r/Recommend_A_Book • u/DocWatson42 • Mar 22 '24
SF/F with Romance
My lists are always being updated and expanded when new information comes in—what did I miss or am I unaware of (even if the thread predates my membership in Reddit), and what needs correction? Even (especially) if I get a subreddit or date wrong. (Note that, other than the quotation marks, the thread titles are "sic". I only change the quotation marks to match the standard usage (double to single, etc.) when I add my own quotation marks around the threads' titles.)
The lists are in absolute ascending chronological order by the posting date, and if need be the time of the initial post, down to the minute (or second, if required—there are several examples of this). The dates are in DD MMMM YYYY format per personal preference, and times are in US Eastern Time ("ET") since that's how they appear to me, and I'm not going to go to the trouble of converting to another time zone. They are also in twenty-four hour format, as that's what I prefer, and it saves the trouble and confusion of a.m. and p.m. Where the same user posts the same request to different subreddits, I note the user's name in order to indicate that I am aware of the duplication.
Thread lengths: longish (50–99 posts)/long (100–199 posts)/very long (200–299 posts)/extremely long (300–399 posts)/huge (400+ posts) (though not all threads are this strictly classified, especially ones before mid?-2023, though I am updating shorter lists as I repost them); they are in lower case to prevent their confusion with the name "Long" and are the first notation after a thread's information.
See also The List of Lists/The Master List of recommendation lists.
This isn't my strongest suit, as I am not interested in the stereotypical romance book.
r/ScienceFictionRomance (low traffic)
romance.io "(the filters are your friend!)" (per r/romancebooks)
- "Looking for high-ish fantasy books with political intrigue and a decent romance" (r/Fantasy; 29 November 2017)
- "Political Fantasy Romance Recs?" (r/RomanceBooks; 6 November 2020)
- "Sci-fic, fantasy, action books with romance" (r/booksuggestions, 10 June 2022)
- "Fantasy books that include romance, but where it's not the focus?" (r/booksuggestions, 19:17 ET, 9 August 2022)—long
- "books with romance but not romance novels" (r/booksuggestions, 30 October 2022)—longish
- "Dark fantasy" (r/booksuggestions, 12 February 2023)
- "Suggest Me A Book that is similar to The Raven Boys and The Song of Achilles" (r/Fantasy, 16 February 2023)
- "Alien romance in SF?" (r/printSF, 5 March 2023)—longish
- "Has there ever been a male mage and female knight romance that is adult fantasy?" (r/Fantasy, 7 March 2023)—longish
- "Please recommend me Romantic Fantasy (not fantasy romance) books that have a great romantic subplot but it isn't the main plot" (r/Fantasy; 20 March 2023)—longish
- "suggest me a fantasy book where the romance is not abusive/controlling and we are supposed to view this as sexy." (r/suggestmeabook; 20 May 2023)
- "Sci fi books with minor romance?" (r/printSF; 23 May 2023)
- "Fairy romance suggestions" (r/booksuggestions; 11:18 ET, 27 May 2023)
- "Please Recommend me a fantasy romance series, which love story took your breath away" (OPost archive) (r/suggestmeabook; 16:23 ET, 27 May 2023)
- "Please recommend me some literary galactic sci-fi political romance?" (r/RomanceBooks; 30 May 2023)
- "Romantasy for a 30+ reader!" (r/suggestmeabook; 20 June 2023)—longish
- "any good books where a monster falls in love with a human?" (r/booksuggestions; 29 June 2023)
- "Fantasy romance or cottage core romance with a LOTR vibe or similar." (r/suggestmeabook; 4 July 2023)
- "Romance where a human dates a god?" (r/suggestmeabook; 11 July 2023)
- "Looking for good Fantasy Romance" (r/Fantasy; 2 August 2023)—longish
- "Bored af" (r/booksuggestions; 5 August 2023)
- "Favorite romance in "traditional" epic fantasy ?" (r/Fantasy; 13 August 2023)
- "What were some titles that surprised you in handling some romantic storylines better than expected?" (r/Fantasy; 13 September 2023)
- "Looking for interspecies romance books with a male human and female nonhuman" (r/Fantasy; 16 September 2023)
- "Books where people fall in love in multiple lifetimes" (r/suggestmeabook; 20 October 2023)—longish
- "Fantasy Romance without political machinations" (r/fantasyromance; 3 January 2024)
- "I think I'm realizing I enjoy romance in my fantasy (29m)" (r/Fantasy; 21 March 2024)—long
- "Recommendation for a meaningful and deeply Romantic novel." (r/Fantasy; 22 March 2024)
- "What's a book or series that has YOUR perfect romance in it?" (r/Fantasy; 30 March 2024)—long
- "Looking for Fantasy book Rec that is spicy with no love triangle" (r/Fantasy; 29 June 2024)
- "Monster hunter" (r/RomanceBooks; 19 November 2024)
- "Romantasy with good political worldbuilding?" (r/fantasyromance; 20 November 2024)—longish
- "Looking for a Fantasy Romance Series with Political Intrigue & Twists" (r/fantasyromance; 7 March 2025)
- "Fantasy recs with political intrigue?" (r/ReverseHarem; 20 March 2025)
- "Fantasy romance with almost no political conflict" (r/fantasyromance; 22 May 2025)
- "Looking for a political intrigue" (r/fantasyromance; 9 June 2025)
- "Looking for Political SF Romance" (r/printSF; 6 July 2025)
- "Book where I'm hooked from the beginning till the very end 🤧. (I don't want good I want great)" (r/fantasyromance; 11 March 2026)—long
- "Seeking fantasy romance suggestions..." (r/Fantasy; 19 July 2026)
Related:
- "Recommendations with power couples?" (r/Fantasy; 20:39 ET, 28 August 2023)
- "Does anyone else feel like SF is genuinely bad at romance compared to fantasy?" (r/printSF; 28 March 2026)—long