Looking For Some Good Romance Novels

[Oshik]

Hello!

At first, I would like to apologize for my English, It is not my first language, I speak Hebrew (The offical langauge in Israel and the original language of the Bible).


I have read a book called ''The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists''. This book is a true story about a man who learned from the best Pick Up artists in the world how to seduce women.
One of the masters he met called Ross Jeffries. After I finished to read the book, I decided to study Ross Jeffries method-''Speed Seduction''.
Now, I am not going to explain what Speed Seduction is, but in order to be good at it, you must read Romance Novels.

The Romance novel is the most popular genre in the world but I want to read the best novels that ever published, the really great bestsellers of all time that I hope to find in Hebrew.

So, what do you recommend?

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Tirso de Molina's Don Juan for romance.

Kierkegaard's Either/Or for pickup. Trust me. It just works.

[Alexander III]

haha my two housemates at university have spent the last year studying The Game, and I admit they have become truly talented don Giovani's,

If you are up for it you could learn straight from the Grand Master himself and read Casanova's Autobiography, not only is it well written and entertaining but it is full of useful quips, for example before using a condom he would always blow it up with his mouth first to check for holes. There is much wisdom there.

[Calidore]

I can't see studying romance novels as being good for much more than picking up women who read only romance novels themselves. But possibly I'm just skeptical about someone who suggests using idealized fiction to learn to connect with real people. Wouldn't going to clubs and observing regular guys picking up regular women work better?

[Scheherazade]

Anything for a noble cause!

The Road by McCarthy

Handmaid's Tale by Atwood

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Winterson

[mona amon]

''Speed Seduction''? :sosp:

1. Pride and Prejudice

2. Jane Eyre

These are the prototypes for practically every modern romance novel, including Georgette Heyer, Mills and Boon/Harlequinn romances, Barbara Cartland, Twilight etc,.

[Oshik]

Thanks!

What about novels from 2000 and above?

[kev67]

I haven't read it myself, but David Nicholl's "One Day" probably fills the criteria. My mother seems to have liked it.

[kiki1982]

I think the most important ones have already been named.

You could try Clarissa for some shameless seduction by Lovelace (I should continue one of these days). Although it is sometimes a bit long-winded.

Casanova could be a good one, although isn't that also about political intrigue?

[Eva36]

Xaviera Hollander or Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

[qimissung]

Georgette Heyer, as mentioned above, is awesome! Ivanhoe. The Last of the Mohicans. Emma (Jane Austen). Bullfinch's Mythology.