We haven’t updated our Special Title Listings since 2016, but that doesn’t mean we’re not committed to making AAR the best place to find the kinds of stories you want. It’s more searchable and more up-to-date to put this function into our new tags. Many of the tags correspond to the old Special Title Listings categories. Sometimes it’s a tidy exact match; sometimes there are multiple tags for one former Special Title Listing, and sometimes, well, there isn’t a tag that matches up. We’re all volunteers and we can’t get to everything!

If you liked the old STLs, here is a list of tags most likely to help you find the romance novel you’re looking for. The best way to search for these is to go to our new Power Search 2.0 and just type the tag into the search bar! You can also scroll down on the left where you see list of tags and check […]

In the United States, Black History Month is observed in February. At AAR, we’re celebrating this month by revisiting the books by Black authors we’ve awarded DIK status since  February last year. While Black History Month is an American event, we consider books by Black authors from around the world. Also, these are books we reviewed in 2021, so they’re not necessarily 2021 releases. .

One True Loves by Elise Bryant

Sweet, honest and touching in its portrayal of that space between being a teenager and becoming an independent college student, it’s an opposites-attract romance that will lift the reader’s heart.

Buy it at Amazon, Audible or your local independent retailer