Top 100 Romances 2010 Poll : All About Romance

Top 100 Romances Poll

November 2010

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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie

Jennifer Ashley

European Historical

2009

Whitney My Love

Judith McNaught
European Historical
1985

Devil’s Bride

Stephanie Laurens

European Historical

1998

Natural Born Charmer

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Contemporary

2007

And Then He Kissed Her

Laura Lee Guhrke

European Historical

2007

100

Scandal In Spring

Lisa Kleypas

European Historical

2006

The Top 100 Romance Books as Voted in 2010

First and foremost, thanks to everyone who entered a ballot. This poll wouldn’t work without the readers’ participation and we are quite grateful that you have shared your top romance picks with AAR. People voted for 4,639 books by 1,296 different authors. And 2,605 of those books appeared on only one ballot.

As you can see by the list, once again Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels took the top spot. Voters may wonder how it manages to remain #1 in the poll, especially after looking at the thread where readers posted their ballots. Well, even if Lord of Scoundrels wasn’t everyone’s top choice, every number of points adds up.While not #1 on everyone’s ballot, Lord of Scoundrels appeared on over 40 percent of the ballots cast, and it was in the top 10 on 20 percent of all ballots entered. As was the case in 2007, Lord of Scoundrels placed #1 by quite a large margin.

Since the last poll in 2007, 21 new books made the Top 100 list. The author with the most books in the top 100 is Lisa Kleypas with 15 titles. What is also an amazing feat is that 6 of the 21 new romances on the list were written by Lisa Kleypas and have all been published since 2006. It seems that Ms. Kleypas has a hit whether she’s writing historicals or contemporaries. The author with the second most titles is Susan Elizabeth Phillips with 9 books.

Of the new additions to the list, the oldest published is The Last Hellion at number 66 by Loretta Chase from 1998 while the 20 other new titles have all been published since 2006.

As to genres, historical romance made the bulk of the list (with 66 titles), contemporary books numbered 25 and paranormal/futuristic/time travel accounted for the remaining 9 titles.

For the 21 new titles to make the list, 21 titles had to fall and there are some old classics to say farewell. Georgette Heyer lost 2 titles, Frederica from 1965 and Venetia from 1958. Laura London’s The Windflower from 1984 also fell from the list as did Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth from 2000.

Without further ado, here are your new titles and their places on the list:

10. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley 2009

18. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas 2009

20. The Spymaster’s Lady Joanna Bourne 2008

25. Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas 2008

34. Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas 2009

49. Private Arrangemants by Sherry Thomas 2008

52. Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas 2007

66. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase 1998

67. Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas 2010

68. To Bequile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt 2009

73. Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 2007

75. Seduce Me At Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas 2008

77. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 2009

79. What Happens in London by Julia Quinn 2009

92. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt 2009

94. The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran 2007

96. Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran 2008

97. Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh 2009

98. Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas 2010

99. And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke 2007

100. Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas 2006

Results of our 2007 Top 100 Romances Poll

Results of our 2004 Top 100 Romances Poll

Results of our 2000 Top 100 Romances Poll

Results of our 1998 Top 100 Romances Poll