Romances featuring sharks (with and without claspers), people nicknamed shark, and people working for sharks. Always open to recommendations! Now, go swim and find your one true shark.
created by sharky_97
last updated August, 2026


holy shit i just remembered when i was at the conservatory we worked on and performed a scene from a play called "Swimming in the Shallows" in which the mc falls in love with a Mako shark. the scene was basically when mc tells his friend group about his new love interest, and i played one of the friends. well the way we blocked it i was sitting quite close to the audience downstage, and the director thought it would be funny if i was in the middle of reading a romance novel with an obvious shark on the cover, and of course it was up to me to source the book!!!!! so one of my classmates and i spent the weekend scouring the thrift stores and flea markets of NYC for a book that would fit the bill, but once we found one i was too embarrassed to buy it so i made him check out for me 🤣🤣🦈 damn that was 15 years ago now, thank u for unlocking this extremely specific memory for me lmaooo
Epic lore drop ❤️🔥🦈❤️🔥
I'm chuckling that there are enough books in this category to make a list! 🙌 Amazing!!! 🙌
is this what the pearly white gates look like? 🤩
not just the pearly white gates, but the pearly whites too!!
i finished a shark documentary a few days ago. i was preparing for this list’s arrival.




All of them have been added. Thank you for your service Sean ∠(‘-‘ )
does Shark Heart count?
Yes!! It most definitely does, BUT I have it in a pending list right now that I think does it more justice.

💘 Hope you feel my love toniiiight 💕
Do we have to read the first books in the book series’s that are here because idk if I can do all the books in a series to read all of this 🤣🤣
🤣 no no I think they can all be read as standalones
in “i like me better” by robby weber there is mentioning because somehow there was a prank where they let a shark go 😀
Adding to my list and immediately holding it on Libby. Thank you (•̀ᴗ•́ )ゞ
yay !!!
YAY you've got the Chuck Tingles on here! Never read them but I've seen them around, am contemplating picking them up for the giggles
You gotta read at least one Tingle book! I suggest finding one with a beetle :P Or you could go with Eaten Right By The Physical Manifestation Of My Pride And Excitement That The Lead Character Of My First Traditionally Published Horror Novel Is On The Autism Spectrum Just Like Me or go more classic with Pounded by The Classics: Seven Literary Tales of The Tingleverse
I can't find one with a beetle 😭 however, your other suggestions both sound very appealing, as I am autistic myself and that sounds hilarious 👀
Damn the Tylenol got us both huh /s
And yes! Tingle's titles are always so intriguing!
All those vaccines and acetaminophen 😎 leveled up my 'tism
The titles themselves are truely an experience 🤣
I read the title as “Let’s Talk About Shrek Baby!” And I’ll be honest, I was slightly disappointed when I realized my mistake 🤣
I can't believe there isn't a Shrek list on pb 😭 Give me 5 mins and a cup of tea!
Just added three to my tbr.🙌🏻🤩
Which ones!!
Sharp and I’m not ur pet👀👀🤭🤭
👀👀 oh sharp looked so cool when I found it. I'm reading Beaches and Bites and let me tell you ... I may have found my favourite book of 2026
My friend just posted about a book called Tumbled, which sounds so insane too. Love it
You gotta add Fin Deep by Regina Sage (secret society of shark shifters), The Night the Sea Kept Me by M. Anderson (merman-ish situation with man torso + shark bottom), and Kiss Out of Water by Sayla Masse (Mako shark fishman)! 🦈🦈🦈
Do alien sharks that are the love interest count?