It's a new year, which means it's time to look back on the past year. We were tired and found comfort in books. We were tired and struggled to read books. But no matter what, we reaffirmed how much we love to read and talk about books. So instead of a best-of list, we bring you without further ado: The Sixth Annual Smut Report Superlatives. Superlatives in list form can be found at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/31/now-presentingthe-fifth-annual-smut-report-superlatives-2/]

Isn't it amazing how some people are good at making and analyzing art?!? Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/21/tumblereads-the-subtleties-of-artistry-and-expertise/]

We went serious this week and are talking COVID in contemporary romance. (This is a slightly modified version of the previously-posted Tumblereads 13) Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/14/tumblereads-covid-and-trauma-in-our-reading/]

Erin squees about Heated Rivalry and Ingrid leads the Smut Report team in a game of This or That. Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/12/07/tumblereads-heated-rivalry-and-hot-takes/]

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/].

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

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.

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

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/]

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/]

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

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/]

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/]

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

The title pretty much says it all. Links to the books we're reading at smutreport.com/podcast. [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/28/tumblereads-lets-avoid-thinking-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-talking-about-stabby-smut/] Have thoughts? Leave us a comment [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/28/tumblereads-lets-avoid-thinking-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-talking-about-stabby-smut/] or drop us a line on bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com].

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about what we're reading and how we're feeling about those books. Honestly, the conversation went all over the place. And ended with madlibs. Our current reading, all the show notes, and a link to the madlibs can be found at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/14/tumblereads-extremely-problematic-but-so-fun-dating-advice-from-romance-books-the-physics-is-the-problem/]. If you like what we're doing, please rate or recommend us to a friend. 

We're Tumblereading again, and this time we started talking about those things that just pull us out of books when we read—and also about AI (and reader responses to it). Some links to things we talked about at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/08/discussion-those-things-that-are-like-buckets-of-cold-water/]. Have a question or a discussion point for us? Leave us a comment [https://smutreport.com/2025/09/08/discussion-those-things-that-are-like-buckets-of-cold-water/]!

We're trying something a little different here at The Smut Report Pod, where we just talk about whatever we're reading and see where it takes us. What we got was 30 minutes of unedited chit chat, mostly about Romantasy. For a list of all the books we talked about, go to smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/31/introducing-tumblereads/]. Like the format? Hate it? Have a question you'd like us to answer? Leave us a comment here [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/31/introducing-tumblereads/].

The Smut Report Team is back, and this month we're talking about the criminal archetype in romance books. What characteristics does a criminal love interest have—and what makes them so dang sexy? For our conversation, we read Hard Time by Cara McKenna [https://amzn.to/3UQ3abj]. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/08/04/lets-talk-archetypes-criminals/]

This month, the Smut Report team is talking Metaromance. Not romances that take place at Facebook, but romance books that are talking about romance books. To prepare, we all read Unromance by Erin Connor [https://amzn.to/4kEX0pN]. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast [https://smutreport.com/2025/06/13/lets-talk-about-metaromance/].