Recs if you like Queenie & the Krakens...

Looking for monster & alien romance / erotica with BIPOC baddies getting their backs blown out? Look no further! 😏

These reads feature Black, Indigenous, Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA aka Middle Eastern), Asian, & Latine main characters. Relationship pairings include MM, sapphic, poly, queer, MF, & more.

This list is primarily standalones, with a few series starters plus some “standalone-y” books from interconnected series. Open to recs! 🥵🌶️🔥

a collection of the "smut of the month" books featured on the Reading Smut podcast hosted by Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara. "a show about spicy books and the people who love them!"

Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fiction, and Speculative Fiction books written by authors of the diaspora

All the books covered on the monthly deep-dive episodes of the Reading Smut podcast. More will be added as episodes drop.

Books with ocean mysticism, pirates, mermaids, sirens, and every sea creature in between.

Covering a range of genres and sub-genres. Only adding the first book of each series.

Books that have been read and discussed on the Podcast "Reading Smut" hosted by Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara.

I started listening to this podcast in June of 2024, and by October I started actually reading some of the books they cover on the podcast. This list is for me to keep track of which books I have and have not read from their podcast.

If you like romance this podcast is for you, they cover it all, and if they haven't covered your niche yet, i know it is coming in the future.

Monsters (and aliens) of all shapes 😏 and sizes 😏😏 loving and getting loved by beautiful MCs. I'm only adding the first book in each series cause they get pretty long (interconnected standalones)

Romance and fantasy romance books written by authors of the diaspora where we get to see Black woman loved like they're supposed to be (only first book for a series added, unless not directly linked)

Dark romance books that I think deserve all the attention from both lovers of the genre and people dipping their toes in