A Harlequin Romance Series – publication began in 1949 by released its first book, Nancy Bruff’s The Manatee, in May 1949

Series published by Harlequin Enterprises ULC is a Canadian publisher of romance, women’s fiction and various other genres under multiple publishing imprints. Founded in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1949, from the 1960s, it grew into the largest publisher of romance fiction in the world.

Harlequin was founded in 1949 by Richard Bonnycastle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a paperback reprinting company. He founded the business while working at Winnipeg’s Advocate Printers, a branch of Toronto’s Bryant Press, as a way to keep the presses busy.

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A Harlequin Romance Series available

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A Harlequin Romance Books listed by Year and Series Number:

1949 • 1950 • 1951	1952 • 1953 • 1954	1955 • 1956 • 1957	1958 • 1959 • 1960
1961 • 1962 • 1963	1964 • 1965 • 1966	1967 • 1968 • 1969	1970 • 1971 • 1972
1973 • 1974 • 1975	1976 • 1977 • 1978	1979 • 1980 • 1981	1982 • 1983 • 1984
1985 • 1986 • 1987	1988 • 1989 • 1990	1991 • 1992 • 1993	1994 • 1995 • 1996
1997 • 1998 • 1999	2000 • 2001 • 2002	2003 • 2004 • 2005	2006 • 2007 • 2008
2009 • 2010 • 2011	2012 • 2013 • 2014	2015 • 2016 • 2017	2018 • 2019 • 2020