Recs if you like The Missed Connection...

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Black people falling in love written by Black people

Book list for the Anti-Brain rot challenge with Boundless press

All the 2026 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

The title speaks for itself 🤝

links for the full year in the comments

Will be updated as the year goes on ✨ open to comments ✨

It’s time to fill those TBR piles again! April means the start of Spring and also another quarterly upcoming romance episode! We’re talking about romances hitting shelves and ereaders during April, May & June 2026! Whether historical, paranormal, contemporary or Romantasy, we’ve got something for everyone in fifty or so recs across every single genre. As a reminder, we haven’t read most of these, but we have big plans!

Black love in all its glory

Romance books coming out in 2026

Books I am Loving by Black Authors