We are gearing up–I promise!–for the 2026 AAR Top 100 poll. We last did one in 2018. What romances, published since then, do you think belong on the new list? We’re talking books that would be one of your top 100 romances of all time. For me, that list would include: The Everlasting by Alix…
It’s that time of year again. You know, where Goodreads nominates a bunch of books for the Goodreads Choice Awards and many of us are shocked–and not in a good way–by the choices. This year, the romance choices are… varied. Romantasy is so huge it has its own list. Here’s the list for non-romantasy romance…
I’m reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead right now and, to my surprise, loving it. That’s not usually my experience with Pulitzer winners; more often than not, I either loathe them or theoretically admire them from a polite but happy distance. But this one has its hooks in me, enough that I went back to look…
Book publishing has again shifted and for this, we can thank two behemoths that begin with A: Amazon and AI. AI is now part of every aspect of publishing. It designs covers, cleans up prose, writes jacket copy, and narrates audiobooks. It’s also, I suspect, writing many a KU book. AI’s tools are quick and…
I’ve just finished reading for the I don’t know how many-th time Joanna Bourne’s Spymasters series. And, somewhat startlingly, they seemed to speak very clearly to our current era. Not only was there the whole French Revolution context which seems relevant to me, but almost every love affair in the books features a couple who…
Back in 2017, we ran a set of columns asking our reviewers what love scenes in romance novels made them swoon. Reading over them now–you can find Part One here and Part two here–was a lot of fun. The one I picked, from one of my favorite historical romance novels by the great and very…
What was the golden age of romance? For some, it’s the 1980s and 1990s—the era of Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, and Lisa Kleypas, when paperbacks ruled the checkout aisle and nobody apologized for a happy ending. Those books were big, emotional, and often hilariously–at least in retrospect–sincere. Heroines had jobs, men had feelings, and everyone…
One of the great joys of romance is that it offers light when life feels dark. Right now, when stress seems to shadow much of life, laughter isn’t just a luxury–it’s a necessity. Romances that make us laugh remind us that joy belongs in the everyday, that wit and warmth can live right alongside longing….
Since 1996, All About Romance has been where readers come to swoon, to squabble, and to share the joy (and occasional outrage) of a genre that never stands still. For almost three decades, we’ve written about the books that made us laugh, sigh, roll our eyes, and, sometimes, want to throw them against the wall….
A love story is rarely just about desire. Often, it is also about power—who holds it, who is denied it, and what it takes for two people to meet as equals. Some romances bring that struggle to the surface, making politics part of the story rather than background noise. Perhaps, in this time of siloed…
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