The Top Ten Romances in our Top 100 Romance Poll

March 16, 2026

Thank you to all who voted in the AAR Top 100 Romances poll. This is a reader determined poll and we are thrilled so many participated. Later this week, we…

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The Incredible Shrinking Star

March 14, 2026

thin is in and that’s not good

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The Kids on the Lawn

March 8, 2026

when beer is better with toddlers

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Let’s hear it for sex.

March 6, 2026

Mind the gap(s)? No thanks.

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How dare you call us a drunkship?!?!?

March 1, 2026

and, yes, I’m definitely impatient

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Politics alone do not a villain make

February 27, 2026

ideology is not character development

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All About Romance wants to know: What are the top 100 romances of all time?

February 26, 2026

we’d love it if you’d take our survey

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What are the Top 100 Romance Novels of All Time?

February 26, 2026

Since 1998, AAR has done seven Top 100 Romances polls. (You can see the first six here and the last one, done in 2018, here.) It is, we would be…

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Seeing stars

February 24, 2026

stellar first times

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So… about safe spaces in literature…

February 23, 2026

I am not here to tuck you in.

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the AAR Top 100 Romances Polls (1998 to 2026)

February 20, 2026

The AAR Top 100 List 2026 (unranked) 10 Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy A Duke of Her Own…

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A New Modesty Code for Romance

February 18, 2026

Something has changed at Amazon, and it is not good.* Over the past several weeks, many romance titles have begun returning the same message in Amazon’s SiteStripe interface: This product…

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