10 Best Romantasy Series (With Reading Order)

Romantasy (romance + fantasy) is the genre everyone is talking about: magic, dangerous courts, high stakes and a love story at the center. The best part is the series. Once you're hooked, there are several books waiting. Here are the romantasy series we recommend most, with the reading order for each. Every title linked below is on our shelves as a new or condition-graded pre-loved copy.

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A huntress kills a wolf in the woods and is taken into the faerie lands as payment. This is the series that made romantasy a phenomenon.

Reading order:

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. A Court of Mist and Fury
3. A Court of Wings and Ruin
4. A Court of Frost and Starlight (novella)
5. A Court of Silver Flames

Tip: if book 1 feels slow, keep going. Most fans say book 2 is where they fell in love with the series.

2. The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros

A war college for dragon riders where cadets die in training and the romance is strictly enemies-to-lovers.

1. Fourth Wing
2. Iron Flame
3. Onyx Storm

Loved it? See our list of books like Fourth Wing.

3. Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas

Maas's adult urban fantasy: angels, shifters and fae in a modern city, with a murder mystery at the start.

1. House of Earth and Blood
2. House of Sky and Breath
3. House of Flame and Shadow

4. Fae & Alchemy by Callie Hart

A desert-city thief with hidden powers is thrown into the world of the fae. Long, steamy and very bingeable.

1. Quicksilver
2. Brimstone

5. Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Poppy is the Maiden, chosen by the gods and kept apart from everyone, until the guard assigned to protect her changes everything.

1. From Blood and Ash
2. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

6. The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig

A gothic, atmospheric duology built around a mysterious forest, magic cards and a cursed kingdom. Short, lush and complete in two books.

1. One Dark Window
2. Two Twisted Crowns

Gillig's newer series starts with The Knight and the Moth, followed by The Knave and the Moon.

7. Hades x Persephone by Scarlett St. Clair

A modern retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, set in a world where the Greek gods live among mortals.

1. A Touch of Darkness
2. A Touch of Ruin
3. A Touch of Malice

Want Hades's side of the story? Try A Game of Fate and A Game of Retribution.

8. The Wolves of Ruin by Sable Sorensen

Brutal military trials, a bonded direwolf and a heroine fighting to save her sister. One of the best picks for readers coming from Fourth Wing.

1. Dire Bound
2. Fury Bound

9. The Lightlark Saga by Alex Aster

Rulers of cursed realms gather for a deadly contest that happens once every hundred years. A great pick for younger romantasy readers.

1. Lightlark
2. Nightbane
3. Skyshade

10. Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Evangeline Fox makes a bargain with the Prince of Hearts to stop the man she loves from marrying someone else. Fairy-tale magic with a darker edge.

1. Once Upon a Broken Heart

Garber's earlier series begins with Caraval.

Just want one book to start with?

Try one of these first books: The Serpent and the Wings of Night (vampire tournament, slow burn), The Cruel Prince (a mortal girl in a cruel faerie court), or The Bridge Kingdom (a spy bride sent to destroy her husband's kingdom).

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