Best Romance series

The 38 best Romance series, scored across every volume.

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By year of first publication, 1988–2025. The busiest stretch is 2010–2019, with 20. Select a bar to narrow the list.

Why Shield of Sparrows is #1

Shield of Sparrows (Devney Perry) scores 8.4/10 from 397 ratings — level with Throne of Glass at one decimal, and ahead on the exact score.

The score is a weighted average across 3 independent rating sources. A title with few ratings is pulled toward the category average, so a handful of enthusiastic reviews cannot outrank a book that thousands of readers have judged. Method →

The ending is given. The road isn’t

A happy ending is the genre’s promise, not a spoiler. Choose by what keeps these two apart and why you’d root for them.

The obstacle lives in themThink Pride and Prejudice: they are the obstacle. If one honest talk fixes it, the book is stalling.
Contemporary or romantasy?Two different reads: in romantasy, the love story shares the stage with war and magic.
Is it book one?Romance often runs in series; a middle volume read cold loses half its tension.

Frequently asked questions

Which title here has the most ratings?

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Maas) — 12.5K ratings and 8.0/10, which puts it at #9 on this list.