Romantasy Books of the 2020s
The 205 most-read romantasy books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by Once Upon a Broken Heart (2021), Onyx Storm (2025) and Reckless (2024).
This list collects 205 books from the 2020s by 114 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
Onyx Storm
Rebecca Yarros
Reckless
Lauren Roberts
A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas
The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber
Her Soul to Take
Harley Laroux
Fearless
Lauren Roberts
Lightlark
Alex Aster
In Five Years
Rebecca Serle
House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas
The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent
Alchemised
SenLinYu
A Curse for True Love
Stephanie Garber
Rule of Wolves
Leigh Bardugo, LitJoy Crate
The Stolen Heir
Holly Black
Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
The Never King
Nikki St. Crowe
King of Battle and Blood
Scarlett St. Clair
A Touch Of Ruin
Scarlett St. Clair
Powerful
Lauren Roberts
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas
Her Soul for Revenge
Harley Laroux
Phantasma
Kaylie Smith
Death's Obsession
Avina St. Graves
When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A. Parker
Nightbane
Alex Aster
A Dawn of Onyx
Kate Golden
Daughter of No Worlds
Carissa Broadbent
A Game of Fate
Scarlett St. Clair
Zodiac Academy 6
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Soul of a Witch
Harley Laroux
The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent
A Touch of Malice
Scarlett St. Clair
Apprentice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
T. J. Klune
Zodiac Academy 5
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon
Zodiac Academy 4
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Queen of Myth and Monsters
Scarlett St. Clair
The book of Azrael
Amber V. Nicole
Zodiac Academy 7
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Immortal Consequences
I. V. Marie
The Dark One
Nikki St. Crowe
Their Vicious Darling
Nikki St. Crowe
Zodiac Academy 3
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
For the Wolf
Hannah Whitten
Taste of Gold and Iron
Alexandra Rowland
Daindreth's Assassin (Daindreth's Asassin #1)
Elisabeth Wheatley
Emerald Blaze
Ilona Andrews
Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Kingdom of Shadow and Light
Karen Marie Moning
A Game of Retribution
Scarlett St. Clair
A Promise of Peridot
Kate Golden
The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst
Zodiac Academy 8
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
The Rose Bargain
Sasha Peyton Smith
Feathers So Vicious
Liv Zander
Shield of Sparrows
Devney Perry
Starside
Alex Aster
The Midnight Bargain
C. L. Polk
Creation’s Captive
Melody Joanne
Enchantra
Kaylie Smith
All the Colours of Night
Jayne Ann Krentz
Wild Sign
Patricia Briggs
Far Wilder Magic
Allison Saft
A Touch of Chaos
Scarlett St. Clair
Immortal Angel
Lynsay Sands
Children of Fallen Gods
Carissa Broadbent
Six Scorched Roses
Carissa Broadbent
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
Carissa Broadbent
Girl, Goddess, Queen
Bea Fitzgerald
Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Wisteria
Adalyn Grace
The Courting of Bristol Keats
Mary E. Pearson
Down Comes the Night
Allison Saft
A Language of Dragons
S. F. Williamson
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Raven Kennedy, María Angulo Fernández
Crowntide
Alex Aster
Hunt on Dark Waters
Katee Robert
Mountains Made of Glass
Scarlett St. Clair
Reign of Rose
Kate Golden
House of the Beast
Michelle Wong
The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
Rites of the Starling
Devney Perry
Blood on the Tide
Katee Robert
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
Emily Krempholtz
Heartless
Gena Showalter
A Game of Gods
Scarlett St. Clair
Broken Fate
Willow Winters
Grim / Oro
Alex Aster
Mother of Death and Dawn
Carissa Broadbent
Savage Fae
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Zodiac Academy 9
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
The Hunting Moon
Susan Dennard