Most Popular Romance Books

Explore the most popular Romance books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Southern Vampire Mysteries #6

Definitely Dead

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2006

7.7/10 189 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #1

Dead Until Dark

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2001

7.7/10 380 ratings

Earth's Children #2

The Valley of Horses

Jean M. Auel

Paleofiction · Romance

1982

7.6/10 145 ratings

In Death #5

Ceremony in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1997

7.6/10 36 ratings

House of Night #1

Marked

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Romance

2007

7.6/10 491 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #9

Dead and Gone

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 3, 2009

7.7/10 154 ratings

The Selection Series #2

The Elite

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 19, 2013

7.6/10 126 ratings

The Fallen Angels #4

Rapture

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Angels · Paranormal Romance · Romance

September 21, 2012

7.6/10 52 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #3

Club Dead

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2003

7.6/10 255 ratings

Emily Wilde #1

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Heather Fawcett

Fantasy · Romance

January 10, 2023

7.6/10 32 ratings

Otherkin #1

Sins of the Heart

Eve Silver

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Romance

August 2010

7.7/10 26 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #8

From Dead to Worse

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 6, 2008

7.6/10 164 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #2

Living Dead in Dallas

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2002

7.5/10 301 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #5

Dead as a Doornail

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2005

7.5/10 202 ratings

House of Night #8

Awakened

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Romance

January 1, 2011

7.6/10 169 ratings

House of Night #2

Betrayed

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Romance

2007

7.5/10 368 ratings

In Death #4

Rapture in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1996

7.6/10 40 ratings

The Fallen Angels #2

Crave

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Angels · Paranormal Romance · Romance

October 1, 2010

7.5/10 89 ratings

The Fallen Angels #3

Envy

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Angels · Paranormal Romance · Romance

September 1, 2011

7.6/10 67 ratings

The Fallen Angels #6

Immortal

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Angels · Paranormal Romance · Romance

October 1, 2014

7.5/10 31 ratings

In Death #3

Immortal in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1996

7.6/10 45 ratings

The Fallen Angels #1

Covet

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Angels · Paranormal Romance · Romance

September 29, 2009

7.3/10 132 ratings

Black Dagger Brotherhood #14

The Beast

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Romance

April 1, 2016

7.5/10 53 ratings

In Death #2

Glory in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1995

7.6/10 47 ratings

Black Dagger Brotherhood #6

Lover Enshrined

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Romance

June 3, 2008

7.4/10 194 ratings

The Twilight Saga #2

New Moon

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2006

7.3/10 799 ratings

Earth's Children #4

The Plains of Passage

Jean M. Auel

Paleofiction · Romance

1990

7.3/10 113 ratings

The Selection Series #4

The Heir

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 29, 2015

7.4/10 81 ratings

The Dark Tower Graphic Novels #1

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born

Stephen King, Peter David, Jae Lee, Richard Isanove, Robin Furth

Fantasy · Romance · Western · Comics

2007

7.3/10 27 ratings

The Twilight Saga #3

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Young Adult

June 5, 2010

7.2/10 305 ratings

Wicked Games #3

Her Vampire Husband

Michele Hauf

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Werewolves · Romance

April 1, 2010

7.3/10 32 ratings

Lords of the Underworld #2

The Darkest Kiss

Gena Showalter

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Romance

2008

7.3/10 49 ratings

A Court of Thorns and Roses #4

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy · New Adult · Romantasy · Young Adult · Romance

May 1, 2018

7.2/10 63 ratings

House of Night #3

Chosen

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Romance

2008

7.2/10 323 ratings

Earth's Children #5

The Shelters of Stone

Jean M. Auel

Paleofiction · Romance

2002

7.2/10 102 ratings

House of Night #12

Redeemed

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Romance

October 10, 2014

7.3/10 56 ratings