The Greatest 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
10727 The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery 2006 American English
10765 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10783 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10801 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10847 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10888 Things We Never Got Over Lucy Score 2022 American English
11014 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11043 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11113 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11093 Layli And Majnun Nezami Ganjavi 1188 Persian Persian
11209 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11214 The Lily Of The Valley Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
11252 Queen Margot Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
11269 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11269 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11316 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11366 Rien Que L'amour Lucien Becker French French
11404 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11432 Girls Out Late Jacqueline Wilson 1999 British English
11455 Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1921 American English
11455 Years of Grace Margaret Ayer Barnes 1930 American English
11506 The White Masai Corinne Hofmann 1998 Swiss German
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
11575 The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 1925 British English
11813 Lover's Choice Becky Birtha 1987 American English
11890 The Mac Gregor Brides Nora Roberts 1997 American English
12036 When The Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 American English
12075 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12076 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry 2025 American 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
12188 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American 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
12235 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American 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
12441 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
12492 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12493 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12498 Loved One Aisha Muharrar 2025 Unknown English
12508 The City Changes Its Face Eimear McBride 2025 Irish English
12509 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12510 All Of Us Murderers K.J. Charles 2025 British English
12511 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American 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
12569 No Fault Haley Mlotek 2025 Canadian English
12581 Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang 2025 Unknown English
12583 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12586 Kirby's Lessons For Falling Laura Gao 2025 American English
12618 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12639 Once Upon A Time In Dollywood Ashley Jordan 2025 American English
12657 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12687 Friends To Lovers Sally Blakely 2025 Unknown English
12688 Fireblooms Alexandra Villasante 2025 American English
12693 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12710 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12716 The Princess And The P.I. Nikki Payne 2025 Canadian English
12741 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki, illustrated Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 2019 Canadian English
12749 A Rare Find Joanna Lowell 2025 Unknown English
12760 The Other Wife Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Unknown English
12773 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
12790 The Last Guy On Earth Sarina Bowen 2025 American English
12791 The Trouble With Anna Rachel Griffiths 2025 Unknown English
12810 Disappoint Me Nicola Dinan 2025 Unknown English
12814 Intemperance Sonora Jha 2025 British English
12829 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12833 Every Step She Takes Alison Cochrun 2025 American English
12865 A Gentleman's Gentleman T.J. Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12903 Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall 2025 Unknown English
12931 Six Weeks By The Sea Paula Byrne 2025 British English
12932 Some Bright Nowhere Ann Packer 2025 American English
12964 Sky Daddy Kate Folk 2025 Unknown English
12955 Moderation Elaine Castillo 2025 American English
12997 Crush Ada Calhoun 2025 American English
13000 Gingko Season Naomi Xu Elegant American English
13014 Sweet Heat Bolu Babalola 2025 British English
13089 P.S. I Love You Cecelia Ahern 2004 Irish English
13052 Unloved Peyton Corinne 2025 Unknown English
13053 Gaysians Mike Curato 2025 American English
13055 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13059 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13063 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13069 The Earl That Got Away Diana Quincy 2025 Unknown English
13074 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13077 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British 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
13202 Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela 2025 American English
13120 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13125 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13173 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13214 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
13217 The Crisis Winston Churchill 1901 British English
13238 The Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard 1988 British English
13239 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13249 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13249 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13249 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13292 Stjärnor Utan Svindel Louise Boije af Gennäs 1996 Swedish Swedish
13305 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13319 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
13336 Un Beso De Dick Fernando Molano 1992 Colombian Spanish
13353 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13362 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13362 The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott 1830 Scottish English