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20 Good Romantic Novels

I do not generally like typical romance novels-I liked them when I was younger (hence some of them are added to the list) but lately I want the love story to be a sideshow which is there and develops but not the entire focus of the plot. So these are my top 20 options. I saw my read list on goodreads and these are all the good one I have read in the last seven years.
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Something Wonderful (Judith McNaught)
Something Wonderful
1
Judith McNaught
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story
2
Erich Segal
Born in Ice (Nora Roberts)
Born in Ice
3
Nora Roberts
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
4
Colleen Hoover
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
5
Margaret Mitchell
The Kiss Quotient (Helen Hoang)
The Kiss Quotient
6
Helen Hoang
Almost Heaven (Judith McNaught)
Almost Heaven
7
Judith McNaught
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
8
Emily Bronte
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
9
Erin Morgenstern
If Tomorrow Comes (Sidney Sheldon)
If Tomorrow Comes
10
Sidney Sheldon
The Far Pavillions (M M Kaye)
The Far Pavillions
11
M M Kaye
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
12
Blake Crouch
Cotillion (Georgette Heyer)
Cotillion
13
Georgette Heyer
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
14
Graeme Simsion
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
16
Sara Gruen
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
17
Bernhard Schlink
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
18
Louis De Bernieres
Tears of the Moon (Nora Roberts)
Tears of the Moon
19
Nora Roberts
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You
20
Cecelia Ahern
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