In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves.

Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/24/found-family-and-forced-family-in-romance-books/].

Found Family and Forced Family

Erin had a plan to talk about something serious and erudite but got distracted by *big television announcements* and spent the first half squeeing.

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/23/tumblereads-heated-rivalry-is-coming-to-hbo-max-slash-bowdlerization/]

Tumblereads 11: HEATED RIVALRY IS COMING TO HBO MAX! Slash bowdlerization

We're talking about characters doing chores in romance books today: what purpose they might serve, and if we like reading about them. 

If you know if a romance book where characters clean the toilet, please tell us about it.

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Tumblereads 10: Chores

In which the Smut Reporters talk about dark heroes, and the line between hotness and troubling. This conversation was inspired by Ingrid reading the Alliance series by S.J. Tilly [https://amzn.to/4oyQBi5].

Show notes at smutreport.com

Tumblereads 9: Dark Heroes

This week on Tumblereads, the Smut Report Team is talking about self-publishing powerhouses getting picked up by Big 5 Publishers.

Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/11/02/tumblereads-publishing-vs-self-publishing/]

Tumblereads 8: Self-Publishing, Trad-Publishing, and Art in Society

We're revisiting Monster Romance (read about the first time we did so here [https://smutreport.com/monster-mash-smashdown/])!

Buddy reads:

Maneater by Emily Antoinette [https://amzn.to/4oPD6Kx]

Ready for Her Yeti by Neva Post [https://amzn.to/48Wyk9u]

Mail-Order Minotaur by Lilith Stone [https://amzn.to/4oEpMZe]

Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/31/monster-mash-redux/]

Monster Mash Redux

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about what makes some sex scenes so great—and some of the authors make it happen.

Shownotes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/26/tumblereads-good-sex-writing/]

Tumblereads 7: Good Sex Writing

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about things we don't like. Full list of books we mentioned can be found on the show notes at smutreport.com/podcast. [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/12/tumblereads-random-things-that-give-us-the-ick/]

Tumblereads 6: Random things that give us the ick

Today we talked about diversity in books. What does it mean when someone calls a book "diverse"? (Turns out, different things to different people.) 

Shownotes (aka a list of the books we talked about) at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/10/05/tumblereads-what-is-a-diverse-book-anyway/]

Tumblereads 5: What is a “diverse” book anyway?

This month on the podcast, we're talking about Hottie McScotties and why Ingrid loves Highlander Romances.

We buddy read The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden [https://amzn.to/3WiAJDE]

Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast

Ingrid Explains Hottie McScotties

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Call us Smut Enthusiasts.

Call us Smut Scholars.

Call us Smut Evangelists.

We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.

Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.

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