21 Bestselling Romantic Books of The Year

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	We all have that one song that we find ourselves singing time and again in our heads. This is the same case with an old love. The memories always tend to come back to us when we least expect it. There are many things that might remind us of a love that is long gone. This is proof that love never really goes away. It always comes back to us, finds us and is waiting to become one with us. There are many emotions that come with love: pain, betrayal, hatred, hope and friendship. Beautiful and passionate love is something that yearns to return to us at given opportunity and sometimes grabs our attention without our knowledge. Still, we can never get tired of it. After all, love is one of the few aspects in life that are important for our survival and we cannot be away from it.
	Aman once thought he had found love. His relationship with Shruti could only be the substance of dreams. Yet the dream lay shattered when Shruti told him they were done. Distraught, Aman left India in hopes of drowning his love in his career. Shruti moved on, marrying Rishabh. Returning to India to start anew, Aman finds Anjali and discovers he is beginning to have feelings for her. But his heart still speaks to him of his feelings for Shruti, and the love he lost. A story of heart-wrenching unrequited love, complicated relationships and realization that love lost is forever and truly lost.
	Joy and Manika are attracted towards each other, but don’t take it to the next level. Joy gets into a relationship with another girl, when she walks out on him, he is left depressed and broken. Manika makes a comeback in his life and takes care of him, thus helping him get out of the depression. Some love stories are imperfect which is what makes them so adorable and complete. Joy has the girl of his dreams standing right in front him. Will he realise that it’s Manika who will complete him, or forgo the chance? Oh Yes! I’m Single! And So is My Girlfriend is a light read which will make you ponder over relationships.
	What is love? From time immemorial people have tried to define what it means, but alas! love is a feeling which cannot be defined in a few words. It is expressed in the form of stories. A warm fuzzy feeling which leaves you with the thought that nothing but that person alone holds the string to your happiness. The stories in Love Stories That Touched my Heart are selected and edited by Ravinder Singh. Shortlisted from over 2000 entries which were submitted for a competition held by Penguin, India. No matter how much we deny it, deep down somewhere we do believe that true love does exist.
	Niharika Singh is the protagonist of Someone Like You. She is a normal girl with whom many young women can identify with. Shy, having low self esteem, and lacking confidence, Niharika feels nonexistent and ugly, until the day her sister Simran gives her a makeover. This transforms Niharika, and helps her realize that she is a beautiful, young woman after all. She soon decides to attend college in a new city. Niharika’s adventure truly begins when she befriends three boys, Karthik, Akshat, and Tanmay. Of the three, Tanmay becomes her best friend, Akshat remains out of bounds, because he is her sister’s ex-boyfriend, and Karthik remains a mystery, for whom Niharika has conflicted feelings. But later, Niharika discovers that his aggressiveness is simply a blanket to hide his past. She also goes on to make friends with Pia, who is also her roommate. Things start to spice up when Tanmay develops an interest for Pia. Pia begins reciprocating the same, but she is also involved in a long distance relationship with another boy named Vishal. Niharika and Akshat also begin to question their feelings for each other, adding more spice to the saga. Although readers are expecting unresolved love stories, the novel takes unexpected twists and turns, much to the readers’ surprise. Someone Like You was published in 2013 by Penguin. It debuted at the number 5 spot in Hindustan Times.
	The book follows the story of two high school sweethearts who are now middle-aged and have taken completely different paths. Neither of them managed to live the kind of life they had planned to live and none of them can forget the passionate first love that had changed their lives forever. They had to go back to their hometown for the funeral of their mentor, where they have to face each other again and are forced to confront the choices each has made. Will they be able erase the past and start afresh?
	Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audiences with its passionate depiction of the tragic romance between two young lovers. With a bitter feud between their respective families, Romeo and Juliet’s love is troubled from the start, and through their relationship, Shakespeare shows the fine line between love, hatred, comedy and tragedy.
