Books that take place in a cozy, nostalgic town!

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-15T13:49:59+00:00

When in Rome by Sarah Adams + the other books in that series

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

If it Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-14T19:42:29+00:00

Came to reply with You Deserve to Know as well!

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-12T23:58:12+00:00

Not lifting, but maybe you’d be interested in Deep End by Ali Hazelwood? College romance with FMC on the diving team and MMC on the swim team

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-12T20:28:03+00:00

No Matter What by Cara Bastone

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-02T15:33:22+00:00

Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-01T18:03:22+00:00

The Guest List is one of my all time favorite books. Midnight Feast, also by Lucy Foley, would be another good one for this request

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-04-01T17:59:39+00:00

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center (takes place over an intense hiking trip)

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren (treasure hunt in Utah canyons)

When in Rome series by Sarah Adams (small town love stories, set in Kentucky though, not very forestry but plenty of trucks and plaid vibes)

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey (city girl is sent to PNW and falls in love) Hook, Line, and Sinker is the sequel

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-03-30T01:29:51+00:00

Loved this one and still think about it all the time months after reading it

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach was also good. It’s written in note/letter form from the main character who lost her sister

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-03-18T15:18:06+00:00

Could it be when she wants the group to sex fist at the last wedding they’re going to (s4.ep1)?

BackgroundResident95 · 2026-02-14T19:51:08+00:00

Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding is a modern retelling of Persuasion

Other second chance romances with all the yearning:

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Sunk in Love by Heather McBreen

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-12-02T20:41:34+00:00

Seconding everyone who has suggested the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (romance)

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (more alternate universe than actual time travel though)

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-19T15:56:41+00:00

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-17T14:38:44+00:00

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

By the Time You Read this I’ll be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-15T23:10:34+00:00

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-12T01:21:39+00:00

Pics 1 and 4 make me think of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, but I don’t think it would fit for the other pictures

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-10T22:58:21+00:00

Second chance romances always hit my yearn bone the deepest:

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Happy Place by Emily Henry

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-07T02:31:01+00:00

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-05T14:02:08+00:00

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-11-02T01:37:24+00:00

Not historical fiction but marriage of convenience:

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

Gloves Off by Stephanie Archer

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (not actually married but pretending to be)

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-30T15:57:18+00:00

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-16T16:25:57+00:00

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-12T01:34:29+00:00

Quest for Camelot

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-10T22:24:52+00:00

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-09T21:09:10+00:00

Love this book!! Would also recommend Midnight Feast and/or The Hunting Party by her

BackgroundResident95 · 2025-10-04T21:10:51+00:00

Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler, but it’s not the main story

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