Williams, Mary (2021) Consent Is Sexy: A Look Into the Influence the ‘Me Too.’ Movement Had On the Romance Genre Through Smart Bitches Trashy Books Master of Arts in Book Publishing, Portland State University Topic sex/sexuality readers
Gillingham, Erica (2018) Representations of same-sex relationships between female characters in all-ages comics: Princess Princess Ever After and Lumberjanes Journal of Lesbian Studies 22.4:390-401 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2018.1450600 Topic comics/manga LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors lesbian romance
Sinha, Mona (2022) "Reading Mills and Boon in India From the Post-Colonial to the Millennial Experience " Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon Topic India Harlequin Mills & Boon readers chick lit
Chawla, Gitanjali Mittal, Sangeeta (2022) Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
Ngoshi, Hazel Tafadzwa (2021) Repression, Literary Dissent and the Paradox of Censorship in Zimbabwe Journal of Southern African Studies 47.5:799-815 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2021.1959780 Topic Zimbabwe romance and, or as, activism Africa