Recs if you like A Rogue of One's Own...
Love me like one of your Regency boys
A growing historical romance book list for the weary bookish time traveler. Not limited to the Regency era.
I can't remember the title, but the cover is blue
Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.
And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?
A Most Improper Reading List of Questionable Virtue
A curated collection of mostly Regency romances where propriety is optional and virtue… negotiable. Expect rakish dukes, sharp-tongued heroines, scandalous encounters, and at least a few decisions that would make any proper chaperone faint...
I hate you, you hate me
General enemies to lovers romance books (I tried to stay away from romantasy) For the 2026 Bingo 🩷
Queer MF couples in romance
Romance novels where the MCs are an MF couple that is straight-presenting, but one or both is/are queer
An Oxford Reading List
Books that all take place in Oxford
His Politics Are Good
Romance MMCs who are fighting the good fight.
"Difficult" Women Deserve HEAs, Too
Complex, often unlikeable antiheroines are some of my favorite women in historical romance. Unrepentant social climbers, gold-diggers, gossips. Strident, cold, sexually-liberated. All welcome, along with the besotted men they leave in their wake!
(comment with recs please!!)
She's Older, He's Younger
MF romance novels where the FMC is at least 5 years older than the MMC.
Regency Romance
Regency Romance Books! The main authors I have included here (each of whom as several books if not several series of regency romance), rated by spiciness and quality of writing are: Evie Dunmore 4/5 spiciness and 5/5 writing Minerva Spencer 4.5/5 spiciness and 4/5 writing Sarah Maclean 4/5 spiciness and 4/5 writing Julia Quinn 3.5 spiciness and 4/5 writing Emma V Leech 4/5 spiciness and 3.5 writing
books about books and cats
Love both topics, it deserve its own little shelf
• was it worth it, adam •
’Was it worth it, Adam? You took by force what you had always had by love. It cannot have been sweeter.’ ~ Lilith, Nikki Marmery
A collection of fiction featuring fierce and complex women, female empowerment, and feminist themes ❤️🔥
She's already found passion, in her work
Historical romances with modern storylines. Heroines who are smart, talented, and driven. A happy ever after means being able to continue her work; maybe he’ll even join her cause...
'Cause I'm cool On my own
hyper independent heroines, deeply devoted yearning heroes
Ladies, Gentlemen, Swooning, and Manners
Romance books set in 1800s
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