Library Journal Best Books - Romance (Awarded by Library Journal)

Awards List

2023

Georgie, All Along
(*)
Kate Clayborn

Forever Your Rogue
(*)
Erin Langston

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
(*)
K.J. Charles

Ana Maria and the Fox
(*)
Liana De la Rosa

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
(*)
India Holton

The Boyfriend Candidate
(*)
Ashley Winstead

Mrs. Nash's Ashes
(*)
Sarah Adler

All the Right Notes
(*)
Dominic Lim

Chef's Choice
(*)
T.J. Alexander

How to Tame a Wild Rogue
(*)
Julie Anne Long

2022

Delilah Green Doesn't Care
(*)
Ashley Herring Blake

Book Lovers
(*)
Emily Henry

A Lady For a Duke
(*)
Alexis Hall

Honey and Spice
(*)
Bolu Babalola

A Fearless Heart
(*)
Elizabeth Cole

Heartbreaker
(*)
Sarah MacLean

The Hookup Plan
(*)
Farrah Rochon

The Holiday Trap
(*)
Roan Parrish

Before I Let Go
(*)
Kennedy Ryan

The Boxing Baroness
(*)
Minerva Spencer

2021

The Devil Comes Courting
(*)
Courtney Milan

Act Your Age, Eve Brown
(*)
Talia Hibbert

Hana Khan Carries On
(*)
Uzma Jalaluddin

Subtle Blood
(*)
K.J. Charles

A Lot Like Adios
(*)
Alexis Daria

Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words
(*)
Annika Sharma

Sailorproof
(*)
Annabeth Albert

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
(*)
Erica Ridley

A Thorn in the Saddle
(*)
Rebekah Weatherspoon

The Love Con
(*)
Seressia Glass

2020

Chasing Cassandra
(*)
Lisa Kleypas

Starbreaker
(*)
Amanda Bouchet

Conventionally Yours
(*)
Annabeth Albert

Daring and the Duke
(*)
Sarah MacLean

Fair as a Star
(*)
Mimi Matthews

Here to Stay
(*)
Adriana Herrera

Kiss My Cupcake
(*)
Helena Hunting

Ties That Tether
(*)
Jane Igharo

If the Boot Fits
(*)
Rebekah Weatherspoon

The Truth About Dukes
(*)
Grace Burrowes

2019

Ayesha At Last
(*)
Uzma Jalaluddin

Lady Derring Takes a Lover
(*)
Julie Anne Long

A Spy's Guide to Seduction
(*)
Kate Moore

When a Duchess Says I Do
(*)
Grace Burrowes

The Bride Test
(*)
Helen Hoang

Red, White & Royal Blue
(*)
Casey McQuiston

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
(*)
Olivia Waite

The Right Swipe
(*)
Alisha Rai

Bringing Down the Duke
(*)
Evie Dunmore

Once a Spy
(*)
Mary Jo Putney

2018

Promise Not to Tell
(*)
Jayne Ann Krentz

The Last Wolf
(*)
Maria Vale

A Princess in Theory
(*)
Alyssa Cole

Unmasked by the Marquess
(*)
Cat Sebastian

Riven
(*)
Roan Parrish

Someone to Care
(*)
Mary Balogh

Too Wilde to Wed
(*)
Eloisa James

A Touch of Flame
(*)
Jo Goodman

Worth the Wait
(*)
Karelia Stetz-Waters

The Duke With the Dragon Tattoo
(*)
Kerrigan Byrne

The Proposal
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

Tempt the Flames
(*)
Marnee Blake

Consumed
(*)
J.R. Ward

Diamond Fire: A Novella
(*)
Ilona Andrews

My One and Only Duke
(*)
Grace Burrowes

Award Categories

Crime Fiction

Graphic Novels

Horror

Literary Fiction

Pop Fiction

Romance

SF/Fantasy

Short Stories

World Literature

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018