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Author
female
male
female + male
multiple authors
POC
Narrative Voice
first-person
second-person
third-person
multiple narrators
nonhuman narrator
Relationship Convention
f/f
f/m
m/m
none
other
platonic
poly
Genre/Tone
Any
All
adventure
children's fiction
comedy
comfort-read
cozy
filmed, has been
filmed, should be
gothic
magic realism
melodrama
mystery
paranormal
parody
religious
romance
satire
science fiction
speculative fiction
suspense
unreliable narrator
western
YA
Narrative Form (special)
diary/journal
epistolary
flashbacks
illustrated
memoir
novelized play
novella
play
short stories
travelogue
Time Set
ancient
1300s
1400s
1500s
1600s
1700s
Regency
Victorian
1800s, other
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
future
Location/Setting
Any
All
Africa
Africa, Kenya
Africa, Morocco
Africa, South Africa
airplane
airport
America
Arabic
Asia
Asia, India
Asia, Japan
Australia
Bermuda
boarding house
Broadway
cabin
Canada
Caribbean
castle
China
circus
college/university
country inn
crumbling manse
department store
desert island
dinner party
Egypt
estate
Europe
Europe, Austria
Europe, Belgium
Europe, England
Europe, France
Europe, Germany
Europe, Ireland
Europe, Italy
Europe, Monaco
Europe, Ruritania
Europe, Russia
Europe, Scotland
Europe, Spain
Europe, Switzerland
Europe, Wales
expedition
family home
farm
Greece
hospital
hotel/inn
house party
island
Israel/Palestine
lighthouse
lodge
Mexico
military base
mining/logging camp
mountains
movie studio
museum
New Zealand
ocean liner
organized tour
plane
resort
road trip
rural
school
school, private boys'
school, private girls'
seashore/beach/coast
season, fall
season, spring
season, summer
season, winter
secluded manor
ship/yacht
South America
theater
townhome
train
United States, California
United States, Midwest
United States, Northeast
United States, South
United States, Southeast
United States, Southwest
urban
war
wilderness
Main Character 1 (F if M/F)
Background
Any
All
African
American
Arabic
Asian
Australian
Austrian
Belgian
Canadian
Chinese
English
European
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Indian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Latino/a
Native American
New Zealander
Norwegian
Polish
Rumanian
Ruritanian
Russian
Scottish
South African
South American
Spanish
Swedish
Welsh
Occupation
Any
All
accountant
actor
administrator
adventurer
advertising
ambassador
archaeologist
architect
artist
athlete
banker
beautician
big game hunter
bodyguard
buccaneer
business owner
business person
buyer
capitalist
captain of industry
celebrity
chaperone, unpaid
chef
child
circus performer
clergyman/woman
clerk
companion, paid
consultant
couture designer
dancer
department store owner/heir
detective
diplomat
doctor
driver
editor
engineer
entrepeneur
executive
explorer
factory worker
farmer/horticulturalist
flight attendant
food technologist
ghost
gold digger/fortune hunter
governess/paid companion
head of school
heir/heiress
hospitality industry
housekeeper
innkeeper
intelligence work
interior designer/decorator
inventor
investigator
investor/speculator
journalist
kennel owner
landgirl
landowner
landscape designer
lawyer
librarian/archivist
manager
mechanic
milkman
millionaire
mine owner
minister
model
musician
nanny
noble/aristocrat
nurse
nursemaid
pharmacist/dispenser
philanthropist
photographer
pilot/aviator
pirate
police
political activist
politician
pomologist
poor relation/companion
prisoner/POW
producer/director
professor
race car driver
rancher/cowboy
reformer
reporter
resistance
royal
sailor
salesman
scientist
secretary
secretary, social
servant, chauffeur
servant, maid
shop owner
shop worker
singer
socialite
soldier
sports professional
spy
student
surgeon
teacher
telephone operator
thief
vagabond
veteran
waiter/waitress
writer
writer, nonfiction
