Adult Epic Fantasy ⚔️ with Little to No Romance
I've noticed most fantasy lists are saturated with YA and romantasy books, but some of us crave adult high-stakes adventures. If you enjoy epic stakes, deep characters, and majestic world-building (without the distraction of romance) this list is for you. For series, I've only added the first book. 📖
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last updated December, 2025
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deletedOP
I just want to say I'm so happy that people appreciate this list. 🙏 I was kind of feeling lonely when it came to my fantasy taste. 😵
Totally!! Ive been leaning a lot more into adult fantasy the last few years. I think there's a bigger group of us than we know, who are looking for gritty, epic scale, adventurous fantasy more than romantasy 😊🙌
deletedOP
I hope so 😬
This is my exact taste!! I totally relate to feeling alone in not wanting romantasy or YA 😭
deletedOP
WELCOMEEEEEEE 🎊🎊✨😎❤️
This is a great list!!
A couple of recs for older fantasy books for you (these are first books in series): Magician by Raymond E Feist Dawnthief by James Barclay The Magicians' Guild by Trudy Canavan A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine
Things I do on PB : lurk around, find PIpsy has made an incredible list , save it , add to tbr , sigh deeply 🥲
deletedOP
I've been feeding your TBR like a grandma on winter times.
Yesss and now I have world's best food coma heheheehhe 😈
Oooo that description 🤩🙌 perfect, definitely saving this for some future reading ideas!
deletedOP
I'm glad you like iiiit 🥰
Love it! ✨
deletedOP
Thank you ✨ if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know and I'll add them.
Got it! 🤗✨
Might I suggest She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan? It's Epic Fantasy but not High Fantasy.
deletedOP
I just noticed it was you who told me about this!!!! I'll be forever grateful ❤️
Well I'm so glad you liked it! I honestly forgot I recommended it to you LMFAO but I have loved your posts in the book forum.
deletedOP
Yes, youuuu. Here's the proof!!! I loved it soo much. I'm already going through the second. And Ouyang keeps breaking my heart. 💔
Ahhhh, I really hope you love the second book just as much! I honestly loved it just a smidgen more than the first. Beloved and wretched Ouyang 🖤
deletedOP
🏃 omw to add!
I can't seem to scroll to hit this to bookmark it! Anyone else? I really want to save this one.
hmm not sure what you mean are you on desktop or mobile? either way, the bookmark should be visible without scrolling (unless you've scrolled allll the way down on desktop so the footer is covering it, but just scroll up a little)
I was on desktop and I’ve tried that. It just won’t show up. That is a good point though to ask about what I’m using because I just tried on my phone and it works fine!
I'm on laptop and I think it's because the description text is so long that the bookmark button is down the page but you cant scroll on that half of the page.
Agree, I'm actually seeing this too and struggling to bookmark haha
edit to add: I was able to add it from the feed, but if I click into the list the description is too long on desktop and I can't see it.
deletedOP
So you managed to bookmark it? 🤗 if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know and I'll add them.
Your lists and quests are literally a game changer for me! So excited to pick up some of these. Thank you for making this list!!!
deletedOP
Awww thank you!!! This is actually the first PB list I've ever made! 💗
Omg whoops! Idk why I thought I had bookmarked a few by you! I must just be influenced by your reading comments and updates that often😌
Looking at this list I think you would love Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E Feist and Janey Wurts. Love the list!
