the ask@AAR: What was your favorite romance published in 2021?

By Dabney Grinnan|2022-02-10T11:41:14-05:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: the ask @AAR|Tags: AAR Annual Readers Poll, Best of 2021, the ask@AAR|

We want to hear from you. We’ve shared our top picks for 2021–now it’s your turn.

If you’re looking for inspiration, we have two sources for you. Using our new Power Search, we learned that, in 2021, we gave DIKs to 139 books published in 2021. We gave the most DIKS to contemporary romance (30), historical romance (25), historical fiction (13), and romantic suspense (14). Thirty-three featured leads of color and twenty-five were by authors of color. Additionally, you can see all the books our staff picked in one place on our Amazon Storefront. […]

the Way Back on Wednesday: The 2002 AAR Reader Awards!

By Laurie Likes Books|2021-08-05T07:48:19-04:00August 4th, 2021|Categories: Polls|Tags: 2002 poll, AAR Annual Readers Poll, Wayback on Wednesday|

2002 All About Romance Reader Awards

originally published on March 1, 2002

To all the winners in our sixth annual reader’s poll, congratulations and continued success! We had more entries this year than in any past year, and given the size and comprehensiveness of the ballot (with 23 positive and 6 negative categories), AAR pollster Shelley Dodge was kept extremely busy throughout the entire month the poll was open. To be a valid ballot, (at least) six categories had to have been filled out. As always, we received a number of bogus ballots (think authors trying to stuff the ballot box – naughty, naughty!), but even so, there were nearly 3,500 valid votes. […]

Speaking of Audiobooks: Top Ten Listens of 2014

By AAR Admin|2017-06-23T08:30:24-04:00January 5th, 2015|Categories: audio books, Best of List, Lea Hensley|Tags: AAR Annual Readers Poll, Amy Harmon, Anna Fields, Audiobooks, Ilona Andrews, Jojo Moyes, Jonathan Davis, Julie James, Karen Robards, Karen White, Katie Reus, Laura Kinsale, Lea Hensley, loretta chase, Melanie Ewbank, Patrick Lawlor, Renee Raudman, Sandra Brown, Sophie Eastlake, speaking of audiobooks, Suzanne Brockmann, tavia gilbert, Top Ten Listens|

It’s good news all the way around when looking back at romance audiobooks in 2014. The selections were more diverse than ever and we saw a significant rise in overall quality as well. Despite my Dreaded Burnout of 2014, I listened to approximately 80 audiobooks last year. But wait, that should be qualified a bit – I attempted to listen to that number although I officially tagged a number of those DNFs. I only sporadically kept records on my Goodreads shelf which caused a good amount of confusion when I started putting together this list a few weeks ago. New Year’s Resolution #5 – Keep up records at Goodreads.

The Top Ten Romance Listens

1. Lord of Scoundrels – Loretta Chase

Narrated by Kate Reading

Romance audio fans responded with great delight to the audio release of Lord of Scoundrels. It had been at the top of […]

2012 Reading Year So Far: Debut Romance Authors

By Lynn Spencer|2017-06-23T08:31:06-04:00July 2nd, 2012|Categories: LinnieGayl AAR, Polls|Tags: AAR Annual Readers Poll|

poll It seems hard to believe, but with the start of July we are now at the halfway point in the 2012 reading year. Many of us made resolutions back in early January about the reading we were going to do this coming year. Well, in the midst of polling for the best of 2011 romances here in AAR’s Annual Reader Poll, we pollsters made a resolution to do some sneak peeks for some categories that will appear in the next Annual Reader Poll. We decided we would focus on a few of the more problematic categories in the 2011 poll.
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