813.085 ... the Dewey Decimal System number to find “Amish Vampire” or “Brewery Owner Intrigue” romance novels at your local library.
These bodice-ripping love stories (okay, not really those ones, though they are entirely real genres ) have topped the checkout charts for a while now — including the Johnson County Library’s hottest books of 2023.
Adult fiction’s steamy finalists
- “Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel” by Bonnie Garmus
- “It Starts With Us: A Novel” by Colleen Hoover
- “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover
- “Mad Honey: A Novel” by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
- “Happy Place” by Emily Henry
- “Reminders of Him: A Novel” by Colleen Hoover
- “Someone Else’s Shoes” by Jojo Moyes
- “Verity” by Colleen Hoover
- “The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel” by Laura Dave
Looks like the Paris of the Plains may be giving the City of Love a run for its money...