Romantasy Series, in Reading Order

by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

The indie bully-romance juggernaut: twin heiresses, four cruel heirs, and nine books of escalating war. Complete, and the cliffhangers are legendary for a reason.

by Sarah J. Maas

Maas before ACOTAR: an assassin, a stolen crown, and a series that grows from YA competition fantasy into a full-scale epic. Complete since 2018.

by Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas's fae saga is the series that turned an entire generation of readers into romantasy people. Five books out, with book six landing October 27, 2026.

by Chloe Walsh

Chloe Walsh's Irish new adult saga set at Tommen College, where rugby is religion and every love story comes with a broken family attached. Six books, one continuous timeline, and BookTok's favorite emotional damage.

by Cassandra Clare

Urban paranormal fantasy following Clary as she discovers a hidden world of demon hunters and supernatural politics. The series blends action, mystery, and romance across a richly detailed magical New York.

by A.K. Caggiano

A fantasy romance series featuring enemies-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine, forced proximity, and slow-burn romance. Set in the realm of Yvlcon, following a dark lord and a bubbly thief whose destinies become irrevocably entangled.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer L. Armentrout's epic about a veiled Maiden who refuses to stay on her pedestal. Six books out, one to go, plus a prequel quartet that stops being optional.

by Raven Kennedy

A dark paranormal romance exploring captivity, obsession, and forbidden desire. This spicy series follows a woman held prisoner by a powerful supernatural being in increasingly revealing circumstances.

by Elise Kova

A paranormal romance series where a woman is bound by fae magic to an elf king she must marry. Political intrigue, paranormal danger, and slow-burn romance unfold across multiple worlds.

by Tamora Pierce

by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing's dragon-rider war college made Rebecca Yarros the biggest name in romantasy. Three books of a planned five are out, with a story collection landing September 2026.

by Penn Cole

by Marissa Meyer

Sci-fi fairy tale retellings set in a futuristic world with cyborgs, androids, and a lunar queen. Multiple interconnected stories weave together paranormal elements, romance, and destiny.

by Carissa Broadbent

Carissa Broadbent's vampire tournament romance kicked off the Crowns of Nyaxia universe: three planned duets under one goddess, with four books out so far.

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

by Tracy Wolff

A human transfers to an elite paranormal academy where dragons, witches, and shapeshifters roam. She navigates a dangerous new world where she's hunted by the most powerful supernatural being alive.

by Scarlett St. Clair

A spicy mythology retelling where Hades, God of the Underworld, becomes obsessed with a mortal woman. The series explores dark paranormal romance with Greek mythology reimagined in a modern paranormal setting.

by Renee Ahdieh

by Sabaa Tahir

by Ruby Dixon

Ruby Dixon's blue alien fated-mates comfort reads: abducted women, a frozen planet, and one devoted seven-foot barbarian per book. The main run is complete at 22 installments.

by Stephenie Meyer

A paranormal romance saga where a human girl falls for a vampire in a small Pacific Northwest town. The series blends paranormal danger, forbidden love, and supernatural conflict.

by Lisette Marshall

by Sarah Hawley

Sarah Hawley's dark fae trilogy: a human servant dragged into an underground Fae kingdom, six deadly trials, and a rebellion that turns into civil war.

by Abigail Owen

Modern Greek gods run a deadly contest for the throne of Olympus, and Hades picks a cursed mortal as his champion.

by Stephanie Garber

by Sarah J. Maas

Urban paranormal fantasy set in a sprawling city where humans, fae, demons, and other supernatural beings coexist. Follow Bryce Quinlan as she navigates danger, mystery, and her own hidden destiny.

by Kristin Cashore

A fantasy series set in interconnected kingdoms where some people are born with extraordinary abilities called Gracelings. The books weave together adventure, subtle romance, and complex magic systems.

by Holly Black

Dark faerie politics and mortals caught in the machinations of immortal beings. Jude must navigate assassination plots and courtly intrigue to claim her place in the treacherous High Court.

by Lauren Palphreyman

A human princess taken north by a werewolf alpha as leverage in a war between men and wolves. Three books, finale due 2027.

by Kerri Maniscalco

A witch summons a prince of Hell to help her avenge her sister's murder. This dark paranormal mystery series weaves together witches, demons, and a dangerous attraction that could change everything.

by Leigh Bardugo

An orphan with a rare magical power is thrust into a war between darkness and light. The trilogy explores her journey as she discovers her true potential and navigates dangerous romantic entanglements.

by Kerri Maniscalco

A dark paranormal romance featuring morally gray princes and hidden agendas in a world of witches and demons. This companion series expands the mythology with new perspectives and dangerous magic.

by Leigh Bardugo

by Veronica Roth

A dystopian trilogy where society is divided into factions based on personality traits. Tris discovers she is Divergent, making her dangerous to the rigid system and forcing her to survive deadly trials.

