The Smut Report Podcast

Now Presenting…The Fifth Annual Smut Report Superlatives 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 Fifth Annual Smut Report Superlatives....

Holly and Ingrid buddy-read Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies , Emily Wild's Map of the Otherlands , and Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales. Now they're discussing such hard-hitting questions as: Is this a satisfying romance? Is Wendell a himbo? How scary are fairies? Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast (includes some bonus recs that we didn't think of until later)

The Smut Report is getting festive with an in-depth discussion of those cute, small town, witchy rom-coms.  Full show notes available at smutreport.com/podcast

Erin and Ingrid imprinted on the American Dreams series by Jean Ferris back when they were baby romance readers. Holly had never read them, so we decided it was time. So without further ado, here's our discussion of Into the Wind , Song of the Sea , and Weather the Storm. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

Holly, Erin, and Ingrid all read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros . They talk about how horny this book is, whether it's YA, and what is Romantasy, actually.  Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

It's time for a buddy read! Erin, Holly, and Ingrid all read The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas. This book is amazing, so be prepared for a lot of gushing, interspersed with a conversation about writing style, the state of historical romance, and whether and how we self-insert when we read. Buy The Luckiest Lady in London : Amazon  |   Bookshop Full show notes at smutreport.com...

The Smut Report team is back and talking about one of the weirder corners of romance novels: weird genitals. Join us as we talk about fun dicks in nature, breeding kink, and Ingrid's list of words that are now a no-go in her romance reading. To prepare, we buddy read: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon Strange Love by Ann Aguirre Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett Shielded Heart by Tiffany...

The Smut Report team is back and talking about Billionaire Romances.  You know it's a wild ride. We buddy read Bad Boss by Stella Rhys and Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre . Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

The Smut Report team is back, and this time they're all reading Kulti by Mariana Zapata. It's one of Ingrid's all-time favorites—but also a book she suspected that Holly would dislike intensely.  Spoiler alert: Ingrid was right.  A few notes: Spoilers abound! If you hate having books spoiled, go read Kulti before you listen. We did not bleep out the profanity in editing this time. Just F...

The Smut Report team is back and talking about pro-choice romance—with a heavy emphasis on abortion in romance. We've got a lot of recs in this one, so please check out the show notes for a full list.

Hey hey hey, it's the end of 2023 and we recovered from the epic duke off just in time to jump on here to talk about our reads for the last year. So join The Smut Report team as we talk about the books that made us laugh, cry, think, swoon, and rage. Shownotes—which includes the full list, plus various incidentals that we talk about— here .

In which we question the entire purpose of this project. And then make a bunch of recommendations for other duke books to read. And then finally decide who the best duke is. (Our final two dukes are Villiers and Bewcastle.) Shownotes, including a list of all those other great duke books we talked about, at smutreport.com/podcast.

We're down to our final four best dukes! To narrow it down further, we dug into the love declarations to see whose was the dukiest. We've got Villers (A DUKE OF HER OWN) vs Montgomery (DUKE OF SIN) and Clermont (THE DUCHESS WAR) vs Bewcastle (SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS).  Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

Part 2 of our Elite Eight conversation! This is the one where we just could not stop talking about these books, with Clermont vs. Wyndham and Jervaulx vs. Bewcastle. Our previous conversations about these dukes: Clermont  |   Wyndham  |   Jervaulx  |   Bewcastle Notes and our madlibs at smutreport.com/podcast .

It's time for the Elite Eight! We ended up splitting our conversation into two episodes because two hours it too long for us to listen to ourselves. We're talking about the top half of the bracket here, with Villiers taking on Davenport, and Montgomery taking on Ashbury. Our previous conversations about these dukes: Villiers  |   Davenport  |   Montgomery  |   Ashbury...

It's our final match-up for Put Up Your Dukes! It's time for Bewcastle from SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS by Mary Balogh going up against Colton from THE COURTESAN DUCHESS by Joanna Shupe. Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast .

It's our pentultimate duke match-up, pitting Jervaulx from Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale up against St. Cyres from The Wicked Ways of a Duke by Laura Lee Guhrke. Click here for full show notes.

It's our next duke match up! This time, it's Wyndham from MR CAVENDISH I PRESUME by Julia Quinn vs Edinburgh (aka Tavish MacKenzie the swordmaker) from A DUKE BY DEFAULT by Alyssa Cole. Full show notes.

We're continuing to Put Up Our Dukes here at The Smut Report podcast! This time around, it's the Duke of Clermont from The Duchess War by Courtney Milan squaring off against the first Duke of Claymore from Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught (not to be confused with the OTHER Duke of Claymore, from Whitney My Love ).  Full show notes.

The dukes keep on coming! This time, it's Ashbury from THE DUCHESS DEAL by Tessa Dare vs Leighton from ELEVEN SCANDALS TO START TO WIN A DUKE'S HEART by Sarah MacLean. Full show notes.

Next up in the bracket we've got the baddest duke of all: Montgomery from DUKE OF SIN by Elizabeth Hoyt. Can Greycourt from PROJECT DUCHESS by Sabrina Jeffries take him on? Full show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.

Our bracket continues with a double DUKE IN DISGUISE matchup, with books by Cat Sebastian and Aydra Richards. Full show notes .

The epic showdown to determine the Best Romance Duke begins!  We read A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James and What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long . Go here for full show notes.

Hear-ye, hear-ye! The Smut Report will be determining, once and for all, who the best romance duke is. Over the next twelve episodes, we'll be pitting romance novel dukes against each other and very scientifically picking our favorites. It's time to Put Up Your Dukes! Full show notes at smutreport.com

This month, Erin, Holly, and Ingrid are talking about epilogues. What purpose do they serve? When do they really work—and when are they forgettable? What are some of our favorite epilogues? Full show notes here .