18 Beautiful Books To Read In 2020 That Feature Interracial Love Stories

Set in the early 1900s during the Red Summer, this coming-of-age novel tells the story of the titular Savannah, an upper-class African-American girl whose life changes after she meets a working-class West Indian boy. As she learns more about Lloyd's world, she finds herself attending suffragist lectures, fighting for change, and falling unexpectedly in love.

Aspiring journalist Cal's world is turned upside down after his pilot father's new job with NASA takes his family to Houston. Though he's disappointed to leave his dream internship behind, things are made better after Cal meets Leon, a fellow son of an astronaut with whom he quickly finds himself falling deeply in love.

After successful wedding planner Carolina is unexpectedly ditched on her own wedding day, she's offered a new work opportunity that could turn things around. The problem: She must collaborate on the project with her ex-fiancé's brother, Max, whom she loathes — though the longer they work together, the more her attraction to him grows.

In this modern take on Beauty and the Beast, a centuries-old feud between the Rao and the Emerson families becomes complicated after Princess Jaya Rao and Grey Emerson end up at the same elite boarding school. Jaya hatches a plan to woo Grey and then break his heart — but that proves difficult after she actually falls for him.

This modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina revolves around 17-year-old Anna K, a Korean-American New York City It Girl whose seemingly perfect life is thrown for a loop after she meets bad boy Alexia "Count" Vronsky. As attraction turns into infatuation, Anna must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice to be with Alexia.

After Laurie is broken up with by her partner of a decade (and later learns her ex's GF is pregnant), she gets an opportunity to salvage her pride with the office playboy, who's in need of a fake girlfriend to impress their bosses. Of course, what starts off as a social media fauxmance gradually becomes something a little more complicated.

Rather than a love story, this debut tells the story of a relationship's end. In the novel, a 24-year-old first-generation American with Chinese parents decides to end her long-term relationship with her white boyfriend, J, and begin a new life, one where her Asian identity is celebrated instead of misunderstood.

When shy investor Katrina strikes up a conversation with a cute guy at a coffee shop, she never imagines that a stranger will live-tweet their meet-cute — or that the convo will go viral. She then finds her once-private life thrust into the spotlight as the internet roots for her and bodyguard Jas to reunite.

In this debut, high schooler Ben comes out to their parents as nonbinary, and they respond by forcing Ben to move in with their estranged sister and transfer to a new school halfway through senior year. Luckily, a charismatic guy named Nathan befriends Ben, and as their friendship grows, things eventually become romantic between the two.

In this sweet debut, closeted Bangladeshi Irish teen Nishat is determined to hide her queerness from her family, which is even more difficult when her childhood friend, Flávia, comes back into her life. Rather than acknowledge her romantic feelings, Nishat and Flávia enter an intense contest to see who's the best henna artist, though as the competition intensifies, so does Nishat's crush.

This debut novel revolves around self-assured Dominican chef Lumi, whose failed restaurant venture forces her to take a job as a sous chef at a traditional French restaurant. She immediately butts heads with smug head chef Julien, though he unexpectedly starts to win her over with his cooking — and his irresistible charm.

L.A.-based attorney Olivia thinks she has no interest in dating — that is, until she meets charming, up-and-coming junior senator Max. Suddenly, she finds herself caught up in a fun, secret romance, but when the relationships goes public, Olivia must decide whether she can handle the unexpected media attention.

In this clever rom-com, an ambitious Ph.D. student named Dani is saved from a faulty elevator by a former rugby pro Zaf, never expecting that the incident will go viral. When the internet starts shipping #DrRugbae, Zaf convinces Dani to start a phony romance to please their fans, and what starts off as a friends-with-benefits situation soon blossoms into something more.

When video game producer Melody finds unexpected success at her new male-dominated job, she's given a team of her own — which unfortunately includes the obnoxious office intern, Nolan. Despite her initial annoyance (and pressure from her Korean parents to find a suitable husband), Melody's feelings about Nolan change in a majorly confusing way.

This Pride and Prejudice-inspired romance tells the story of Hara Isari, an up-and-coming sportswriter who has a chance encounter with pompous basketball rookie Derek Darcy. Fate keeps bringing the two of them together, and as their relationship develops, they realize they have more in common than they initially realized.

Like many of Marilynne Robinson's novels, this romance is set in the fictitious town of Gilead, Iowa, telling the love story between the white son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister and a Black high school teacher, who is the daughter of a preacher. Though Jack and Della know they belong together, they must contend with a society not yet accepting of an interracial relationship.

When Azere promises her father at the age of 12 that she'll one day marry a Nigerian man, she never imagined going back on that promise — until she meets Rafael, that is. Knowing that a relationship with a white man goes against her family's values, Azere must decide whether Rafael is worth the inevitable fallout.

When 37-year-old Samira has a fling with an Aussie stuntman, she realizes there are plenty of reasons why a relationship isn't possible: Rory is 10 years younger than her, and he's not Indian, which means her mother will never approve. Of course, what Samira's mother doesn't know can't hurt her...