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
10723 The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery 2006 American English
10761 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10779 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10797 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10844 The Wrath & The Dawn Renée Ahdieh 2015 American English
10884 Things We Never Got Over Lucy Score 2022 American English
11010 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 2023 American English
11039 First Time Caller B.K. Borison 2025 Unknown English
11109 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro 2000 American English
11089 Layli And Majnun Nezami Ganjavi 1188 Persian Persian
11205 The Tokyo Suite Bruna Dantas Lobato, Giovana Madalosso 2020 Brazilian English
11210 The Lily Of The Valley Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
11248 Queen Margot Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11265 Song Of Blood & Stone L. Penelope 2018 American English
11312 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11363 Rien Que L'amour Lucien Becker French French
11401 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11429 Girls Out Late Jacqueline Wilson 1999 British English
11452 Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1921 American English
11452 Years of Grace Margaret Ayer Barnes 1930 American English
11504 The White Masai Corinne Hofmann 1998 Swiss German
11515 If You Could Be Mine Sara Farizan 2013 Iranian English
11522 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11526 Orpheus and Eurydice Unknown -28 Unknown Ancient greek
11574 The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 1925 British English
11811 Lover's Choice Becky Birtha 1987 American English
11888 The Mac Gregor Brides Nora Roberts 1997 American English
12034 When The Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 American English
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12075 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry 2025 American English
12080 The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 2025 Unknown English
12104 Promise Me Sunshine Cara Bastone 2025 Unknown English
12133 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12139 August Lane Regina Black 2025 Unknown English
12165 Running Close To The Wind Alexandra Rowland 2024 Unknown English
12187 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American English
12215 A Tropical Rebel Gets The Duke Adriana Herrera 2025 Unknown English
12222 The Three Lives Of Cate Kay Kate Fagan 2025 Unknown English
12234 Rules For Ruin Mimi Matthews 2025 American English
12403 The Road To Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett 2025 Unknown English
12408 The Scrapbook Heather Clark 2025 Unknown English
12436 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 2025 Unknown English
12440 Liquid Mariam Rahmani 2025 Unknown English
12448 Three Days In June Anne Tyler 2025 Unknown English
12452 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12453 My Name Is Emilia Del Valle Isabel Allende 2025 Unknown English
12461 Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 Unknown English
12489 The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson 2025 Unknown English
12491 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12492 Black Woods Blue Sky Eowyn Ivey 2025 Unknown English
12497 Loved One Aisha Muharrar 2025 Unknown English
12507 The City Changes Its Face Eimear McBride 2025 Irish English
12508 The Survivor Wants To Die At The End Adam Silvera 2025 American English
12509 All Of Us Murderers K.J. Charles 2025 British English
12510 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12514 Changes Ama Ata Aidoo 1991 Ghanaian English
12555 Where You're Planted Melanie Sweeney 2025 Unknown English
12559 Courtroom Drama Neely Tubati Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12568 No Fault Haley Mlotek 2025 Canadian English
12580 Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang 2025 Unknown English
12582 The Last Tiger Julia Riew, Brad Riew 2025 American English
12585 Kirby's Lessons For Falling Laura Gao 2025 American English
12617 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
12638 Once Upon A Time In Dollywood Ashley Jordan 2025 American English
12656 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
12686 Friends To Lovers Sally Blakely 2025 Unknown English
12687 Fireblooms Alexandra Villasante 2025 American English
12692 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12709 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
12715 The Princess And The P.I. Nikki Payne 2025 Canadian English
12740 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki, illustrated Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 2019 Canadian English
12748 A Rare Find Joanna Lowell 2025 Unknown English
12759 The Other Wife Jackie Thomas-Kennedy Unknown English
12772 The Consequences Of Love Sulaiman Addonia 2008 British English
12789 The Last Guy On Earth Sarina Bowen 2025 American English
12790 The Trouble With Anna Rachel Griffiths 2025 Unknown English
12809 Disappoint Me Nicola Dinan 2025 Unknown English
12813 Intemperance Sonora Jha 2025 British English
12828 Silver Elite Dani Francis 2025 Unknown English
12832 Every Step She Takes Alison Cochrun 2025 American English
12864 A Gentleman's Gentleman T.J. Alexander 2025 Unknown English
12902 Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall 2025 Unknown English
12929 Six Weeks By The Sea Paula Byrne 2025 British English
12930 Some Bright Nowhere Ann Packer 2025 American English
12962 Sky Daddy Kate Folk 2025 Unknown English
12953 Moderation Elaine Castillo 2025 American English
12995 Crush Ada Calhoun 2025 American English
12998 Gingko Season Naomi Xu Elegant American English
13012 Sweet Heat Bolu Babalola 2025 British English
13087 P.S. I Love You Cecelia Ahern 2004 Irish English
13050 Unloved Peyton Corinne 2025 Unknown English
13051 Gaysians Mike Curato 2025 American English
13053 Chaos Constance Fay 2025 Unknown English
13057 Female Fantasy Iman Hariri-Kia 2025 Iranian English
13061 It Had To Be Him Adib Khorram 2025 American English
13067 The Earl That Got Away Diana Quincy 2025 Unknown English
13072 Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan 2025 American English
13075 The Isle In The Silver Sea Tasha Suri 2025 British English
13077 Ladies In Hating Alexandra Vasti 2025 Unknown English
13190 Blob Maggie Su 2025 Unknown English
13194 Hot Girls With Balls Benedict Nguyễn 2025 Unknown English
13200 Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela 2025 American English
13118 Gunk Saba Sams 2025 British English
13123 Open, Heaven Sean Hewitt 2025 Unknown English
13171 Torchfire Moira Buffini 2025 British English
13212 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
13215 The Crisis Winston Churchill 1901 British English
13236 The Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard 1988 British English
13237 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson 2020 American English
13247 Felix Ever After Kacen Callender 2020 American English
13247 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13247 You Should See Me In A Crown Leah Johnson 2020 American English
13290 Stjärnor Utan Svindel Louise Boije af Gennäs 1996 Swedish Swedish
13303 Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey 2001 American English
13317 The Lions Of Al Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay 1995 Canadian English
13334 Un Beso De Dick Fernando Molano 1992 Colombian Spanish
13351 Si Bob Ong 2014 Filipino Filipino
13360 The Skylark Of Space Edward Elmer Smith 1928 American English
13360 The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott 1830 Scottish English