rise & grind
romance books featuring scenes of dry humping / grinding / frottage ⛓️ if you thought this list has anything to do with coffee or getting money, i apologise (kinda)
dry humping as foreplay can be hotter than penetration and these MCs live up to it. bonus points if they get caught or have to stop before things go further 🎠 so, jump on and take a (dry) ride, things are about to heat up (and possibly get wet)
created by burntsunflowers
last updated June, 2026
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Hiiiii I have a recommendation! Currently listening to Iris Kelly Doesn't Date, and boy oh boy there was a scene that made me think of this list right away!
oh yeahhhhh lfg!!
Ah yesss the art of dry humping finally getting some recognition and love in this barbaric foreplay ignorant world ☔ We love to see ittt
“this barbaric foreplay ignorant world” is what keeps me going 😅
105 book long lists is crazy work, I love to see it
more common than i thought and i can’t wait to read more of these books 🤸
Just out of curiosity, how many have you read, and do you have a favorite??
only 5 🫣🫣🫣 my fav dry humping scene would be in Before We Came. favourite overall, maybe The Roommate. but i have a lot of titles here on my tbr/interested 👀
Ok! Added those two to my tbr 🙂↕️
Your favourite dry humping scene is from .... Before We Came??
🏆👑👏
just from the small list of titles i’ve read 🙇♀️ im sure there are many more excellent scenes i have yet to explore!! 🫠
Just did a count and realized I’ve read 16 of these titles, and have 10+ already on my TBR/interested lists. Well, then. 👀
i just KNEW a lot of these titles were right up your alley ! any favourites??
All hail the glory & friction of another burntsunflowers list 🙌🏼
glory and FRICTION!!!!!! im blushing
All these lists and that’s what gets you to blush? Noted 👻
i blush easily, don’t hold it against me 🫣🫣
With all you do for us freaks, I’d never hold anything against you- unless you asked nicely 💜
Its how heated rivalry hung over i am that my mind immediately played that scene from ep2 😩😩🥵
An ep 4? 🫴🫴🫴
you want me to ask nicely? ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵐᵉ🧎♀️
😘😘😘
Ahhh why is it so big??
perhaps so it feels like you’re looking into a mirror 😌🫦
The way I thought this list was going to be about entrepreneurship and hustling 😂
updating the description! 🏃💨
mind if i…bump this to your timeline 🥺👉👈
I'm not sure why but I always have, in the very least, a 50% overlap with these lists 🤷♀️🤭.
that’s cause you have exquisite taste and a refined palate 😇
This list made it to the instagram. All hail the list 👑
lmao i just saw 🤣 so J+L are kinda freaky,,, noted 😏✍️
🙌our lord and savior @burntsunflowers
i love your lists so much. the titles always make me laugh and i have a hard time not saving all of them for...research purposes
🫶🫶🫶🫶
I knew, BC this was your list, that this was not for the productivity finance bros. But I do wonder if any one of those stumbled on this...
if they did then they should make themselves known 🗣️🗣️
And they should TAKE NOTES ✍🏻🧑💻
maybe they need content in their language: e.g., 5318008 618
Frottage you say?? If you’re open to non-humans, there’s a hot frotting scene in Clean Finish by Lily Mayne, she has a lot of frotting scenes in her books
Damn, you had me at non-humans. 💀
I’ve been looking at the Monster Lovers Quest to be my next one to try for. 🫣 So I might start off with this and move there.
I read A Soul To Keep earlier this year and never turned back
Clean 📝 Finish 📝 A Soul 📝 to Keep 📝 Right rightttt— I’m hanging on all your words right now. 🧎🏻♀️
I'm taking it personally how there's only a 12% overlap i have with this list. Will have to remedy that immediately 🏇
yesyesyes!!!
can I submit spiral by bal khabra for this category? some of the hottest dry humping I've read in a while
yes please, thank you!!!! i am yet to read a bal khabra book
In Problematic Summer Romance it’s basically a plot point! Thank you again for creating the important lists, the ones that really matter 🥰. Also I only have 10% overlap with this list. Time to get to work.
awesome, thank you! reading more books on lists sounds like fun work to me!!
69 upvotes 😏😏
I would like to humbly submit Nightshade if you’re taking additions (a shout out for Alex’s rugby shorts putting in work) 🙂↕️ Edit: And as usual, thank you for your 10/10 work 🙏
🫶🫶🫶 ty, added!
you get me 🤝🏼
No ☕️ prep here… although those bits and pieces will get a workout 😂 I was wondering what your brilliant mind would come up with next? A very impressive list, my dear! 😘
thanks catherine!! 🫶🫶 took a break from lists cause of work and lack of creativity. working on more content coming 🔜
I love this list because it also includes the queen Bal Khabra!!!
hello cat I am back with another frottage rec! we get some fun frotting in Gloam by Lily Mayne 😋
I’ll trade you Beneath the Surface by Becca Steele and Rocked Bayou by Erin Nichols 🙂↕️🤝🃏
accepted 🙇♀️🤝🃏
I saw my overlap, and I was like, "huh 21%, that's fine, it's not that many"
that's 19 books in a 111-book list...
🤣🤣🤣 better start tackling the list!! any prospective titles that you’re interested in?
hahahha I thought I hadn't read that many, but well 🤷♀️ I'm not sure, actually. I'm currently trying to tackle my quests rn
Oh yeah, love to see recognition for friction
