This on-again, off-again long-distance romance is told in the form of a painstakingly assembled faux auction catalog, resulting in not her version of the story, not his version of the story, but theirs.

The primary star of this 500-plus-page novel is Paris, which is such an obvious and exquisite setting for romance.

Told in spare, simple prose, this slim novella explores how two good cowboy buddies discover not just that they're more than friends but that they're meant to spend the rest of their lives together.

Not your average boy-meets-girl fairy tale, this novel about growing up, moving on and never letting go resonates with just about everyone who's had to struggle to find themselves as well as find somebody to spend their life with.

Erich Segal's slender novel begins when preppy Harvard jock Oliver and working-class Radcliffe brain Jenny meet in a library, then blossoms from sweet courtship into epic romance.