The Greatest Non-Western Romance Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
166 Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez 1985 Colombian Spanish
1367 Like Water For Chocolate Laura Esquivel 1989 Mexican Spanish
1566 Love In A Fallen City Eileen Chang 1943 Chinese Chinese
1869 The Recognition of Sakuntala Kālidāsa -400 Indian Sanskrit
3316 The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang 2018 Vietnamese English
3323 The Sound of Waves Yukio Mishima 1954 Japanese Japanese
3954 Adela G. Ibrăileanu 1933 Romanian Romanian
3954 Bengal Nights Mircea Eliade 1933 Romanian French
4310 Ali And Nino Kurban Said 1937 Azerbaijani German
4951 Sergeant Getúlio João Ubaldo Ribeiro 1971 Brazilian Portuguese
5089 The Butterfly Lovers Unknown -389 Chinese Chinese
6140 Tear This Heart Out Ángeles Mastreta 1985 Mexican Spanish
6266 Burning Patience Antonio Skármeta 1985 Chilean Spanish
6895 O Guarani José de Alencar 1857 Brazilian Portuguese
7154 The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny Kiran Desai 2025 Unknown English
7165 Beijing Comrades Bei Tong 1998 Chinese English
7612 Aunt Julia And The Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
7637 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7762 Butterfly Swords Jeannie Lin 2010 Unknown English
7781 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
8009 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 1959 Chilean Spanish
8076 The Map Of Love Ahdaf Soueif 1999 Egyptian English
8269 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty Akwaeke Emezi 2022 Nigerian English
8378 Never A Gentleman Eileen Dreyer 2011 Unknown English
8432 Heart The Lover Lily King 2025 Unknown English
8552 The Hunter Kerrigan Byrne 2016 Unknown English
8552 Coffee Boy Austin Chant 2016 Unknown English
8600 The Girl In The Photograph Lygia Fagundes Telles 1973 Brazilian Portuguese
8629 Lovesick Ángeles Mastretta 1996 Mexican Spanish
8663 Beyond The Velvet Rope Tiffany Ashley 2013 Unknown English
8862 Lucíola José de Alencar 1862 Brazilian Portuguese
8908 A Moreninha Joaquim Manuel De Macedo 1844 Brazilian Portuguese
8933 A Escrava Isaura Bernardo Guimarães 1875 Brazilian Portuguese
8990 Sunrise On The Reaping Suzanne Collins 2025 Unknown English
9083 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9083 Bloom Kevin Panetta 2019 Unknown English
9096 River God Wilbur Smith 1993 South African English
9181 The Cocktail Collection Alice Clayton 2016 Unknown English
9290 Brutal Prince Sophie Lark 2020 Unknown English
9578 Happy Endings Thien-Kim Lam 2021 Unknown English
9578 The Hellion's Waltz Olivia Waite 2021 Unknown English
9578 The Princess Stakes Amalie Howard 2021 Unknown English
9713 Cake J. Bengtsson 2016 Unknown English
9785 The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann 2022 Unknown English
9785 Kiss Her Once For Me Alison Cochrun 2022 Unknown English
9785 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9785 Chef’s Kiss TJ Alexander 2022 Unknown English
9785 Next To You Hannah Bonam-Young 2022 Unknown English
9785 D'vaughn And Kris Plan A Wedding Chencia C. Higgins 2022 Unknown English
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
10001 Mistakes Were Made Meryl Wilsner 2023 Unknown English
10032 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10032 Let Me Love You Alexandria House 2018 Unknown English
10051 Would I Lie To The Duke Eva Leigh 2020 Unknown English
10195 Katabasis R. F. Kuang 2025 Unknown English
10274 The Spinster And The Rake Eva Devon 2021 Unknown English
10425 Call Me Maybe Cara Bastone 2020 Unknown English
10581 How To End A Love Story Yulin Kuang 2024 Unknown English
10584 The South Tash Aw 2025 Malaysian English
10666 You Should Be So Lucky Cat Sebastian 2024 Unknown English
10676 These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean 2025 Unknown English
10703 Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 Unknown English
10716 Paradise Logic Sophie Kemp 2025 Unknown English
10783 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
11043 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11093 Layli And Majnun Nezami Ganjavi 1188 Persian Persian
11209 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11316 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11404 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11517 If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan 2013 Iranian English
11528 Orpheus and Eurydice Unknown -28 Unknown Ancient greek
11524 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12081 The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 2025 Unknown English
12105 Promise Me Sunshine Cara Bastone 2025 Unknown English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12140 August Lane Regina Black 2025 Unknown English
12166 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12216 A Tropical Rebel Gets The Duke Adriana Herrera 2025 Unknown English
12223 The Three Lives Of Cate Kay Kate Fagan 2025 Unknown English
12404 The Road To Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett 2025 Unknown English
12409 The Scrapbook Heather Clark 2025 Unknown English
12437 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12442 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
12449 Three Days In June Anne Tyler 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12454 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12462 Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 Unknown English
12490 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12498 Loved One Aisha Muharrar 2025 Unknown English
12515 Changes Ama Ata Aidoo 1991 Ghanaian English
12556 Where You're Planted Melanie Sweeney 2025 Unknown English
12560 Courtroom Drama Neely Tubati Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12581 Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang 2025 Unknown English
12657 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12687 Friends To Lovers Sally Blakely 2025 Unknown English
12693 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12749 A Rare Find Joanna Lowell 2025 Unknown English
12760 The Other Wife Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Unknown English
12791 The Trouble With Anna Rachel Griffiths 2025 Unknown English
12810 Disappoint Me Nicola Dinan 2025 Unknown English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12865 A Gentleman's Gentleman T.J. Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12903 Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall 2025 Unknown English
12964 Sky Daddy Kate Folk 2025 Unknown English
13052 Unloved Peyton Corinne 2025 Unknown English
13055 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13069 The Earl That Got Away Diana Quincy 2025 Unknown English
13079 Ladies In Hating Alexandra Vasti 2025 Unknown English
13192 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13196 Hot Girls With Balls Benedict Nguyễn 2025 Unknown English
13125 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13336 Un Beso De Dick Fernando Molano 1992 Colombian Spanish
13596 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13812 Outside The Window Chiung Yao 1963 Chinese Chinese
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English