The 50 Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now

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The 50 Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now

Happily ever after. These three words form the backbone of the romance genre... was our first non-negotiable in selecting the titles on this list... we began in early 2024 by speaking with booksellers, editors, authors, and other industry experts who helped us understand the nuances and evolution of romance.

This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
15915 Cecilia Fanny Burney 1782 British English
13 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 British English
15915 Friday's Child Georgette Heyer 1944 British English
1128 The Price Of Salt Patricia Highsmith 1952 American English
14232 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
2898 Indigo Beverly Jenkins 1996 American English
7844 If Only It Were True Marc Levy 1999 French French
17160 Jewels Of The Sun Nora Roberts 1999 American English
17160 The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn 2000 American English
2683 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
5099 A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole 2006 American English
17160 Devil In Winter Lisa Kleypas 2006 American English
17160 Lover Awakened J. R. Ward 2006 American English
5015 Slave To Sensation Nalini Singh 2006 New Zealand English
17160 All Through The Night Suzanne Brockmann 2007 American English
6650 Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake Sarah MacLean 2010 American English
17160 A Night To Surrender Tessa Dare 2011 American English
4370 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 2013 American English
17160 The Lotus Palace Jeannie Lin 2013 American English
17160 The Luckiest Lady In London Sherry Thomas 2013 American English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
17160 All In Simona Ahrnstedt 2014 Swedish Swedish
3841 An Extraordinary Union Alyssa Cole 2017 American English
17160 Wildfire Ilona Andrews 2017 American English
17160 Intercepted Alexa Martin 2018 American English
3598 The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 2018 American English
17160 Ayesha At Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2018 Canadian English
17160 Forget Me Not Brenda Jackson 2019 American English
3430 Get A Life, Chloe Brown Talia Hibbert 2019 British English
3053 Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 2019 American English
17160 The Bride Test Helen Hoang 2019 American English
17160 The Flatshare Beth O'Leary 2019 British English
17160 Xeni Rebekah Weatherspoon 2019 American English
4097 Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall 2020 British English
14985 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14985 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
8730 It Happened One Summer Tessa Bailey 2021 American English
14232 Last Night At The Telegraph Club Malinda Lo 2021 American English
5508 Seven Days In June Tia Williams 2021 American English
8268 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8268 Before I Let Go Kennedy Ryan 2022 American English
5637 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
17160 Dating Dr. Dil Nisha Sharma 2022 American English
8268 Honey And Spice Bolu Babalola 2022 British English
14985 Icebreaker Hannah Grace 2022 Unknown English
9306 Part Of Your World Abby Jimenez 2022 American English
9129 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
17160 The Vibrant Years Sonali Dev 2022 American English
17160 Chef's Choice TJ Alexander 2023 American English
17160 Love, Theoretically Ali Hazelwood 2023 American English