For the Romance Writers of America’s (RWA) RITA Award, there remains a single PNR category to cover all stories of this type. These are books that are Romances, with greater or lesser amounts of supernatural elements. With lower overhead, they were able to take chances on books that were neither strict Fantasy, with romantic elements of greater or lesser amounts, nor were they Paranormal Romance (PNR). It’s likely that the explosive growth of digital publishing by big publishing houses aided the rise of these initially cross-genre books. The most often cited works and series really kicked in around 2005-2010, and RT Book Reviews added the Fantasy Romance award category for the first time for the 2014 publishing year.

Scattered examples that are arguably Fantasy Romance can be identified from decades ago, but they were often shelved in other subgenres.

First off, the subgenre straddles two very large genres, both with long traditions and much-loved tropes. Putting together a list of recommended reads in Fantasy Romance posed some interesting challenges. Future recommendations will cover a wide range of SFF topics. Here is one such list from Jeffe Kennedy, who presents her recommendations on Fantasy Romance. In response, we’ve asked some authors for their suggestions. SFWA often receives requests from librarians, teachers, and readers for recommended reading lists related to subgenres of fantasy and science fiction.

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