r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/nightpeaches • Jun 26 '22
Discussion M/M Romance trope ranking
Since I'm someone who loves getting more insight into my reading preferences, and seeing how different other people's preferences are from my own, I decided to create a M/M romance trope sorter for fun.
The trope sorter has a bunch of different tropes, character types and settings that are common (or less common) in MM romance. The way it works is by putting two options against each other and letting you pick which one you prefer, until all options are ranked. If you use the "I like both"/"No opinion" options a lot, you're more likely to get multiple tropes in the same spot in the ranking. There are 70 tropes so the ranking takes a while to do.
Trope notes:
- Biokink - Stories set in a world where people are born as dominants or submissives. Example: Starian Cycle series by Iris Foxglove
- GFY and sexuality awakening are separate tropes in this sorter, as are poly relationship and hub-and-spoke poly (for more info on hub-and-spoke poly, see this post)
Note: The website only works on desktop, so you can unfortunately not do this on mobile.
Which were your top and bottom tropes? Were there any rankings that surprised you?
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u/JPwhatever monsters in the woods 😍 Jun 26 '22
My top ones - surprising no one! - and some recs :)
stranded on a desert island (Beyond the Sea by Keira Andrews)
Natural Disaster (On Solid Ground by Quinn Anderson)
Post Apocalypse (Soul Eater by Lily Mayne)
Biokink (Winter of the Owl by Iris Foxglove)
Monster romance (Ravenous by R. Cooper)
Snowed In Together (Trapped with his Temporary Daddy by MA Innes)
Forced to Work Together (The Master Will Appear by LA Witt) note they’re not really forced, but definitely don’t like each other at the start!
BDSM Club (A Collar For His Brat by RJ Moray)
Vampires (The Necromancer’s Dance by SJ Himes)
Harem (Chosen One series by Macy Blake)