What is the best romantasy book of all time?

Dragon riders, faerie courts and enemies-to-lovers slow burns collide in a genre that has taken over bookshelves and BookTok alike. Tried-and-true classics face off against the newest obsessions, so which spell has you hooked?

1. 1
   Fourth Wing

   Rebecca Yarros's 2023 phenomenon about a frail cadet surviving a deadly dragon-rider war college.
   1000pts
2. 2
   A Court of Thorns and Roses

   Sarah J. Maas's 2015 Beauty-and-the-Beast retelling that launched the modern romantasy boom with faerie courts and a slow-burn romance.
   999pts
3. 3
   Quicksilver

   Callie Hart's 2024 spicy romantasy following a woman who must navigate a deadly world with a dangerous warrior.
   694pts
4. 4
   Throne of Glass

   Sarah J. Maas's 2012 series opener following assassin Celaena Sardothien as she competes to become the king's champion.
   513pts
5. 5
   The Cruel Prince

   Holly Black's 2018 faerie court intrigue starring a mortal girl in a ruthless fae kingdom and the prince she hates.
   513pts
6. 6
   Daughter of the Moon Goddess

   Sue Lynn Tan's 2022 Chinese mythology-inspired debut about Xingyin and her forbidden love for the Celestial prince.
   513pts
7. 7
   House of Earth and Blood

   Sarah J. Maas's 2020 urban fantasy romance that opens the Crescent City series.
   434pts
8. 8
   Uprooted

   Naomi Novik's 2015 Nebula-winning fairy-tale romance between a young woman and a dragon wizard.
   434pts
9. 9
   Iron Flame

   Rebecca Yarros's 2023 sequel to Fourth Wing, raising the stakes at Basgiath War College.
   434pts
10. 10
    Kingdom of the Wicked

    Kerri Maniscalco's 2020 dark romantasy in which a witch investigates her twin's murder and bargains with a prince of Hell.
    342pts
11. 11
    Powerless

    Lauren Roberts's 2023 BookTok hit about an ordinary girl who fights in a deadly trial against powered elites.
    342pts
12. 12
    The Bridge Kingdom

    Danielle L. Jensen's 2018 enemies-to-lovers story of a princess sent as a spy into the kingdom of her enemy.
    342pts
13. 13
    From Blood and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout's 2020 tale of a Maiden forbidden from being touched who falls for her sworn protector.
    233pts
14. 14
    The Serpent and the Wings of Night

    Carissa Broadbent's 2022 story of a human girl raised by the Nightborn vampire king who enters a deadly tournament.
    233pts
15. 15
    Divine Rivals

    Rebecca Ross's 2023 epistolary romance between rival journalists writing to each other across a war between gods.
    233pts
16. 16
    Kushiel's Dart

    Jacqueline Carey's 2001 epic fantasy of courtesan-spy Phedre and an alternate Renaissance Europe, a foundational romantasy.
    233pts

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