The illustrious history of Irish literature is rife with romance fiction, from Sydney Owenson’s The Wild Irish Girl: A ...

In books like “My Marriage Sabbatical,” “All Fours” and “Consider Yourself Kissed,” women carve out a place between marriage and divorce.

These books were every bit as candid and thought-provoking and, in some ways, aspirational as I remembered. — Liz PS. Both of these memoirs are really sad. Don’t read too much into it.

Dear Annie: I’ve been with my girlfriend for seven years and lived with her for four. She wants to get married and have kids.

A big part of that success is the communities that have formed around romance books, both in physical spaces like book clubs, but also in the massive numbers of people posting their picks on ...