what are some really good romance novels?
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at
10:00 am
i’m looking for a new read. i prefer more of the historical or supernatural types but anything romance will do. thx!
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Top 100 Romance Novels
1.Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2.Dream Man by Linda Howard
3.It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4.McKenzie’s Mountain by Linda Howard
5.Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux
6.Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
7.The Bride by Julie Garwood
8.Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
9.Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
10.Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
11.Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
12.Naked in Death by J. D. Robb
13.Shanna by Kathleen Woodiwiss
14.Honor’s Splendor by Julie Garwood
15.Paradise by Judith McNaught
16.Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
17.Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
18.The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss
19.Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
20.Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
21.Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
22.Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
23.The Rake (and the Reformer) by Mary Jo Putney
24.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
25.Bewitching by Jill Barnett
26.After the Night by Linda Howard
27.Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy
28.The Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens
29.Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
30.. Lion’s Lady by Julie Garwood
31.McKenzie’s Mission by Linda Howard
32.Once and Always by Judith McNaught
33.A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith
34.The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss
35.The Windflower by Tom and Sharon Curtis
36.The Secret by Julie Garwood
37.Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
38.Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
39.Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
40.Saving Grace by Julie Garwood
41.The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
42.Venetia by Georgette Heyer
43.Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi
44.Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts
45.Born in Shame by Nora Roberts
46.. Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer
47.These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
48.Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
49.Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
50.Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
51.My Lady Notorious by Jo Beverley
52.As You Desire by Connie Brockway
53.The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase
54.Frederica by Georgette Heyer
55.Perfect by Judith McNaught
56.The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne
57.River of Fire by Mary Jo Putney
58.Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney
59.Ravished by Amanda Quick
60.One Summer by Karen Robards
61.Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
62.Sweet, Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers
63.A Rose in Winter by Kathleen Woodiwiss
64.Annie’s Song by Catherine Anderson
65.Slow Heat in Heaven by Sandra Brown
66.Sunshine and Shadow by Tom and Sharon Curtis
67.The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale
68.Jackson Rule by Dinah McCall
69.Anyone but You by Jennifer Crusie
70.Highland Velvet by Jude Deveraux
71.To Love and to Cherish by Patricia Gaffney
72.The Wedding by Julie Garwood
73.Alinor by Roberta Gellis
74.Duncan’s Bride by Linda Howard
75.Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory
76.Warrior’s Woman by Johanna Lindsey
77.Angel Rogue by Mary Jo Putney
78.One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney
79.Mistress by Amanda Quick
80.Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts
81.. Something Wicked by Jo Beverley
82.Mirror Image by Sandra Brown
83.The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter
84.Lord of the Storm by Justine Davis
85.The Proud Breed by Celeste DeBlasis
86.Sunrise Song by Kathleen Eagle
87.Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
88.The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
89.A Rose for Maggie by Kathleen Korbel
90.Family Man by Jayne Ann Krentz
91.This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
92.Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
93.The Wives of Bowie Stone by Maggie Osborne
94.Walking after Midnight by Karen Robards
95.Exposure by Susan Andersen
96.Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
97.Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney
98.Bond of Blood by Roberta Gellis
99.The Rainbow Season by Lisa Gregory
100.If You Believe by Kristin Hannah
101.Eternally Yours by Brenda Jackson
102.Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
103.Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels
104.Simple Jess by Pamela Morsi
105.Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
106.Dearly Beloved by Mary Jo Putney
107.Silk and Shadows by Mary Jo Putney
108.Heart of a Falcon by Francis Ray
109.The Outsider by Penelope Williamson
Well there is this book called the Raging Quiet and I absolutely loved it, it was a somewhat easy read but had a very nice plot.
i know the kids these days are loving the "twilight" series…but if you want some raunchy, hot, hardcore "romance"…i HIGHLY recommend the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton. This shit is HOT and an actually good read.
Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
One of the best books ever written!
Theres also a movie u can watch when ur done reading it!
You mean REAL romance books, the smutty adult ones?
If yes, then Christine Feehan’s Dark series is good. It gets repetitive, so just start with her first few golden ones. Her later ones kind of suck. But Dark Magic, Dark Prince, Dark Gold, and Dark Fire are good.
MY FAVORITES are Kresley Cole’s. A Hunger Like No Other is the BEST, as is Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night, Dark Desires After Dusk, etc.
She writes electrifyingly lovely stuff!!!!
My friend really likes Sherrilyn McKinnon, but I’ve never been into her.
I’m the same! Try Gena Showalter or this is the best site –
http://www.shelfari.com
Its FREE to join and you can search all of the books you want! You can read summaries, reviews, and add books to your shelf!
I couldnt live without this site!!!
While I disagree with the statement about Feehan, I love all her books, I do have suggestions for adult ones that are not "smutty".
Any and all books by the Queen of Historics, Georgette Heyer. She mostly wrote in the Regency period of England. As she wrote in the 20′s and 30′s, they are pretty clean. How good is she? Let’s put it this way, she published the very first novel she ever wrote. Tell me who writing today has that track record. Even now, about 90 years after she wrote them, they are still on the market and just as good. Again, what romances have that record, besides Austin.
Labyrinth, by Kate Mosse
Sepulchre, by Kate Mosse
^ Both are historical supernatural fiction with a dash of romance.
City of Bones By Cassandra Clare
Clary, Sixteen years old goes clubbing with her best friend, Simon, she sees a good-looking boy just kill another boy and realizes that she in the only person that can see them. She soon is thrown into the shadow hunter world and discovers that her life has been built on lies and is torn between love and family secrets. The race is shadowhunters but this book has werewolves, vampires,fey and warlocks, it’s an urban fantasy romance. I honestly absolutely love these series, it’s engaging, the characters are hilarious and the twists are wicked!
uglies by scott westerfeld
"ugly until age 16 when they’ll undergo an operation that will change them into pleasure-seeking "pretties." Society making everyone look the same, cause we all wanted perfection now we have it but I still isn’t good enough? Loving someone for WHO they are and not what they look like
dark lover by j.r. ward ( The blackdagger brotherhood Series)
it’s different to all the other vampire book and the love in this is really intense.
"In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger Brotherhood but fate brings beth into his life as he must usher the beautiful female into the world of the undead.."
Try Jill Marie Landis’ Blue Moon. It’s a historic romance novel. Written for adults, no teenage junk and it’s very taste full and not lovey-dubby.