Recs if you like Across the Vanishing Sky...

Because we‘d all kneel for a cute nerd (or bespectacled hottie in general) 🥵📚 Collection of romance books where the MMC wears glasses and looks fabulously hot in them 😍 Bonus points if there is a scene where he takes them off to kiss his partner harder 🔥🌶️ Recommendations are always very much welcome (also I haven‘t read every single book on here, so please feel free to correct me if one doesn‘t fit)

yearning for so long that the MC finally snaps and has a fuck it moment. this hits the best when the relationship is taboo and they KNOW its wrong but give in anyway 🫨

fuck it and then fuck each other 🤷

You know what this is

books that were better on audio

basically every memoir is also going to be better on audio, especially if the author narrates it, but I have a separate list for those

The title speaks for itself 🤝

links for the full year in the comments

Will be updated as the year goes on ✨ open to comments ✨

subgenres included; romantic suspense, thriller romance, action romance, mystery romance.

tropes can vary; spies/agents, detectives, serial killers, murder mystery, kidnapping, stalker, bodyguard, sole survivor, witness protection, and many more

disclaimer; some of these are heavier on romance while some have slight romance

Romance books with suspense, many set in a small town

Great audio books narrated by Samantha Brentmoor

Do I even need to say anything? It’s Teddy Hamilton?

All the Bookish Box and Darkly picks for 2026

Rain, dark forests, expansive wilderness, majestic mountains, Seattle to Portland to small towns. The Pacific Northwest is the perfect setting for murders, conspiracies & hiding out. And for falling in love while facing great danger.

2026 Anticipated Romance Releases

Small town romances that make you question your life choices