But, to start, my list would consider these reads:īlack Iceby Anne Stuart, Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale, Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game, Julie Anne Long’s What I Did for a Duke, Topaz by Beverly Jenkins, It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin, Fifty Shades of Grey(the series) by E. I’m sure as I give this more thought, I’ll come up with more books I feel belong on my list. These are all books I’ve read and given thought to. (Rosemary Rogers’ Sweet Savage Love would be one such book.)
And if the stories they tell no longer hew to our definition of what’s acceptable to write or value, they must be romance novels you can articulate why they should be on such a list. They should be stellar reads–the sort of books one recommends to others. These are the books, to me, that defined and shaped the genre as well as those which tell its history.
What does that mean? Are these the best romances ever written? Readers’ personal favorites? A representation of all the genre has to offer? Romances everyone should read?Ī series of comments by Jenna got me thinking I’d like to also compile a list of the 100 romances everyone–or at least romance readers– should read before they die. Later this year, AAR will ask readers to choose their 100 Top Romances as we’ve done many times over the decades.
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