Recs if you like The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy...

I'm sure some of these are already on your TBR, so might as well add some more! Let me know if I am missing any of your favorites!

a list of problematic authors that you should boycott

self care romance books in all forms: mutual, solo, IRL, video call, phone, overhearing, walking in on, public space, etc etc.

if you hate the word ‘masturbation’, try: flicking the bean, jerking off, finger banging, rub one out, beat the meat, dj the vj, wanking, jerkin the gherkin, fapping; we can go on for days. whatever you call it, i just hope you reach climax ⛰️ toys encouraged but a hand (or two or three or-) will do just fine.

🫵 𝑔𝑜 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻! 🫵 😇 gladly 😇

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

Duologies. Duologies! A list full of duologies. This has a collection of titles I'm interested in and some recommended to me. To save you the trouble, I made sure to put both books in a duology in this list. Enjoy! 💐

Romance books to read for the aesthetic (usually cartoon covers because I’m trash for character art)

I love reading romances between men and women where one or both of the characters are bi because it shows the potential of bi people to fall in love with any gender, if that makes sense. So often bi people in “straight” relationships don’t get clocked as LGBTQ+ and I like seeing how they make a “straight” relationship queer. It’s also nice to read about LGBTQ+ outside of achillian and sapphic stories and spaces. I’m always on the hunt for more.

Romance books with (at least) 2 bisexual main characters.

books w sense of humor (or voice) that's A) so subtle and cleverly disguised you could blink and miss it B) so blatant it's like being hit over the head C) so outrageous it's honestly just absurd D) drier than the sahara desert E) rather tongue-in-cheek F) all (or at least more than one) of the above

(some are more obvious than others since some are clearly intended to be satirical and others were just written in such a dry voice it made me chortle)

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

Possibly TBR and my finished book. A low cortisol bed time story. Feel free to suggest your books! 🥰

kind of struggling with books where the MC's instantly get together or hook up, so here are some book recs where the couple waits until at least 50% of the book to get together

The ultimate list where our love interest goes full protective mode and suddenly says “touch her and die” or “do not lay a hand/finger on her” or some version of either.

All spice levels listed. As this is a microtrope, it may not be a big part of the plot. Recs welcome!

✨ peak enemies to lovers ✨

(if you have books you'd like me to add here, let me know in the comments!)

A list of all the books featured as monthly picks for the Illumicrate Sub. ◽️ Not Including sequels or special editions outside of the monthly sub.◽️ I will include new books about a month after release to avoid spoilers.

books that are published fanfic or feel like they could be a published fanfic

ˏˋ°•⁀➷ 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝑻𝑩𝑹 ✧.

The first book in a series.

All the 2025 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

Books and authors that got their start as fanfic