Recs if you like The Bone King and the Starling...

Every year we pick 10 books that we think rise above the rest. These are the 70 we've picked since 2019.

Updated to include our Best of 2025 picks.

Romances with Vikings, Barbarians, Berserkers and other warlords as the mmc.

Books where he maybe…invades her country, is a feared warlord in their armies, is given to him as a warprize, or she is put into an arranged marriage with him as part of a alliance or peace negotiations…or maybe he is a alien race that actually goes beserk when he’s angry 🤷‍♀️.

Romance books featuring Black and African FMCs. Because every queen deserves to see herself in a love story. Fell free to suggest recs! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

A nonexhaustive list of romance featuring black women.

A list of all Indie Ink Award Finalists from 2026 that I could find on here (I'll add more as they're added to Pagebound--just let me know), minus any I'm aware used AI in any capacity (cover, etc)

When everyone else thinks the MC is a big tough guy but then you find out they’re a secret softie.