writer, novels
writer, playwright
writer, poet
Characteristics
Any
All
ambitious
arrogant
artistic
athletic
aunt
bachelor
bald(ing)
beautiful/handsome
beta
big
brave, courageous
calm/tranquil
charming
cheerful
clever
clueless
competent
curvy/stocky
cynical
dead
determined
disabled, blind
disabled, deaf
disabled, missing limb
disabled, other
disabled, paralysis
disciplined
divorced
dominant
eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
efficient
egotistical
elegant
famous
fashionable
forthright
frail
generous
gentle
guardian
gullible
hair, blond(e)
hair, dark
hair, gray
hair, red
hot-tempered
humorous
husky
idealistic
ill (chronic)
illegitimate
immature
independent
intelligent
kind
late bloomer
loyal
madcap
married
materialistic
mental illness
middle-aged
morose
mysterious
naive/silly
named Elizabeth
named Virginia
nobility/royalty
old
old-fashioned
orphaned
parent
plain
playboy
poor
practical
principled
progressive
prosperous
PTSD
pure & innocent
quiet
rake
recluse
religious, Buddhist
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
religous, Jewish
reserved
rich
robust
scarred
scheming
selfish
selfless
sexist
short
shy
single
slight
spinster
spirited
spoiled
strong
stupid
sweet-tempered
talented
tall
temperamental
thin
tortured
traumatized
twin, fraternal
twin, identical
ugly
uncle
unimaginative
unprincipled
unreadable to other MC
ward
wears glasses
widowed
womanhater/manhater
working class
wounded
young
Background
Any
All
African
American
Arabic
Asian
Australian
Austrian
Belgian
Canadian
Chinese
English
European
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Indian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Latino/a
Native American
New Zealander
Norwegian
Polish
Rumanian
Ruritanian
Russian
Scottish
South African
South American
Spanish
Swedish
Welsh
Occupation
Any
All
accountant
actor
administrator
adventurer
advertising
ambassador
archaeologist
architect
artist
athlete
banker
beautician
big game hunter
bodyguard
buccaneer
business owner
business person
buyer
capitalist
captain of industry
celebrity
chaperone, unpaid
chef
child
circus performer
clergyman/woman
clerk
companion, paid
consultant
couture designer
dancer
department store owner/heir
detective
diplomat
doctor
driver
editor
engineer
entrepeneur
executive
explorer
factory worker
farmer/horticulturalist
flight attendant
food technologist
ghost
gold digger/fortune hunter
governess/paid companion
head of school
heir/heiress
hospitality industry
housekeeper
innkeeper
intelligence work
interior designer/decorator
inventor
investigator
investor/speculator
journalist
kennel owner
landgirl
landowner
landscape designer
lawyer
librarian/archivist
manager
mechanic
milkman
millionaire
mine owner
minister
model
musician
nanny
noble/aristocrat
nurse
nursemaid
pharmacist/dispenser
philanthropist
photographer
pilot/aviator
pirate
police
political activist
politician
pomologist
poor relation/companion
prisoner/POW
producer/director
professor
race car driver
rancher/cowboy
reformer
reporter
resistance
royal
sailor
salesman
scientist
secretary
secretary, social
servant, chauffeur
servant, maid
shop owner
shop worker
singer
socialite
soldier
sports professional
spy
student
surgeon
teacher
telephone operator
thief
vagabond
veteran
waiter/waitress
writer
writer, nonfiction
writer, novels
writer, playwright
writer, poet
Characteristics
Any
All
ambitious
arrogant
artistic
athletic
aunt
bachelor
bald(ing)
beautiful/handsome
beta
big
brave, courageous
calm/tranquil
charming
cheerful
clever
clueless
competent
curvy/stocky
cynical
dead
determined
disabled, blind
disabled, deaf
disabled, missing limb
disabled, other
disabled, paralysis
disciplined
divorced
dominant
eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
efficient
egotistical
elegant
famous
fashionable
forthright
frail
generous
gentle
guardian
