In honor of February and St. Valentine, let's talk love stories! So here we have it, folks. The great YA-ish love stories of our time. The requirements for this list: the book has a hero and a heroine who, after a series of challenges, end up loving each other. That's it. Oh yeah, and happy endings are important. This is Valentine's Month, after all.Have any to add? Let us know!
- Pride and Prejudice (and all other Austen novels), by Jane Austen. Not strictly YA, but who's counting?
- Twilight series, by Stephenie Meyer
- The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
- East, by Edith Pattou
- Constance, by Patricia Clapp
- Daddy Long-Legs, by Jean Webster
- An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott
- Wildwood Dancing, by Juliet Marillier
- The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, by Louise Plummer
- Crown Duel, by Sherwood Smith
- A Countess Below Stairs, by Eva Ibbotson
- Bewitching Season, by Marissa Doyle
- A Posse of Princesses, by Sherwood Smith
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
- Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
- Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature, by Robin Brande
- Lorna Doone, by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Cybele's Secret, by Juliet Marillier
- Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale
- The Princess and the Hound, by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Austenland, by Shannon Hale
- Anne of Green Gables series, by L. M. Montgomery
- The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy
- Pollyanna Grows Up (sequel to Pollyanna), by Eleanor H. Porter
- Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster
I just wanted to add two books to Ashley's list, which, by the way--I LOVE!!!!!!! and totally agree with. It seems that we must have the same type of taste in literature. So here are my additions, though I know I am a little late.
ReplyDeleteThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
The Anne of Green Gables books--Anne and Gilbert have to be one of my all time favorite couples.
Fabulous additions. I haven't actually read "The Scarlet Pimpernel," but I love the old 1980s movie with Jane Seymour in it. If you haven't seen it, find it and watch it. It's hilarious. Though I don't know how it'll compare to the book. And as for Anne of Green Gables ... how could I have forgotten it? Terrible oversight. Thanks for adding it for us.
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