I will be writing more about this list in another post. Today, it’s just the facts.
The romance novels AAR readers have chosen as the Top 100 Romances are set. This is a reader generated list. The list is in alphabetical order.
Here are some salient facts about this year’s winners:
70 are Historical romances. 24 are Contemporary romances. 4 are Paranormal or urban fantasy romance. 2 are Speculative or time-slip romances. 11 books on the list are by authors of color. 6 books with have queer central romances. 3 books were first published in the nineteenth century. 3 books were first published in the 1980s. 21 books were first published in the 1990s. 20 books were first published in the 2000s. 38 books were first published in the 2010s. 5 books were first published in the 2020s.
10 Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase
A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy
A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James
A Lady’s Code of Misconduct by Meredith Duran
A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore
A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles
A Substitute Wife for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath
A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
After Dark with the Duke by Julie Anne Long
Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
Angel in a Devil’s Arms by Julie Anne Long
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
Band Sinister by KJ Charles
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer
Devil’s Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt
Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
His at Night by Sherry Thomas
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Mackenzie’s Mountain by Linda Howard
Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Persuasion by Jane Austen
retty Face by Lucy Parker
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Ransom by Julie Garwood
Ravished by Amanda Quick
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
Something About You by Julie James
The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
The Bride by Julie Garwood
The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan
he Duke and I by Julia Quinn
The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
The Secret by Julie Garwood
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
