Recs if you like PS: I Hate You...

This handpicked list brings back the heart-fluttering nostalgia of early-2000s rom-coms-think flirty banter, iconic soundtracks, and heroines with way too much emotional labor but perfect hair. Whether you're nursing a breakup, dodging one, or just craving a little lighthearted love, these movies will deliver serotonin, drama, and maybe even hope. You want that "why don't guys do grand gestures anymore?" energy? This list's got you.

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

non-lit fic books that made my heart ache from how they perfectly captured some specific aspect of the grieving process in a way that deeply resonated w me (w/out being too depressing to cause actual emotional damage, hence the lack of lit fic)

The perfect romance reads for reading by the pool, the lake, or your favorite reading spot with the AC cranked! These books feel like sunshine and love!

Romance books with a road trip.

romance books where the main characters check off a list together and the last item on the list? fall in love 🥰

accepting recommendations!

Romance books I would recommend to anyone! I’m sure there’s lots of these lists out there, but as someone who reads about 100 romances a year, I thought I’d point out ones I love!

When you are looking for a good book, as well as a good cry, these are the ones for you!

As always these are just a list of books I've researched that I want to read in December. I'm excited for them. There is no theme here, I love many genres so I hope there is something here you are also excited about.

2026 5 star reads!

✎ᝰ. 𝓜𝔂 𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼

Promise Me Sunshine More Than Forever Reminders of Him

𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑... 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔.

𝑨𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆...𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇...𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔.