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5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s Day, Too)

Is it a coincidence that National Library Lovers Day shares a calendar square with Valentine’s Day? Perhaps not. If candy hearts and prix-fixe dinners feel a little too treacly, consider rekindling your first and truest love: books. Libraries have always been places of quiet devotion — to ideas, knowledge, memory,…

BookTribFebruary 14, 2026

Miscellany Popular Romance

Montgomery & Taggert’s Romance Revelations

This Valentine’s Day, Montgomery & Taggert, the charming independent romance bookstore in Chester, Connecticut, isn’t just reflecting trends in the genre … it’s setting them. Readers are discovering romance in new ways, from lifelong aficionados to those freshly liberated from reading slumps. While some readers “are looking for a temporary…

BookTribFebruary 9, 2026

Fiction Listicles Romance

Valentine’s Books to Fall For in 2026

February is the month of love, yet with this selection of love-themed books, you’ll find a variety of types – unhinged, unimaginable, unforgettable! Because after all, what’s love without a little bit of drama and dysfunction? These selected books are publishing this year and all feature love in some way.…

Stephanie ElliotFebruary 11, 2026

Listicles Miscellany

Romance… With a Side of Chaos

For readers who savor love stories rooted in years-long friendships, these selections offer the kind of slow-burn romance that unfolds with patience and emotional depth. For those who prefer their love stories with a bolder edge, several of these titles also deliver a satisfying dose of heat. Looking to discover…

Cameron KimballFebruary 5, 2026

Listicles Miscellany Popular

Your V-Day Plans Reveal Your Next Must-Read

How are you celebrating — or dodging — Valentine’s Day this year? Planning an over-the-top romantic date? Cozying up with Ben & Jerry’s on the couch? Hoping tonight ends with a ring? Keeping things strictly Galentine’s? Whatever your Valentine’s vibe, there’s a perfect book recommendation (or three) waiting for you.…

Cameron KimballFebruary 9, 2026

Miscellany

All You Need Is Love: 20 New Book Releases Just In Time for Valentine’s Day!

Valentine's Day is tomorrow and we're making it easy to celebrate love, with your love of books! Our list of new releases for this week are all love stories - and because love comes in all shapes, sizes and forms, we have a pretty diverse group of books for you.…

BookTribFebruary 13, 2018

Miscellany Romance

Our Valentine’s Day Book Guide Will Have You Falling In Love With Your Next Read

Forget the apps and the blind dates. This Valentine’s Day, you can be sure to find your perfect match right here on BookTrib. Book match, that is. We can’t help with the other kind. But who needs a romantic partner when your time is filled with reading through your TBR…

BookTribFebruary 14, 2025

Miscellany Romance

Romance Bookstore Owners and BookTrib Staff Share Our Fictional Valentines

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we stopped by to chat with our friends at Montgomery & Taggert, Connecticut’s first and only romance-centric indie bookstore, to see what they had to say about the holiday — and which fictional characters they’d spend it with. They had a lot to…

BookTribFebruary 4, 2025

Miscellany

Express Yourself: Literary Valentines for Every Kind of Reader

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. Every Wednesday, see what our "book buddies" are up to and stay in the know with all the news you need to know about books, literature and pop culture. Ah, Valentine’s Day. It’s that day of the year that many of us buy…

BookishFebruary 14, 2018

Miscellany

‘Fall In Love With You’: The Guaranteed Path to More Love & Happiness

We’ve been conditioned to believe in an outside-in model of life that says we are intrinsically lacking and have to attract, achieve, or fill ourselves up with something more in order to be enough. This has led us to develop all manner of coping and controlling mechanisms to get what…

Derek RydallFebruary 14, 2018

Miscellany

Love Is In The Air: Last Minute Literary Valentine’s Day Gifts To Spark Romance!

It's Valentine's Day and if you haven't gotten that special gift for your significant other, it's not too late! Forget the conventional chocolates and teddy bears, the book lover in your life will appreciate something more creative, inspired by the authors and literature they love. Don't fret, we've got you covered.…

Rachel CarterFebruary 14, 2018

Miscellany Pop Culture

Valentine’s Day Quiz –Discover Your Literary Soulmate!

BookTribFebruary 14, 2019

Nonfiction

Sacred and Complex, Amy Bloom’s ‘White Houses’ Chronicles First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secret Affair

One of the highlights of my year, thus far, was interviewing bestselling author, Amy Bloom about her new book, White Houses. Released in time for Valentine's Day (February 13, Penguin Random House) with rave reviews from the likes of Joyce Carol Oates, White Houses is a love story about a complex affair…

Aisha K. StaggersFebruary 14, 2018

Nonfiction

Single? Five Surefire Ways to Feel Even Worse on Valentines Day

Get great advice from relationship expert Robert Weiss in his newest book. If you’re single, Valentines Day can be a real crusher, reminding you of the fact that you’ve not found your special someone and everybody else on the planet apparently has. Or so it seems with all the “He…

BookTrib Guest AuthorFebruary 13, 2017

Nonfiction

Live Interview: “It’s Just a F***ing Date” authors answer YOUR questions

New York Times #1 bestselling authors GREG BEHRENDT and AMIIRA RUOTOLA of "He's Just Not That Into You" join BookTrib for a live chat to talk about their new book "It's Just A F***ing Date." GREG BEHRENDT and AMIIRA RUOTOLA AIRED February 20, 2014 at 3:00 PM (ET) It's…

BookTribFebruary 10, 2014

Fiction

Heat Index: 5 Hot New Books All About the Heart of the Matter

In the fast-paced society we live in today, sometimes we forget to slow down and enjoy what life has to offer us. But there are times that we're reminded of the important things in life like family, friends and love. Whether you're single, dating or completely off the market, these…

Beth WaskoFebruary 13, 2016

Valentine’s Day

5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s Day, Too)

Montgomery & Taggert’s Romance Revelations

Valentine’s Books to Fall For in 2026

Romance… With a Side of Chaos

Your V-Day Plans Reveal Your Next Must-Read

All You Need Is Love: 20 New Book Releases Just In Time for Valentine’s Day!

Our Valentine’s Day Book Guide Will Have You Falling In Love With Your Next Read

Romance Bookstore Owners and BookTrib Staff Share Our Fictional Valentines

Express Yourself: Literary Valentines for Every Kind of Reader

‘Fall In Love With You’: The Guaranteed Path to More Love & Happiness

Love Is In The Air: Last Minute Literary Valentine’s Day Gifts To Spark Romance!

Valentine’s Day Quiz –Discover Your Literary Soulmate!

Sacred and Complex, Amy Bloom’s ‘White Houses’ Chronicles First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secret Affair

Single? Five Surefire Ways to Feel Even Worse on Valentines Day

Live Interview: “It’s Just a F***ing Date” authors answer YOUR questions

Heat Index: 5 Hot New Books All About the Heart of the Matter

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