If You Like…(By Author/Style)

(Originally created in 1996, revamped in 2002, last updated April 15, 2010)

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All About Romance has long offered a number of Special Title Listings of various types of romance. This If You Like… page is here to assist readers who enjoy the particular styles of some lead authors in discovering other similar and perhaps lesser-known authors. Please remember that both pages are lists of suggestions for further reading and not guarantees that these authors will read exactly the same.

Many of the authors listed on this page are hyperlinked to articles or interviews at AAR. If you’re interested in any reviews we may have online, use our reviews database on the bottom left of this page.

The companion page to this If You Like… (By style) page is the If You Like… (By setting or genre) page. The style page is designed to assist readers who enjoy the particular styles of some lead authors in discovering other similar and perhaps lesser-known authors.

.If You Like This Author. . .                               Then We Suggest You Consider These AuthorsCatherine AndersonRobyn Carr
Kathleen Eagle
Stef Ann Holm
Kristin Hannah
Curtiss Ann Matlock
Debbie Macomber
Pamela MorsiMaggie Osbourne
Sharon Sala
LaVyrle Spencer
Cheryl St. John
Jodi Thomas
Susan WiggsMary Balogh

Candice Hern
Carla Kelly
Edith Layton
Mary Jo Putney
Karen Ranney
Joan WolfJo Beverley

(Click here for other reader suggestions)Mary Balogh
Joanna Bourne
Liz Carlyle
Meredith Duran
Jane Feather
Jo Goodman
Elizabeth Hoyt
Madeline HunterJulie Anne Long
Mary Jo Putney
Karen Ranney
Julia Ross
Katherine Sutcliffe
Melody Thomas
Sherry Thomas
Elizabeth Thornton Suzanne BrockmannSusan Andersen
Beverly Barton‘s Protectors
Fiona Brand
Justine Davis’s Trinity Street West series
Cindy Gerard
Linda Howard
Tara Janzen Merline Lovelace
Catherine Mann
Lindsay McKenna
Marliss Melton
Kathryn Shay‘s America’s Bravest series
Roxanne St. Claire
Anne Stuart
J.R. Ward Sandra BrownCatherine Coulter
Tami Hoag
Kay Hooper
Linda Howard
Iris JohansenElizabeth Lowell
Karen Robards
Nora Roberts
Karen Rose
Meryl SawyerLoretta Chase

Elizabeth Hoyt
Eloisa James
Julia Quinn
Hope Tarr
Penelope WilliamsonLoretta Chase

Elizabeth Hoyt
Eloisa James
Julia Quinn
Hope Tarr
Penelope WilliamsonJennifer Crusie

Rachel Gibson
Jane Graves
Jane Heller
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Catherine ToddJanet EvanovichMary Kay Andrews
Jennifer Crusie
MaryJanice Davidson
Laurell K. Hamilton
Charlotte HughesSuzann Ledbetter
Lisa Lutz
Sarah Strohmeyer
Kathy Hogan TrocheckChristine FeehanLori Handeland
Dara Joy
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Angela Knight
Stephanie LaurensShannon McKenna
Karen Marie Moning
Maggie Shayne
Lynn ViehlHelen Fielding

Marian Keyes
Sophie Kinsella
Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
Jennifer Weiner
Elizabeth YoungDiana GabaldonKage Baker
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Elizabeth Chadwick
Eileen Charbonneau
Sara Donati
Dorothy Dunnett
Barbara Erskine
Laurell K. Hamilton

Robin Hobb
Juliet Marillier
Karen Marie Moning
Sharon Kay Penman
Anya Seton
Paullina Simons
Connie WillisJulie Garwood

Kasey Michaels
Rebecca Paisley
Amanda Quick
Julia Quinn
Lynsay Sands
Deborah SimmonsLaurell K. HamiltonKelley Armstrong
Nancy Baker
L.A. Banks
Donna Boyd
Patricia Briggs
Emma Bull
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
Rachel Caine
Nancy CollinsDiana Gabaldon
Charlaine Harris
Kim Harrison
Mercedes Lackey
Richelle Mead
C.E. Murphy
J.D. Robb
Wen SpencerLorraine Heath

