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
13362 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13362 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13362 Il Grande Meaulnes Alain-Fournier 1913 French French
13524 The Vale Of Cedars Grace Aguilar 1850 British English
13575 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13586 The Adventures Of Harry Richmond George Meredith 1871 British English
13596 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13600 Cronus' Children Yves Navarre 1980 French French
13600 Brecht's Lover Jacques-Pierre Amette 2003 French French
13600 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13712 Doctor Antonio Giovanni Ruffini 1855 Italian English
13716 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13734 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13772 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
13791 The Lovers Alice Ferney 1993 French French
13812 Outside The Window Chiung Yao 1963 Chinese Chinese
13878 Guilty Pleasures Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
13879 Black Sheep Georgette Heyer 1966 British English
13933 Lost And Saved Caroline Sheridan Norton 1863 British English
14092 The Idea Of You Robinne Lee 2017 American English
14106 L'éducation D'une Fée Didier van Cauwelaert 2000 French French
14226 To Have And To Hold Mary Johnston 1900 American English
14232 One Dark Window Rachel Gillig 2022 Unknown English
14232 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
14232 Last Night At The Telegraph Club Malinda Lo 2021 American English
14232 When The Moon Hatched Sarah A. Parker Unknown Unknown
14232 Bride Ali Hazelwood 2024 Unknown English
14322 The Garden Of Allah Robert Hichens 1904 British English
14348 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14369 The Beloved Vagabond William John Locke 1906 British English
14399 Writers & Lovers Lily King 2020 American English
14400 Bye Bye Blondie Virginie Despentes 2004 French French
14403 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 2020 American English
14411 Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1859 British English
14428 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14458 The Hearts and Lives of Men Fay Weldon 1987 British English
14477 The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1910 British English
14492 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14548 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14587 The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter 1911 American English
14587 A Bed Of Roses Walter Lionel George 1911 British English
14618 The Story Of Hay Bo Yi Shu 1988 Chinese Unknown
14645 Love And Sleep Sean O'Reilly 2002 Unknown Unknown
14648 The Woman Thou Gavest Me Hall Caine 1913 British English
14671 Lightlark Alex Aster 2022 American English
14674 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14713 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14818 Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado, Harriet de Onís 1966 Brazilian Portuguese
14851 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14884 The Ghost And Mrs. Muir R. A. Dick 1945 British English
14929 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14944 If Winter Comes A. S. M. Hutchinson 1921 British English
14985 If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor 2002 British English
14985 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
14985 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14985 South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami 1992 Japanese Japanese
14985 The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst 1994 British English
14985 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
14985 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14985 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14985 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
14985 Icebreaker Hannah Grace 2022 Unknown English
14985 Love In The Big City Sang Young Park 2019 Korean Korean
14985 I Hope This Finds You Well Natalie Sue 2024 Unknown English
14985 Winter's Orbit Everina Maxwell 2021 British English
14985 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14985 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14985 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14985 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14985 Powerless Lauren Roberts 2023 Unknown English
14985 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14985 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
15605 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15635 Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1921 British English
15649 The Judge Rebecca West 1922 British English
15665 Black Oxen Gertrude Atherton 1923 American English
15679 The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1923 American English
15686 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15714 The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey 1925 American English
15717 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15721 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15721 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15764 Kitty Foyle Christopher Morley 1939 American English
15773 The Best Of Everything Rona Jaffe 1958 American English
15776 Deep Summer Gwen Bristow 1937 American English
15784 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15788 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15799 30,000 On The Hoof Zane Grey 1940 American English
15807 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
15816 Paul And Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1788 French French
15831 The Ill Made Knight T.H. White 1940 British English
15863 Random Harvest James Hilton 1941 British English
15916 A Spy In The House Of Love Anaïs Nin 1954 French English
15916 The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer 1950 British English
15916 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15916 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15916 The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper 1840 American English
15916 The Aide De Camp James Grant 1848 British English
15916 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15916 Friday's Child Georgette Heyer 1944 British English
15916 Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1821 British English
15916 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15916 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15916 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15916 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
16534 Latin Quarter Suhail Idriss 1953 Lebanese Arabic
16612 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16610 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16615 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16635 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16696 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16715 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16772 The Two Gentlemen Of Verona William Shakespeare 1594 British English
16676 Lettres Portugaises Gabriel de Guilleragues 1668 French French
16670 Khosrow And Shirin Nezami Ganjavi 1180 Persian Persian
16648 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16706 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
16638 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English