Public Secrets by Nora Roberts – Contemporary Only You by Elizabeth Lowell – Historical Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh – Regency Lion’s Lady by Julie Garwood – Historical Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy – Futuristic Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey – Historical Robb – Futuristic Romantic Suspenseĭancing At Midnight by Julia Quinn – Historicalĭreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas – Historical The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter – HistoricalĬeremony In Death by J. The Shadow & the Star by Laura Kinsale – Historical Only Love by Elizabeth Lowell – Historical One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney – Historical Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer – Contemporary

Mirror Image by Sandra Brown – Contemporary Kiss An Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips – Contemporary Honor’s Splendor by Julie Garwood – Historical Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts – Contemporary Grand Passion by Jayne Ann Krentz – Contemporary Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell – Classic Gentle Warrior by Johanna Lindsey – Historical Take a look for yourself and let Shelley know what you think about the results.Ī Rose For Maggie by Kathleen Korbel – SIM #602Ī Rose In Winter by Kathleen Woodiwiss – HistoricalĪlways To Remember by Lorraine Heath – HistoricalĪnnie’s Song by Catherine Anderson – HistoricalĪshes In the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss – Historicalĭaring To Dream by Nora Roberts – Contemporaryĭouble Standards by Judith McNaught – Contemporaryĭragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon – Time Travelĭrums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon – Time TravelĮnchanted by Elizabeth Lowell – Historical Robb), Jude Deveraux, and Elizabeth Lowell were as to be expected, but I was surprised at how few times Jayne Ann Krentz (aka Amanda Quick) and Johanna Lindsey showed up on the list. I did not expect so many Judith McNaught titles to be included and thought Mary Balogh and Laura London (aka Tom and Sharon Curtis) would have more titles on the final list. I was surprised by the final tally – I expected many titles to show up on the list which did not. A very diverse group voted – Shelley’s database includes many books which received only one or two votes. The number one ranked book received 22 votes. We ended up with 105 titles on our list the last group of titles tied with six votes each. Historicals dominate the list – they comprise 52% of the final choices.Īs you’ll see from the list below, the list is in order, but there were several ties. There were a total of 3,346 “votes”, and 1,733 titles were included in her database. The shortest list sent in by a reader had one title and the longest contained 100 titles. Unfortunately, after number 83 on the list, she ran into a 69-vote tie! As a result, we opened up the voting to be Internet-wide. She decided to poll readers for their 100 favorite romances. Shelley Dodge, AARList member, had a terrific idea after this summer’s 100 Best Books of the Century list was released. As Determined by AAR’s Readers in October 1998

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