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ARTS / LITERATURE
List: Top Ten Romantic Novels (English Language)
Date: 2007
Source: All About Romance
Base: No data on numbers voting but we were told that 4,975 separate titles were nominated from 1,339 different authors.
Notes: All About Romance is a website dedicated to the romantic novel and its readers. The site has done an analysis on the 2007 poll with tables showing most popular authors in the top 100 list it produced, percent of titles in top 100 by sub-genre and a comparison of Top Ten Results between 1998 to 2007. The winner was 'Lord of Scoundrels' by Loretta Chase, a European Historical romance written in 1995 and featuring the relationship between the virginal Miss Jessica Trent and the lecherous Sebastian, Marquess of Dain, who is described as "a big, dark, hulking brute". Fantastic stuff!
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Rank
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Title
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Author
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1
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Lord of Scoundrels
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Loretta Chase
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2
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Dreaming of You
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Lisa Kleypas
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3
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Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
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4
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Outlander
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Diana Gabaldon
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5
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Flowers From The Storm
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Laura Kinsale
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6
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Slightly Dangerous
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Mary Balogh
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7
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Devil In Winter
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Lisa Kleypas
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8
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Bet Me
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Jennifer Crusie
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9
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Welcome to Temptation
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Jennifer Crusie
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10
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
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Julia Quinn
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