💕 Romance · United Kingdom
Best Romance Books from United Kingdom
Romance fiction is the most commercially successful literary genre, accounting for more annual book sales than any other category. United Kingdom has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in romance, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best romance from United Kingdom by editorial consensus.
#1
mystery-thriller
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier· 1938
★Edgar Award
Editorial Score72/100
#2
literary-fiction
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen· 1813
Guardian 100 Best NovelsBBC Big Read
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
A Room with a View
E. M. Forster· 1905
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
Women in Love
D. H. Lawrence· 1877
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#5
literary-fiction
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad· 1899
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#6
literary-fiction
Howards End
E. M. Forster· 1910
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#7
literary-fiction
The Woodlanders
Thomas Hardy· 1800
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#8
literary-fiction
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë· 1847
Guardian 100 Best NovelsBBC Big Read
Editorial Score53/100
#9
literary-fiction
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D. H. Lawrence· 1900
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#10
literary-fiction
Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf· 1915
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#11
literary-fiction
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy· 1895
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#12
literary-fiction
Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire
Thomas Hardy· 1872
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#13
literary-fiction
Poirot investigates
Agatha Christie· 1924
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#14
literary-fiction
The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy· 1878
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#15
literary-fiction
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie· 1928
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#16
literary-fiction
Sad Cypress
Agatha Christie· 1939
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#17
literary-fiction
Novels (Emma / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1818
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#18
literary-fiction
The well-beloved
Thomas Hardy· 1897
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#19
literary-fiction
Novels (Agnes Grey / Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights)
Anne Brontë· 1947
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#20
literary-fiction
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham· 1915
TIME 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score46/100
#21
romance
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen· 1813
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#22
romance
Novels (Emma / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1818
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#23
romance
Giant's bread
Agatha Christie· 1929
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#24
literary-fiction
Clarissa
Samuel Richardson· 1748
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score45/100
#25
literary-fiction
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë· 1847
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score45/100
#26
literary-fiction
Dead Man's Folly
Agatha Christie· 1956
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#27
literary-fiction
Stardust
Neil Gaiman· 1997
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#28
literary-fiction
Novels (Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1949
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score45/100
#29
literary-fiction
Novels (Jane Eyre / Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Wuthering Heights)
Anne Brontë· 1982
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#30
literary-fiction
Emma
Jane Austen· 1815
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score44/100
#31
romance
Novels (Emma / Lady Susan / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1966
Notable Work
Editorial Score43/100
#32
mystery-thriller
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters· 2002
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score41/100
#33
literary-fiction
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot· 1860
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score41/100
#34
literary-fiction
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy· 1891
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score40/100
#35
literary-fiction
Persuasion
Jane Austen· 1818
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score40/100
#36
literary-fiction
Comus
John Milton· 1738
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score40/100
#37
literary-fiction
Novels (Emma / Lady Susan / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1966
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#38
literary-fiction
Novels (Emma / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility)
Jane Austen· 1992
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#39
literary-fiction
Novels (Mansfield Park / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice)
Jane Austen· 1985
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#40
adventure
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding· 1749
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score39/100
#41
literary-fiction
Atonement
Ian McEwan· 2001
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score38/100
#42
literary-fiction
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen· 1818
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score38/100
#43
literary-fiction
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen· 1811
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score38/100
#44
literary-fiction
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen· 1814
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score38/100
#45
historical-fiction
Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters· 1998
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score38/100
#46
romance
Library of classic women's literature
Jane Austen· 2000
Editorial Score38/100
#47
romance
The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Romance
Jane Austen· 2005
Editorial Score38/100
#48
literary-fiction
On Beauty
Zadie Smith· 2005
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score37/100
#49
literary-fiction
Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy· 1874
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score37/100
#50
historical-fiction
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens· 1859
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score37/100
