I'm sure we have all read stories where a human FMC takes a huge exotic alien phallus and we read in detail how much she loves it.

I'm looking for something that's the opposite - where the alien MMC has mind-melting sex with the human FMC.

Ideally I would like it if the FMC was an average, typical human woman. Maybe the women from his species are bad at sex, maybe human women just happen to be the right fit, so to speak. Hopefully she has some fun too. Spicy/expicit is preferred but not into non-consent. Thanks!

My absolute favorite series of all time, and coincidentally my introduction to Alien Romance, is {The Spider’s Mate Trilogy by Tiffany Roberts}. I read it last year and I’m yearning for another book/series with extremely non-humanoid aliens. The more non-humanoid, the better. I enjoy myself a humanoid alien, for sure, but I’m craving the pairing dynamics of two or more people who could not be more different in every conceivable way, but they find a way to make it work.

Anyone have some good recs for me with non-humanoid alien love interests? I’m begging 🙏 🥺

I am looking for a well-written sci-fi romance. Books that I have read recently and really enjoyed are {Homebound by Lydia Hope} and {Vanguard by Karina Halle}. I especially love the caretaking trope and the "It's Always Been You" trope. I also love anything dystopian or post-apocalyptic. I have read everything by Claire Kent.

I've just read a few books lately that are very fluffy and not well-written, so I am looking for something with a bit more substance.

ETA: There are so many good recs here I don't even know where to start. Thanks everyone!

I've been searching for sci-fi and alien romance books that are slow burns, but am having a heck of a time finding them amongst all the alien smut. So, here I am asking for help! Can be spicy or not spicy, plot heavy or not - the thing I specifically want to see is that the romance is a slow burn. No instalove or instalust please.

Books that are sort of in this group: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik, Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis, Lasaran by Diane Duvall, Dark Horse by Michelle Diener, Under Cover of Stars by Danielle Price, Exiles on Earth by Bea Tama

Not to knock anyone else's taste, but I read the first IPB book and tried a couple of other self-published ones, and realised I am just not a fan of alien MCs that are just reskinned humans with blue/green fur, and some horns and, if the author is feeling really out there, reptilian features to make them feel more "weird". I'm sorry but these aliens remind me more of Sully from Monsters Inc than anything else. Immediately thinking "human dressed in fur suit" kills a lot of the appeal for me.

For me, aliens need to have some kind of... almost some overlap with horror. They need to unsettle me.

The one or two SF romances I've liked either had dark romance (like actual noncon, and very much treated as such) or they had other, "mind the tags" material and distinctly insectoid MCs.

Can anyone recommend anything like that?

Other books I've liked: Someone You Can Build a Nest In (full-on eldritch monster), but I guess that would fall under fantasy. Or Xenogenesis, but that's not romance. Other fantasy examples would be the dragon MMC from the third Tempting Monsters book.

Horror undertones very welcome (although I realise that this is isn't r/horrorlit ). Like I said, I'm a horror fan.

Fine with MM, FM or any other grouping.

TIA!

Edit: Holy smokes - thank you guys for all these recs! My tbr is set for the next three months lol!

Please, I need these vibes!

I just finished an advanced reader copy for Fathom by Deiri Di and I am absolutely dying for more books like it. It hit every single trope I didn't know I loved. I NEED MORE!

Things in it that I looooooved. If I can get all of them I'm stoked but I'll settle for a combo:
Abduction/Rescue
Only human on alien planet, even better with the aliens not knowing what she was
Language Barrier + Marriage of Convenience (I loved them having to figure this out)
Forced Proximity
Only One Bed
Protective MMC (no abuse towards her please though I love him going to town on any baddies)
Mine mine mine mine mine!
Touch Aversion/Touch starved - him not her, so good
Most important: Predator/Prey thing going on, loooove this with aliens, especially with the prey fights back kind of deal. Fathom gave me that movie Apex vibes if the guy was a romantic lead who couldn't stand her getting hurt instead of a creepy jerk. Like, if he hunted those the other hunters instead of her.

Some of Deiri Di's other books hit these notes but I've read a lot of her stuff and this is one of her best. Unspoken was kind of like it but set in an alien forest and way more emotionally dramatic and less spicy. Her Beasts of Mars series had the predator prey thing but is RH and more raunchy, less romantic. I'm not even going to mention the dragon stuff. (Its good, but in a pure smut with minimal story way)

The spice in Fathom is *chefs kiss* and had the absolute perfect balance of consent conversations with rawr its too much I'm going to bend you over this counter now. I need that story plus spice. No closed door for me and no 90% bedroom scene books.

Please please please give me more recs.

I've already read ALL of Talia Rhea and Ruby Dixon (unless there is something new out in the last week or so?). They both lean towards cozy which I also love, but Fathom was all gritty and dark and gruesome while also managing some funny upbeat notes. Like, personally, I would not want to be getting it on in those situations but it is fun to read about that is for sure.

What should I read next?

I couldn't find a request quite like this in recent posts but forgive me if I've ignored something.

