---
title: "Romantic Fantasy Books"
description: "Browse award-recognized romantic fantasy books with examples, counts, and a filtered app link."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/subgenres/romantic-fantasy/"
---

# Romantic Fantasy Books

Fantasy where a romance arc is central but the fantasy plot/world remains structurally important.

- **matching books:** 19
- **recognitions:** 20
- **winner records:** 4
- **award years:** 2002-2025
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open Romantic Fantasy in the interactive browser](/?subgenres=romantic-fantasy)

## Representative Books

- **House of Sky and Breath** by Sarah J\. Maas - 4.42 average rating, 884,341 ratings, 1 recognitions, 1 wins, published 2022
- **The ​Crown of Gilded Bones** by Jennifer L\. Armentrout - 4.15 average rating, 475,134 ratings, 1 recognitions, 0 wins, published 2021

## Related Links

- [Browse all subgenre pages](/subgenres/)
- [Romantasy books](/subgenres/romantasy/)
- [Paranormal Romance books](/subgenres/paranormal-romance/)
- [Fairytale Fantasy books](/subgenres/fairytale-fantasy/)
- [Read the browser guide](/guide/)
- [Browse award pages](/awards/)

## Goodreads Genre Reference

[View Romantic Fantasy on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/romantic-fantasy)

Reference link only; this site's subgenre assignments come from the local controlled taxonomy.