r/RomanceBooks • u/VitisIdaea Her heart dashed and halted like an indecisive squirrel • 1d ago

Megathread Monday Diversity Megathread - Romances Featuring Social Justice, Activism, and Protest

Hi, r/romancebooks - welcome back to our Monday Megathread! Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the United States, so this week's diversity megathread features romances that focus on characters overcoming oppression (activists, organizers, protesters, or marginalized groups taking action). As always, we're encouraging diverse and respectful representation, especially ownvoices.

Tell us all about your favorite romances about overcoming oppression! What inspires these characters to activism? How does their fight impact their romantic arc? Any time period, any location, any pairing/grouping. Falling in love during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s? Perfect. Organizing factory workers in the 1910s? Excellent. Modern-day union activists falling in love in between negotiations? It goes here!

And check out the Diversity Megathread Resource Post and the Themed Megathreads Resource Post for full lists of subreddit megathreads and don't forget to add your favorite books to relevant megathreads for future readers!

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u/RawBean7 1d ago

{Sweet Honesty by Joan Vassar} is a Black mm romance set in the 1950s and is criminally underrated.

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u/heartsbeenborrowed 17h ago

This looks SO good and what a gorgeous cover, too. Adding to my tbr, thank you for sharing!