Brown, Lisa L. (1990) Recovering the reader: literary theory, mass culture, and the modern romance Masters, University of Calgary Topic readers
Bereska, Tami M. (1992) Adolescent Romance Novels: Changes Over Time Master of Arts, University of Alberta Topic YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance sex/sexuality
Bennett, Susan G. Kuhn, Alice (1987) Love and Lust in the Secondary School: Do Formula Romances Have a Place in the Schools? ALAN Review 14.3:42-44
Atkinson, Jacqueline M. (1994) The Psychiatrist, the Hero and the Romance Genre Psychiatric Bulletin 18.2:97–98 DOI: 10.1192/pb.18.2.97 Topic health/medical medical romance psychology readers
Sutherland, John (2009) The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction (Second Edition) London: Routledge Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Florence Barclay Charles Garvice Ouida Rosa Praed Annie S. Swan