Sometimes, you just want to focus on a theme. Here are all of our Saturday Smutty Six lists.
Saturday Smutty Six: (Even More) Romance Blogs I Read
Despite what you may think, romance blogging is not dead. And now that Twitter is slowly dying the true death, you may be looking for some more sources of great romance content. Previous posts in this series can be found…
Saturday Smutty Six: You Are So Extra
Sometimes, you’re just looking to read about a character who is dramatic and over-the-top and perhaps a little bit ridiculous but you love them anyway. Therefore, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite protagonists who are very,…
Saturday Smutty Six: College Hockey
Next week is the Frozen Four college hockey tournament, which I only know about because of romance novels. So, to celebrate the educational nature of sports romance, we present these college hockey romances. They bring the drama of our early…
Saturday Smutty Six: More Accidental Marriages
Now that we’ve spent a whole week reading and talking about books featuring the Woke Up Married trope, we obviously can’t leave you hanging. If the recs from our podcast, or reviews by Erin, Holly, and Ingrid didn’t tickle your…
Saturday Smutty Six: Lesbians in Space
I recently discovered that a niche micro-genre that I really enjoy is sapphic sci-fi romances, aka Lesbians in Space. I don’t know these books tickle my fancy so much, but whenever I see one, I immediately drop everything and read…
Saturday Smutty Six: Short Christmas Romance
If you’re anything like us, you might find December getting a little…busy. It can be challenging to a) find time to read or even b) focus on a whole novel. Luckily, there are plenty of lovely Christmas shorts to enjoy!…
Saturday Smutty Six: Sweet, short, romance-y graphic novels
Taproot by Keezy Young Heat Factor: Sweet little kisses Character Chemistry: Lots of pining and angst Plot: Ghost follows gardener home, Gardener can see ghost, things seem good, but darkness lurks Overall: I read this in about 30 minutes and…
Saturday Smutty Six: Before You Give Up On Audiobooks, Try These
I don’t read nearly as fast as Holly or Ingrid, and I really like to multitask in certain areas (embroidery and movie night, anyone?). Holly and Ingrid were recently bemoaning (might be a strong word, but if they weren’t, they…
Saturday Smutty Six: Thanksgiving
Are you looking for the coziness of a Christmas special without the whole Christmas thing? Do you think that Thanksgiving is an under-represented romance setting? Maybe you have a secret desire to read books about as many different holidays as…
Saturday Smutty Six: Lies
SuperWendy’s TBR Challenge prompt this month is Lies (about which more on Wednesday), and a big lie is just such a great point of tension that we thought we’d highlight some more romances that hinge on a humdinger of a…
Saturday Smutty Six: Ingrid Doesn’t Remember Anything
It’s a running joke here at TSR that when Ingrid reads a book, she remembers it for as long as she’s reading it, and then it’s gone from her head. This came up recently when we all decided to put…
Saturday Smutty Six: It’s Halloweekend!
It’s Halloweekend! If you’re looking for something seasonal to read, we have some recommendations! Our list is organized loosely from spooky to bonkers to cute. (For more Halloweekend recs, here’s our list from 2020.) The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by…
Saturday Smutty Six: Hockey Season = Hockey Romance
Well, I decided to do a hockey round-up for the beginning of hockey season, but apparently most of the hockey books I’ve read are college sportsball, or I’ve already talked about them on the blog in a review or a…
Saturday Smutty Six: All I Remember Redux: Two for One
In honor of our Old School reading this month, we decided to look at our reading archives and see what turned up. Unfortunately, we read these books so long ago, we don’t remember much. Luckily, this week we found some…
Saturday Smutty Six: Old School Romances We Barely Remember
In honor of our Old School reading this month, we decided to look at our reading archives and see what turned up. Unfortunately, we read these books so long ago, we don’t remember much. Maybe we can interest you in…
Saturday Smutty Six: Football Season = Football Romance
Football season is upon us! (American football, that is.) Here are some fun reads featuring professional football players. If Erin actually knew anything about football, she’d include a football pun here. Because she doesn’t, have some books: The Game Plan…
Saturday Smutty Six: You say you’re bad at relationships, but you’re doing great in this fake one!
