Encanto, Georgina Reyes (1996) The development of the Filipino romance novel as written by women (1922-1992) PhD, University of the Philippines, College of Mass Communication Topic Philippines
Encanto, Georgina R. (2008) Savoring Romance Pinoy Style in Foreign Climes: Why Women Migrants Love Reading Tagalog Romance Novels Review of Women's Studies 18.1:27-52 Topic Philippines readers social/economic class
Christopherson, Neal (1999) Accommodation and Resistance in Religious Fiction: Family Structures and Gender Roles Sociology of Religion 60.4:439–455 DOI: 10.2307/3712025 Topic Christian romance YA/teenage romance gender sociology family work
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2015) Review: When Mercy Rains Mennonite Life 69: Topic Kim Vogel Sawyer Christian romance sex/sexuality religion/spirituality
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca Donnelly, Kristen (2021) "Inspirational Romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 191-211 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-8 Topic Christian romance Grace Livingston Hill religion/spirituality Janette Oke Francine Rivers gender African American romance Beverly Jenkins Angela Benson Philippines
Allen, Amanda K. (2016) “Dear Miss Daly”: 1940s Fan Letters to Maureen Daly and the Age-Grading and Gendering of Seventeenth Summer Children's Literature Association Quarterly 41.1:24-40 DOI: 10.1353/chq.2016.0001 Topic YA/teenage romance readers Maureen Daly gender libraries/librarians genre definitions war/armed forces