Jurilla, Patricia May Bantug (2006) Tagalog bestsellers and the history of the book in the Philippines PhD thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies Topic Philippines Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Ivanski, Chantelle Maslej, Marta M. Mar, Raymond A. (2022) "Empirical Approaches to Studying Emotion in Literature: The Case of Gender " The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion DOI:10.4324/9780367809843-8 Topic science/technology emotions gender readers authors romance scholarship
Hogan, Patrick Colm Irish, Bradley J. Hogan, Lalita Pandit (2022) The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion London: Routledge
Šmídová, Monika Markéta (2021) Five Thousand for Justice: The Use of English Folklore in the Novels of KJ Charles Masters, Masaryk University Topic K. J. Charles fairytales/folktales LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance historical romance social/economic class community family