Complex relationship books, ranked by your taste
Books built around a tangled bond between people: every book on Boxlist tagged with the complex relationship story theme, the same taste attribute as on films and TV. 2,102 books on Boxlist.
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The 100 best rated complex relationship books

The Scar
Family · 2011
5.0 / 5

God of Pain
Romance · 2022
5.0 / 5

Orbiting Jupiter
Drama · 2015
5.0 / 5

Green Days by the River
Drama · 1967
5.0 / 5

Mara Daughter of the Nile
Adventure · 1953
5.0 / 5

Moth to a Flame
Drama · 2010
5.0 / 5

Every Thug Needs a Lady
Romance · 2003
5.0 / 5

Felix Ever After
Teen · 2020
4.9 / 5

My Policeman
Drama · 2012
4.9 / 5

Devil in Winter
Romance · 2006
4.9 / 5

Dream of the Red Chamber
Historical · 1791
4.9 / 5

Crooked Plow
Drama · 2018
4.9 / 5

Captive Prince
Fantasy · 2013
4.9 / 5

Dangerous Tides
Romance · 2006
4.9 / 5

In the Dream House
Biography · 2019
4.8 / 5

Broken
Romance · 2016
4.8 / 5

When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Romance · 2011
4.8 / 5

City of Ashes
Fantasy · 2008
4.8 / 5

Secrets of the Morning
Drama · 1991
4.8 / 5

My Life Next Door
Romance · 2012
4.8 / 5

One Night for Love
Romance · 1999
4.8 / 5

Caught Up
Romance · 2025
4.8 / 5

Scarlett
Romance · 1991
4.8 / 5

Rogue
Romance · 2008
4.8 / 5

The Darkest Heart
Romance · 1989
4.8 / 5

The Beautiful Mystery
Mystery · 2012
4.8 / 5

Simply Love
Romance · 1997
4.8 / 5

A Monster Calls
Family · 2011
4.7 / 5

Almost Heaven
Romance · 1990
4.7 / 5

Solitaire
Teen · 2014
4.7 / 5

Elvis and Me
Biography · 1985
4.7 / 5

That Was Then, This is Now
Drama · 1971
4.7 / 5

Once and Always
Romance · 1987
4.7 / 5

Wintergirls
Drama · 2009
4.7 / 5

Archenemies
Superhero · 2018
4.7 / 5

Remember When
Romance · 1996
4.7 / 5

The Nonesuch
Romance · 1962
4.7 / 5

Some Like It Wicked
Romance · 2005
4.7 / 5

The Realms of the Gods
Fantasy · 1996
4.7 / 5

Third Year at Malory Towers
Family · 1948
4.7 / 5

Autoboyography
Teen · 2017
4.7 / 5

Pleasures and Regrets
Drama · 1896
4.7 / 5

Praise
Romance · 2022
4.7 / 5

STILL ME
Romance · 2018
4.7 / 5

Lord of Shadows
Fantasy · 2017
4.7 / 5

Linger
Romance · 2010
4.7 / 5

Earth Song
Romance · 1990
4.7 / 5

Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Documentary · 2021
4.7 / 5

God of Ruin
Romance · 2023
4.7 / 5

The Last Song
Drama · 2009
4.7 / 5

The One Plus One
Drama · 2014
4.7 / 5

A Treasure Worth Seeking
Romance · 1982
4.7 / 5

Slightly Dangerous
Romance · 2004
4.7 / 5

The Heir
Romance · 2000
4.7 / 5

Loves Enduring Promise
Romance · 1979
4.7 / 5

The Stone Diaries
Drama · 1993
4.7 / 5

Grand Passion
Romance · 1994
4.7 / 5

Wolf Tales
Romance · 2006
4.7 / 5

Fever Pitch
Biography · 1992
4.7 / 5

The Nightingale
War · 2015
4.6 / 5

I Fell in Love with Hope
Drama · 2022
4.6 / 5

The Ballad of Never After
Fantasy · 2022
4.6 / 5

The Bride
Romance · 1989
4.6 / 5

Hooked
Romance · 2021
4.6 / 5

A Suitable Boy
Drama · 1993
4.6 / 5

The Girl in Room 105
Mystery · 2018
4.6 / 5

Life As We Knew It
Teen · 2006
4.6 / 5

The Passion
Drama · 1987
4.6 / 5

Until You
Romance · 1994
4.6 / 5

Glass
Drama · 2007
4.6 / 5

I Capture the Castle
Drama · 1948
4.6 / 5

Pride and Prejudice
Romance · 1997
4.6 / 5

She Drives Me Crazy
Romance · 2021
4.6 / 5

The Sins of the Father
Historical · 2012
4.6 / 5

Spirit Bound
Romance · 2011
4.6 / 5

A Civil Contract
Romance · 1961
4.6 / 5

Regency Buck
Romance · 1935
4.6 / 5

Susannah's Garden
Drama · 2006
4.6 / 5

Sapphire Battersea
Family · 2011
4.6 / 5

Innocent in Death
Mystery · 2006
4.6 / 5

A Great Reckoning
Mystery · 2016
4.6 / 5

The Inmate
Thriller · 2022
4.6 / 5

One of Us Is Back
Mystery · 2023
4.6 / 5

A Light in the Flame
Fantasy · 2022
4.6 / 5

Sea Swept
Romance · 1991
4.6 / 5

Message in a Bottle
Romance · 1998
4.6 / 5

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Drama · 2018
4.6 / 5

If You Could Be Mine
Romance · 2013
4.6 / 5

Road of the Patriarch
Fantasy · 2006
4.6 / 5

Lie Down With Lions
Espionage · 1985
4.6 / 5

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Drama · 2016
4.6 / 5

A Marvellous Light
Fantasy · 2021
4.6 / 5

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Romance · 2018
4.6 / 5

The Will of the Empress
Fantasy · 2005
4.6 / 5

Surrender to the Fury
Romance · 1992
4.6 / 5

To Marry A Scottish Laird
Romance · 2014
4.6 / 5

The Calling
Family · 2012
4.6 / 5

Caressed By Ice
Romance · 2007
4.6 / 5

A Kingdom of Dreams
Romance · 1989
4.5 / 5

Tower of Dawn
Fantasy · 2017
4.5 / 5
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