‘Fairy porn’ novels are getting Gen Z and millennials all hot and bothered: ‘A little bit of shame’

‘Fairy porn’ novels are getting Gen Z and millennials all hot and bothered: ‘A little bit of shame’

Avid readers are living out their wildest romantic fantasies between the pages of "fairy porn" and "romantasy" novels, some of which are known for their steamy scenes and X-rated content.

How middle class women became obsessed with ‘fairy porn’

The top audiobook of 2024 was a racy ‘romantasy’ novel about ‘sexy fairies’. How did this niche genre take over publishing?

How middle class women became obsessed with ‘fairy porn’.

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Inside The New Kind Of Bonkbuster Made Famous By TikTok: How 'fairy Porn' Won Over Middle-class Women

It turns out that Generation Z is addicted to reading, but the books they’ve become obsessed with are far from tame. Loved on TikTok, the ‘Romantasy’ genre, a mix of romantic and fantasy fiction, has taken the world by storm and its followers are mainly young middle-class women. The books feature fairies, mythical kingdoms and dragons and, most importantly, highly detailed sex scenes, to the point that the genre has been dubbed “fairy porn.” …