758 romantasy books, rated for heat
The best romantasy and fantasy romance, sorted by trope and rated for spice, so you know what's on the page before you start.
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Zora Ravenal joins the Crimson Army to bring down an empire and becomes a Knight Mage, the Commonwealth's answer to imperial storm magic. Then she is partnered with a Royal Mage who is far too interested in her. First half of the Unsurvivable Love duet, long on tension before it pays off.
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Romantasy is fantasy where the love story matters as much as the war. Take the romance out and the book falls apart. That is the test. A fantasy novel with a side romance is not romantasy, and neither is a romance with a sword on the cover.
The genre broke out on BookTok with A Court of Thorns and Roses and Fourth Wing, and now fills its own tables in bookshops. Most books share a few things: a world with real stakes, a slow pull between two people who should not want each other, and heat that ranges from a single kiss to scenes you would not read on a train.
Start with heat. It is the biggest reason readers put a book down. Our spice rating guide explains every level from 0 to 5, so you know what is on the page before you buy. Then pick a trope you already love. Enemies to lovers, fated mates and morally gray heroes are the big three.
If you are new, start with a finished series or a standalone. Nothing hurts like a cliffhanger with no release date. Our release calendar tracks upcoming books, and every series page shows the reading order and how the heat changes book by book.
All 758 books in the library have a heat rating, a summary and content warnings, and readers can vote on the heat themselves. Shelve what you want to read, track what you own, and talk endings in spoiler-safe discussions. It is free, and it is built by people who read far too much of this genre.
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