Best Christina Lauren Books

The best books by Christina Lauren — 13 titles spanning Romance, averaging 3.84 on Goodreads.

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Christina Lauren is actually two people — Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings — which might explain why their romances feel unusually alive with friction and chemistry. They built their following on the Beautiful Bastard series, sharp-edged office romance with heat and banter dialed up to maximum, then evolved into something more playful and emotionally textured with standalones like The Unhoneymooners and The Soulmate Equation. Their style is witty and fast-moving, with dialogue that crackles and romantic tension that earns its payoff rather than rushing it. What sets them apart in contemporary romance is their knack for grounding wish-fulfillment premises in genuinely relatable emotional stakes. Readers who want romance that makes them laugh out loud one page and feel something real the next will find Christina Lauren near the top of that very short list.

Christina Lauren's highest-rated book in our collection is Love and Other Words (4.21 on Goodreads). Browse the full list below.

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    Love and Other Words

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (833.5K ratings)
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    Beautiful Player

    Beautiful Bastard • Book 3

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (80.7K ratings)
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    The True Love Experiment

    DNA Duo • Book 2

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (198.0K ratings)
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    The Soulmate Equation

    DNA Duo • Book 1

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (305.1K ratings)
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    The Unhoneymooners

    Unhoneymooners • Book 1

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)
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    Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating

    Beautiful Bastard

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (188.1K ratings)
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    Beautiful Bastard

    Beautiful Bastard • Book 1

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (225.8K ratings)
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    Roomies

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (90.5K ratings)
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    My Favorite Half-Night Stand

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.70 Goodreads (121.3K ratings)
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    In a Holidaze

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (252.7K ratings)
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    Something Wilder

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (148.0K ratings)
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    The Honey-Don't List

    by Christina Lauren

    ★ 3.49 Goodreads (85.6K ratings)
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    Scared Sexy

    Scared Sexy Collection

    by Ali Hazelwood, Katee Robert, Christina Lauren, Ruby Dixon, Kimberly Lemming, J.T. Geissinger, Nina Yndis, Maxim Reston, Marli Watson, Nicholas Boulton, Vanessa Moyen, Troy Duran, Beth Roeg, Ryan West, Andi Eloise, Sean Crisden, Aure Nash

    ★ 3.44 Goodreads (1.1K ratings)
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