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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    Beatrix Potter

    ★ 4.2 (207k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mischievous rabbit named Peter defies his mother's warning and embarks on a thrilling, forbidden adventure into Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, narrowly escaping its grumpy owner.

  2. Batman: Year One

    Frank Miller

    ★ 4.2 (206k) average on Goodreads

    In a Gotham City drowning in corruption, a haunted Bruce Wayne and a principled Jim Gordon form a fragile alliance to become the city's only hope against the darkness.

  3. The Angel Experiment

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.1 (206k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Six children with wings and powers must outrun scientists, uncover their origins, and decide if they will save or doom humanity.

  4. Carry On

    Rainbow Rowell

    ★ 4.2 (205k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In a world of magic schools and prophesied heroes, the worst Chosen One navigates a chaotic final year, battling a face-stealing monster, a broken heart, and the infuriating absence of his vampire nemesis, all while trying not to set himself on fire.

  5. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

    Robert Kirkman

    ★ 4.3 (205k) average on Goodreads

    After waking from a coma into a world overrun by the reanimated dead, Sheriff Rick Grimes must navigate the brutal new reality of survival, community, and the ever-present threat of both zombies and desperate humans.

  6. Left Behind

    Tim LaHaye

    ★ 3.8 (204k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After millions vanish, an airborne Boeing 747 becomes a terrifying symbol of global chaos as the Rapture leaves humanity struggling with unexplained disappearances and the start of the apocalypse.

  7. Dead as a Doornail

    Charlaine Harris

    ★ 4.0 (204k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    As her brother becomes a were-panther, small-town waitress Sookie Stackhouse must find a sniper targeting shapeshifters before the killer harms her brother or herself.

  8. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    Richard Bach

    ★ 3.8 (202k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    A determined seagull breaks free from the flock's mundane existence, soaring beyond the pursuit of food to master flight and discover a purpose.

  9. Prodigy

    Marie Lu

    ★ 4.3 (202k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    On the run and labeled traitors, June and Day navigate rebel alliances, where the line between help and manipulation blurs, making them question if their fight for freedom is just part of a larger, deadlier game.

  10. A Darker Shade of Magic

    V.E. Schwab

    ★ 4.1 (201k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A magician who travels between parallel Londons, one with magic and one without, accidentally starts a dangerous adventure when a thief pulls him into a quest to save all worlds from a growing darkness.

  11. 1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

    ★ 3.9 (201k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In an alternate 1984 Tokyo, a contract killer and a math teacher find their lives inextricably linked by a mysterious cult, a cryptic teenage girl, and the subtle, unsettling presence of two moons in the sky.

  12. The Blood of Olympus

    Rick Riordan

    ★ 4.4 (201k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    With the world hanging in the balance, demigods haunted by their pasts must confront their deepest fears and make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent a war between two ancient camps and defeat the awakening Earth Mother.

  13. Sophie's World

    Jostein Gaarder

    ★ 3.9 (200k) average on GoodreadsPhilosophy

    As 14-year-old Sophie learns about Western philosophy through a secret correspondence, she uncovers a puzzle about her own existence that blurs the lines between student, philosopher, and fictional character.

  14. The Phantom of the Opera

    Gaston Leroux

    ★ 4.0 (199k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Beneath the gilded glamour of the Paris Opera House, a disfigured musical genius's obsessive love for a young soprano unravels into a terrifying ballet of abduction, murder, and heart-wrenching choices.

  15. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    ★ 3.8 (198k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 19th-century England, where magic is a forgotten art, two rival magicians rediscover its power. One is cautious, the other reckless. Their conflict risks not just their partnership but reality itself as they explore the dangerous world of the ancient Raven King and Faerie.

  16. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    Jules Verne

    ★ 3.9 (198k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Captain Nemo takes three castaways on an extraordinary journey through undersea forests, coral labyrinths, and the sunken city of Atlantis aboard his futuristic submarine, the Nautilus.

  17. World Without End

    Ken Follett

    ★ 4.3 (198k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Amidst the Black Death, Kingsbridge citizens clash over medicine, commerce, and justice, two centuries after their ancestors built the great cathedral.

  18. Life After Life

    Kate Atkinson

    ★ 3.8 (198k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A woman repeatedly relives the 20th century, dying and being reborn to an altered fate each time, as she grapples with the power to avert global catastrophe.

  19. Glass Sword

    Victoria Aveyard

    ★ 3.9 (197k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Haunted by betrayal, Mare Barrow, a Red with Silver powers, must unite an army of superpowered outcasts while battling the darkness threatening to consume her as she flees the vengeful king who once loved her.

  20. Mort

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.2 (196k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A bumbling, lovestruck apprentice to Death himself learns that even the Grim Reaper's job comes with soul-crushing relationship drama and the ultimate ethical dilemma.

  21. Doctor Sleep

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.1 (196k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Decades after the Overlook Hotel, a haunted and sober Dan Torrance must use his fading 'shining' to protect a young girl with an explosive gift from a nomadic cult that feeds on the dying breaths of psychic children.

  22. Every Day

    David Levithan

    ★ 3.9 (196k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A nomadic soul, shifting bodies daily, risks a lifetime of solitude to pursue a singular, impossible love with a girl who can only know them anew with each sunrise.

  23. Life, the Universe and Everything

    Douglas Adams

    ★ 4.2 (196k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Threatened by genocidal robots, a group of misfits—a confused human, a wild alien, and a ship powered by odd logic—must stop universal destruction while dealing with personal issues, gods, and complex intergalactic relationships.

  24. Crooked Kingdom

    Leigh Bardugo

    ★ 4.6 (195k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In the grimy, gaslamp-lit streets of Ketterdam, a crippled criminal mastermind and his crew of broken prodigies must outwit ruthless enemies and their own fractured loyalties to survive a city-wide war for a world-altering drug and the ultimate score.

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