by Ursula K. Le Guin

by Robin Hobb

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

A dark paranormal romance set in a world where a woman must navigate forbidden desire with a powerful Atlantian warrior. The series blends supernatural politics, passion, and shocking revelations.

by Natasha Ngan

by Fonda Lee

by Robin Hobb

by Stephanie Garber

A dark paranormal romance where a woman makes a dangerous deal with a mysterious fae cursemaker. Fate, lies, and a morally gray hero collide in this twisted fairy tale.

by Susan Ee

by Robin Hobb

by Cassandra Clare

A paranormal trilogy set in Victorian London following shadowhunters battling supernatural creatures. Dark paranormal romance, clockwork angels, and paranormal mystery blend in this gothic fantasy.

by Leigh Bardugo

A paranormal heist series following six dangerous criminals on an impossible mission. The duology combines paranormal elements with intricate plotting and slow-burn paranormal romance.

by Keri Lake

Dark gothic fantasy romance trilogy that begins when a woman is cast into a forest nobody returns from.

by T. Kingfisher

Fantasy romances about ordinary people who end up owning enchanted blades with immortal warriors trapped inside.

by Rachel Gillig

Gothic duology following Sybil Delling, a cathedral Diviner, and the knight who drags her out into a kingdom ruled by six false gods.

by Stacia Stark

by Danielle J. Jensen

by L.J. Andrews

Sea fae, pirate kings and stolen royals in the waters beyond the Broken Kingdoms.

by Saara El-Arifi

Two elven sisters stumble into a fae world the elves believed was long dead. Sapphic fantasy romance, complete in three books.

by Lauren Roberts

by Sarah A. Parker

A dark fantasy featuring dragon bonds and ancient magic in a richly detailed world. Enemies-to-lovers romance and epic stakes unfold across this series.

by H.D. Carlton

by Shelby Mahurin

A witch hiding among witch hunters is forced into marriage with one to keep her secret. Dark paranormal romance blends religious intrigue, forbidden desire, and epic world-spanning conflict.

by Danielle Jensen

by Chloe Gong

A Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai amid gang rivalries and a mysterious plague. Enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance with Chinese mythology and atmospheric worldbuilding.

by Briar Boleyn

Dark academia with vampires and dragons, following a half-fae student thrown into a vampire-run school.

by Lucy Score

by Jessie Mihalik

Fairytale-flavoured duology about Riela, a mage with more power than training, and Garrick, the Silver King.

by Olivie Blake

Dark academia paranormal fantasy following six exceptional students competing for acceptance into an elite paranormal library. The series explores paranormal ambition, secrets, and forbidden paranormal romance.

by Brigid Kemmerer

A girl with paranormal magic is pulled into a curse that traps a paranormal prince and his kingdom. Fantasy and paranormal romance blend as they fight to break the dark spell.

by E.L.B. Smith

E.L.B. Smith's two-book fated-mates romantasy: a woman freed from a vampire's captivity, a wolf Alpha and a warlock who both claim her, and the war that follows.

by Elise Kova

Tarot-based magic, a prison break, and a fake engagement to a prince at a school for arcanists.

by Veronica Roth

A sci-fi duology featuring psychic abilities called gifts and a paranormal magic system. Two teens from opposing sides of a brutal conflict develop a dangerous connection that could change everything.

by Brigitte Knightley

An assassin and a healer from enemy orders are forced to work together. Very slow burn, very funny.

by Amber Nicole

by Leigh Bardugo

A paranormal fantasy following Nikolai Lantsov as he battles demons, dark magic, and his own haunted past. Political intrigue, paranormal horror, and forbidden desire converge in this duology.

by Adrienne Young

by Callie Hart

Callie Hart's Quicksilver dragged half of BookTok into the Fae and Alchemy trilogy in a single winter. Two books are out; the finale is still ahead.

by A.K. Larkwood

by V.E. Schwab

by Devney Perry

An overlooked princess is married off to a monster-hunting prince in a land overrun by beasts. Planned trilogy.

by Dani Francis

Dystopian romantasy about a psychic hiding inside the military programme built to hunt people like her.

by Elizabeth Lim

by Thea Guanzon

Light magic against shadow magic, and a political marriage between two people who started out trying to kill each other. Trilogy.

by Sarah Beth Durst

Cozy fantasy novels set in one shared world of island gardens, talking plants and small illegal acts of magic.

by Holly Black

Holly Black's duology set after The Folk of the Air: Suren and Prince Oak, told first from her side and then from his.

by Kendare Blake

Three supernatural sisters with paranormal gifts must fight to the death for the throne. Dark paranormal magic, intrigue, and deadly prophecy drive this sister-against-sister fantasy duology.