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
13359 The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1810 British English
13359 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13359 Il Grande Meaulnes Alain-Fournier 1913 French French
13522 The Vale Of Cedars Grace Aguilar 1850 British English
13574 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13585 The Adventures Of Harry Richmond George Meredith 1871 British English
13595 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13599 Cronus' Children Yves Navarre 1980 French French
13599 Brecht's Lover Jacques-Pierre Amette 2003 French French
13599 And Their Children After Them Nicolas Mathieu 2018 French French
13711 Doctor Antonio Giovanni Ruffini 1855 Italian English
13715 I Love You, Beth Cooper Larry Doyle 2007 American English
13733 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13766 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13771 The Third Angel Alice Hoffman 2008 American English
13790 The Lovers Alice Ferney 1993 French French
13811 Outside The Window Chiung Yao 1963 Chinese Chinese
13877 Guilty Pleasures Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
13878 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 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
14321 The Garden Of Allah Robert Hichens 1904 British English
14347 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14368 The Beloved Vagabond William John Locke 1906 British English
14398 Writers & Lovers Lily King 2020 American English
14399 Bye Bye Blondie Virginie Despentes 2004 French French
14402 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 2020 American English
14410 Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1859 British English
14427 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14457 The Hearts and Lives of Men Fay Weldon 1987 British English
14476 The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1910 British English
14491 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14547 Queenie Candice Carty-Williams 2019 British English
14586 The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter 1911 American English
14586 A Bed Of Roses Walter Lionel George 1911 British English
14617 The Story Of Hay Bo Yi Shu 1988 Chinese Unknown
14644 Love And Sleep Sean O'Reilly 2002 Unknown Unknown
14647 The Woman Thou Gavest Me Hall Caine 1913 British English
14670 Lightlark Alex Aster 2022 American English
14673 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14712 Faebound Saara El-Arifi 2024 Unknown English
14817 Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado, Harriet de Onís 1966 Brazilian Portuguese
14849 The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge 1907 Irish English
14880 The Ghost And Mrs. Muir R. A. Dick 1945 British English
14926 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14941 If Winter Comes A. S. M. Hutchinson 1921 British English
14983 If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor 2002 British English
14983 Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 1995 American English
14983 Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 1990 American English
14983 South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami 1992 Japanese Japanese
14983 The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst 1994 British English
14983 Anita Blake Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 American English
14983 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14983 Lord Of Scoundrels Loretta Chase 1995 American English
14983 The Duke Who Didn't Courtney Milan 2020 American English
14983 You Had Me At Hola Alexis Daria 2020 American English
14983 Icebreaker Hannah Grace 2022 Unknown English
14983 Love In The Big City Sang Young Park 2019 Korean Korean
14983 I Hope This Finds You Well Natalie Sue 2024 Unknown English
14983 Winter's Orbit Everina Maxwell 2021 British English
14983 The Hurricane Wars Thea Guanzon 2023 Unknown English
14983 A Marvellous Light Freya Marske 2021 British English
14983 The Book Of Azrael Amber Nicole 2022 Unknown English
14983 Assistant To The Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 Unknown English
14983 A Touch Of Darkness Scarlett St. Clair 2019 Unknown English
14983 This Will Be Fun E. B. Asher 2024 Unknown English
14983 The Road To Roswell Connie Willis 2023 American English
15597 Kindred Of The Dust Peter B. Kyne 1920 American English
15627 Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1921 British English
15641 The Judge Rebecca West 1922 British English
15657 Black Oxen Gertrude Atherton 1923 American English
15671 The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1923 American English
15678 Blue Heaven Joe Keenan American English
15706 The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey 1925 American English
15709 King Of Battle And Blood Scarlett St. Clair 2021 Unknown English
15713 Immortal Longings Chloe Gong 2023 Unknown English
15713 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15758 The Best Of Everything Rona Jaffe 1958 American English
15768 Kitty Foyle Christopher Morley 1939 American English
15783 Deep Summer Gwen Bristow 1937 American English
15795 Paul And Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1788 French French
15794 Mr. Skeffington Elizabeth 1940 British English
15797 The English Air D.E. Stevenson 1940 Scottish English
15812 30,000 On The Hoof Zane Grey 1940 American English
15818 The Stone Of Chastity Margery Sharp 1940 British English
15862 The Ill Made Knight T.H. White 1940 British English
15897 A Spy In The House Of Love Anaïs Nin 1954 French English
15897 The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer 1950 British English
15897 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15897 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15897 The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper 1840 American English
15897 The Aide De Camp James Grant 1848 British English
15897 Pigs Have Wings P. G. Wodehouse 1952 British English
15897 Friday's Child Georgette Heyer 1944 British English
15897 Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1821 British English
15897 The Purple Land Jay William Hudson 1885 Unknown Unknown
15897 Son Of Dust Hilda Prescott 1952 British English
15897 The Florentine Carl Spinatelli 1953 Unknown English
15897 Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1899 American English
16494 Random Harvest James Hilton 1941 British English
16512 Latin Quarter Suhail Idriss 1953 Lebanese Arabic
16587 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16576 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16583 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16600 The Royal Road to Romance Richard Halliburton 1925 American English
16650 Hunter's Green Phyllis A. Whitney 1968 American English
16663 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16754 Dragonwyck Anya Seton 1944 American English
16640 Lettres Portugaises Gabriel de Guilleragues 1668 French French
16634 Khosrow And Shirin Nezami Ganjavi 1180 Persian Persian
16611 Flame Of Fire Jane Oliver 1955 Unknown English
16674 Love And Freindship Jane Austen 1790 English English
17117 I Loved You More Tom Spanbauer 2014 American English
17117 The Suffragette Scandal Courtney Milan 2014 American English