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| 2026 | verity: october 2 sense & sensibility: october 16 sunrise on the reaping: november 20 dune messiah: december 18

| 2027 | children of blood & bone: january 15 the nightingale: february 12 beach read: may 7

| 2028 | cinder: november 3

I love hockey romances as much as the next person but sometimes you want another sport to take center stage. So here is a collection of sports romance books where one (or all of them) is playing a sport that isn't hockey.

Feel free to leave any recomendations for the list.

(Contains both YA and Adult romance)

Romance books with characters and a romance that feels mature. There is no or very low drama in the romance itself. It's often a slowburn, sometimes medium burn and feels very natural. The characters are either emotionally aware, possess a decent level of emotional intelligence, or are actively trying to communicate even if it's hard. Aside from the romance there is ample time for the characters to have growth on their own.

Keywords; Mature, slow/med burn, no drama, steady, emotional security.

A sports list to swoon over in 2026. Contains , F1 , Hockey, Football (UK soccer) , Bull Riding, etc

Always updating ranging from YA to 18+

where each narrator voices their own character(s) throughout the entire book, not just when it’s ‘their’ chapter

I have not read all of these - I do have a life

Football (soccer, if you must) romances.

there are wayyyy too many to keep track of so i’ll leave them here until they go into production/release

Books that have been made into a TV series or Movie

Another day in the AnaHuang Verse = falling in love was not the plan… but here we are

non fantasy version

Sporty and Spicy (mainly 🏳️‍🌈)

Just a bunch of sport romances with football/soccer as the main sport.

✎ᝰ. 𝓜𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼

The Deal Rewind It Back Love Song

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

Yo queriendo elegir mi proxima lectura siendo un culo inquieto xd.

A list of all the books I've read and loved and 'sometimes' (most of the times 🙊) reread! It'd be books I'll forever recommend 💞

Niche-sports romances that play outside the hockey 🏒, football 🏈, basketball 🏀, and baseball ⚾️ realms

Note: there is YA in this list