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Since the release of her first book nearly 40 years ago, best-selling author Loretta Chase has earned a reputation for crafting historical romances with feisty heroines that feel ahead of their time. With her 1995 novel Lord of Scoundrels, a steamy retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in post-Regency Paris, she created an enemies-to-lovers story for the ages.

French novelist Marc Levy’s 1999 debut, If Only It Were True, which was translated into English by Jeremy Leggatt the following year, is a quirky ghost story about love, loss, and fate. Arthur, a recently single architect, is surprised when he discovers Lauren, a hardworking ER nurse, hiding in the closet of his new San Francisco apartment.

If there’s one writer whose name is synonymous with contemporary romance, it’s Nora Roberts. As the author of more than 250 books over the past 40-plus years—including nearly 230 best sellers—Roberts is the titan of the genre. Collectively, her books have sold over half a billion copies, been translated into at least 25 languages, and won 22 Romance Writers of America RITA Awards (counting those she won under her pseudonym, J.

If you’re looking to read just one of the Bridgerton books after watching the immensely popular Netflix adaptation, start with The Viscount Who Loved Me, published in 2000. Second in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, the novel showcases the author’s sweet, sometimes silly, and terribly interesting plots. It’s 1814 and Viscount Anthony Bridgerton has it all figured out.

When Twilight was published in 2005, it established a new kind of YA fandom. The book, which kicked off a four-part series and a five-installment film series, was everywhere, and its legacy is lasting. The story, which first came to author Stephenie Meyer in a dream, is at its core a tortured teenage romance between the sparkly and mysterious vampire Edward Cullen and ordinary girl Bella Swan.

Adriana Herrera is known for giving historical romances fiercely feminist treatments, as showcased in her 2022 novel A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. Herrera, who was born and raised in the Caribbean, infuses her work with characters who look and sound like herself and the women she grew up admiring. The first in her Las Leonas series follows Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, who sets sail for Paris in 1889 with hopes to expand her family’s liquor business following the death of her father.