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Top 100 Romance Novels on Goodreads
In the mood for a little soulful yearning? Or do you need some sweaty, pulse-pounding action? No matter your tastes, we've got some romance for you! In honor of Romance Week here at Goodreads, we combed through thousands of romance novels to find the top 100 romance novels of all time! You'll find trusted icons like Jane Austen and Margaret Mitchell all the way up to current fan favorites Colleen Hoover and Sylvia Day, with all sorts of timeless, juicy, steamy love stories in between.
To help narrow the field, we limited our results to books aimed at adult audiences (sorry, Twilight) and books with at least a 4.0 average rating (sorry, Fifty Shades of Grey). We found that contemporary romance—especially erotica!—is read in the greatest numbers, but we also included results in popular sub-genres, including historical romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense.
What's your "number"...how many have you read? Tell us in the comments! You can also view this list on Listopia and compare numbers with friends!
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What's your "number"...how many have you read?
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7 in 100... I have a lot of catching up to do!
Well, one of them I have read but you have marked as "want to read" on this page for some reason. Gone with the wind is my favorite on this list - but I argue about it being an actual love story, I find the story very unromantic and definitely not a love story. Its called one but that's inaccurate to me.Not sure otherwise on this list of books I enjoy that I consider romances - Dark Prince by Christine Feehan was a guilty pleasure and a lot of fun, so maybe that one.
29 already done and 8 marked "to read" - it's not so bad :)
10 books and 1 currently reading!!!!
26 that I remembered to mark as read :)
4 books and suddenly i realize that i rate them 2 stars lol. maybe i'm not really into romance genre lol
26 however, there are so many more that should be added to this list-such as Gabriel's Rapture and Gabriel's Redemption!
14 - but another 4 I own and on my tbr pile for the next month :)
23.. Still have many left tout read
Read 27TBR 13
The rest I'm not interested in.
Hooray! I read this list specifically to look for Jane Eyre and there it is. Hands down the most romantic book I've ever read. I listened to the audio book, in fact, while I worked on my wedding favors 10 years ago, and it gave me the tingles. Awesome.
10 read, several others on my "to read"
Erin (*is in a reviewing slump*) wrote: "Well, one of them I have read but you have marked as "want to read" on this page for some reason. Gone with the wind is my favorite on this list - but I argue about it being an actual love story, I..."Erin Rhett was in love with Scarlett trough all the wars and her many men, dont you see that? greatest love story ever that she did not realize what she had til it was gone.
31 read.13 tbrs
12-And I agree that Gone With the Wind is not a love story. NOT.
34... 4 DNF1 TBR
45 and counting. I am going to put more on my TBR list. Thanks hot the info
19 - but agree, need Mary Balogh on this list, and Anne Stuart's Black Ice too!
You should give a note that you only put the first book of the series in this list. Because surely Love in The Afternoon (The Hathaways #5) deserve to be here more than Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways #1) rating wise.I'm just angry because Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3) deserve to be here hands down. LOL.
34 Read and several are ready and waiting on my kindle
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is the best of the best.
16 read...I guess I've got some catching up to do!
Paula-O wrote: "Erin Rhett was in love with Scarlett trough all the wars and her many men, dont you see that? greatest love story ever that she did not realize what she had til it was gone. "Of course I 'see' that - but to me that's not a romance or love story. I loved Gone with the wind, but I see it as an epic drama and tragedy, certainly not the greatest love story