gullible
hair, blond(e)
hair, dark
hair, gray
hair, red
hot-tempered
humorous
husky
idealistic
ill (chronic)
illegitimate
immature
independent
intelligent
kind
late bloomer
loyal
madcap
married
materialistic
mental illness
middle-aged
morose
mysterious
naive/silly
named Elizabeth
named Virginia
nobility/royalty
old
old-fashioned
orphaned
parent
plain
playboy
poor
practical
principled
progressive
prosperous
PTSD
pure & innocent
quiet
rake
recluse
religious, Buddhist
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
religous, Jewish
reserved
rich
robust
scarred
scheming
selfish
selfless
sexist
short
shy
single
slight
spinster
spirited
spoiled
strong
stupid
sweet-tempered
talented
tall
temperamental
thin
tortured
traumatized
twin, fraternal
twin, identical
ugly
uncle
unimaginative
unprincipled
unreadable to other MC
ward
wears glasses
widowed
womanhater/manhater
working class
wounded
young
Main Character 2 (M if M/F)
Background
Any
All
African
American
Arabic
Asian
Australian
Austrian
Belgian
Canadian
Chinese
English
European
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Indian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Latino/a
Native American
New Zealander
Norwegian
Polish
Rumanian
Ruritanian
Russian
Scottish
South African
South American
Spanish
Swedish
Welsh
Occupation
Any
All
accountant
actor
administrator
adventurer
advertising
ambassador
archaeologist
architect
artist
athlete
banker
beautician
big game hunter
bodyguard
buccaneer
business owner
business person
buyer
capitalist
captain of industry
celebrity
chaperone, unpaid
chef
child
circus performer
clergyman/woman
clerk
companion, paid
consultant
couture designer
dancer
department store owner/heir
detective
diplomat
doctor
driver
editor
engineer
entrepeneur
executive
explorer
factory worker
farmer/horticulturalist
flight attendant
food technologist
ghost
gold digger/fortune hunter
governess/paid companion
head of school
heir/heiress
hospitality industry
housekeeper
innkeeper
intelligence work
interior designer/decorator
inventor
investigator
investor/speculator
journalist
kennel owner
landgirl
landowner
landscape designer
lawyer
librarian/archivist
manager
mechanic
milkman
millionaire
mine owner
minister
model
musician
nanny
noble/aristocrat
nurse
nursemaid
pharmacist/dispenser
philanthropist
photographer
pilot/aviator
pirate
police
political activist
politician
pomologist
poor relation/companion
prisoner/POW
producer/director
professor
race car driver
rancher/cowboy
reformer
reporter
resistance
royal
sailor
salesman
scientist
secretary
secretary, social
servant, chauffeur
servant, maid
shop owner
shop worker
singer
socialite
soldier
sports professional
spy
student
surgeon
teacher
telephone operator
thief
vagabond
veteran
waiter/waitress
writer
writer, nonfiction
writer, novels
writer, playwright
writer, poet
Characteristics
Any
All
ambitious
arrogant
artistic
athletic
aunt
bachelor
bald(ing)
beautiful/handsome
beta
big
brave, courageous
calm/tranquil
charming
cheerful
clever
clueless
competent
curvy/stocky
cynical
dead
determined
disabled, blind
disabled, deaf
disabled, missing limb
disabled, other
disabled, paralysis
disciplined
divorced
dominant
eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
efficient
egotistical
elegant
famous
fashionable
forthright
frail
generous
gentle
guardian
gullible
hair, blond(e)
hair, dark
hair, gray
hair, red
hot-tempered
humorous
husky
idealistic
ill (chronic)
illegitimate
immature
independent
intelligent
kind
late bloomer
loyal
madcap
married
materialistic
mental illness
middle-aged
morose
mysterious
naive/silly
named Elizabeth
named Virginia
nobility/royalty
old
old-fashioned
orphaned
parent
plain
playboy
poor
practical
principled
progressive
prosperous
PTSD
pure & innocent
quiet
rake
recluse
religious, Buddhist
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