	What happens when your life becomes a topsy turvy tale? Debashish didn’t care much about a girl’s emotions until he fell in love with Avantika. But life doesn't remain all rosy for him, Avantika dumps him, he is kicked out of his college placements and lands up working in a government office. Will Deb be able to gather all that he has lost and gain back his love, make a career for himself and make good friends. Read Of Course I Love You: Till I Find Someone Better to know more.
	Can Love Happen Twice? is the sequel to Singh’s previous book, I Too Had A Love Story. It starts off with Happy, Manpreet, Amardeep, and Ravin having to attend a radio talk show called Raat gayi, baat baki in Chandigarh, on Valentine’s Day. However, Ravin does not show up that evening. Later that evening, word spreads about Ravin’s girlfriend’s death in a road accident. This event leaves Ravin completely shattered, and he spirals into depression. He then decides to opt for an onsite job in Belgium, in an attempt to divert his mind from this great loss. He wants a change as the same surroundings remind him of the dreadful event that took place in his life. Things take a turn for the better during his time at Belgium, where he meets Simar, who is pursuing her MBA over there. Her hostel is just a stone’s throw away from Ravin’s office. They begin to bump into each other on a regular basis, and Ravin begins to feel a sense of attraction toward her. After getting to know details about Ravin’s past relationship, she finds him extremely romantic and caring, while Ravin thinks everything about her is cute. After working there for 10 months, he needs to go back to India, and the two decide to get married. Simar lands back in India, and Ravin goes to meet her parents in Gurgaon. However, Simar wants them to live in Belgium, away from his parents. Does the couple patch up or is it going to be yet another heartbreak for Ravin?
	The protagonist of the story, a conservative and young man named Akash, has a penchant for intelligent women. His world turns upside down when he visits a discotheque named Thrive with his best friend, Aditya, and meets Aleesha. Aleesha is new to the city of Mumbai, and is considered to be a spoiled brat owing to the pampered upbringing she has had. Aleesha and Akash exchange Blackberry pins and slowly progress to chatting with each other on a daily basis. They soon begin to fall in love with each other. With help from their friends, the couple manages to meet each other often and they navigate through the hurdles and obstacles that every relationship harbours. However, things soon take a turn for the worse. It is up to Aditya to help his friends get their life and relationship back in order. But can he? It Started With A Friend Request is more than just a love story. It explores the nuances of basic relationships and exemplifies true friendship, along with portraying base emotions like jealousy, hatred, insecurity and possessiveness, and interweaving a story of unrequited love alongside. This novel was published in 2013 and is based on a true story.
	US Marine Logan Thibault finds the photograph of a smiling young woman during his duty in Iraq. Instead of throwing it like he might do otherwise, he decides to keep it. He soon realizes that he is carrying the photograph with him wherever he goes. He immediately comes to realize a sudden streak of luck when he wins poker games and survives a deadly combat in which two of his good friends die. His friend can think of only one explanation to all of this: the photograph of the smiling girl.
	The Jaipur literary festival begins to slowly become an interesting affair for Neel who runs into Nivrita, a beautiful girl. What Nivrita reveals shocks him, as she claims to be a girl from his past, something he doesn't have a clue about. Her advances become hard to resist and Neel is filled with guilt as he is betraying his present girlfriend, Titiksha. Things spiral out of control along with Neel's mind as Nivrita makes an irresistible proposal.
