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What Is Romance?

Romance novels are the most searched genre at FictionDB. Romance can encompass every sub-genre too. As long as the primary focus of the story involves romance of some sort, visitors can tag these titles as Romance.

Historically, romance novels have required a happily-ever-after (HEA), but more recent interpretations of the genre have included happily-for-now where the future relationship is unknown.

The Romance genre designation on our site is one of several top-level genres, so this list will include all sub-genres. A novel can be assigned any number of genres and sub-genres, so a particular title can appear on multiple genre lists. Some of the most popular romance sub-genres are Contemporary Romance and Historical Romance although Romantasy has recently become very popular (we designate this as Fantasy Romance).

To see other sub-genres, click on any book on the site and navigate to the genres section of the book detail page.

Top Romance Series Ordered by Popularity

Top Romance Authors Ordered by Popularity

Top Romance Books Ordered by Popularity

Author Book Series Genre Date
Contemporary Romance / CR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Fantasy Romance / FR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Fantasy Romance / FR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Fantasy Romance / FR
Contemporary Romance / CR


Contemporary Romance / CR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Thriller / T
Romantic Suspense / RS
Fantasy Romance / FR
Historical Romance / HR
Fantasy Romance / FR
Historical / H
Contemporary Romance / CR
Contemporary Romance / CR
Contemporary Romance / CR