religous, Jewish
reserved
rich
robust
scarred
scheming
selfish
selfless
sexist
short
shy
single
slight
spinster
spirited
spoiled
strong
stupid
sweet-tempered
talented
tall
temperamental
thin
tortured
traumatized
twin, fraternal
twin, identical
ugly
uncle
unimaginative
unprincipled
unreadable to other MC
ward
wears glasses
widowed
womanhater/manhater
working class
wounded
young
Background
Any
All
African
American
Arabic
Asian
Australian
Austrian
Belgian
Canadian
Chinese
English
European
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Indian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Latino/a
Native American
New Zealander
Norwegian
Polish
Rumanian
Ruritanian
Russian
Scottish
South African
South American
Spanish
Swedish
Welsh
Occupation
Any
All
accountant
actor
administrator
adventurer
advertising
ambassador
archaeologist
architect
artist
athlete
banker
beautician
big game hunter
bodyguard
buccaneer
business owner
business person
buyer
capitalist
captain of industry
celebrity
chaperone, unpaid
chef
child
circus performer
clergyman/woman
clerk
companion, paid
consultant
couture designer
dancer
department store owner/heir
detective
diplomat
doctor
driver
editor
engineer
entrepeneur
executive
explorer
factory worker
farmer/horticulturalist
flight attendant
food technologist
ghost
gold digger/fortune hunter
governess/paid companion
head of school
heir/heiress
hospitality industry
housekeeper
innkeeper
intelligence work
interior designer/decorator
inventor
investigator
investor/speculator
journalist
kennel owner
landgirl
landowner
landscape designer
lawyer
librarian/archivist
manager
mechanic
milkman
millionaire
mine owner
minister
model
musician
nanny
noble/aristocrat
nurse
nursemaid
pharmacist/dispenser
philanthropist
photographer
pilot/aviator
pirate
police
political activist
politician
pomologist
poor relation/companion
prisoner/POW
producer/director
professor
race car driver
rancher/cowboy
reformer
reporter
resistance
royal
sailor
salesman
scientist
secretary
secretary, social
servant, chauffeur
servant, maid
shop owner
shop worker
singer
socialite
soldier
sports professional
spy
student
surgeon
teacher
telephone operator
thief
vagabond
veteran
waiter/waitress
writer
writer, nonfiction
writer, novels
writer, playwright
writer, poet
Characteristics
Any
All
ambitious
arrogant
artistic
athletic
aunt
bachelor
bald(ing)
beautiful/handsome
beta
big
brave, courageous
calm/tranquil
charming
cheerful
clever
clueless
competent
curvy/stocky
cynical
dead
determined
disabled, blind
disabled, deaf
disabled, missing limb
disabled, other
disabled, paralysis
disciplined
divorced
dominant
eccentric/quirky/neurodivergent
efficient
egotistical
elegant
famous
fashionable
forthright
frail
generous
gentle
guardian
gullible
hair, blond(e)
hair, dark
hair, gray
hair, red
hot-tempered
humorous
husky
idealistic
ill (chronic)
illegitimate
immature
independent
intelligent
kind
late bloomer
loyal
madcap
married
materialistic
mental illness
middle-aged
morose
mysterious
naive/silly
named Elizabeth
named Virginia
nobility/royalty
old
old-fashioned
orphaned
parent
plain
playboy
poor
practical
principled
progressive
prosperous
PTSD
pure & innocent
quiet
rake
recluse
religious, Buddhist
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
religous, Jewish
reserved
rich
robust
scarred
scheming
selfish
selfless
sexist
short
shy
single
slight
spinster
spirited
spoiled
strong
stupid
sweet-tempered
talented
tall
temperamental
thin
tortured
traumatized
twin, fraternal
twin, identical
ugly
uncle
unimaginative
unprincipled
unreadable to other MC
ward
wears glasses
widowed
womanhater/manhater
working class
wounded
young
Tropes
Any
All
accident, vehicular, car crash
accident, vehicular, other
accident, vehicular, plane crash
accident, vehicular, shipwreck
accident, vehicular, trainwreck
Accused!
