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Academics Who Write Romance
Academic Online Essays (not published in academic journals or volumes)
Bibliography A-G - the first part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography H-O - the second part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography P-Z - the end of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography of Scholarship in Languages Other than English.
Dissertation Abstracts
Romance in the Media - lists news items/features items about romance.
Romance Resources for Academics - lists romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics.
Writers on Romance - lists items written about the genre by romance authors but not published in academic journals or books.

Bouricius, Ann, 2000.: The Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks (Chicago: American Library Association).

Carpan, Carolyn, 2004.: Rocked by Romance: A Guide to Teen Romance Fiction (Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited).

Charles, John, Shelley Mosley, Joanne Hamilton-Selway, and Sandra Van Winkle, 2007.: Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Publishers). Table of Contents from WorldCat.

Falk, Kathryn, Melinda Helfer, and Kathe Robin, 1989.: Romance Readers Handbook. Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. : Romantic Times, c1989

Fallon, Eileen, 1984.: Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction (New York: Garland). Some further details via Google Books

Flesch, Juliet, 1995.: Love Brought to Book: A Bio-Bibliography of 20th-Century Australian Romance Novels (Melbourne: National Centre for Australian Studies).

Jaegly, Peggy J., 1997.: Romantic Hearts: A Personal Reference for Romance Readers (Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press).

Mussell, Kay, 1981.: Women's Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood).

Mussell, Kay and Johanna Tuñon, 1999.: North American Romance Writers: 1985-1995 (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow).

Ramsdell, Kristin. 1987.: Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction (Littleton, Colo: Libraries Unlimited).

Ramsdell, Kristin, 1999.: Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre (Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited).

Ramsdell, Kristin, 1997.: What Romance Do I Read Next?: A Reader's Guide to Recent Romance Fiction (Detroit, MI: Gale Research).

Romance by the Number: Numerical Listing of Romance Series, 1993.: (Baton Rouge, LA: Twilight Pub. Group).

Vasudevan, Aruna (ed.) and Lesley Henderson (consulting editor), 1994.: Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (London: St. James). [Preface to the 1st and 2nd eds. by Kay Mussell; preface to the 3rd ed. by Alison Light.]

Vinson, James (ed.) and D.L. Kirkpatrick (associate ed.), 1982.: Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers (Detroit, MI: Gale). [With a preface by Kay Mussell.]

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 ;Falk, Kathryn, 1982. : ''Love's Leading Ladies'' (New York: Pinnacle Books).
+;Falk, Kathryn, Melinda Helfer, and Kathe Robin, 1989. :	''Romance Readers Handbook.'' Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. : Romantic Times, c1989
 ;Fallon, Eileen, 1984. : ''Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction'' (New York: Garland). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzZaAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_ViewAPI&pgis=1 Some further details via Google Books]