DELAWARE BOOK LIST

If you’re checking Delaware off your U.S. State Reading Challenge, you’re in for something sweet, coastal, and completely underrated. This Delaware Book List brings you stories that are quiet in the best way—filled with meaningful connections, unexpected love, and small towns that feel like real places you’ve driven through on the way to the beach.

Here, love blooms in the simplicity. Think second chances by the bay, meet-cutes in cozy cafés, and childhood sweethearts reunited on a sleepy shoreline. These books have a gentle charm—perfect if you’re into soft love stories with a little emotional depth, a lot of heart, and just enough tension to keep things interesting.

Delaware might be small, but the stories set here still pack in all your favorite tropes. You’ll find friends-to-lovers in seaside towns, fake dating at family crab boils (yes, that’s a thing), and couples trying to figure it out while balancing real-life struggles and small-town expectations.

These romances feel grounded—like they could actually happen to you. And sometimes, those are the best kind of stories. Ones where the love doesn’t have to be loud to be real. Ones where characters heal, grow, and find something unexpected right where they started.

So if you’re ready to slow down, breathe in that salty air, and fall into a love story that feels personal, you’re in the right place. Delaware is more than just a drive-through state—it’s the perfect backdrop for soft, swoony, deeply satisfying reads.