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The Romance Top 100 — Best Romance Books

The greatest romance novels ever written — from Austen classics to modern BookTok favourites.

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Pride and Prejudice
1
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1813
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Jane Eyre
2
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
1847
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Gone with the Wind
4
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
1936
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Wuthering Heights
5
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
1847
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Sense and Sensibility
6
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
1811
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Persuasion
7
Persuasion
Jane Austen
1817
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Emma
8
Emma
Jane Austen
1815
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Rebecca
9
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
1938
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Me Before You
11
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
2012
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The Fault in Our Stars
12
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
2012
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It Ends with Us
13
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover
2016
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Ugly Love
14
Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover
2014
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November 9
15
November 9
Colleen Hoover
2015
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Verity
16
Verity
Colleen Hoover
2018
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Beach Read
17
Beach Read
Emily Henry
2020
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People We Meet on Vacation
18
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry
2021
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Book Lovers
19
Book Lovers
Emily Henry
2022
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Happy Place
20
Happy Place
Emily Henry
2023
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Funny Story
21
Funny Story
Emily Henry
2024
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The Love Hypothesis
22
The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood
2021
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Love on the Brain
23
Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood
2022
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The Hating Game
24
The Hating Game
Sally Thorne
2016
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Red White and Royal Blue
25
Red White and Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston
2019
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One Last Stop
26
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston
2021
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
27
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2017
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Daisy Jones and The Six
28
Daisy Jones and The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2019
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Malibu Rising
29
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid
2021
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The Kiss Quotient
30
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang
2018
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Twisted Love
31
Twisted Love
Ana Huang
2021
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Twisted Games
32
Twisted Games
Ana Huang
2021
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Twisted Hate
33
Twisted Hate
Ana Huang
2022
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The Deal
34
The Deal
Elle Kennedy
2015
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The Mistake
35
The Mistake
Elle Kennedy
2015
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The Score
36
The Score
Elle Kennedy
2016
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A Blood and Ash novel: A Blood and Ash Bonus
37
A Blood and Ash novel: A Blood and Ash Bonus
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2021
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Icebreaker
38
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace
2022
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Wildfire
39
Wildfire
Hannah Grace
2023
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A Walk to Remember
40
A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks
1999
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Message in a Bottle
41
Message in a Bottle
Nicholas Sparks
1998
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Call Me By Your Name
43
Call Me By Your Name
Andre Aciman
2007
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Act Your Age Eve Brown
44
Act Your Age Eve Brown
Talia Hibbert
2021
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Get a Life Chloe Brown
45
Get a Life Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
2019
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Take a Hint Dani Brown
46
Take a Hint Dani Brown
Talia Hibbert
2020
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Part of Your World
47
Part of Your World
Abby Jimenez
2022
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The Friend Zone
48
The Friend Zone
Abby Jimenez
2019
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Boyfriend Material
49
Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall
2020
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Cemetery Boys
50
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
2020
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
51
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella
2000
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Can You Keep a Secret
52
Can You Keep a Secret
Sophie Kinsella
2003
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Bridget Jones's Diary
53
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
1996
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Devil in Winter
54
Devil in Winter
Lisa Kleypas
2006
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Dreaming of You
55
Dreaming of You
Lisa Kleypas
1994
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
56
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn
2000
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The Duke and I
57
The Duke and I
Julia Quinn
2000
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An Offer from a Gentleman
58
An Offer from a Gentleman
Julia Quinn
2001
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Romancing Mr Bridgerton
59
Romancing Mr Bridgerton
Julia Quinn
2002
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The Rosie Project
60
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
2013
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One Day in December
61
One Day in December
Josie Silver
2018
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The Unhoneymooners
62
The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren
2019
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Something Borrowed
63
Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin
2004
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First Comes Love
64
First Comes Love
Emily Giffin
2016
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Attachments
65
Attachments
Rainbow Rowell
2011
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Eleanor and Park
66
Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell
2013
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Landline
67
Landline
Rainbow Rowell
2014
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The Bride Test
68
The Bride Test
Helen Hoang
2019
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Check and Mate
69
Check and Mate
Ali Hazelwood
2023
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Natural Born Charmer
70
Natural Born Charmer
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
2007
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Nobody's Baby But Mine
71
Nobody's Baby But Mine
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
1997
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It Had to Be You
72
It Had to Be You
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
1994
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To Sir Phillip With Love
73
To Sir Phillip With Love
Julia Quinn
2003
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When He Was Wicked
74
When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn
2004
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Good in Bed
75
Good in Bed
Jennifer Weiner
2001
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Bet Me
76
Bet Me
Jennifer Crusie
2004
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Dragonfly in Amber
77
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon
1992
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Edenbrooke
78
Edenbrooke
Julianne Donaldson
2012
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The Roommate
79
The Roommate
Rosie Danan
2020
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Written in the Stars
80
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur
2020
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Evvie Drake Starts Over
81
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Linda Holmes
2019
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My Oxford Year
82
My Oxford Year
Julia Whelan
2018
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Second First Impressions
83
Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
2021
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In a Holidaze
84
In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren
2020
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The Five Wishes of Mr Murray McBride
85
The Five Wishes of Mr Murray McBride
Joe Siple
2019
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I Owe You One
86
I Owe You One
Sophie Kinsella
2019
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Good Omens
87
Good Omens
Terry Pratchett
1990
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Vision in White
88
Vision in White
Nora Roberts
2009
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The Witness
89
The Witness
Nora Roberts
2012
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A Walk in the Woods
90
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson
1998
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The Night Circus
91
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
2011
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The Time Traveler's Wife
92
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
2003
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Outlander
93
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
1991
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The Notebook
94
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
1996
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Love Story
95
Love Story
Erich Segal
1970
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Doctor Zhivago
96
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
1957
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The Thorn Birds
97
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
1977
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Atonement
98
Atonement
Ian McEwan
2001
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The English Patient
99
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
1992
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Possession
100
Possession
A.S. Byatt
1990
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