The Drowning Empire: Similar romance series

The Tawny Man

by Robin Hobb

4.38 · 190 ratings

epic · high-fantasy · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · paranormal · dragons · sword-sorcery · assassins · female-author · male-mc · historical · magic · animals · lgbtq · medieval · friendship · heroic-fantasy · politics · political-intrigue

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The Poppy War

by R.F. Kuang

4.29 · 225 ratings

book · myths · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · poc-mc · high-fantasy · historical · historical-fiction · dark-fantasy · asian-mc · epic · dark · new-adult · young-adult · poc-author · audiobook · action-adventure · war · grim-dark

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The Realm of the Elderlings

by Robin Hobb

4.18 · 959 ratings

fiction · epic · fantasy · magic · high-fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · paranormal · female-author · book · dragons · medieval · young-adult · sword-sorcery · historical · animals · heroic-fantasy · lgbtq · dark · coming-of-age

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The Riyria Revelations

by Michael J. Sullivan

4.34 · 356 ratings

historical · magic · fae · paranormal · political-intrigue · audiobook · high-fantasy · outlaws · medieval · friendship · fantasy · fiction · action-adventure · dark · epic · sword-sorcery · assassins · historical-fiction · dark-fantasy · male-mc

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The Bone Witch

by Rin Chupeco

4.04 · 117 ratings

high-fantasy · monsters · lgbtq · poc-mc · witches-wizards · action-adventure · fantasy · mystery · fiction · dark · demons · dark-fantasy · female-author · horror · magic · romance · book · poc-author · supernatural · necromancy

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Three Dark Crowns

by Kendare Blake

3.92 · 263 ratings

royalty · young-adult · romance · poc-author · book · audiobook · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · high-fantasy · siblings · family · magic · epic · dark · supernatural · witches-wizards · dystopia · friendship · female-mc

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Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage

by Mercedes Lackey

4.28 · 149 ratings

fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · high-fantasy · animals · lgbtq · magic · epic · horses · mlm · young-adult · romance · audiobook · paranormal · medieval · female-author · historical · classics · angst · supernatural

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Girls of Paper and Fire

by Natasha Ngan

3.88 · 110 ratings

wlw · audiobook · dystopia · paranormal · lesbian-mc · supernatural · young-adult · romance · book · poc-author · magic · demons · epic · asian-mc · poc-mc · fantasy · fiction · high-fantasy · lgbtq · myths

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Something Dark and Holy

by Emily A. Duncan

3.62 · 93 ratings

enemies-to-lovers · paranormal · audiobook · multi-pov · myths · book · gothic · romance · young-adult · supernatural · dark · violent-conflict · magic · dark-fantasy · horror · lgbtq · war · gods · high-fantasy · fiction

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Valdemar: Mage Winds

by Mercedes Lackey

4.11 · 119 ratings

paranormal · epic · magic · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · literary · heroic-fantasy · audiobook · book · romance · royalty · young-adult · classics · horses · sword-sorcery · historical · female-author · animals · lgbtq

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Camelot Rising

by Kiersten White

3.78 · 88 ratings

audiobook · myths · paranormal · young-adult · fae · arthurian · book · romance · historical · magic · historical-fiction · retellings · action-adventure · fantasy · fiction · medieval · witches-wizards · lgbtq · high-fantasy · dragons

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The Shadow Campaigns

by Django Wexler

4.10 · 197 ratings

military · historical · adult · magic · epic · violent-conflict · fiction · fantasy · high-fantasy · lgbtq · war · flintlock · book · male-author · action-adventure · political-intrigue · female-mc · industrial-era · steampunk · audiobook

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Ash

by Malinda Lo

3.71 · 82 ratings

audiobook · paranormal · lesbian-mc · young-adult · book · female-author · magic · poc-mc · fiction · fantasy · high-fantasy · lgbtq · wlw · myths · feminism · coming-of-age · fae · supernatural · fairy-tale · romance

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Book of the Ancestor

by Mark Lawrence

4.24 · 172 ratings

epic · fiction · fantasy · book · dark-fantasy · dark · grim-dark · audiobook · dystopia · magic · high-fantasy · wlw · paranormal · coming-of-age · lesbian-mc · political-intrigue · young-adult · male-author · assassins · female-mc

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Tensorate

by Neon Yang

3.89 · 121 ratings

poc-mc · fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · lgbtq · epic · book · high-fantasy · steampunk · industrial-era · historical · magic · asian-mc · young-adult · poc-author · myths · non-binary-mc · paranormal · audiobook · trans-mc

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