Recs if you like Conform...

Books where someone, at some point, lets out a breath they didn’t know they were holding. I fully intend to update this every time I come across this line, but let me know which ones are missing in the comments!

Romantasy books to read to escape reality that AREN’T ACOTAR and Fourth Wing.

Dystopian matchmaking: romance and love stories that happen against all odds

Get on the hype train for these upcoming releases of books in a series. Now is the perfect time to jump on board a new series or start a re-read.

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I will list the first book in the series and the upcoming book. I'm not including series from romances where it's hard to tell if the books are standalone or not (for my health🙃).

(I'm already questioning my sanity on how I'm going to maintain this, I wish we could make collaborative lists on here 😭)

books with characters with different colored eyes (heterochromia in most but not all cases) suggestions welcome!!

Since I loved YA dystopian in the 2010s, I wanted to gather all the 2020s books coming out in this new trend of romantic dystopia (recommendations welcome!)

"an imagined world or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. many of the people lead dehumanized and fearful lives"

mostly thrillers, all books i stayed up way too late to read. these aren’t necessarily literature, just books that hook.

Dystopia romance recs because the dystopia era deserves a comeback

Dystopian novels

viva la revolucion. all books/series that deserve the hype.

some of these are arranged marriages but if my girl has no agency, that’s a kidnapping for sure

because forbidden romance = yearning.

Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Romance

the point of a love triangle should be so little miss can decide who she wants to be, not who she wants to be with.

i put the first if it’s a series, though the love triangle might not be in that book.

my definition of feminist, as it pertains to this list, would be, “it just FEELS pro-women.”

good tension much yearn

series + standalones that i personally vouch for, all written by women

maybe its not the end of the world, maybe it is! this list is a mix of YA and NA dystopian books with varying degrees of romance. for series, just including book 1

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