A Royal Reading List

by Hannah Currie

In A Closer Look at Royal Fiction, I talked about why I love Royal Fiction so much. Which leads only naturally on to what royal books I love reading.

So, here’s my current list of favorite fiction books with royals in them. Click on each of the covers to find out more about the book. There’s a mix of mainstream, Christian, YA and adult but they’re all clean.

The Royal Wedding Collection – Rachel Hauck

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Contemporary romance
  • Christian fiction
  • Modern day royals
  • Princess Diaries, Hallmark Christmas movies

The Desolation series – Kortney Keisel

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Dystopian fiction
  • YA romance
  • hilarious meet cutes/witty dialogue
  • Royal intrigues between different kingdoms

Unblemished series – Sara Ella

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Fantasy fiction
  • YA romance (oooh the romance in this series!)
  • Good v evil/light v dark imagery and battles
  • Amazing world-building

Daughters of Peverell series – Hannah Currie

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • YA fiction
  • Clean romance
  • Christian fiction
  • Contemporary royals & kingdoms
  • The Selection Series

The Selection Series – Kiera Cass

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • YA fiction
  • Clean romance
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Fictional kingdoms
  • The Bachelor-esque competitions/Esther-retelling

The Lost Princesses – Jody Hedlund

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • YA romance
  • Medieval fiction
  • Suspense/intrigue
  • Lost/secret princesses

The Cursebreakers – Brigid Kemmerer

Sidenote: I absolutely LOVE the first book in this series (and have read it several times) but didn’t enjoy the other two as much. Sad. (But I keep them because they have gorgeous covers!)

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • YA romance
  • Fairytale retellings
  • Amazing world-building and storytelling
  • Characters with a disability
  • Beauty and the Beast

Royally Yours – Melissa Tagg, Betsy St Amant, Liz Johnson & Ashley Clark

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Christmas novellas!
  • Small town fiction (what’s not to love about a town called Tinsel?)
  • Swoony romance
  • Witty dialogue
  • Hallmark Christmas movies

The Princess – Lori Wick

Sidenote: I’ve loved royals in fiction for a long time but this is probably the book that made me truly fall in love with it as a genre. I lost count long ago of how many times I read this book throughout my teen years. This one will forever be a favorite.  

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Contemporary romance
  • Fictional modern-day kingdoms
  • Christian fiction
  • Arranged marriage trope

True Blue Royal series – Rachel Hauck

Read if you like:

  • Royals
  • Contemporary romance
  • Fictional modern-day kingdoms
  • Christian fiction
  • Family drama

What are some of your favorite stories with royals in them? I’d love to hear! I’m always on the hunt for new books to add to my reading list, especially ones with royals in them!