age difference
already taken
American girl bosses rich dad
amnesia
baby, secret
baby, surprise
beautiful as the day
beauty and beast
Big Mis(understanding)
bigamy
blackmail
blood will tell
boss/subordinate
can't help loving you/love despite
career porn/job training
career, unusual
chauffeur/client
childcare, babysitting, paid
childcare, babysitting, unpaid
childhood sweethearts
cinderella
coming of age
cost of beauty
crime
culture clash
dangerous rival
didn't know they still made 'em like that
difficult child
disability, acquired
disability, cured
disability, threatened
disappointed in love
disguise
disguised as dolt
disguised, female as male
disguised, male as female
drugged!
duckling to swan
duty before love
employer/employee
escape old life
extremely short timespan
fairy godparent
fake engagement
fake marriage
fake relationship
family member, dangerous
family member, overshadowed by
family, eccentric
family, older relative, cantankerous
family, older relative, delightful
family, parent, absentminded
family, parent, abusive
family, parent, death of
family, parent, domineering
family, parent, responsible for
family, parent, scheming
family, sibling, death of
family, sibling, domineering
family, sibling, responsible for
femme fatale/maneater
fire!
fish out of water
forbidden love
forced proximity
fortune teller told me
friend, selfless
generation clash
get it together!
ghosted!
girl/boy-next-door/childhood playmates
guardian/ward
heart over head
holiday
how the other half lives
I'm not good enough for you
identities, switched
identity, concealed
identity, mistaken
illness acute
illness chronic
impersonating another character
imprisoned
infatuated with another
inherited a child/instakid
injury
insurmountable barrier
interclass
interracial
jealous friend/family member
jealousy
jilted/left at the altar
kidnapped
landlord/tenant
late to love
LGBTQ+ friendly
love at first sight
love over money
love someone else
love triangle
lovers, enemies to
lovers, friends to
lovers, neighbors to
lovers, spoiled for choice
mad scientist
makeover
marriage of convenience
marriage, saving
medical
midlife crisis
missing jewels
missing relative/friend/other
modern medicine, miracle of
money isn't everything/can't buy happiness
money over love
mother, daughter find love
moving to the city
moving to the country
needs looking after
nervous breakdown
never love again
not the type to fall in love
occult/paranormal
on the road
on the run
one woman has hurt you
One Woman/Man, the
one wonderful day/week/month/year
opposites attract
personal ad
personal growth/becoming a better person
poisoned!
political intrigue
political philosophy
poor little rich girl/boy
prize money, life-changing
protector
quicksand
rags to riches
read your diary
reappearance of old love
redemption
reincarnation/love over lifetimes
religious awakening/getting religion
rescue
resistance (political)
reunion
revenge
riches to rags
riches to rags to riches
runaway
saved from animal
saved from assassin
saved from drowning
saving the family home
screwball
second chance
second/third-act breakup
secret past/my lips are sealed
secret wealth
smart guy fooled by conniver
sociopathic relative/friend/rival
somnambulism
spies
stodgy fiance(e)
stranded!
strong f/f friendship
strong m/f friendship
strong m/m friendship
surgery
take me as I am/love me for myself
taming the player
taught a lesson
teacher/student
telepathy/ESP
time travel
unrequited until...
vacation
we thought you were dead!
wedding, "deathbed"
working girl with heart of gold
workplace
wrong side of tracks
you were supposed to die!/miraculous recovery
you're such a child!
young love, abetting
young love, discouraging
zero to hero
Flags
alcoholism/drug addiction or abuse
animal cruelty
antisemitism
body negativity
child abuse
child death/miscarriage
classism
death of mc
domestic violence
eugenics
incest
infertility
insensitive or outdated language (race/ethnicity/disability/sexual orientation)
insensitive racial/ethnic portrayal/stereotyping
LGBTQ+-unfriendly
no HEA
pregnancy loss
questions around consent
racism
sexual assault
sexual harrassment
suicide
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not recommended
recommended
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