	Journey Of Two Hearts! is an autobiographical story made up of 53 short and easy to read chapters that deconstruct love in urban India against the backdrop of a technologically-savvy world. Journey Of Two Hearts! begins with the author’s friend Maddy playing a prank on a girl named Pakhi using Anuj's phone. Anuj is an extrovert who never wants to fall in love. However, the prank leads to Anuj and Pakhi forging a bond of friendship that is strengthened over phone calls and internet chats. After months of conversation through internet, they finally decide to meet and soon realize that Cupid had struck them long back and that they are head-over-heels in love with each other. Their love reaches dizzying heights with no limits, no ends and no expectations whatsoever. Like in other love stories, they come face to face with a few twists and turns that threaten to tear them apart. Soon conflicts and struggles become a common occurrence in their once near-perfect romantic story. In Journey Of Two Hearts!, the protagonist Anuj takes the reader along with him describing the cherished moments that he spent with his beloved Pakhi, his days of hard work in college, his aspirations for the future and about the girl whom he had hopes of marrying someday. In a heartfelt and emotional way he talks about the circumstances that led to him losing the love of his life. The book was initially a diary that the author planned to gift his wife post their wedding. However, as destiny had something else in store for him, he completed writing the diary when he undergoing treatment for depression in a hospital for six months. Journey Of Two Hearts! is the book adaption of that diary.
	As Sachin Garg narrates a hearty tale inspired by his college days, he brings us the story of many young people in a love circle. The book contains characters like Sachin, who is a tall and handsome man. Sachin has a lot of female admirers. The book begins with his love for the bubbly Kanika who shows a lot of zeal in everyday life. Though she seems open, Sachin deduces that she has a few secrets as well. On the other hand, Kanika is in love with Neil. The book contains another character, Arshi, a pretty girl. Arshi is a bit loud and often uses abusive language. She is also in love with Sachin. The love triangle changes when Zeeshan and Neil start falling for Kanika. Will Kanika fall for them? Will Sachin win over Kanika? What happens to Arshi? This book answers these questions and more. Many elements change in the lives of this group of five in one year of college, and darker shades are revealed. What happened to Arshi’s mother, Radhika, who is a famous and successful TV journalist. With some drama and twists, It's First Love!...Just Like The Last One has been written using simple language. The book was published in 2011 by Grapevine Publishers.
	Vikrant, Anamika and Yuvi meet as a consequence of the final auditions for Rajhan’s College band. A perfectionist, a free spirit and a die-hard music lover, they are worlds apart in contrast but become close friends. When Aditya enters their lives, their perception of the values of love, life and friendship changes forever.
	Aditya, the protagonist of Few Things Left Unsaid Was Your Promise Of Love Fulfilled?, is terribly confused. He is unsure of his objectives in life and does not know what his ambitions are. The one thing that he is sure of is that he despises engineering from the bottom of his heart. Alas, destiny has planned something else for him and forces Aditya to join an engineering college against his wishes. In the college, Aditya finds what he sought for in his quest for true love in the form of Riya, his college mate. The couple enjoys sweet togetherness, but not for long, for soon an unanticipated misfortune strikes them. It is for the readers to find out if Aditya and Riya, with their strong bond of love can overcome all odds in life to sustain their relationship. Few Things Left Unsaid Was Your Promise Of Love Fulfilled? by Sudeep Nagarkar is a story about love, about losing and finding it and about how influential love can be when it comes to making life-turning decisions. The plot of the story, which was inspired by certain experiences in the author’s own life, is soul-stirring and and will tug at the heartstrings of all readers. Published in 2013 by Random House, the book sold as many as 8000 copies within a fortnight of its release. More than 1 million copies of the book have been sold till date and it remains at the top of bestseller lists of various reputed book portals.
	I’ve imagined this in my head so many times. I’ve always thought about what I would say; what I would do, and how it would all turn out to be. And every time I would remove some detail … She’s a flight attendant—young, bright and living her dream. He’s a heartbroken singer on his way to becoming big. She’s an ardent fan of his. He can’t imagine why and yet seems to find comfort in her words. It’s the first time they are together and in their hearts both are wishing, hoping and praying that the night would never end. That the time they are spending together lasts and lasts … In the world of imperfection, there is always someone just right for you.
	The book comprises stories of myriad variations. There are stories which are romantic, joyous, heartbreaking, and varied other emotional stories. The book is an amazing collection of some of the most engrossing stories ever told by Ruskin Bond, like The Eyes Have It, The Girl from Copenhagen, etc.
