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Friday’s Child

Often lauded as the mother of Regency romance, Georgette Heyer is widely considered a pioneer of the booming historical romance subgenre. From 1935 to 1974, Heyer published more than two dozen meticulously researched Regency-era novels...

By Megan McCluskey

Pride and Prejudice

Scholars may celebrate Jane Austen for her pioneering use of free indirect discourse, but you don’t need an English degree to appreciate that she helped invent the romantic comedy as we know it. A drolly...

By Judy Berman

Lord of Scoundrels

Since the release of her first book nearly 40 years ago, best-selling author Loretta Chase has earned a reputation for crafting historical romances with feisty heroines that feel ahead of their time. With her 1995...

By Shannon Carlin

If Only It Were True

French novelist Marc Levy’s 1999 debut, If Only It Were True, which was translated into English by Jeremy Leggatt the following year, is a quirky ghost story about love, loss, and fate. Arthur, a recently...

By Shannon Carlin

Jewels of the Sun

If there’s one writer whose name is synonymous with contemporary romance, it’s Nora Roberts. As the author of more than 250 books over the past 40-plus years—including nearly 230 best sellers—Roberts is the titan of...

By Megan McCluskey

The Viscount Who Loved Me

If you’re looking to read just one of the Bridgerton books after watching the immensely popular Netflix adaptation, start with The Viscount Who Loved Me, published in 2000. Second in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, the...

By Kari Sonde

Twilight

When Twilight was published in 2005, it established a new kind of YA fandom. The book, which kicked off a four-part series and a five-installment film series, was everywhere, and its legacy is lasting. The...

By Meg Zukin

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Adriana Herrera is known for giving historical romances fiercely feminist treatments, as showcased in her 2022 novel A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. Herrera, who was born and raised in the Caribbean, infuses her work with...

By Meg Zukin

A Hunger Like No Other

Touted by fellow romance author Ali Hazelwood as “the OG Alpha Werewolf + Vampire = Fated Mates romance,” the seductive 2006 debut novel of Kresley Cole’s best-selling Immortals After Dark series kickstarted one of the...

By Megan McCluskey

Devil in Winter

Best-selling author and winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Lisa Kleypas has been writing romance novels since the 1980s. Her 2006 historical romance, Devil in Winter, the third book in her hit...

By Shannon Carlin

Lover Awakened

Lover Awakened is the 2006 third installment of J.R. Ward’s erotic, paranormal romance series Black Dagger Brotherhood, which follows a society of vampire warriors. The fiercest of them all is Zsadist, whose edge stems from...

By Olivia B. Waxman

Slave to Sensation

In the futuristic universe of Nalini Singh’s gripping 2006 paranormal romance, a tenuous peace exists between the animal shapeshifters known as the Changelings and the powerful race of unfeeling psychics called the Psy. But when...

By Megan McCluskey

All Through the Night

With Suzanne Brockmann’s 2007 high-octane queer romance, All Through the Night, she crucially helped expand the genre by publishing a mainstream romance novel with a main character who is gay. The 12th book in her...

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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell, the unmarried protagonist of best-selling author and Fated Mates podcast host Sarah MacLean’s 2010 novel, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, is a stickler for rules. To stay in society’s...

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A Night to Surrender

Tessa Dare’s 2011 A Night to Surrender won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award in the best regency historical novel category. Spinster protagonist Susanna Finch has dedicated her life to making the rural seaside...

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Lotus Palace

The title of high-school teacher turned award-winning author Jeannie Lin’s 2013 historical romance, The Lotus Palace, refers to the home of the courtesans in Tang Dynasty China. Due to a red birthmark that covers most...

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