Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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It’s been a year and a half since we discussed the major shifts in historical romance. In that time we’ve seen historical romance trending (slightly), historical romance special edition boxes, the ending of the mass market, the shuttering of Harlequin’s historical romance line and the realizations of a lot of the lost historical romance contracts in the publishing schedule. Let’s talk about it.

Word of the day is entrenched (whoops).

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So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
nytimes.com/2026/02/06/books/mass-market-paperback-books.html?searchResultPosition=1

nytimes.com/2026/02/06/books/mass-market-paperback-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lFA.uuIz.OaRC16logER6&smid=url-share

Harlequin discontinuing historial line
People: people.com/romance-publisher-harlequin-ends-historical-romance-11906374
Publisher’s Weekly: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99704-harlequin-to-discontinue-historical-romance.html
BookRiot: bookriot.com/harlequin-ending-historical-fiction-line

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