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Best College / New Adult Romance Books

First freedom, fierce feelings, and the relationships that shape who you become. College and new-adult romance books capture the intensity of young love during the most transformative years of life. Find your next campus romance in our curated collection.

Dorm rooms, first real freedom, and love that hits like a freight train. College and new adult romance captures that electric period where you're figuring out who you are -- and who you want beside you.

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Fourth Wing book cover

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

Enemies to Lovers Forced Proximity Slow Burn
Daydream book cover

Daydream

Hannah Grace

Hockey Grumpy Sunshine Bookworm
The Deal book cover

The Deal

Elle Kennedy

Slow Burn Hockey Athlete
The Graduates book cover

The Graduates

Janet Quin-Harkin

Vacation Romance Friends to Lovers College / New Adult
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London Bound

C. J. Duggan

Big City Paranormal Beach / Coastal
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Rival

J L Weil

College / New Adult Emotional / Tearjerker
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Scoring the Quarterback

S. M. Soto

College / New Adult Athlete Football
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Obsidian

Jennifer L. Armentrout

College / New Adult Contemporary
Only You book cover

Only You

Joya Ryan

College / New Adult Trauma Recovery
Grace and Glory book cover

Grace and Glory

Jennifer L. Armentrout

College / New Adult
You Only Need One book cover

You Only Need One

Laure Connolly

College / New Adult
Awakenings book cover

Awakenings

Saranne Dawson

Contemporary Witchy College / New Adult
Medieval Romance and Material Culture book cover

Medieval Romance and Material Culture

Nicholas Perkins

Historical Medieval Revenge
By Invitation Only book cover

By Invitation Only

Alexandra Brown Chang

Romantic Comedy College / New Adult
Emmie and Roger book cover

Emmie and Roger

Richard Greeley

Road Trip Beach / Coastal College / New Adult
Gift For the Boss - Novella 3.5 book cover

Gift For the Boss - Novella 3.5

Lexy Timms

Boss Employee Billionaire Love Triangle
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Boss Me Dirty

Parker Grey

Boss Employee Forbidden Love Workplace Romance
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Vicious Prince

Rina Kent

Forced Marriage Royalty College / New Adult
The Story of Awkward book cover

The Story of Awkward

R.K. Ryals

Sister's Best Friend Villain Antihero Fantasy / Fae
Filthy Professor book cover

Filthy Professor

Niquel

Teacher Student Professor College / New Adult
The Hookup Equation book cover

The Hookup Equation

Roxie Noir

Teacher Student Secret Relationship College / New Adult
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The Professor

Skye Warren

Teacher Student Second Chance Forbidden Love
Psych Major Syndrome book cover

Psych Major Syndrome

Alicia Thompson

Bet or Dare Roommates College / New Adult
Rock Solid Rockstar Romance Series: Box Set: Books 1-3 book cover

Rock Solid Rockstar Romance Series: Box Set: Books 1-3

Karina Bliss

Musician Celebrity Ordinary Royalty
Rough: Books 5-7: An MC Biker Second Chance Romance book cover

Rough: Books 5-7: An MC Biker Second Chance Romance

Summer Cooper, Sienna Chance

MC / Biker Second Chance Fated Mates
SEAL'd With A Kiss book cover

SEAL'd With A Kiss

Layne Daniels

Pen Pals to Lovers Athlete Royalty
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Pen Pals

Jeremiah S. Warren

Pen Pals to Lovers Billionaire Cinnamon Roll
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Star Crossed

Heather Stone

Secret Identity Accidental Pregnancy Cinnamon Roll
Dinner at The Beach House Hotel book cover

Dinner at The Beach House Hotel

Judith Keim

Beach / Coastal Love Triangle Accidental Pregnancy
Diving into Love book cover

Diving into Love

Kat Bellemore

Beach / Coastal Roommates Possessive Hero
Squeeze Play book cover

Squeeze Play

Kate Angell

Baseball Friends to Lovers Second Chance
Squeeze Play book cover

Squeeze Play

Alexis Anne

Baseball Friends to Lovers Second Chance
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Curveball

Kate Angell

Baseball Forbidden Love Teacher Student
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Curveball

Jillian Quinn

Baseball Forbidden Love Teacher Student
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Give In To Me

K.M. Scott

Possessive Hero Billionaire Big City
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The Roommate Arrangement

Samantha Markum

Roommates Friends to Lovers College / New Adult
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Finding Henderson's Ranch

M. L. Buchman

Cowboy / Ranch Cowboy Military
Learned Behaviors book cover

Learned Behaviors

Jayce Ellis

Single Parent Love Triangle Boss CEO
Moonlight Shadows book cover

Moonlight Shadows

Kathryn Kaleigh

Time Travel Military Professor
Deceive Me book cover

Deceive Me

Vi Carter

College / New Adult Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male
Drunk Girl book cover

Drunk Girl

Mignon Mykel

College / New Adult Friends to Lovers Second Chance
Bound to the Billionaire 1 (BWWM Interracial Romance Short Stories) book cover

Bound to the Billionaire 1 (BWWM Interracial Romance Short Stories)

Viola Black

College / New Adult Friends to Lovers Second Chance
Wild, Crazy Hearts (The Bradens & Montgomerys #4) Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance book cover

Wild, Crazy Hearts (The Bradens & Montgomerys #4) Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance

Melissa Foster

College / New Adult Friends to Lovers Forbidden Love
The Billionaire's Wife 1 (BWWM Interracial Romance) book cover

The Billionaire's Wife 1 (BWWM Interracial Romance)

Viola Black

College / New Adult Second Chance Bet or Dare
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Flipping His Script

Sabrina Stark

College / New Adult Brooding Hero Reformed Bad Boy
The Prize (Enemies-to-Lovers Romance) book cover

The Prize (Enemies-to-Lovers Romance)

K.L. Middleton, Cassie Alexandra

College / New Adult Friends to Lovers Forbidden Love
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Star Bright

Miranda Jarrett

College / New Adult
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Star Bright

Carla Coxwell

College / New Adult
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The Kiss Thief

L. J. Shen

Arranged Marriage Rivals to Lovers Love Triangle

Frequently Asked Questions

Dorm rooms, first real freedom, and love that hits like a freight train. College and new adult romance captures that electric period where you're figuring out who you are — and who you want beside you. College / New Adult romance is one of the most searched-for tropes in the genre, loved for its unique emotional arc and satisfying payoffs.

Elle Kennedy, Hannah Grace, and Penelope Douglas dominate college/new-adult romance. First freedom, fierce feelings, and the relationships that shape who you become.

College/new-adult romance is set during a specific life stage -- the transition to adulthood, first independence, and identity formation. Contemporary is the broader category of modern-day settings. All college romance is contemporary, but contemporary romance spans all adult ages and life stages.