AAR 2004 ANNUAL READER POLL
(FOR 2003 RELEASE)
Best 2003 Romance Novels
| Best Romance | Gone Too Far | Suzanne Brockmann | |
| Honorable Mention | Cry No More | Linda Howard | |
| Favorite Funny | Take a Chance On Me | Susan Donovan | |
| Most-Hanky Read | Cry No More | Linda Howard | |
| Most Luscious Love Story | Worth Any Price | Lisa Kleypas | |
| Best Cabin/Road Romance | Beyond Sunrise | Candice Proctor | |
| Honorable Mention | Gone Too Far | Suzanne Brockmann | |
| Best New Author | Deirdre Martin | ||
| Honorable Mention | Nonnie St George | ||
| Best Buried Treasure | Fallen From Grace | Laura Leone | |
| Honorable Mention | Still Life With Murder | P.B. Ryan | |
| Guiltiest Pleasure | Standing in the Shadows | Shannon McKenna | |
| Author Most Glommed | Mary Balogh | ||
| Best Medieval | Born in Sin | Kinley MacGregor | |
| Best European Historical | Slightly Married | Mary Balogh | |
| Honorable Mention | Worth Any Price | Lisa Kleypas | |
| Honorable Mention | To Sir Philip, With Love | Julia Quinn | |
| Best Traditional Regency | The Ideal Bride | Nonnie St George | |
| Best Amer Hist/Frontier | Here's to the Ladies | Carla Kelly | |
| Best Contemporary | See Jane Score | Rachel Gibson | |
| Honorable Mention | Fallen From Grace | Laura Leone | |
| Best Series Romance | Night Watch | Suzanne Brockmann | |
| Honorable Mention | Some Men's Dreams | Kathleen Korbel | |
| Best Romantic Suspense | Cry No More | Linda Howard | |
| Best Alternate Reality | Portrait In Death | J.D. Robb | |
| Honorable Mention | The Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | |
| Best Chick Lit/Women's Fict | The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels | Marsha Moyer | |
| Best Short Story | A Tale of Two Sisters | Where's My Hero? | Julia Quinn |
| Honorable Mention | Only Human | Lover Beware | Eileen Wilks |
| Honorable Mention | Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter | Here's to the Ladies | Carla Kelly |
| Honorable Mention | A Family Christmas | Under the Mistletoe | Mary Balogh |
Best 2003 Characters
| Most Tortured Hero (tie) | Dance With the Devil | Zarek | Sherrilyn Kenyon |
| Honorable Mention | Fallen From Grace | Ryan | Laura Leone |
| Honorable Mention | Born in Sin | Sin | Kinley MacGregor |
| Honorable Mention | The Devil You Know | Bentley | Liz Carlyle |
| Honorable Mention | Bad Moon Rising | J.D. | Katherine Sutcliffe |
| Strongest Heroine | Cry No More | Milla | Linda Howard |
| Best Hero | Portrait In Death | Roarke | J.D. Robb |
| Honorable Mention | Cry No More | Diaz | Linda Howard |
| Best Heroine | Cry No More | Milla | Linda Howard |
| Honorable Mention | Portrait In Death | Eve | J.D. Robb |
| Honorable Mention | See Jane Score | Jane | Rachel Gibson |
| Best Couple | Gone Too Far | Alyssa & Sam | Suzanne Brockmann |
| Honorable Mention | Portrait In Death | Eve & Roarke | J.D. Robb |
| Best Villain | Standing in the Shadows | (unnamed to avoid spoilers) | Shannon McKenna |
| Honorable Mention | Slightly Scandalous | (unnamed to avoid spoilers) | Mary Balogh |
Worst of the Year for 2003
| Most Annoying Lead | Genevive | Nerd in Shining Armor | Vicki Lewis Thompson |
| (Dis) Honorable Mention | Charlotte | Destiny | Katie MacAlister |
| Author You Gave Up On | Stephanie Laurens | ||
| Author Others Love/You Don't | Nora Roberts | ||
| (Dis) Honorable Mention | Suzanne Brockmann | ||
| Most Disappointing Read | Nerd in Shining Armor | Vicki Lewis Thompson | |
| Worst Read | Gone Too Far | Suzanne Brockmann | |
| (Dis) Honorable Mention | Into the Fire | Anne Stuart | |
| Purple-est Prose | The Prince of Pleasure | Nicole Jordan |