Top Romance Books

The top 35 books in this category, curated and ranked.

Updated April 1, 2026

Rank	Book
#1	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
#2	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
#3	Emma by Jane Austen
#4	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
#5	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
#6	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
#7	Persuasion by Jane Austen
#8	The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
#9	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
#10	Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
#11	It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
#12	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
#13	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
#14	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
#15	Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
#16	The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
#17	Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
#18	It Ended with Us by Colleen Hoover
#19	To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
#20	A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
#21	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
#22	The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#23	Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
#24	Love and Friendship by Jane Austen
#25	The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
#26	The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
#27	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
#28	Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
#29	The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
#30	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
#31	The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
#32	The Princess Bride by William Goldman
#33	Beauty and the Beast by Linda Woolverton
#34	Forever... by Judy Blume
#35	Lisey's Story by Stephen King