WELCOME TO MY “PICK YOUR GENRE” LIST!!
What are you in the mood to read? In the mood for something particular? If you’re looking for something specific, scroll down the list, and click away!
To make “searching” for something to read easier, I’ve compiled a list of all my blog posts “tagged” with whatever particular genre, or “feel” we’re in the mood for. :D!!!
P.S. If you’re looking for “the best of the best” book recommendations lists, go here ➔ Maryse’s Ultimate List of Book Lists or here ➔ All of our Book Recommendations
(P.P.S. This “categories list” is still a work in progress. I’ve got thousands of my blog posts that I’m properly organizing, so these lists will update automatically, and daily as I categorize ’em). 😀
Books that are (or have)…
- Jaw-Dropping Twists
- Slow Burn
- Second Chance Romance
- Age Gap Romance
- One Night Stands
- Stranded & Survival (deserted island etc..)
- Marital Strife & Divorce
- Love After Loss
- Infidelity and/or The “Other” Woman
- Escaping Abuse
- Strong Heroines
- Sheltered Heroines
- Single Moms
- Amnesia
- Unrequited Love
- Characters with a Disability or
- Characters with a Mental Health Condition
- Characters with amnesia
- Rip-Your-Heart-Out SUPER Angsty
- Low Angst
- Love Triangles
- Tearjerkers
- Pregnancy (oops! Or otherwise)
- Personal Growth
- Neighbors (hot & annoying or otherwise 😉 )
- Roommates (hot & annoying or otherwise 😉 )
- Steamy HOT! (erotica & reverse harem etc…)
- Interracial Romance
- In Love with her Brother’s Best Friend
- Older Man/Younger Woman
- Older Woman/Younger Man
- Crushing on a Nerd?
- Falling For the Boss
- Older Main Characters & Couples
- What to read after…?
DARK & GRITTY READS
- Bad Guys
- Antiheroes
- Criminal Underworld
- Mob & Mafia Romance
- Bullies
- Psychological Thrillers
- Kidnapped and/or Stockholm Syndrome
- Barbarian Warlords
- dark reads
- creepy children
- vigilantes
- Dystopian
- Post Apocalyptic
- Horror
FORBIDDEN LOVE
- Forbidden Love & risqué
- Taboo
- Student-Teacher romance
- Infidelity
- The “Other” Woman
- Love Triangles
- Reverse Harem
- Falling For the Boss
- Falling For the Stepbrother
Unconventional Love
- All unconventional love stories
- Reverse Harem
- Age Gap Romance
- Older woman/younger man
- celebrity romance
- Fake Relationship or arranged marriage
- Homeless
- In love with a ghost
- Reincarnation love stories
- Falling For the Stepbrother
Specific Heroes
- ALL men-in-uniform
- military romance
- Police romance
- doctors
- firefighters
- reclusive heroes
- bikers
- billionaires
- brooding & moody alphas
- broken book boyfriends
- Barbarian Warlords
- bad boys
- single dads
- widowed
- blue-collar guys
- lawyers
- prisoners
- bartenders
- cowboys, ranch hands & bull riders
- falling in love with a celebrity
- famous actors
- sports stars OR —> baseball, soccer, football, hockey, basketball, rugby, fighters
- rock stars
- Royal romance
Paranormal & Otherworldly Romance
- Urban Fantasy
- Paranormal romance
- Angels (including Fallen Angels)
- Fae
- Shifters
- Vampires
- Witches
- Fantasy & Fantasy Romance
- In love with a ghost
- Reincarnation love stories
- Time Travel
- Horror
- Science Fiction & Aliens
What other category should I add? What are you in the mood for? Let me know. 😀
leave a comment:
You should have one for Reverse harem, one female and several men 😀
AGREEEEED!! YES Kristin!
What a great idea!! Thanks Maryse!!
Maryse
This is super fantastic! Thank you so much. Love it. I’m sure will spend lots of time just browsing and finding out that I probably already own many of the books that look good. Really appreciate this. Thanks
Absolutely my pleasure you guys. It helps me find more books too!! When I’m in the mood for something, it’s nice to have a list ready to pull from.
And one for demons! 😀
Demons!! YES!!
Hi! Love, love, LoVE this list!!!! How about second chance HEA? And More Mature (aka Older! Lol) HEAs?
Your blog is the greatest! I have found so many great reads, new authors, new series from you.
Trina YES!!! SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!! That is an obvious must have on this list. Thank you for reminding me!!
I’m book marking this post! I think you’ve got all my favs covered. The only thing I wouldn’t mind being added is around location. Like stories that take place in Italy, NYC or London. I’m heading to NYC this weekend and would love a story where they go to a lot of the city’s hot spots.
Great idea JR!!! I’m adding those to my “to do list”
I also miss the summer beach reads post and can’t wait for the end of year fav posts.
What a smashing idea! This will be great for rediscovering amazing reads I’ve forgotten about. Thanks, and keep up the brilliant work.
Have you considered a Bully list?
I love the “knew each other as kids and meet again as adults”, like Danika Dark’s Seven Years. I think it’s Danika…..
Hi, i would love it if there are some Hallmark christmas books. I just finished Lauren Layne an ex for christmas. It was great!!! And
I couldend stop reading. 🙂 🙂
P.s I love your list, if I don’t know what i’m in the mood for, i check out your list 🙂
Kim! I just posted your reader recommendation request!! 🙂 Keep an eye on it here https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-looking-for-hallmark-like-christmas-book-recommendations.html
(and I also linked it up a Christmas book recommendations list from a year or so ago)
How about books where they fall via text, email or letters like Dear Aaron or Let’s Get Textual
People always overlook inter racial romance! Can we please have a bit more representation up in here 🙁
Hi LestaGirl!
Great idea. I’m on it. 🙂 I’ll make us a list!! Do you have any favorites you’d like to recommend? I have a few of my own already that I’m going to add in.
Men who are artists!!!
Books on Maid/housekeeper and rich jerk
I wonder if there’s a romance book where the handsome hero makes fun of the ugly/shy/virgin heroine at first but then falls in love with her later? A sweet/sensual read with little or no sex, actually? I like to read books with quiet and not-so-smart heroines and handsome (could be bullies & assholes at first) heroes that take interest in them and fall in love with them and take care of them.
I hate the sex god heroes and witty-smart-strong slut type of heroines please don’t mention them 🙁 I don’t like Fifty Shades kind of thing at all.
You should include groveling heroes! 🙂
Great idea Mica!! I have one list already (hero trying to repent), but it’s time to update and give it a real name!!! I like yours. Have any favorites for me to add?
Hey Maryse ! Could you do a MMF list ? I don’t even know if you read them. Just a suggestion. I LOVE your blog .
Great IDEA Leah!! I have a few favorites that I LOVED so I will get started on building us a list!! 🙂
Rekindled/reunited
Small town
LGBT
arrange marriage
Are there any book recommendations for two people who are in love and they can’t make it work out, don’t end up together.
Thanks!
Do you have any recommendations on books with a similar feel to the After series by Anna Todd? I loved that series which led me to the 50 Shades series and I’ve been reading similar books for 6 months now. I’ve yet to come across a New Adult series though that gives me the same feeling and reaction as the After series though. I’m afraid I’m running out of great series to read. I’m finding that I really prefer series over standalone books for the most part. I also am not fond of companion series that are a different couple for each book.
I love that you have so many recommendations and have yet to make it through all of your lists, but will keep going!
Category:books that makes you laugh, like Kristen Ashley the rock chick serie