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
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!
Hannah Currie 
Looks fun! Which ones are christian and are any suitable for an 11 year old? Thanks!!
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Hi Allie!
Rachel Hauck’s, Jody Hedlund’s, mine, Lori Wick’s and the Royally Yours books are all Christian.
As to appropriate for an 11 year old, um… it would depend on the person. My series and Royally Yours would be fine, if they like romance. (My daughter is 11 and won’t touch them because they’re too ‘kissy kissy’ :p). I also read The Princess (Lori Wick) when I was 11 and loved it, but with an arranged marriage in there, it’s aimed at an older age group. The Selection series (Kiera Cass) would probably be fine too, although would depend on the child. I would have loved it as an 11yo (and likely lots have) but I’d probably wait a couple of years before giving it to my daughters because of the themes and such in it.
Jody’s are YA but have some violence in them (appropriate to medieval times when they’re set, but still might be something that you need to decide on). So that would be a maybe too?
Not sure if that helps or not! Feel free to send me an email (hannah@hannahcurrie) if you want more details on any of them 🙂
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oops. The email is hannah@hannahcurrie.com 🙂
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Also, since I just updated with a couple more series – I think both the Unblemished series (Sara Ella) and Desolation series (Kortney Keisel) would be fine for an 11yo if they liked romance and/or dystopian/fantasy.
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That helps a lot! Thank you so much! I appreciate the time… Searching each book on Amazon for reviews would’ve taken a long time! 🙂
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