Essays
Nurse Novels, by Bill Casey
Southwest Review 1964; 49(4):332-341.
I hope I will not be accused of an attempt to overstimulate
when I announce that I have discovered a new literary genre. It is the Nurse
Novel, and if sheer numbers mean anything, it is moving right up there with the
Western and the Mystery as a type. The day I discovered it, I bought two dozen
titles in a single magazine shop, at a total cost of $9.95. I have tried to
keep any resentment out of the report that follows.
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Ring for the Nurse, by Susannah Clark

This is actually how I found vintage nurse romance novels, a very niche sector of the romance novel that was widely popular in the 1960s. Indeed, most romance publishing houses, even Harlequin, had a special catalog of nursing titles. Possibly a thousand or more of these books were published up through the 1970s, when they fell out of favor. I was so captivated by their antiquated charm that I now own more than 500 nurse novels, perhaps the largest collection in the world. I've even reviewed more than 325 for my blog, Vintage Nurse Romance Novels. ...
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