Guides to the Genre
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From this page you may return to the main Romance Scholarship page or go directly to
- Academics Who Write Romance
- Academic Online Essays (not published in academic journals or volumes)
- Bibliography
- Bibliography A-C - the first part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
- Bibliography D-G - the second part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
- Bibliography H-L - the third part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
- Bibliography M-O - the fourth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
- Bibliography P-S - the fifth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
- Bibliography T-Z - the final part 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.
- Bontly, Susan W. and Carol J. Sheridan
- Enchanted Journeys Beyond the Imagination: An Annotated Bibliography of Fantasy, Futuristic, Supernatural and Time Travel Romances, (Beavercreek, OH: Blue Diamond Publications). Various volumes, 1995 and 1996.
- 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.
- Clevenger, Lisa, Jeanne Macho, and Shannon McCravy, 1998.
- The Alternate reality romance guide: A reader's and collector's resource for the paranormal sub-genres, (Beavercreek, OH: Blue Diamond Publications).
- 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). 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).
- Guiley, Rosemary, 1983.
- Love Lines: The Romance Reader's Guide to Printed Pleasure (New York: Facts on File).
- ???, 1999.
- Historical Romance: A Reader's Checklist and Reference Guide, Checkerbee Checklists (CheckerBee Publishing). Table of Contents
- Jaegly, Peggy J., 1997.
- Romantic Hearts: A Personal Reference for Romance Readers (Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press).
- Little, Denise, Laura Hayden, and Nora Roberts, 2003.
- The Official Nora Roberts Companion (New York: Berkley).
- 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.]
- Wendell, Sarah and Candy Tan, 2009.
- Beyond heaving bosoms : the smart bitches' guide to romance novels. New York : Simon & Schuster.
- Wyatt, Neal, Georgine Olson, Kristin Ramsdell, Joyce Saricks, and Lynne Welch. 2007.
- "Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101." Reference and User Services Quarterly 47, no. 2: 120-126.
