Updates from Romantasy Illustrated Magazine

Hi Romantasy Insiders!

We apologize for our absence here on The Blog, but don't fret, we have A LOT of content coming your way very soon. We are talking DOZENS of Exclusive First Looks into upcoming book releases, Author Interviews, Art Reveals, and even some new Guest Writers and regular Columnists.

2025 was a BIG year for Romantasy Illustrated, collectively we created 776 pages of content (IN the magazine), featured 1,293 books, 861 authors, 4 musicians/bands, 73 artists, 22 creators and 19 events. We also gained 9,347 new friends and made 624 posts on social media, gaining more than 8,000,000 impressions. We have now shipped to 39 different states, Texas, California and New York are still our top states and shipped to 6 contries including Canda, United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand and Austrilia!

Our TOP 25 Reads of 2025 were the Following:

(and no this isn't ranked!)

1. Warrior Princess Assassin, Brigid Kemmerer

2. The Dark One, Nikki St Crowe

3. Bonded by Thorns, Elizabeth Helen

4. Blood of Hercules, Jasmine Mas

5. Quicksilver, Callie Hart

6. Silver Elite, Dani Franis

7. Shield of Sparrows, Devney Perry

8. Reverse, Kate Stewart

9. Straw and Gold, Chelsey Ann Tompkins

10. We Who Will Die, Stacia Stark

11. A Sea of Vows & Silence, Whit Stanfield

12. Severed Heart, Kate Stewart

13. Filthy Rich Vampire, Geneva Lee

14. Lady of Darkness, Melissa K. Roehrich

15. Evermore, Miranda Lyn

16. All This Time, Harlow James

17. Splintered Kingdom, Gretchen Powell Fox

18. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

19. The Things Gods Break, Abigail Owen

20. Ballad of Whispers, KB Elizabeth

21. Well-Lit Shadows, Rebekah Andress

22. Dire Bound, Sable Sorensen

23. Accomplice To The Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer

24. On Wings Of Blood, Briar Boleyn

25. Exodus, Kate Stewart

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NOW the Important List...What The Romantasy Illustrated Team Plans to Read in 2026:

Our 26 for 2026 is the following (again NOT ranked!!). Yes, there are duplicate books in here as some Editors have selected titles for other members of the team to read.

1. The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Laurie Gilmore

2. The Ballad of Falling Dragons, Sarah A. Parker

3. Rites of the Starling, Devney Perry

4. Burn of the Everflame, Penn Cole

5. Beast and Thorn, Chelsey Ann Tompkins - BETA read and can't wait for its release!

6. Birds of a Feather, Kate Stewart

7. Metal Slinger, Rachel Schneider

8. Fury Bound, Sable Sorensen

9. The Wings That Bind, Briar Boleyn

10. King of Gluttony, Ana Huang

11. Dark & Darker Still, Nikki St. Crowe

12. Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson - Fantasy FanFellas Feature Coming Soon!

13. Psycho Shifters, Jasmine Mas

14. Lightlark, Alex Aster

15. Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry

16. The Fine Print, Lauren Asher

17. Lady of Darkness, Melissa K. Roehrich - 2/3 Editors have read!

18. Broken Dove, Dani Francis

19. Hollow, Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

20. Narnia, C.S. Lewis

21. Daughter of the Drowned Empire, Frankie Diane Mallis

22. King of Ravens, Clare Sager

23. Cowboy Casual, Holly Renee

24. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin

25. To Cage A Wild Bird, Brooke Fast

26. The Will Of The Many, James Islington

What We Can Continue To Promise MORE Of In 2026:

1. Looks to Books: These are some of our most successful and fun features for both social media and in the magaize. This feature is here to stay. It is one of our favorite ways to highlight new authors and discover new books, by yes, judging their covers (lols).

2. Book News: With every Volume that releases and every day that passes we make every effort to share all things Book & Publishing News. This could be celebrating an author going hybrid or trad, movie/tv show adaptations, casting updates, audio deals and more. We want to know it and we certainly want to share it with you all!

3. Author Interviews & Features: We will continue to bring you a variety of highlight aithors, in all stages of their career - whether a work-in-progress, debut, indie, hybrid or trad author we aim to represent all authors in all stages and offer diversity in the genres.

4. More Than Romantasy: While we ARE Romantasy Illustrated, those that look on our social media, website or even The Blog will know that we represent all genres that are escaping reality. One of our Editors favroite genres is Science Fiction and she brings all the Sci-Fi books into the mag and on our readers radar. We also feature a lot of romance, contemporary, classics, historical and even poetry. If you think your work isn't for us, you're probably wrong. Send it our way!

5. Romantasy is Real: This magazine is that fun escape, a snapshot of nostalgia to those 80's and 90's Vogue Magazines that we loved to display. This magazine will continue to be filled with real people, real artists, real muscians, and real words.

Thank you for being a part of the Romantasy Illustrated journey.

We are just getting started and you will want to be a part of this year.

Cheers,

The Editors