Who are the top romance novelists?

The Best Romance Authors

1. Danielle Steel. The bestselling author alive today, Danielle Steel has sold more than 800 million copies of her books.
2. Nora Roberts.
3. Nicholas Sparks.
4. Robyn Carr.
5. Carolyn Brown.
6. Lisa Kleypas.
7. Sarah MacLean.
8. Alyssa Cole.

What is the most read romance book?

Best Sellers in Romance

1. #1. It Ends with Us: A Novel. Colleen Hoover.
2. #2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel. Taylor Jenkins Reid.
3. #3. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone: A Novel… Diana Gabaldon.
4. #4. The Wish.
5. #5. Dipped In Holly.
6. #6. Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Novel.
7. #7. The Song of Achilles: A Novel.
8. #8. The One Night.

Who are the best contemporary romance writers?

Contemporary Romance Authors

• Nora Roberts. As familiar a name to romance readers as JK Rowling is to kid lit fantasy books, Nora Roberts has 225 novels to her name.
• Adriana Locke.
• Lauren Landish.
• Lorraine Heath.
• Pippa Grant.
• Madison Faye.
• Julia Quinn.
• Georgette Heyer.

Is Jane Austen a truly romantic novelist?

Romanticism was a literary movement that began to emerge during the end of the 18th century. Jocelyn Harris suggests that Jane Austen’s last novel, Persuasion, exhibits aspects of Romantic ideals and thus belongs to the Romantic movement.

Who is the highest selling author?

James Patterson is the world’s highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world’s best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the “Alex Cross” crime novel series.

What literary period is Pride and Prejudice?

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners written during the Regency period by Jane Austen.