Whether you love Harlequin or Fifty Shades of Grey, you’re not alone in indulging in the guilty pleasures of the romance novel.

Along with the television premiere of Guilty Pleasures on POV and the online premiere of the classic documentary Where the Heart Roams, we’ve created an infographic to help you discover just how popular the romance novel genre has become.

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<p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/povdocs/2012/07/romance-novel-from-print-to-ebooks-fifty-shades-of-grey/"><img src="http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/povdocs/files/2012/07/evolution-romance-novel-fifty-shades-of-grey-ebooks-500.jpg" width="500" height="2479" alt="Click to view larger graphic" title="Click to view larger graphic" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/guiltypleasures/infographic-evolution-of-romance-novels-fifty-shades-of-grey-ebook.php">The Evolution of the Romance Novel</a> from <a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/">POV</a>.</p>

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