We’re rounding out fake relationship trope week with a super specific sub-category of the trope—you know the one, where at least one protagonist swears that they just can’t do real relationships because they’re so bad at them? Except then they’re…
Saturday Smutty Six: We Really Did LOL
We’re wrapping up Rom-Com week here at The Smut Report, so we thought we’d leave you with some comedies that really did make us laugh out loud. And to help us narrow down our options, we chose some books that…
Saturday Smutty Six: Books That Were So Good I Couldn’t Review Them
Sometimes, when I read a book, I hold it close to my heart, and then flail around helplessly in my head trying to think of how to explain how awesome this book is. Then I think, “I need to process…
Saturday Smutty Six: M/M Sports Romance
Our Smashdown can’t be limited to only 8 duels and a few other reviews! In order to showcase some more lovely sports romance, we need listicles! This week Erin’s spotlighting some of the M/M sports romance that she’s read but…
Saturday Smutty Six: Women Athletes
Our Smashdown can’t be limited to only 8 duels and a few other reviews! In order to showcase some more lovely sports romance, we need listicles! They might not all play sportsball, but they’re all definitely athletes. This week, let’s…
Saturday Smutty Six: Retired Athletes
Our Smashdown can’t be limited to only 8 duels and a few other reviews! In order to showcase some more lovely sports romance, we need listicles! We’ve decided to limit our March Smashness books to active athletes, but there are…
Saturday Smutty Six: (More) Romance Blogs Holly Reads
Look, I’ve come to discover a love of the blogosphere! And I want to share that love, because these folks are doing great work. Roses and Thorns File this one under: books I am never going to read, but I…
Saturday Smutty Six: Sexy Xmas Novellas to Put You in the Mood
Christmastime’s a-comin’ and sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up to get you through that visit with your in-laws. Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered, with six sexy Christmas novellas. These quick reads deliver on the sexytimes and the romance…
Saturday Smutty Six: Erin’s Reading Roundup
I read way more books this year than I’ll review, and some of them were a ride. Good ride, wild ride, whatever. So as we wrap up 2021, I figured I’d do an “Erin Read” Saturday Smutty Six roundup. Share…
Saturday Smutty Six: I’ll Feed You to Show You My Love
I mean…the name is in the title. No further explanation needed. These books are obviously delicious. Just Like That by Cole McCade Total “AWW” moment when grumpy and standoffish Fox leaves breakfast in the oven for Summer the morning after.…
Saturday Smutty Six: Coffeeshop Romances
To cap off our week of Donut romances (reviews here, here, and here), we put together a list of coffeeshop romances! Coffeeshops are magical places where people from all different walks of life come together to build community. What better…
Saturday Smutty Six: More Monster Smut I Read This Month
I guess reading eight monster books was not enough for me, because I went ALL IN on the Monster Smut this month. Erin and Ingrid were a little worried about me, TBH. I maybe went overboard, because now I both…
Saturday Smutty Six: More Bosses Being Bedded
Happy Saturday, smut fans! If reading about all of these delicious (and…not so delicious) workplace romances has you hankering for more, here are six of our favorites. A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole This book is a delight. Portia…
Saturday Smutty Six: Wintery Romance with Snow-Melting Relationships
We want snow and steam, yeah baby. An Alaskan Christmas by Jennifer Snow Well, the setting is rural Alaska at Christmastime, so there’s plenty of snow, certainly. But this one gives readers the warm fuzzies because Reed and Erika have…
Saturday Smutty Six: Bi Rep
June is Pride month, and as we hurtle towards July and summer, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our favorite romances featuring bisexual characters. (As always, click the links to go to the book’s Amazon page.)…
Saturday Smutty Six: Asian (American) Romance—Tropey Fun
May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so we’re doing a couple of mini-lists featuring some of our favorite Asian (American) authors. Last week, we highlighted some books which focused on race and identity. This week, we’ve compiled a list…
Saturday Smutty Six: Asian (American) Romance—Identity, Race, and Culture
May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so this week and next week we’ll be highlighting some of our favorite romances by Asian (and Asian-American and Asian-Canadian) authors. This week, we focus on books where the emotional arc of the…
Saturday Smutty Six: Romance Remix
Romance retellings are fun and offer endless variety. The fun comes from seeing a recognizable frame—and then going along for the ride as the author takes the base story in a new direction. And there are so many ways you…
Saturday Smutty Six: Chef Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’ve prepared a Saturday Smutty Six list of some of our favorite heroines. This week: Chefs and Bakers and purveyors of delicious things The Secret Ingredient by KD Fisher Lesbian. Dueling.…
Saturday Smutty Six: Artist Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’ve prepared a Saturday Smutty Six list of some of our favorite heroines. This week: Artists The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite Agatha’s primary concern is her…
Saturday Smutty Six: Activist Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’ve prepared a Saturday Smutty Six list of some of our favorite heroines. This list is organized in roughly chronological order. This week: Activists Indigo by Beverly Jenkins TL;DR – Hester…
