Recs if you like The Duke Gets Desperate...

A growing historical romance book list for the weary bookish time traveler. Not limited to the Regency era.

from swooning over prolonged eye contact at a ball with the ton, to intense yearning between two really good friends in 1960s New York, here are some historical romances to get you hooked on the best subgenre

For people who love watching Bridgerton for its diversity and want to read more historical romances that are genuinely diverse

PALESTINIAN AUTHORS & WRITERS (including half-Palestinian or of Palestinian heritage) ❗️includes translated titles ❗️some books are not available on Pagebound; more can be found on my Storygraph & Instagram accounts

Books read by Prose Before Bros, a book club for women of color in PDX

Melanated historical romances that need to be centered in the genre immediately

Historical romance books that showcase people of marginalized and diverse communities by people of marginalized and diverse communities.

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.