First time visiting BookBrowse? Get a free copy of our member's ezine today.

Romance Bookstores are Taking Over America

BookBrowse News - The Full Story

Romance Bookstores are Taking Over America

Feb 14 2024

Five years ago, there was just one. Now bookshops exclusively stocking romance novels are everywhere – aiming to ‘undo generations of shame’... At least eight other dedicated romance novel bookstores opened across the US in 2023, in cities from Wichita, Kansas, to Belfast, Maine. At least three more have opened so far in 2024, in Florida and in Utah, with another planned in Portland, Oregon.

Source: The Guardian

More News Stories

Top Picks

  • Book Jacket: Long Island Compromise
    Long Island Compromise
    by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner's second novel, Long Island Compromise, is centered around the Fletchers, a ...
  • Book Jacket: A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit
    A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit
    by Noliwe Rooks
    The life of legendary American educator and Black civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-...
  • Book Jacket: A Sorceress Comes to Call
    A Sorceress Comes to Call
    by T. Kingfisher
    T. Kingfisher is a grand maestra of dark fantasy fiction, an incredibly prolific author who seems to...
  • Book Jacket: Rethinking Rescue
    Rethinking Rescue
    by Carol Mithers
    In the mid-1990s, Lori Weise began working at a furniture factory near Skid Row, a blighted section ...

BookBrowse Book Club

Book Jacket
The Rose Arbor
by Rhys Bowen
An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense.
Book Jacket
The Story Collector
by Evie Woods
From the international bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop!

Members Recommend

  • Book Jacket

    Everything We Never Knew
    by Julianne Hough

    A dazzling, heartwarming novel from Emmy winner Julianne Hough and Rule author Ellen Goodlett.

    Read the Reviews
  • Book Jacket

    The Fertile Earth
    by Ruthvika Rao

    A love story set against India's political turmoil, where two young people defy social barriers.

    Read the Reviews
Wordplay

Solve this clue:

The A O M E

and be entered to win..

Win This Book
Win Follow the Stars Home

Follow the Stars Home by Diane C. McPhail

A reimagining of the intrepid woman who braved treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River.

Enter

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.