	Can Love Happen Twice? is the sequel to Singh’s previous book, I Too Had A Love Story. It starts off with Happy, Manpreet, Amardeep, and Ravin having to attend a radio talk show called Raat gayi, baat baki in Chandigarh, on Valentine’s Day. However, Ravin does not show up that evening. Later that evening, word spreads about Ravin’s girlfriend’s death in a road accident. This event leaves Ravin completely shattered, and he spirals into depression. He then decides to opt for an onsite job in Belgium, in an attempt to divert his mind from this great loss. He wants a change as the same surroundings remind him of the dreadful event that took place in his life. Things take a turn for the better during his time at Belgium, where he meets Simar, who is pursuing her MBA over there. Her hostel is just a stone’s throw away from Ravin’s office. They begin to bump into each other on a regular basis, and Ravin begins to feel a sense of attraction toward her. After getting to know details about Ravin’s past relationship, she finds him extremely romantic and caring, while Ravin thinks everything about her is cute. After working there for 10 months, he needs to go back to India, and the two decide to get married. Simar lands back in India, and Ravin goes to meet her parents in Gurgaon. However, Simar wants them to live in Belgium, away from his parents. Does the couple patch up or is it going to be yet another heartbreak for Ravin?
	The Princess Diaries: Ten Out of Ten is the tenth book in The Princess Diaries series. These books record the experiences and musings of young Mia Thermopolis. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her mother in New York City. She attends the Albert Einstein High School. Her best friend is Lilly Moscovitz. Mia is in love with Lilly’s older brother Michael. She has been in love with him ever since she first saw him, when she was in first grade and he in fourth. Michael and Mia eventually discover that they love each other but things end badly when Mia learns of his former relationship with another girl. Michael then has to leave for Japan, where he will be developing a prototype for a robotic arm that could help doctors in performing heart surgery. Meanwhile, a misunderstanding results in breaking her long friendship with Lily. Mia is now dating another boy, JP. In this book, The Princess Diaries: Ten Out of Ten, Mia is set to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. But, she is confused about her feelings for JP, and the situation is complicated by the return of Michael. He is now a young millionaire, following the success of his CardioArm. Besides, Mia has other issues to sort out. She wants to win back Lily's friendship. She has written a romance novel, but is hesitant about sharing this information with her friends. She begins to doubt JP’s sincerity and feels that he is using her. She is drawn towards Michael again. She has also been accepted by the colleges that she applied to, but is unsure whether she was accepted on merit or because of her royal lineage. While Mia is trying to deal with all this, her father is standing for the elections. Mia throws herself wholeheartedly into helping him win the elections. She also has to prepare for the huge party her grandmother is planning for her eighteenth birthday, and the graduation party and prom. Thus, in The Princess Diaries: Ten Out of Ten Mia is finding that she has a lot of things to cope with in a short period of time.
	The Mortal War is over, and Clary Fray finally has a chance to settle down to a life of her own. She is back home in New York and trains to become a Shadowhunter. Her mother is marrying the man she loves and Clary can finally have the romantic relationship she has always desired with Jace. However, she learns that there is always a price. Someone is threatening the peace between the Downworlders and the Shadowhunters by murdering Shadowhunters. Simon, Clary’s best friend, has problems of his own. He leaves home after telling his mother he’s a vampire. He has to learn how to deal with his powers as soon as he can, for the world is at stake. Clary has other problems as well, for Jace is beginning to pull away from her without explaining why. What she discovers is that her own actions have set into motion a series of events which may cost her everything she loves.
	Two weeks after the events of the previous novel, Jace and Clary meet again and Clary discovers that Jace has been combined with her evil brother Sebastian. The Clave is after Sebastian but there is no way to harm one without harming the other. Realizing she has no other choice, Jace decides to gamble with fate and take up the Seelie Queen's promise. However the price may be more than she bargained for.