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26 Best Romance Books

Goal: Find the best Romance books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best romance books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

26 Best Romance Books

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1

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Also recommended by:

Hillary Clinton, Tim O’Reilly

2

Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

by Casey McQuiston

Also recommended by:

Jack Edwards, Debra Akins

3

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

4

Outlander

Outlander, Book 1

by Diana Gabaldon

Also recommended by:

George R. R. Martin

5

Me Before You

Me Before You, Book 1

by Jojo Moyes

6

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

7

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

by Jenny Han

8

Vision In White

Bride Quartet, Book 1

by Nora Roberts

9

The Song of Achilles

A Novel

by Madeline Miller

10

Call Me by Your Name

A Novel

by André Aciman

Also recommended by:

Sam Altman, Jack Edwards, Tavi Gevinson

11

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte

12

Fifty Shades of Grey

by E L James

Also recommended by:

Aubrey Marcus

13

Indigo

by Beverly Jenkins

Also recommended by:

Courtney Milan

14

Anna and the French Kiss

by Stephanie Perkins

15

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell

16

Gone With the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

17

Lord of Scoundrels

Scoundrels, Book 4

by Loretta Chase

18

Something Borrowed

A Novel

by Emily Giffin

19

The Hating Game

A Novel

by Sally Thorne

20

The Kiss Quotient

by Helen Hoang

21

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

22

The Royal We

by Heather Cocks

23

The Selection

Selection, Book 1

by Kiera Cass

24

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough

25

Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer

26

When Katie Met Cassidy

by Camille Perri

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