Recs if you like Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute...

Need a gift for your extremist family member, but they already have a red baseball cap AND a Don't Tread on Me shirt? Were you told "Don't bring up politics at family dinner" and need some safe books to discuss instead? Well we have a full menu for you to choose from! Each just for fun book comes with our guarantee: No real world political messages under the 100% fictional plot! 😉 (Taking Recommendations!)

Romance novels and stories with substantial romantic subplots where at least one lead is explicitly neurodivergent. Every title is either own voices, has a character whose neurodivergence is confirmed within the text or by the author. This collection celebrates love across the full spectrum of neurological diversity, including Autism, ADHD, OCD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's, Hoarding Disorder, PTSD, and more. Recommendations are always welcome!

Romance books where at least one of the main characters is curvy/plus-sized! Because there truly is more to love <3

Books with fat and plus size main characters. (leave a comment with recommendations!)

a mix of romance and romance-adjacent books starring bisexual main characters.

Black people falling in love written by Black people

books with bisexual characters (even if they end up with the opposite sex THEY'RE STILL BI)

Fiction with main characters who have OCD

books by black authors and/or with black characters

books written by disabled authors

I haven’t read all so if some are misplaced, don’t hesitate to let me know! Recommendations are welcome!

Book with main characters that are disabled. Both physical and mental included. Eg chronic/terminal illness, physical disabilities, mental illness, neurodivergance, addiction, injury and injury recovery, symptoms causing health issues etc. Doesn't have to be a diagnosed condition. Not necessarily by authors with shared experiences. Books any be any genre. Added only 1st book of series unless there are different characters.

Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments! No "magic cure" books.

Books centred around cryptids, the paranormal, aliens, et cetera, but also... people make out.

canon and coded autistic characters

General enemies to lovers romance books (I tried to stay away from romantasy) For the 2026 Bingo 🩷

Romance books with neurodivergent characters. This primarily includes ADHD and autism but I also included some with dyslexia and sensory processing disorder representation as well.

I hope this doesn’t find you by Ann Liang introduced me to the rivals to lovers trope so these are the books I found while desperately trying to fill the hole in my heart! (Some of these books contain spice and some of them don’t, so make sure you check whether they do or don’t according to your preference)

YA novels with mental health representation.

Romance novels where the MCs are an MF couple that is straight-presenting, but one or both is/are queer

Romance books with a main character with obsessive compulsive disorder; mental health representation.