Collection of novels set in a fantasy world with a core story built around romance.

In particular, this list welcomes stories with strong relationship-building or characters who discover love in unexpected places while on one of those death(destiny)-defying quests we all love in Epic Fantasy.


Please note: The list is not meant to include books in the Urban Fantasy/Paranormal genres, teen-school fluff romances, or books in which the love story/romance is a minor sideplot.
(They can be fun reads too, but there are many such lists out there already!)

For series: Please add the first book only, or the one book that's the best example for this list.
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message 1: by Danna (new)

Danna I do not think Howl's Castle desserves the title, though. But The idea of the list is brilliant!


message 2: by Becky (new)

Becky I love the idea of this list, but unfortuantely I haven't read any of these titles :(


message 3: by Deb (new)

Deb I've only read one and seen the movie of one other (guess). So, I don't feel qualified to vote. I guess I should add some of these to my to-read list.


message 4: by new_user (new)

new_user This list is sadly short. ;_;


message 5: by Loreley (new)

Loreley removed some paranormal romance titles


message 6: by Elias (new)

Elias The Grisha Trilogy is kind of teen fluff. Also, Ella Enchanted is a retelling and not proper epic fantasy.


message 7: by Loreley (new)

Loreley cleaned up the list a bit


message 8: by Micka22 (new)

Micka22 checked


message 9: by Gloriana (new)

Gloriana I would add the Lord of the Rings to the list, but not sure if it would be accepted... you could argue that the romance between Aragorn and Arwen is a "sub-plot," but it really underlies a lot of Aragorn's motivation. Their romance drives a lot of plot along and thus I think a good case could be made for this book.


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