Romantasy is everywhere these days. It is the genre in romance that, currently, dominates much of the best-seller list and the conversation around romance. (Honestly, the fact that Sarah Maas’ A Court of Rose and Thorns is STILL on the best-seller list is somewhat staggering.)
But besides that, it’s hard to see what the most popular genre might be. (And yes, we can go down a rabbit hole about genres/subgenres/subsubgenres.) Is it contemporary romance? Queer romance? (Is that a genre? No. But it is a way of thinking about what is popular? Yes.) Literary adaptations/inspirations?
At AAR, readers have long loved historical romance above most other genres. Is that still the case? What is your favorite genre? Why?