AAR’s 2022 numbers for queer and AoC romances
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AAR’s 2022 numbers for queer and AoC romances

According to an oft cited study by the romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice, in 2022 12.3% of romances published last year were written by authors of color. For the last few years, I’ve shared AAR’s 2022 numbers for reviews of books written by non-white authors. (Note that these reviews are not limited to books published…

Best of 2022 – Our Best Belated Reads
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Best of 2022 – Our Best Belated Reads

Best Belated Reads, which describes favorite reads of a year published in a different year, is always one of my favorite posts to write. Romance has such a deep backlist, and so many excellent works are released every year, that it’s impossible not to have wonderful stories pass me by. It is always a joy…

The Best of the Best – Our Favorite Books of 2022
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The Best of the Best – Our Favorite Books of 2022

Each year, in January, the AAR staff comes up with lists of their favorite books published in the previous year–this year, these lists have the tag #Best of 2022. For 2022, we chose 87 books–we’ve conveniently put them all into an Amazon storefront! Then, we ask each reviewer to choose their Best book of the…

The Best of 2022 – Alexandra’s List
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The Best of 2022 – Alexandra’s List

This has been a light reading year for me – words I thought I’d never say! But I suppose something had to give among the balance of new relationships, new responsibilities at work, and other family and life commitments. Happily, the books I made time for were mostly great. Here are some of my favorites:…

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