Classic romance: where to start

 Pride and Prejudice/books/Pride-and-Prejudice-Jane-Austen by Jane Austen (1813). The enemies-to-lovers blueprint, and still the funniest.

 Jane Eyre/books/Jane-Eyre-Charlotte-Brontë by Charlotte Brontë (1847). Passion, secrets and a heroine who knows her worth.

 Emma/books/Emma-Jane-Austen by Jane Austen (1815). A matchmaker who gets everyone's heart wrong, including her own.

 Sense and Sensibility/books/Sense-and-Sensibility-Jane-Austen by Jane Austen (1811). Two sisters, two ways to love and lose.

 A Room with a View/books/A-Room-with-a-View-E-M-Forster by E. M. Forster (1908). Florence, violets and a choice between convention and feeling.

 The Blue Castle/books/The-Blue-Castle-L-M-Montgomery by L. M. Montgomery (1926). A timid woman decides to live, and finds love doing it.

 Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor/books/Lorna-Doone-R-D-Blackmore by R. D. Blackmore (1869). Outlaws, blizzards and devotion on Exmoor.

 The Romance of Tristan and Iseult/books/The-Romance-of-Tristan-and-Iseult-Joseph-Bédier by Joseph Bédier (1900).

The medieval legend of a fatal love potion.

 Romeo and Juliet/books/Romeo-and-Juliet-William-Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1597). The tragedy every star-crossed story borrows from.