Good Romance Novels: Best Books

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

What are good romance novels? What is the defining moment after which one can say with confidence whether this work is an example to follow or is it still an ordinary book that does not deserve to be looked at a second time? Maybe take as a basis the opinion of literary critics, after all, their bread is to put authors on a pedestal or, on the contrary, mix them with dirt. Or maybe good romance novels should be defined by the opinion of the majority of readers? This seems like a perfectly reasonable step, if you forget that everyone has different tastes, including literary ones.

Therefore, everyone chooses good romance novels for himself, based on his preferences. Most likely, they will coincide by 80-95% with the list compiled according to the opinions of readers. But still it will be your personal and unbiased choice.

Best romance novels

1. Cities and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
2. Wuthering Pass by Emily Bronte.
3. "Chalikushu" or "Korolek - songbird", Reshad Gyuntekin.
4. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
5. "Paradise" by Judith McNaught.
6. "Shine and Poverty of the Courtesans", Honore de Balzac.
7. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.
8. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Choderlos de Laclos.

Read these books, keep what you really liked, discard what you didn't like at all, and add your favorite books. This will give you your personal list of the best romance novels.

Best short romance novels

This is a very special kind of novels, they differ from other works of this genre not only in volume, which, as a rule, does not exceed 100 pages of printed text. The plot in such books is not rich in events; it is quite difficult to find any interesting thoughts or a fresh look at things here. Most likely, this is a light entertaining reading for one evening. Among the most popular and sought-after authors of this trend are Barbara Cartland, Emma Richmond, Sandra Marton and Elizabeth Haley. Although it should be noted that almost every writer or writer working in the romance genre has such works.

Best Contemporary Romance Novels

Sadly, the love story is currently in a period of stagnation. It would seem that there are many worthy authors, new books appear quite often, and among them there are many quite worthy things with an intriguing plot and non-standard characters. The problem is that there is nothing truly new, different from everything that millions of people have already read. Every time you pick up a book, you want tobe fascinated by it, imbued with every event and anxiously follow the interweaving of other people's destinies. But as a result, from the first pages of the book, the reader has a clear feeling that he has already seen all this somewhere and, perhaps, more than once.

Nevertheless, Alina Znamenskaya, Irina Mozaeva, Lucille Carter, Carol Mortimer, Hayley North and Laney Rich can be distinguished among contemporary authors. However, if you want to read good romance novels that are truly fresh and unconventional, you will have to wait until the next Emily Bronte or Margaret Mitchell appears in the writing community.