✨Heads up! Some links in this post are Amazon affiliate links. That means if you click and buy, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for helping me keep this blog running and my TBR endless! 📚
One of the greatest gifts fantasy gives us? Found family. There’s nothing better than watching a group of total strangers (or enemies!) become fiercely loyal to each other. These are the books that bring the chaos, the banter, the heartbreak, and the “I’d die for you” vibes—all with the found family energy we crave.
Best Fantasy Books Featuring Found Family
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The blueprint. The Crows are chaotic, brilliant, broken, and will 100% ruin you.
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
Epic fantasy romance + a ragtag group who become the heroine’s anchor.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Starts with an assassin, ends with a whole army of fiercely loyal misfits.
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
The eerie atmosphere hides a core of loyalty, trust, and unlikely family bonds.
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
A modern Arthurian twist with found family feels that will make you sob.
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Clairvoyants, rebellion, and deep bonds forged under fire.
A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
The last thing one would expect is to find belonging and a sense of home in the enemy’s base of operations. Read my review here.
More Fantasy Books Featuring Found Family
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Thieves and magic collide in a story where loyalty and friendship shine.
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Rival scholars forced together, bound by dangerous secrets and shifting loyalties.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Epic-scale found family, from dragonriders to queens to mages.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Yes, it’s dragons and romance, but also: friends who become family through sheer survival. Read my review here.
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A brutal world, but the bonds of love and loyalty between characters hold it all together.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Kell, Lila, Rhy, and Holland = dysfunctional, chaotic family goals.
The Black Witch by Laurie Forest
Misfits of every kind come together in rebellion and loyalty.
Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
More than just romance—Bryce’s friends are her true strength, and the found family vibe is everything.
The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen
Enemies to lovers at the center, but the secondary cast adds layers of found family bonds.
Ride or Die Energy
Fantasy with found family just hits different. Whether it’s a crew of misfits taking down kingdoms or a small group of friends holding each other together, these books prove that blood doesn’t define family—loyalty does.
Now it’s your turn! what fantasy book gave you the BEST found family vibes? Drop it in the comments (so I can cry and add to my already collapsing TBR).
⬇️Your next epic re-read is calling! Pin this graphic before someone else steals your spot on the couch.
Leave a Reply