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Romantasy Reveals Women's True Sexual Nature
For over a decade, the publishing industry has been completely taken over by a genre that nobody saw coming, but every young woman is buying. Romantasy—the clash of fantasy worldbuilding and intense, often dark, romance—is driving the entire fiction market well into 2026.
By Samiksha Bhattacharjee4 min read
If you walk into any (good) bookshop, you’ll see what I mean. The walls are painted with fantasy maps, and the display tables are stacked with thick paperbacks featuring unpronounceable names like Rhysand, Xaden, and Aedion.