Universe of Books: Works of Love for hearts in love, heartbroken or wanting to believe again this Valentine’s Day

Love is a feeling that has inspired hundreds of writers for years, who have found in the written word the best way to capture personal or third-party stories or have allowed themselves to imagine one. “Love comfort like the glow of the sun after the rain”said William Shakespeare. A moment of happiness can lead to a story of years, able to withstand and survive the strongest tides.

Next, we present you a selection of novels and love books, the stories of which are not only about romantic love.

“Modern Love” by Daniel Jones

In 2004, Daniel Jones began writing one of the most famous love columns in the world. The New York TimesThese stories were later made into a podcast, then a book, and finally an Amazon Prime series starring Anne Hathaway, Dev Patel, Tina Fey, and Andrew Scott.

Modern love is a selection of these moving stories of love, loss and reconciliation, intended for the reader who believes in love, who is heartbroken and who has endured a series of obstacles where affection has emerged victorious.

This work includes the stories of a bipolar lawyer who experiences ups and downs in her appointments, that of a mother trying to mend her relationship with the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager, that of a woman who is about to state to Death writes, among other things, her husband’s profile on a dating platform.

‘Love in the Time of Cholera’, by Gabriel García Márquez

Inspired by his parents’ courtship story, in 1985 Gabriel García Márquez published one of his most melancholic books in the history of universal literature, in which unrequited love spans nearly half a century. The work focuses on the love story between Florenino Ariza and Fermina Daza, but there are also other kinds of love intertwined around it, such as romantic love, love for children, passionate love, brotherly love and love built on everyday habits.

The book presents Florencio who, after fifty years, nine months and four days, returns to profess his love for Fermina, who, despite being deeply in love with him, marries a wealthy doctor from a good family. Some consider this work a tribute to love, adventures, time, old age and death.

‘The Japanese lover’, by Isabel Allende

With San Francisco as a backdrop, Isabel Allende presents the love story between two people from different social classes. Alma Velasco, is a wealthy woman sent by her parents to live with her uncle; here he meets Ichimei Fukuda, son of the family gardener. This pair of lovers begins a secret romance that survives separation, criticism and time.

In her old age, when she is admitted to a nursing home, the protagonist meets a mysterious woman, with whom she discovers the love letters written to her by her Japanese lover.

“Start Over” by Collen Hoover

You can always start over and believe in love, and especially when fate puts second chances on the road. Collen Hoover presents the sequel to break the circleby the alias Start over. In this second episode, the characters Lily and her ex-husband Ryle reach a custody agreement for their daughter, just as Lily meets her first love, Atlas.

This pair of lovers has a first date again after two years and the protagonist feels that time is on her side. But her joy fades when she thinks her ex-husband Ryle might not allow her to rebuild her life with a new love, let alone her daughter in the middle.

“We’ll discover more about Atlas’ past and follow Lily in search of a second chance to find true love while dealing with a jealous ex-husband,” the synopsis says.

‘Noah’s Notebook’, by Nicholas Sparks

If you want to cry with one of those movie love stories, Noah’s notebook by Nicholas Sparks is the ideal choice. This book, made into a movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, presents the love story of Noah and Allie.

In a journal he carries with him everywhere, Noah writes down all the memories of his history with Allie, to whom he reads them many years later, trying to retrieve some of the memories between them. These characters meet for a summer and their love transcends time through a series of tides, disagreements, obstacles and even World War II.