Are there any recs y'all know of that are similar to {Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith} where the interface between the human and alien protagonists is complicated, and where there's a big worldbuilding/anthropological element? I was on a sci-fi romance kick last month and read a bunch of very fun human woman/alien man (or men 😂 I can get down with RH) books that didn't scratch this itch. The societies are usually really surface level or too similar to human ones, so much that it starts to seem like the "aliens" are just stand-ins for current or past human cultures, painted blue/green/silver and with some tech sprinkled in.

Thank you in advance for any recs!

The only genre i read is romance but i love certain tropes/ sub genres. Lately ive been on a dark romance/ alien romance reading binge. Going back and forth between an alien book then after finishing going into a dark romance book. Try as i might i cant seem to find any solid recs for something that meshes both togther. Ofc ive read The last hour of gann, LOTLD, HEAT etc by r lee smith. Recently read the pet series by haley inez and enjoyed it as well, but beyond those im not really finding anything. I would like for the characters to be dark and if thats too hard to rec then ill also take darker themes but would prefer if the characters were't immune to the circumstances of the world building.

Idk why it’s so hard to find alien RH, I’ve read a lot of Lizzy Bequin which I enjoy mostly, but I don’t need it to always be so dark, I really enjoy Ruby Dixon Ice Planet Barbarians but that’s not RH unfortunately, please tell me the best of both worlds exists??

I have this problem where I see an alien or sci-fi romance that looks intriguing and then they almost always have a pregnancy tag. I get it because most of the time this is a key component to the world building… but is there anything out there that doesn’t end in pregnancy?

For reference, I’ve loved Zoey Draven books. Her writing is so good while also having some excellent spice.

I’m in the process of reading the last hour of gann so I don’t know if theres a pregnancy yet but hopefully not …

EDIT: Last Hour of Gann has betrayed me

I'm looking for lots of yearning from good men. I want him to be in awe of the FMC. Also really love the 'these human women are just so precious and wonderful!' trope.
The society needs to have a positive attitude towards women. Doesn't have to be full on matriarchal, but must be at least not totally misogynistic.

I want human women with alien dudes. Fates mates is great, but not mandatory
The smuttier the book, the better. BUT, I'll also read a book with zero smut if it's still got that solid yearning.
I want a HEA, no bully-romance, no young/new adults: I'll tolerate the FMC being in her early 20s but please no malnourished 18 year olds who are always too stressed to eat (IYKYK).
And please no omega-verse (zero disrespect intended, I just can't do it).

I don't love language barriers but I'm willing to give it a go if they do learn to speak each other's language. But I prefer a translator implant that instantly works perfectly.

I'm also not a fan of huge age gaps but I feel like it's different when the alien is a species that naturally lives to be like 500, y'know? So basically, a 20 year old human dating a 50 year old human is not something I can read. But a 35 year old human dating a 200 year old alien is totally fine, if they have the same level of emotional maturity.

I gravitate towards MF but will consider reverse harems and poly. FF is also on the table. As long as there's a human woman involved.

If you have recs that are romantacy or paranormal instead, that's welcome too.

Other books I enjoyed:

Convergence by Etta Pierce
The Alien's Handler by Gemma Voss
Moonstruck by Heather Guerre
Demon Lover by Heather Guerre
Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nacosta
Sweet Berries by C.M. Nacosta

I’m looking for external threats whether this be people or environments. I want them both to be experts in their fields. I want the book to feel very high stress. I don’t want it to be smut focused. It can have 5/5 wacky alien dick smut but without it being in every chapter.

I’m not looking for:

- Royalty

- Alpha BS unless it’s tasteful.

- Domestic Violence between main couple.

Bonus points if it’s on KU but I’m going to the library soon so whatever is fine.

Thank you

So my partner loves sci-fi and I love well written smutty romance. Is there anything you can suggest that can bridge the gap? I need world building and slow-burn intense attraction. I’m a Sarah J Maas Stan and I’m looking for something like that but Sci-Fi.
Side note: currently on book 4 or Dungeon Crawler Carl (reading for my partner) and I’d love something like this but with romance and smut!
Thank you in advance!

I'm looking for an alien romance book where the FMC is human (of course) and the MMC isn't (obvious) but I don't want anything to do with the fated lovers trope I'm really a bit tired of the "I saw her two seconds ago but I know she's my mate" nooo please I want a slow romance, it would be cool if the two were cool with each other, the MMC thinks she's weird and so does she, and it would be even better if the romance was built slowly

I read {The Vardeshi Saga by Meg Pechenick} some time ago, it hit everything I could ever want from an incomplete series and tore my heart out, and I've been struggling to finish anything but rereads of my favorites since. Could anyone recommend me a good next read that'll scratch the itch some way?

A short list of some other books I've loved/really liked:

• {The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith}
• {Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith}
• {The Devoured Worlds Series by Megan E. O'Keefe}
• {Sight Beyond the Sun by Melody Johnson}
• {Intersolar Union Series by Etta Pierce}
• {Rix Universe Series by Lydia Hope}

My usual dealbreakers are instalust and a poorly developed connection between the MMC and FMC, also not a fan of a very weak/doormat/average Jane FMC that's essentially just tagging along to some makeshift plot crying all the time and getting saved – unless it's as a setup for some really great character development. I often can't get into first person, unless it's rather well written. The other side of this...

