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Books in the Romance genre:

Hot Countries (1930)

Hot Countries Alec Waugh book cover

An intriguing historical document as well as travel book. It is a record of the places portrayed and an impression of the attitudes of the time. It tells of a series of journeys in the Far East, the West Indies and the South Sea Islands.

Author(s): Alec Waugh
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Petticoat Court (1930)

Petticoat Court (1930) Lovelace book cover

A young woman from New Orleans travels to France during the Civil War.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Impassioned Clay (1931)

Impassioned Clay Llewelyn Powys book cover

An exploration of spirituality and including youth and lovers.

Author(s): Llewelyn Powys
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Lesby (1931)

Lesby Elizabeth Willis book cover
A novel which at first glance tells of a small rural domestic struggle - two sisters very dis-similar in temperament are pursued by one man and in somewhat different manners those affections are returned. Lesby is pursued by the suitor but she is una... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Willis
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Dark Rosaleen (1933)

Dark Rosaleen Marjorie Bowen book cover
A story about a lonely young boy who is attending a parade of animals when he makes a strange, new friend. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Marjorie Bowen
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Presenting Lily Mars (1933)

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The story of a small town Midwestern girl who becomes a Broadway star.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Harve Stein

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Roaring River (1934)

Roaring River William Mac Leod Raine book cover

A tale about a carefree young man from the Cities of the East and his journey into adulthood in the still Wild West. Informative adventure about the rail road companies West during the turn of the century.

Author(s): William MacLeod Raine
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Venetian Masque (1934)

Venetian Masque Rafael Sabatini book cover
An adventure novel written by the Anglo-Italian writer and it is set in the 1790s. It is about Napoleon's capture of the city-state that was Venice. An Englishman travels to Venice in the hope he may help it protect itself from Napoleon Read online a... View More

Author(s): Rafael Sabatini
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Mistress Pat (1935)

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Patricia Gardiner clings to her home until life offers her something better.

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

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The Foxes of Harrow (1946)

The Foxes of Harrow Frank Yerby book cover
Historical novel of romantic New Orleans and nearby plantation life, from 1825 to 1865. When Stephen Fox arrived in New Orleans in 1825 on a pig boat, he gambled, won and built "Harrow," the greatest mansion house and plantation in Louisiana. He took... View More

Author(s): Frank Yerby
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Sea is Blue (1946)

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The story of Tim and Cissy, growing up on Nantucket and the rainbows they shared.

Author(s): Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1946
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Wake of the Red Witch (1946)

Wake of the Red Witch Garland Roark book cover

Romance of the Dutch East Indies which takes place from 1875 to 1939.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Garland Roark
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Pride’s Castle (1949)

Pride’s Castle Frank Yerby book cover
Handsome and fiercely ambitious, Pride Dawson came to New York in 1870 to battle his way up in the savage world of high finance. He thirsted for money, power, and all the elegant and willing, women they could buy. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Frank Yerby
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Legacy (1950)

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A group of English women and children led by Jean Paget are captured by the Japanese in Malaya during World War II and forced to march from village to village. Joe Harman, an Australian prisoner of war, aids them and is crucified by the Japanese for ... View More

Author(s): Neville Shute
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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A Town Like Alice (1950)

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A group of English women and children led by Jean Paget are captured by the Japanese in Malaya during World War II and forced to march from village to village. Joe Harman, an Australian prisoner of war, aids them and is crucified by the Japanese for ... View More

Author(s): Neville Shute
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Love Among the Cannibals (1957)

Love Among the Cannibals Wright Morris book cover
The narrator, Earl Horter, is a lyric writer of juke box songs. He is 41, and he and his partner, Mac are in Hollywood to work on a musical. They each pick up a girl and the four take a trip to Acapulco where the primitive atmosphere reveals the true... View More

Author(s): Wright Morris
Illustrator(s): Joe Krush

Sense and Sensibility (1957)

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When Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters find themselves in realtive poverty with only the income of ten thousand pounds ($100,000 per year in current money) to live on, she determines to move to a different part of the country, near a cousin who o... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Jean and Johnny (1959)

Jean and Johnny Beverly Cleary book cover

Jean wasn't ready when the best-looking, most popular boy in the school asked her to dance.

Author(s): Beverly Cleary
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Sister of the Bride (1963)

Sister of the Bride Beverly Cleary book cover

Romantic Barbara helps her down-to-earth sister with her wedding plans.

Author(s): Beverly Cleary
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Traitor Queen (1963)

The Traitor Queen Nancy Faulkner book cover

This story is about Crete at the height of its brilliant civilization. It is a story of mystery, deceit, and romance.

Author(s): Nancy Faulkner
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Captain Horatio Hornblower: a condensation of Beat to Quarters (1966)

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This condensed version of Beat to Quarters is illustrated. The other contents of the volume include My Friend Flicka, Jane Eyre, and Alone.... View More

Author(s): Charlotte Brontë
Richard Evelyn Byrd
C. S. Forester
Mary O’Hara
Illustrator(s): James E. Bama

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Wuthering Heights (1975)

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The haunting love story of Heathcliff and Cathy.

Author(s): Emily Brontë
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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Love on a Branch Line (1988)

Love on a Branch Line John Hadfield book cover
The novel tells the story of a diffident member of the British Civil Service. Jasper Pye, who is sent to East Anglia to close a government department headquartered at a country estate. During the weekend he spends at the estate, he meets the peo... View More

Author(s): John Hadfield
Illustrator(s): John Verney

The Poet X (2018)

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Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frus... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Acevedo
Illustrator(s): None

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 2019

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