Wilkins, Kim Driscoll, Beth Fletcher, Lisa (2022) Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and 21st-Century Book Culture Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press Topic Publishing readers
McDavis-Conway, Shana (2023) Self-conscious, unapologetic, and straight: fat protagonists in romantic fiction Fat Studies 12.2:233-242 DOI: 10.1080/21604851.2022.2047337 Topic fat, fatness paratext race/ethnicity LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Talia Hibbert Rebekah Weatherspoon Rose Lerner Xan West
Brunet, Peyton Davis, Blair (2022) Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age Austin: University of Texas Press Topic comics/manga African American romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Selinger, Eric Murphy (2015) "Erotica: romance novels " The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality DOI:10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs137 Topic genre definitions
González-Cruz, María Isabel (2022) Hispanicisms in Romance Fiction: An Annotated Glossary : The Edwin Mellen Press Topic linguistics Spain Harlequin Mills & Boon