Top 100 Romance Novels on Goodreads
Get in the mood with our list of the top 100 romances of all time. We narrowed the field by limiting our results to books aimed at adult audiences and books with at least a 3.9 average rating. Contemporary romance is read in the greatest numbers, but we also included results in popular sub-genres like historical and paranormal romance.
What's your "number"? How many have you read? Tell us in the comments!
Tell us how many you've read in the comments!
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Agreed."
Co-sign CoHo and Sandy. Very rude.


hahaha I think what Goodreads was trying to say is that - even though wildly popular - Fifty Shades can't be on this list because its rating is under 3.9 ( I think it's at 3.6 !)





Romance is a genre of few rules, but the core of the story being the romantic relationship between two (or more) people and the optimistic ending are really not negotiable.

I agree! I hate to judge a book by its' cover, but some of these covers leave you in no doubt about what to expect.

Agree 100%