Ramsdell, Kristin (1999) Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited Topic libraries/librarians genre definitions contemporary romance romantic suspense gothic romance historical romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Christian romance race/ethnicity romance scholarship
Wyatt, Neal Olsen, Georgine Ramsdell, Kristin Saricks, Joyce Welch, Lynne (2007) Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101 Reference & User Services Quarterly 47.2:120-126 Topic libraries/librarians historical romance romantic suspense paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance genre definitions
Ramsdell, Kristin (2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Topic Publishing paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance comics/manga Christian romance marriage Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Barbara Cartland Janet Dailey Daphne du Maurier Ethel M. Dell erotic romance feminism science fiction/futuristic romance Elinor Glyn Margaret Mitchell Harlequin Mills & Boon Georgette Heyer Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert historical romance E. M. Hull romance scholarship LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors libraries/librarians romantic suspense Samuel Richardson rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Bertrice Small Mary Stewart translation Patricia Veryan Phyllis A. Whitney Kathleen Winsor Kathleen Woodiwiss race/ethnicity
Ramsdell, Kristin (2021) "Libraries and popular romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 371-392 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-17 Topic libraries/librarians