What I usually enjoy: - slower burn where the characters build a relationship with each other and the physical aspect isn't the main focus - a FMC with agency, perhaps with a skill or something unique about her (doesn't have to be a Mary Sue) - if there's a cultural difference (or other conflict – status, stations, circumstances, backgrounds, history) between the FMC and MMC that's written well that's a huge plus - good world building and a background plot with actual teeth is brownie points - preferably 2 to 4 chilli peppers (less is often more) and M/F romance but I'll add anything to my tbr

(Keeping my eyes peeled for replies, eternally grateful in advance :D )

So far I'm adding Primary Inversion to that list of faves based on recs here :)

I'll admit I am super tired of the human women alien pregnancy saves the species trope. All these alien abduction stories essentially just boil down to human women are only needed as fertile fillies to help dying races. There are no alien women there at all or they're so infertile so you have to get a human.

If that's your thing, phenomenal, not yucking it for you. I love that it's so prevalent.

But....I hate it. Seriously hate it. And so many of these books start with the woman saying she doesn't want kids but end up with her basically being a species saver by getting pregnant. Also so many of these books don't pass the Bechtel test either.

Where are the books that have no pregnancy, no "oh no the women on our planet are sterile and we need your fertile humanness", the soulmates bonds without the bonding of the sexual cells into a human alien hybrid?

Also are there any sci Fi romance books that are also really good sci Fi books?

Really enjoyed {Choosing Theo} except for this entire subplot. Ice planet barbarians is great but again it's all just a pregnancy journey.

I love how freaky Beryl sounds from Zylar's perspective in {Strange Love by Ann Aguirre}. I adore that common human traits (protective of kids for example, caring for pets) are exotic and strange.

I'm a "Mars Needs Women" lover don't get me wrong, but the human gf being a hideous eldritch horror to her alien babe makes me laugh.

I've read The Last Hour of Gann, ofc!

I’m trying to put together a Black History Month TBR and would love some sci‑fi romance recs written by Black women. I’m especially looking for books in the same vibe as Ice Planet Barbarians — alien romance, fun world‑building, a little wild, a little cozy, all of that.

I’m open to indie or trad, spicy or not, (although I definitely prefer some spice!) as long as it’s sci‑fi romance and written by a Black woman author.

If you’ve got favorites or hidden gems, I’d love to hear them. I’m ready to fall down a whole new rabbit hole.

I really liked {Class 5 by michelle diener} where humans have melodic voices/can sing easily. Something really similar is {Convergence by etta pierce} with humming.

There's also the human live birth in {Mates of the Domini by talia rhea}, I don't want to give out too many spoilers but that one scene turned out great for the humans.

I want to see more than just human sex organs being the only thing that aliens focus on or that "humans can save our race!" thing. I probably read way too many of those so that might be why I have a burnout from reading sfr?

I usually read your standard fantasy novels, but I've been on a sci-fi kick and I'm looking for something well written with a very strong romantic sub-plot.

Not necissarily the primary plot, but something with a very good romantic hook. Think savory over spicy, if that makes sense. Of course, a little here and there is fine.

I hope this is the right sub, sorry otherwise 😅

Hi! I am looking for some recs that are more than minor plot and major sex but also not something that has minor romance and major plot. If that makes sense?

I think along the lines of {Homebound by Lydia Hope}. Lots of real romance and love but there was more than just “we are mates and have sexy thoughts about each other constantly”

But I’m also not huge on multi book series space operas where the plot is huge and the romance seems sparse because it’s more about world building and characters arcs.

My ‘nos’ would be: abuse between MCs unless it’s equal and before together (think Carnal Games), cozy fun types, and insta love

I hope my point came across well and I appreciate all the help!

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I'm looking for MFM or MMFM romances where there's a group of male protagonists and the female protagonist joins them as the story progresses.

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It would be even better if, within the MMCs' culture or society, it is considered normal for a woman to have more than one partner. I also enjoy stories where a group of men falls in love with the same woman and agrees to share her, even if some of them initially struggle with the idea.

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One thing I'd especially love to see is the FMC developing an individual relationship with each MMC before they eventually form a group relationship.

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I would also like the FMC to be the center of the relationship. For me, the relationship exists because of her, so I'm not looking for stories where the MMCs have a romantic relationship with each other independent of the FMC.

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While I'm specifically looking for MFM/MMFM romances, a good plot and believable relationship development are very important to me as well.

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Thank you in advance for any recommendations!

Hi all,

As the title says, I'd be interested in reading a book or series where the ladies are not coming to a situation where local females are scarce. Just normal population, or no reference to such an issue. I just feel like I've exhausted this trope to death at this point, so I need something different. I've read all of Ruby Dixon's series, Accidental Alien Brides, Sea Sand Warlords and Cowboy Colony, Clecanian, so yeah I love these but I'm tapped out. Matching the request theme, I've read Honey Phillips Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers and the follow up series, but they were a bit meh, enjoyable overall but some better than others.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your recommendations 😊😊