Best Romance Books
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine — Gail Honeymanon 1 of 3 rankings
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgeraldon 1 of 3 rankings
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austenon 1 of 3 rankings
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontëon 1 of 3 rankings
Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontëon 1 of 3 rankings
An American Tragedy — Theodore Dreiseron 1 of 3 rankings
Birdsong — Sebastian Faulkson 1 of 3 rankings
Rebecca — Daphne du Maurieron 1 of 3 rankings
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter — Carson McCullerson 1 of 3 rankings
Little Women — Louisa May Alcotton 1 of 3 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 3 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Romance book is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine — Gail Honeyman, followed by The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald and Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen.
How this is counted
This chart counts 3 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of books from that source with the most titles whose genre is Romance, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.