Boccaccio
340 leden
4 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
SigmundFraud, ssiegel, alex68, matthewmason
45
Cyrano de Bergerac
door Edmond Rostand
7,391 leden
89 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, Fjola
46
Voor jou
door Jojo Moyes
10,190 leden
604 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
dara85, tina1969, Clarityz, jessicamateo
47
Kapitein Corelli's mandoline
door Louis De Bernières
7,993 leden
155 besprekingen
3.9
5 Members
starfishian, perennialreader, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, TillyTenchwiggle
48
Verstand en gevoel
door Jane Austen
38,053 leden
524 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, Clarityz, Fjola, jessicamateo
49
Rebecca
door Daphne Du Maurier
20,665 leden
609 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
sduff222, seasonsoflove, perennialreader, tina1969, ahef1963,
Verklaringen
: If this is a great love story, I'm opting out of relationships for good.
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Liefde en Schaduw
door Isabel Allende
3,156 leden
51 besprekingen
½ 3.7
5 Members
starfishian, uath, merrystar, elkiedee, Fjola
51
Christy
door Catherine Marshall
3,653 leden
44 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
varielle, cbl_tn, cej1027, ahef1963
52
Jewgeni Onegin : roman in verzen
door Alexander Pushkin
4,475 leden
69 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
SigmundFraud, thecoroner, alex68, Fjola, libelulla1
53
Spion aan de muur
door John le Carré
8,591 leden
239 besprekingen
4
4 Members
BookWallah, aulsmith, Artymedon, ahef1963
54
Een soldaat uit de grote oorlog
door Mark Helprin
1,783 leden
37 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, varielle, ssiegel
55
The Winter's Tale (Without the Potholes)
door William Shakespeare
4,755 leden
59 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
varielle, AnnaClaire, ahef1963, matthewmason
56
Riskante relaties
door Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
6,463 leden
86 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, Fjola
57
De dood in Venetië
door Thomas Mann
5,332 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, Luisali
58
The Blue Castle
door L. M. Montgomery
2,945 leden
112 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
foggidawn, merrystar, ahef1963, libelulla1
59
Het geheim van de Nijl
door Elizabeth Peters
4,577 leden
225 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
hailelib, BookWallah, cbl_tn
60
Het nieuwe leven
door Dante Alighieri
2,212 leden
24 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, matthewmason
61
Antony and Cleopatra
door William Shakespeare
5,484 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, Diane-bpcb, matthewmason
62
To Dance with the White Dog
door Terry Kay
531 leden
20 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
rainpebble, uath, chairless
63
Een lied voor Achilles
door Madeline Miller
12,999 leden
505 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
ablachly, rarm, norabelle414
64
Eleanor & Park
door Rainbow Rowell
9,062 leden
637 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
sduff222, elkiedee, katemcangus
65
The Knight's Tale
door Geoffrey Chaucer
138 leden
4.1
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, matthewmason
66
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
door Thomas Hardy
19,138 leden
243 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,elkiedee
Verklaringen
elkiedee : Excellent novel, but see comments on Rebecca above - the same could be said of a few of the novels here really.
67
Het lijden van de jonge Werther
door Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,057 leden
127 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
longway, thecoroner, alex68
68
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,708 leden
330 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,sturlington
69
De goede soldaat
door Ford Madox Ford
4,780 leden
113 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, SigmundFraud, alex68
70
Water voor de olifanten
door Sara Gruen
28,871 leden
1,180 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
KimarieBee, PaperbackPirate, seasonsoflove, libelulla1,SigmundFraud ,
71
Het liefje van de Franse luitenant
door John Fowles
6,531 leden
108 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
perennialreader, elkiedee, alex68
72
The Hunger Games Trilogy
door Suzanne Collins
5,378 leden
132 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
seasonsoflove, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,amanda4242
73
Amor en Psyche
door Apuleius
508 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
hailelib, alex68, matthewmason
74
The Queen of Attolia
door Megan Whalen Turner
2,397 leden
116 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
Nerilka, foggidawn
75
Belcanto
door Ann Patchett
13,192 leden
457 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
SigmundFraud, rarm, seasonsoflove, ahef1963,eowynfaramir
Verklaringen
eowynfaramir : This book is not worth reading. The characters are not believable.
76
Afscheid van de wapenen
door Ernest Hemingway
22,371 leden
243 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
varielle, amanda4242, thecoroner, ahef1963,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : I never really felt he loved her, just that she was convenient.
77
Zijde
door Alessandro Baricco
4,044 leden
154 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
SigmundFraud, TempleCat
78
De blauwe bergen
door Charles Frazier
13,615 leden
201 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
perennialreader, SSPPLibrary
79
Chéri and The Last of Chéri
door Colette
1,005 leden
15 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
hipdeep, alex68, ahef1963
80
De blinde huurmoordenaar
door Margaret Atwood
16,469 leden
384 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
SigmundFraud, ahef1963, libelulla1
81
Een man alleen
door Christopher Isherwood
2,215 leden
83 besprekingen
4
3 Members
aulsmith, amanda4242, alex68
82
De bruggen van Madison County
door Robert James Waller
6,452 leden
101 besprekingen
½ 3.3
3 Members
uath, Tess_W, TempleCat,
83
De onbeduidende Jude
door Thomas Hardy
10,145 leden
141 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
SigmundFraud, alex68, Fjola, libelulla1,elkiedee
Verklaringen
elkiedee : See my comments on Tess and another LT member on Rebecca. Love story?
84
De Reiziger
door Diana Gabaldon
23,728 leden
984 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
ablachly, lkmiller, srtsrt,sturlington ,Fjola
85
The Best of All Possible Worlds
door Karen Lord
762 leden
44 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
anglemark, kgodey
86
Een liefde van Swann
door Marcel Proust
787 leden
11 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
SigmundFraud, Luisali, Diane-bpcb,karamazow
87
Bloesems over Uta-Jima
door Yukio Mishima
1,796 leden
41 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
karamazow, amanda4242
88
De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet
door David Mitchell
5,901 leden
312 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, linlef
89
De minnaar
door Marguerite Duras
5,149 leden
155 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, Fjola
90
Crown Duel
door Sherwood Smith
1,597 leden
51 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
Nerilka, merrystar
91
The Day the Falls Stood Still
door Cathy Marie Buchanan
860 leden
147 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
starfishian, PaperbackPirate
92
Psmith knapt het op!
door P. G. Wodehouse
2,195 leden
55 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
Longshanks, ahef1963
93
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,327 leden
475 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
anglemark, ahef1963, Fjola,
94
Geek Love
door Katherine Dunn
6,137 leden
162 besprekingen
4
2 Members
uath, iggyjreilly
95
De verloofden
door Alessandro Manzoni
3,127 leden
51 besprekingen
4
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
96
Het dagboek van Bridget Jones
door Helen Fielding
16,944 leden
263 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
uath, iggyjreilly
97
De dorpskapper van Amour
door Julia Stuart
279 leden
34 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
starfishian, perennialreader
98
A Light in the Window
door Jan Karon
3,931 leden
35 besprekingen
4
2 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963
99
Shopgirl
door Steve Martin
4,374 leden
105 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
uath, PaperbackPirate
100
The Silver Linings Playbook
door Matthew Quick
2,644 leden
134 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
uath, PaperbackPirate