Saturday Smutty Six: Teacher Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’ve prepared a Saturday Smutty Six list of some of our favorite heroines. This week: Teachers Rebel by Beverly Jenkins Valinda travels to NOLA to help with teaching Black people during…
Saturday Smutty Six: Romance Blogs I Read
When we first started The Smut Report, I had no idea that the world of romance blogging was so huge. I knew about a couple of the really big sites (like Smart Bitches), but that’s it really. Imagine my surprise…
Sunday Smutty Sixteen: Books that Wrecked Me
Happy Valentine’s Day! As a special Valentine’s treat, we’ve compiled a list of books that emotionally wrecked us. The ones where, when we put the book down, we were wrung out, exhausted…and so, so satisfied. A Kingdom of Dreams by…
Saturday Smutty Six: Historical Romance Series We Want to See on TV
Whether you’ve already binged all of Bridgerton or are watching it slowly to savor every moment or are still unsure about this whole watching romance novels on TV thing, I think we can all agree: it was about damn time.…
Saturday Smutty Six: Sizzling Contemporary Smut with Relationships That Don’t Make Me Want to Scream
These books might be tropetastic, but they also handle the tropes with aplomb. And avoid ridiculous angst and miscommunication, because the characters talk to each other like adults. Click on the book title to go to the book’s Amazon page.…
Saturday Smutty Six: Halloweekend
It’s Halloweekend! We had a fun few minutes talking vampires and witches and demons (oh my!) on our text chat, so we thought we’d share some fun, possibly suspenseful, probably delightful, definitely a little bit ridiculous, but not especially spooky…
Saturday Smutty Six: Voting Inspiration
If you’re feeling election fatigue…we get it. 2020 has lasted approximately a million years, which means that the 2020 election has lasted approximately two million years. But it’s not over til it’s over, so if you’re feeling the need for…
Saturday Smutty Six: Seriously Exceptional Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon roll heroes are extremely popular, but so many cinnamon roll heroes are sweet and nice, but not the ooey gooey deliciousness of too good for this world that is the best cinnamon roll. They’re often also nice in a…
Saturday Smutty Six: Latinx Books We Loved
In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we’re highlighting awesome romances by Latinx authors that also feature Latinx characters. For the record, some of these books are our all-time favorites, and should be read any time you can get your hands…
Saturday Smutty Six: Motorcycle Club Romance
If you’ve been following us, you might recall that Erin has been reading Motorcycle Club (MC) romance. It started with a sort of gleeful horror over Under Locke and someone else’s tweet about MC romance being a bad thing (to…
Saturday Smutty Six: Black Historical Romances on Holly’s TBR
In my romance journey – that is, since Erin, Ingrid and I started The Smut Report and reading romance took over my brain – I’ve gone from all historicals, to no historicals, back to thinking historicals are pretty awesome. The…
Saturday Smutty Six: Trans Romance on Erin’s TBR
Ahoy! This week in our Saturday Smutty Six, we’ve once again extracted one letter out of LGBTQIA+ to bring you stories of trans people finding their HEAs (or, in the case of the YA story, a HFN, because while we’d…
Saturday Smutty Six: Ace Romance on Erin’s TBR
It’s easy to find romance including women loving women, and it’s super easy to find romance including men loving men. It’s even pretty easy to find throuple romance that’s not exclusively about tittilating sex. But it’s not always so easy…
Saturday Smutty Six: LGBTQ Romances on Holly’s TBR
There are so many awesome books out there, and we can’t talk about all of them (or even read them), so I figured I’d take a second to talk about some of the books I haven’t read yet, but definitely…
Saturday Smutty Six: Queer romance we loved in 2019
If you’re looking for a Queer romance to read RIGHT NOW, here are some of our favorites from last year. Now that we’ve compiled the list, it looks like we really loved Queer women in historicals, and Queer men in…
Saturday Smutty Six: Sexy Doctors
Mood: Erin texted Holly and Ingrid, saying she wanted some sexy doctor smut. It might be because she’s feeling withdrawal from binge-watching Grey’s Anatomy. It might be because she wants all those hard-working medical professionals to have a HEA, especially…
Saturday Smutty Six: Writer Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’re posting a top-six list of some of our favorite heroines. Since we’ve got history on the brain, books are in loose chronological order by setting. (Ok, fine, this week they’re…
Saturday Smutty Six: Entrepreneurs
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’re posting a top-six list of some of our favorite heroines. Since we’ve got history on the brain, books are in loose chronological order by setting. This week, we’re featuring entrepreneurs.…
Saturday Smutty Six: Bad-Asses
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’re posting a top-six list of some of our favorite heroines. Since we’ve got history on the brain, books are in loose chronological order by setting. This week: Bad-Ass Heroines. You…
Saturday Smutty Six: Scientist Heroines
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’re posting a top-six list of some of our favorite heroines. Since we’ve got history on the brain, books are listed in loose chronological order by setting. First up: Lady Scientists.
Favorite Military Heroes – Beyond Military Romance
Military romance is a whole subgenre of romance, featuring strong alpha males (Navy SEALs, Marines, Special Forces, etc etc). In general terms, what distinguishes a military romance in our minds is that the protagonist’s military service becomes central to the…
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