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Just in time for the month of love, Goodreads has assembled a list of 100 of the most popular romance books according to their millions of members. They focused on books from the last three years\u2014so ones that were published 2022-2024\u2014that have been placed on Goodreads members\u2019 shelves the most and that have a 4-star or higher rating.<\/p>\n

They also made a couple of interesting observations, including how the genre has gained a few \u201cmega-authors\u201d courtesy of TikTok and how a good chunk of the authors on the list self-published before getting big publishing deals. One thing we noticed ourselves, which is not unusual for Goodreads lists, is that the books are really lacking in diversity. There are only a few nonwhite authors and a couple of queer books in the whole list.<\/p>\n

Still, if you are curious about which romances Goodreads members have been shelving the most, below is a small sampling of the list:<\/p>\n

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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)<\/a> by Rebecca Yarros<\/p>\n

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King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4)<\/a> by Ana Huang<\/p>\n

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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde<\/a> by Tia Williams<\/p>\n

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Delilah Green Doesn\u2019t Care (Bright Falls, #1) <\/a>by Ashley Herring Blake<\/p>\n

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Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1)<\/a> by Elsie Silver<\/p>\n

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches<\/a> by Sangu Mandanna<\/p>\n

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Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)<\/a> by Kennedy Ryan<\/p>\n

The full list includes everything from the ever-popular romantasy to Westerns, sports romance, rom-coms, and more. To see it in its entirety, visit Goodreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in\u00a0Breaking in Books<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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