Best Romance Books
Best Romance Books List is a structured books dataset with 148 entries. Its fields include Name, Title, Author. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
The page shows a 40-row preview for fast browsing. The complete dataset is available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- 40-row preview of 148
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Open Library
- Data updated
- Feb 21, 2026
Included fields: Name, Title, Author, First Published, Subjects, and 2 more.
Sorting and filtering apply to the 40 loaded preview rows. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 148 records.
Preview observations
- First Published range
- 1,111 to 1,925
- Across 40 preview rows
- Editions range
- 563 to 4,036
- Across 40 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Title, and Author across books entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 148 downloadable records
Name↕ | Title↕ | Author↕ | First Published↕ | Subjects↕ | Editions↕ | Languages↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pride and Prejudice | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Brothers and sisters, Courtship | 4,036 | guj, sin, jpn |
Wuthering Heights | Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | 1846 | form:novel, genre:tragedy, genre:gothic, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) | 2,886 | arm, jpn, por |
Emma | Emma | Jane Austen | 1815 | Social life and customs, Mate selection, Fiction, Fathers and daughters | 2,263 | heb, spa, rus |
Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | 1811 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Inheritance and succession, fiction, Mate selection, fiction, Social classes, fiction | 2,015 | pol, spa, rus |
Little Women | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1848 | Romans, Jeunes filles, Soeurs, Sisters | 1,888 | pol, spa, rus |
Don Quijote de la Mancha | Don Quijote de la Mancha | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1600 | Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de), Quotations, Knights and knighthood, Social life and customs | 1,591 | jpn, ori, alb |
Madame Bovary | Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | 1856 | literary fiction, French literature, Fiction, Manners and customs, fiction | 1,557 | jpn, por, srp |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | 1600 | Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology) | 1,483 | jpn, por, dan |
La Divina Commedia | La Divina Commedia | Dante Alighieri | 1472 | Poetry (poetic works by one author), Literatura, Portraits, Paradise | 1,337 | arm, jpn, por |
Анна Каренина | Анна Каренина | Лев Толстой | 1876 | Fiction, Adultery, Married women, Social life and customs | 1,314 | arm, jpn, por |
Persuasion | Persuasion | Jane Austen | 1789 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Love stories, English, Moški in ženske, V leposlovju | 1,236 | eng, ita, cat |
The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1920 | Married people, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Long island (n.y.), fiction | 1,176 | heb, fre, ger |
Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 1847 | Fiction, Romance, Historical", Man-woman relationships, fiction | 1,170 | pol, spa, rus |
Moby Dick | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 1,118 | jpn, kor, gre |
Mansfield Park | Mansfield Park | Jane Austen | 1814 | Love stories, English, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Social life and customs, Adoptees, fiction | 1,108 | eng, rus, ger |
Les Trois Mousquetaires | Les Trois Mousquetaires | Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet | 1844 | History, Fiction, Swordsmen, France in fiction | 1,103 | eng, glg, ger |
Candide | Candide | Voltaire | 1746 | Conduct of life, Readers, Literatura francesa, Satire | 1,079 | spa, rus, und |
Northanger Abbey | Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen | 1818 | Mate selection, Cousins, Fiction, Young women | 1,013 | pol, heb, spa |
Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome | Edith Wharton | 1910 | Accident victims, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Children's fiction | 1,000 | eng, ger, spa |
Romeo and Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | 1597 | Classical Literature, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Conflicto entre generaciones, Conflict of generations | 979 | arm, guj, sin |
The Moonstone | The Moonstone | Wilkie Collins | 1800 | Fiction, Jewelry theft, East Indians, Police | 958 | heb, spa, rus |
David Copperfield | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | 1800 | British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, England, fiction | 846 | jpn, alb, por |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain | 1889 | Time travel, Fiction, Arthurian romances, Kings and rulers | 788 | eng, heb, spa |
Anne of the Island | Anne of the Island | Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1826 | College students, Friendship, Universities and colleges, Fiction | 781 | eng, chi, ara |
The Cricket on the Hearth | The Cricket on the Hearth | Charles Dickens | 1846 | English Christmas stories, Short stories, Christmas stories, Social life and customs | 774 | eng, chi, fre |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | James Joyce, James Joyce | 1818 | Fiction, Artists, Young men, Facsimiles | 765 | pol, spa, rus |
The Mill on the Floss | The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot, Rosalyn Landor | 1800 | Brothers and sisters, Women clergy, Infanticide, Open Library Staff Picks | 761 | spa, por, fre |
El Conde de Montecristo | El Conde de Montecristo | Alexandre Dumas | 1830 | France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction, France, Fiction, France in fiction | 734 | arm, guj, jpn |
Riders of the Purple Sage | Riders of the Purple Sage | Zane Grey | 1912 | Fiction, Mormon women, Polygamy, Women ranchers | 705 | und, eng |
The House of Mirth | The House of Mirth | Edith Wharton | 1905 | Fiction, Single women, Social classes, Drama | 694 | eng, fre, spa |
A Room with a View | A Room with a View | E. M. Forster | 1905 | British, Fiction, Young women, British in fiction | 692 | eng, spa, fre |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1850 | Master and servant, Slavery, Plantation life, Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) | 688 | arm, yid, spa |
The Mayor of Casterbridge | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy | 1800 | British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Wessex (england), fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization | 676 | eng, heb, guj |
The Scarlet Letter | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | Fiction, Puritans, Puritans in fiction, History | 658 | pol, guj, spa |
Du côté de chez Swann | Du côté de chez Swann | Marcel Proust | 1908 | Comics & graphic novels, general, France, fiction, Early memories, Fiction | 636 | pol, heb, spa |
The Woman in White | The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins, Yordi Abreu | 1859 | Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Apparitions | 630 | heb, spa, rus |
O Pioneers! | O Pioneers! | Willa Cather | 1913 | Fiction, Women pioneers, Women farmers, Farm life | 613 | eng, ita, hin |
Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield | Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield | Oliver Goldsmith | 1111 | Abduction, Children of clergy, Clergy, Fiction | 609 | spa, und, jpn |
Lady Susan | Lady Susan | Jane Austen | 1925 | Fiction, Facsimiles, Mate selection, English Manuscripts | 600 | spa, ger, fre |
The Turn of the Screw | The Turn of the Screw | Henry James | 1898 | Governesses, fiction, Children, fiction, Fiction, ghost, Fiction, fantasy | 563 | eng, chi, fre |
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