Best Historical Fantasy Books of 2025
Here are the books our readers have hailed as the best of 2025. One of these captivating literary gems might just become your new favorite. Don't miss out on these must-read treasures!
The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 1
(The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride #1 / 7)
Release date: March 25, 2025
My Happy Marriage 05
(My Happy Marriage #5 / 5)
Category: Fantasy, Manga, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Slow Burn Romance, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: April 1, 2025
Adoringly, Edward
(Letters to Love #5 / 5)
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Closed Door Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: March 7, 2025
The Marked Queen
(Legends of Coralia #4 / 4)
by Kate Jenkins
Category: Fantasy, Magical Realism, High Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Adult, LGBTQ+, Epic Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Release date: May 10, 2025
The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 3
(The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride #3 / 7)
Release date: July 29, 2025
The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 4
(The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride #4 / 7)
Release date: September 30, 2025
The Hedgehog and the Spinster
(The Shifter Season #9 / 9)
Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Paranormal Fantasy, Regency, Romance
Release date: June 10, 2025
The Wildcat and the Rogue
(The Shifter Season #8 / 9)
Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Paranormal Fantasy, Regency, Romance
Release date: March 6, 2025
Mundane Mornings & Enchanted Evenings
(The Enchanted Woods Cottagecore Collection #8 / 11)
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Jane Austen Retellings, Fairy Tale Retellings, Slow Burn Romance, Retellings, Romance
Release date: August 14, 2025
The Cherry Trees of Rosings
(The Lizzy Darcy Chronicles)
by Morgan Blake
Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Regency, Jane Austen Retellings, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance, Humor
Release date: October 30, 2025
Romanced by the Orc
(Regency Monster Romances #2 / 2)
by Jenna Larkin
Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: June 30, 2025
Seduced in Sleepy Hollow
(Time for Monsters)
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Adult, Monster Romance, Halloween Fiction, Retellings, Holiday/Seasonal, Romance
Release date: October 10, 2025
How to Survive a Fairy Bargain
(Fairies and Familiars #2 / 3)
Category: Fantasy, Fairies, Historical Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Fairy Tale Retellings, Retellings, Romance
Release date: October 7, 2025
The Beast Curse
(Calatini Tales #6 / 7)
Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Regency, Fairy Tale Retellings, Romantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: August 26, 2025
The Banished
(The Fae of the Crystal Palace)
Category: Fantasy, Steampunk, Historical Fantasy, Fae, Slow Burn Romance, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery
Release date: September 23, 2025
The Ugly Stepsister
(Unfinished Fairy Tales #1 / 3)
by Arisa May
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fairies, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Retellings, Romance
Release date: January 31, 2025
Traitor
(Tales of the Mystics #2 / 2)
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: March 11, 2025
Fury of the Dragon’s Maiden
by D.F. Jones
Category: Fantasy, Dragons, Historical Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Romantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: April 8, 2025
Upon a Starlit Tide
by Kell Woods
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Dark Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fae, Fairy Tale Retellings, Retellings, Romance
Release date: February 18, 2025
The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 2
(The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride #2 / 7)
Release date: May 27, 2025
The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 5
(The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride #5 / 7)
Release date: November 11, 2025
Dreams and Dragon Wings
(Clean Fairytales for Adults)
Category: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Medieval, Romantasy, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: September 16, 2025
The Austen Affair
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Regency, Jane Austen Retellings, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance, Time Travel
Release date: September 16, 2025
Calanthir – The Wyrm of Pemberley
Category: Fantasy, Dragons, Historical Fantasy, Regency, Jane Austen Retellings, Slow Burn Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: April 19, 2025
The Sea-Bear's Wife
(Regency Magic Faerie Tales #7 / 8)
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fantasy, Fae, Regency, Fairy Tale Retellings, Cozy Fantasy, No Spice Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: October 14, 2025
On the Wright Path
(World Wrights #2 / 2)
by Maria Grace
Category: Fantasy, Steampunk, Historical Fantasy, Slow Burn Romance, Gaslamp Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: June 25, 2025
The Season of Dragons
Category: Fantasy, Dragons, Historical Fantasy, Regency, Jane Austen Retellings, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: February 14, 2025
Icy Betrayals
(Elemental Web Chronicles #5 / 5)
by Anne Renwick
Category: Fantasy, Steampunk, Historical Fantasy, Adult, Romantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: July 17, 2025
The Curse of Briarwood
(A Haunted Season Cozy Gothic Mystery-Romances)
by E.B. Wheeler
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Cozy Mystery, Regency, Fairy Tale Retellings, Gaslamp Fantasy, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery
Release date: July 25, 2025
The Painter's Muse
Release date: June 7, 2025
The Golden Ring
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Slow Burn Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: June 26, 2025
A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence
(The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven #2 / 2)
Category: Fantasy, Vampires, Historical Fantasy, Novella, Cozy Fantasy, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: September 29, 2025
Lady Hermione and the Headless Horseman
by RJ Steele
Category: Fantasy, Short Stories, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Regency, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: October 16, 2025
A Magical Entanglement
by KH Silver
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Regency, Jane Austen Retellings, Slow Burn Romance, Retellings, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: December 6, 2025
A Holiday House Party
Category: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Fae, Regency, Winter Fiction, Christmas Fiction, Romantasy, Cozy Fantasy, No Spice Romance, Holiday/Seasonal, Historical Fiction, Romance
Release date: November 19, 2025
