Romance
Romance For further ideas on romances to read you might like to try Australian Romance sites and the Romance Writers of America.
Joan Aiken (RS) (HR)
Charlotte Vale Allen (S)
Evelyn Anthony (RS)
Lindsay Armstrong (Aus)
Faith Baldwin (SR)
Mary Balogh (RR)
Helen Biachin (Aus)
Jennifer Blake (HR) (S)
Madeline Brent (RS) (HR)
Sandra Brown (RS)
Julia Byrne (Aus)
Elizabeth Cadell (SR)
Marilyn Campbell (P)
Philippa Carr (RS) (HR)
Barbara Cartland (HR) (RR) (SR)
Ann Charlton (Aus)
Marion Chesney (RR)
Judith Christenberry (SR)
Daphne Clair (NZ)
Lucy Clark (Aus)
Virginia Coffman (RS) (HR)
Jackie Collins
Kate Coscarelli (S)
Catherine Coulter (HR) (RR) (S)
Caroline Courtney (RR)
Sara Craven
Jennifer Crusie
Janet Dailey (S)
Clare Darcy (RR)
Emma Darcy (S) (Aus)
Lillian Darcy (Aus)
Trisha David (Aus)
Justine Davis (P)
Saranne Dawson (P)
Barbara Delinsky (S)
Jude Deveraux (HR) (P) (S)
Angela Devine (Aus)
Jacqueline Diamond (SR)
Robyn Donald (Aus)
Jane Donnelly (Aus)
Elizabeth Duke (Aus)
Carola Dunn (RR)
Kathleen Eagle
Dorothy Eden (RS)
Rachelle Edwards (RR)
Cynthia Freeman (HR) (S)
Diana Gabaldon
Julie Garwood (HR) (S)
Catherine Gaskin (RS)
Tess Gerritson (RS)
Elizabeth Goudge (SR)
Iris Gower (S)
Heather Graham (P) (S)
Arlene Hale (RS)
Kristin Hannah
Barbara Hannay (Aus)
Karen Harper
Mary Hawkins (Aus)
Constance Heaven (RS) (HR)
Shirl Henke (S)
Georgette Heyer (RR)
Grace Livingston Hill (SR)
Tami Hoag (RS)
Jane Aiken Hodge (RS) (HR)
Isabelle Holland (RS) (HR)
Victoria Holt (RS) (HR)
Kay Hooper (RS)
Linda Howard
Susan Howatch (RS) (HR)
Sara Hylton (RS) (HR)
Anna Jacobs (Aus)
Rona Jaffe (S)
Iris Johansen (S)
Velda Johnston (RS)
Penny Jordan (S)
Marie Joseph (S)
Alison Kelly (Aus)
Joan Kilby (Aus)
Jayne Anne Krentz
Rosalind Laker (HR) (SR)
Charlotte Lamb
Stephanie Laurens (Aus)
Miranda Lee (Aus)
Roberta Leigh (SR)
Marion Lennox (Aus)
Alice Chetwynd Ley (RR)
Mary Lide (RS) (SR)
Johanna Lindsey (HR) (P) (S)
Cathie Linz
Caroline Llewellyn (SR)
Norah Lofts (RS) (HR)
Emilie Loring (SR)
Merline Lovelace (RS)
Elizabeth Lowell (S)
Judith McNaught
Laurie McBain (S)
Debbie Macomber (S)
Isolde Martyn (Aus)
Anne Mather
Patricia Matthews (HR) (S)
Anne Maybury (RS)
Judith Michael (S)
Barbara Michaels (RS) (HR)
Fern Michaels (HR) (S)
Leigh Michaels (S)
Lindal Lael Miller (P) (S)
Carole Mortimer (S)
Susan Napier (Aus)
Constance O'Day-Flannery (P)
Elisabeth Ogilvie (SR)
Diana Palmer (S)
Una-May Parker (S)
Valerie Parv (Aus)
Elizabeth Peters (RS)
Jean Plaidy (RS) (HR)
Mary Joe Putney (RR) (S)
Amanda Quick (HR) (RR) (S)
Rona Randall (RS) (HR)
Miss Read (SR)
Luanne Rice
Emilie Richards
Karen Robards (S)
J D Robb (P)
Alison Roberts (NZ)
Nora Roberts (RS) (S)
Elizabeth Seifert (SR)
Carola Salisbury (RS) (HR) (RR)
Helen Shelton (Aus)
LaVyrle Spencer (S)
Danielle Steel
Jessica Steele (S)
Lynsey Stevens (Aus)
Mary Stewart (RS) (HR)
Katherine Stone (S)
Jean Stubbs (RS)
Anne Stuart (RS)
Essie Summers (Aus)
Jill Tattersall (RS) (HR)
Janelle Taylor (HR) (S)
Rosie Thomas (S)
Helen Van Slyke (S)
Patricia Veryan (HR) (RR)
Elizabeth Villars (S)
Anne Tolstoi Wallach (S)
Margaret Way (Aus)
Meredith Webber (Aus)
Phyllis Whitney (RS) (HR)
Jennifer Wilde (S)
Daoma Winston (RS) (HR)
Ruth Wind
Joan Wolf (RR)
Kathleen Woodiwiss (HR) (S)
(Aus) Australian authors
(NZ) New Zealand authors
(RS) Romantic suspense - a romance with a strong mystery or suspense plot
(HR) Historical romance - romance which takes place during the past
(PR) Paranormal romance - included here are stories with elements of the paranormal, such as time travel, reincarnation or fantasy
(RR) Regency romance - light romances and comedies of manners, usually involving with British upper classes, and set during the regency period of 1811 to 1820
(S) Sensual romance - stories which usually involve quite graphic detail
(SR) Sweet romance - usually gentle romances with little graphic detail