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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Nest

    Terry Goodkind

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A woman discovers she can identify killers by looking into their eyes, plunging her into a deadly game of cat and mouse with super-predators and a mysterious ally whose true intentions remain a terrifying enigma.

  2. Waiting for the Magic

    Patricia MacLachlan

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When their parents mysteriously drift apart, four talking dogs and a philosophical cat must guide a young brother and sister to rediscover the magic of family love before it's too late.

  3. Haunted House

    Jack Kilborn

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller
  4. Black Heart

    Holly Black

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a world where magic is a crime, a young man with the deadliest touch must navigate a treacherous web of family, forbidden love, and government conspiracies to uncover the truth behind his mother's forgotten heist.

  5. The Islands of the Blessed

    Nancy Farmer

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    After a devastating tornado and a draugr's appearance, a young berserker, a bard, and a boy travel to the fin folk's realm to atone for a death, battling mythical creatures and their own beliefs in a world where Norse, Pagan, and Christian lore intertwine.

  6. The Sweetest Fig

    Chris Van Allsburg

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A grumpy dentist discovers that two magical figs turn his nighttime dreams into reality, leading to a whimsical battle of wills with his long-suffering dog, Marcel.

  7. Noah Barleywater Runs Away

    John Boyne

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When young Noah flees his troubles down an untrodden forest path, he finds a magical toyshop and a toymaker whose tales of adventure, wonder, and broken promises guide Noah on a life-altering journey of self-discovery.

  8. Jade Green

    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Orphaned Judith defies her uncle's strange prohibition against the color green, unknowingly unleashing a spectral mystery connected to her mother's madness and the dark secrets of her new South Carolina home.

  9. The Library Card

    Jerry Spinelli

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four different kids find their lives changed by a mysterious blue library card that offers a journey through their pasts and into unimagined futures.

  10. Mark of the Plague

    Kevin Sands

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When the Black Death returns to London, young apothecary Christopher Rowe must outwit assassins and decipher a deadly conspiracy to protect a miraculous cure, even as the plague threatens his own life.

  11. Once Upon the End

    James Riley

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In this funny, action-filled conclusion, Jack and May must reunite to defy their destinies and face the Wicked Queen, proving that 'happily ever after' is anything but certain in a world of fractured fairy tales.

  12. Parzival

    Wolfram von Eschenbach

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Parzival's journey, from a naive youth to a knight, takes him through Arthurian courts and jousting, becoming a spiritual quest for humility that leads him to the Grail Stone.

  13. The Forever King

    Molly Cochran

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Ten-year-old Arthur Blessing finds the Holy Grail, starting a dangerous, time-traveling quest to keep it from dark magic and a madman, with help from an ex-FBI agent and a mysterious elder, as he uncovers his own destiny.

  14. The Rise of Skywalker

    Rae Carson

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Emperor Palpatine returns, and Rey, Finn, and Poe race against Kylo Ren to find ancient Sith secrets and start the final rebellion that will decide the Skywalker legacy.

  15. The Book of Dead Days

    Marcus Sedgwick

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Between Christmas and New Year's, a desperate magician, his servant, and an orphan explore moonlit death fields and a subterranean city to escape a demonic pact before alchemy and sorcery claim his soul.

  16. Redemption

    Erica Stevens

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A vampire prince, scarred by war, finds his new peace threatened by a human woman whose quiet town holds secrets that could either save or destroy them both.

  17. God Is Dead

    Ron Currie Jr.

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    After God dies as a Dinka woman in Darfur, humanity faces chaos, worshipping children, fighting over free will, and grappling with its unchanged flaws.

  18. The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a sun-drenched, indifferent world, a man's impulsive murder thrusts him into an absurd legal dance, stripping away societal connection until he embraces the 'benign indifference of the universe' from his prison cell.

  19. Where Dreams Descend

    Janella Angeles

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a cutthroat magical competition held in a city of ice and ruin, a determined showgirl, a mysterious club owner, and a brooding judge must uncover dark secrets as rival magicians disappear, threatening to expose their pasts and claim their lives.

  20. The Hollow Man

    Dan Simmons

    ★ 3.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Overwhelmed by all human thought, a telepathic man flees across the country after his wife, his only mental shield, starts to die, forcing him to face his own fracturing mind, a murder, and the nature of existence.

  21. Bear

    Marian Engel

    ★ 3.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A lonely archivist's field assignment to a remote island library takes a bizarre turn when she discovers an unexpected, primal connection with its only other inhabitant: a bear.

  22. The Crossing of Ingo

    Helen Dunmore

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Two young Mer, Sapphy and Conor, must brave the perilous underwater realm of Ingo, outwit sinister sharks and ancient magic, and embark on a mythical 'Crossing' to unite their divided worlds before darkness consumes them all.

  23. The Nameless City

    H.P. Lovecraft

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A lone explorer in the sun-baked Arabian desert unearths the cyclopean ruins of a pre-human metropolis, only to discover its serpentine inhabitants still slither through its lightless depths, guarding cosmic horrors beyond mortal comprehension.

  24. Leprechaun in Late Winter

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a blustery historical Ireland, Jack and Annie’s magical encounter with a young Irish girl and a mischievous leprechaun helps turn her into Lady Gregory, a champion of Irish legends and cultural pride.

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