Cheryl St. John
Gayle WilsonGeorgette Heyer

Emma Jensen
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Anthea Malcolm
Sheri Cobb South
Patricia Veryan
P. G. WodehouseLinda Howard

Shannon McKenna
Karen Robards
Nora Roberts
Annie Solomon
Roxanne St. Claire
Anne StuartCarla KellyDiana Brown
Nicola Cornick
Elisabeth Fairchild
Diane Farr
Anne Gracie
Julia Justiss

Laurie R. King
Elizabeth Mansfield
Cheryl Reavis
Gayle Wilson
Joan WolfLaura Kinsale

Lydia Joyce
Pam Rosenthal
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Sharon Shinn
Katherine SutcliffeLisa Kleypas‘s historicalsAdele Ashworth
Connie Brockway
Liz Carlyle
Loretta Chase
Sharon and Tom Curtis

Gaelen Foley
Nicole Jordan
Julie Anne Long
Teresa MedeirosJayne Ann Krentz

Nora Roberts
Marianne Stillings
Anne StuartJohanna Lindsey

Elizabeth Lowell
Kinley MacGregor
Karen RobardsDebbie Macomber

Betty Neels
Essie SummersJudith McNaughtJude Deveraux
Barbara Freethy
Teresa Hill
Lisa Kleypas
Julia LondonJulie Anne Long
Dinah McCall/Sharon Sala
Marilyn Pappano
Karen Robards’s historicals
Mariah StewartPamela MorsiGeralyn Dawson
Kristin Hannah
Stef Ann Holm
Susan Kay Law

Stephanie Mittman
Maggie Osborne
Luanne Rice
LaVyrle SpencerDiana PalmerJanet Dailey
Lynne Graham
Linda Howard
Iris Johansen
Joan JohnstonMiranda Lee
Johanna Lindsey
Elizabeth Lowell
Michelle ReidSusan Elizabeth Phillips

(Click here for other reader suggestions)Susan Andersen
Kate Angell
Elizabeth Bevarly
Jennifer Crusie
Susan Donovan
Elaine Fox
Rachel Gibson
Jane Graves
Jennifer GreeneJulie James
Robin Kaye
Lisa Kleypas‘s contemporaries
Deirdre Martin
Marsha Moyer
Julia Quinn
Christie Ridgway
Deborah Smith
Robin WellsMary Jo PutneyAdele Ashworth
Mary Balogh
Jo Beverley
Connie Brockway
Loretta Chase
Christina DoddTracy Grant
Danelle Harmon
Laura Kinsale
Lisa Kleypas
Gayle WilsonJulia QuinnVictoria Alexander
Heather Cullman
Suzanne Enoch
Karen HawkinsSabrina Jeffries
Stephanie Laurens
Cathy Maxwell
Amanda QuickNora RobertsSusan Andersen
Suzanne Brockmann
Sandra Brown
Barbara Delinsky
Linda HowardMichelle Jerott
Jayne Ann Krentz
Elizabeth Lowell
Emilie Richards
J.D. Robb
Anne StuartDeborah SmithGeorgia Bockoven
Lisa G. Brown
Robyn Carr
Kathleen EagleBarbara Freethy
Kristin Hannah
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Barbara Samuel/Ruth WindRuth Wind’s
series romancesJustine Davis
Judith Duncan
Kate Hathaway
Janice K. Johnson
Virginia KantraRachel Lee
Tara Taylor Quinn
Cheryl Reavis
Paula Detmer RiggsKathleen E. WoodiwissJennifer Blake
Rebecca Brandewyne
Shirley Busbee
Jude Deveraux
Johanna LindseyLaurie McBain
Christine Monson
Rosemary Rogers
Jennifer Wilde If You Like…(By Setting or Genre)

Issue #143 of At the Back Fence: AAR Style Poll