My Favorite Book Recommendation Resources: Ready to explode your TBR?

If you’re a bookish internet-addict like I am, you will probably constantly be bombarded with people telling you about books they’re reading, books they’ve read, and even more book they recommend. I’m an avid consumer of all of these recommendations and am constantly adding authors and books to my list of books to read. Obviously, I’m also contributing to the problem by giving you book recommendations as well. But where did I get exposed to those books to start with? Here are all the major places on the internet where I consume media related to books. I’ve just made a simple clickable list below and made a note of my absolute faves.

RomanceBooks – Super inclusive and friendly place for book recs!
HistoricalRomance
romancelandia

Facebook

The Ton & The Tartans: The Historical Romance Book Club
Upturned Petticoats & Undone Cravats: A Group for Steamy Historical Romance – Love this group for more explicit romance book recs
OSRBC (Old School Romance Book Club)

Podcasts

Fated Mates – Absolute fave. Co-hosted by romance author Sarah MacLean.
Romance Your TBR
Plot Trysts
Tea & Strumpets
Lace & Debauchery
Get Lit with Lianna
Learning the Tropes
What to Read Next
Smart Podcast Trashy Books

Instagram

There are way too many users on Instagram to list, so I’ll give you a few hashtags to follow for more ideas: #tropetuesday, #coverlustfriday, #stepbacksaturday

YouTube

The Book Refuge
PeaceLoveBooks
Lacey Book Lovers
Remarkably Lisa
Crystal’s Bookish Life
Christi Reads a Lot – A newer channel, but she and I have similar tastes in books
Novel Life
Rachel Reads and Sings
And me! Random Olive Reads – I give you slide presentation style videos that you can easily screenshot

TikTok

Tends to be the least reliable for me because people will just give a quick quote or roundup and it moves too fast for me to capture the book they’re talking about.

Amazon, Goodreads, Fantastic Fiction

Usually, when you’ve read or selected a single book from any of these places, there will be a handful of suggestions for similar books. Or books that others have also liked. These can be useful sources, but you’ve got to have a starting point. I’ve definitely casually browsed the book recommendations within my Kindle app and was lucky to find a few books I didn’t know about from authors that I loved.

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