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It's Romance Week at Goodreads!
Can you feel the heat? It's Romance Week at Goodreads! In honor of the launch of our very first Romance Newsletter (read it here), we've declared February 9th - February 13th into a special week dedicated to love stories. More than 100 authors have already joined in! We're talking bestsellers such as Sylvia Day, J.R. Ward, and Jennifer Armentrout, and they have two big surprises in store for you:
Ask the Author: Every single person on this list is answering questions from readers all week long! Want to know more about your favorite character? Wondering how they get in the mood to write a love scene? Just ask!
Discover New Authors: Romance writers are also Romance readers. We've asked all of our participating authors to add their favorite books by other writers to their shelves. Check their Author pages to get more books for your Want to Read list!
Are you a Romance writer who wants to get in on the action? It's easy! Just enable Ask the Author, shelve your favorite Romance books, and use #ROMANCEWEEK15 to chime in on social media! We'll be adding more authors to this complete list of romance authors taking questions throughout the week.
During Romance Week the love is everywhere!
Listopia: Check out the list of featured authors' books, and add your favorite Romance book of all time here.
Groups: Looking for fellow readers who can speak the language of love? Check out the featured section on the groups page for some possibilities, like the Romance Readers Reading Challenge group, the Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy fans, and the Wholesome Romance: Harlequin Heartwarming club.
Giveaways: What's better than a love story? A free love story! This week and every week you can find all of our Romance giveaways here.
Yearning for more? Take a look at our list of the Top 100 Romance Books! All of these books are rated 4.0 and above on Goodreads, so you know they'll stoke your literary lust. What's the one Romance book that you think everyone must read? Share your pick in the comments below or vote on the Listopia, and remember, a book lover never goes to bed alone!
"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze." —Elinor Glyn
Ask these glamour-makers how they weave their magic! All of these authors and more are taking questions via our Ask the Author feature.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
EROTICA
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
NEW ADULT
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
SUSPENSE
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Emma Sea wrote: "nice LGBTQI representation there, Goodreads /s"Want to like this 1k times.
This should be called the Most Outdated Romance Covers List. Seriously, it's 2015, not 1995.
i'd be curious to know how these authors were selected? If as I understand it, it was a call put out to RWA (romance writers of america) and these were the author's that responded, I would be more accepting of the lack of diversity because that is a fail on RWA's put to publicize (IMHO) - but if they were generated by GR based on book popularity etc, I'd be less forgiving
WTF? No representation from men, no colour, no GLBT, no indie writers! Come on, what a schmaltzy chocolate box list of books/authors! The list is so out of touch with the diversity of the 'Romance' genre. Some of the best romances I have read in the last year have been M/M written by men.
You know I understand being upset at under-representation but you still have to give respect to the woman writers who did make the list. If you really have this big of an issue then write Goodreads but continuously posting on here that you can't believe there are only white woman on the lists is doing nothing but taking away from their accomplishments no matter how much the list is lacking diversity.
I can't believe there isn't one male author on that list!!!
Wow all this complaining when they're just trying to do something new. I personally don't want to read anything that's not m/f so I appreciate all of these choices and will be adding a lot of them to shelves. I do understand the desire for more variety but anything m/m or f/f is in the minority. People of color is another issue and I agree should be represented better. And this is only the first go-around. Asking for something goes over better than demanding or slamming their efforts.
Guys
Scrambling by Lex Valentine is a M/M romance and it's on this list.
I agree there's not enough diversity, but at least there's one LGTB book :/
Scrambling by Lex Valentine is a M/M romance and it's on this list.
I agree there's not enough diversity, but at least there's one LGTB book :/
Lex Valentine is an amazing author, if you haven't read her yet...
Guys, it's women that built this genre from the ground up and it's women dismissing the world's ridicule of the genre and it's mostly women writing. So give these women their due. Some of them have been in the genre decades. Enough of the "where are the menz?"
That's one of the most beautiful ensembles I've ever seen!
Jenn wrote: "Wow all this complaining when they're just trying to do something new. I personally don't want to read anything that's not m/f so I appreciate all of these choices and will be adding a lot of them ..."This attitude is proof of the problem. M/M is not read by a minority. The M/M romance group has nearly 17.000 members, and that's just readers on GR alone. The M/M book genre is growing quickly, as more women and men take the leap and give it a try. When it comes down to it,its all about the love and fantastic story telling! What could be better than not just one hot gorgeous romantic male hero...but two. ;-)
I also noticed the diversity is a bit scarce in the list of authors, though some really good romance authors are shown here. How were these authors chosen? I thought it was volunteer, but maybe Goodreads reached out to them?
Emma Sea wrote: "So, Dear Goodreads, for your second issue of your Romance Newsletter, your members insist you include the diversity the genre celebrates;Authors of colour
male authors
f/f romance
m/m romance
tra..."
Brilliantly said!!
Hi again, everyone! Just want to let you know that there are now more than 100 romance authors participating in Romance Week, and more are welcome. You can see the full list here:https://www.goodreads.com/featured_li...
Also, in case you haven't gotten your email copy yet, you can read the Romance Newsletter here!
https://www.goodreads.com/newsletters...
We're super excited to now be offering a newsletter just for romance lovers, and we definitely want to cover romance writers and stories of all persuasions. Let us know what you think!
Isobel wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Wow all this complaining when they're just trying to do something new. I personally don't want to read anything that's not m/f so I appreciate all of these choices and will be adding a..."17000 out of 20 million is still less than .1% - just saying
Emma Sea wrote: "So, Dear Goodreads, for your second issue of your Romance Newsletter, your members insist you include the diversity the genre celebrates;Authors of colour
male authors
f/f romance
m/m romance
tra..."
Yes, yes, yes to all of this!
Ellie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Emma Sea wrote: "nice LGBTQI representation there, Goodreads /s"I know, I was waiting for at least an M/M category to appear."
Especially since they've become quite popular on Good..."
Can someone please tell me what LGBTQI is?? Feeling kinda stupid here!
LGBTQI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex
Dear Goodreads,When you and the participating authors state that they will be here "all week," does it end today, Friday, or over the weekend?
I am very grateful that at least 4 of my favorite authors have chosen to give their time and attention to their readers. First coming across Kresley Cole's page announcing her participation, thus cluing me in, delighted me, a chronically-ill, recently bedridden reader. Finding that there were so many authors, including more of my favorites, willing to share their work and themselves just made my day.
Please let me/us know the timeline of when the week officially ends.
My regards.
Elena*Princess in training-Warrior in the making* wrote: "LGBTQI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex"Thank you, I had no idea what it meant :)
First, you need some Indie authors representing more. Considering you are owned by Amazon and tons of indie authors are on amazon and goodreads, you would they could be included.
Second, as an LGBTQ ally, I am really disappointed that there seems to be an under-representation above for that, as well.
Third, do only white women write romance novels? Am I missing the diversity here? Where is it?