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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. The Green Knight

    Iris Murdoch

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In contemporary London, a failed murder attempt unleashes a mysterious stranger whose bizarre demands for amends unravel a family's eccentric circle with unsettling, fatal consequences.

  2. The Skull of Truth

    Bruce Coville

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Haunted by a magical skull that forces him to speak only the truth, a compulsive liar named Charlie must navigate a world that no longer believes a word he says, even when he's finally being honest.

  3. My Immortal

    Tara Gilesbie

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A goth named Ebony navigates forbidden love with Draco Malfoy, telekinetic Voldemort commands, and time-traveling seduction to save the Dark Lord's soul.

  4. Hell is the Absence of God

    Ted Chiang

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    In a world where angels visibly cause destruction and souls in Hell are public, a grieving father grapples with faith, justice, and the terrifying indifference of a demonstrably real divine.

  5. V

    A.C. Crispin

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Beneath a guise of peaceful refugees, reptilian aliens with a chilling agenda of global subjugation begin a systematic purge of humanity, forcing a desperate resistance against overwhelming odds.

  6. The Huntress

    Susan Carroll

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1585, a weapon-wielding Huntress must protect a prophesied girl with world-altering powers from Catherine de Medici and the courts of Elizabeth I, even as the girl's own father poses a threat.

  7. Finders Keepers

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A super-fan's obsession with a reclusive author's unpublished manuscripts leads to a decades-long game of cat and mouse after a young boy finds the hidden literary treasure.

  8. Cupid and Psyche

    Apuleius

    ★ 4.3 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mortal princess, cursed by Venus and loved by her son, embarks on a perilous, allegorical quest for her divine husband, enduring impossible trials to unite her soul with love itself.

  9. Journey to the West

    Wu Cheng'en

    ★ 4.3 (1k) average on Goodreads

    A mischievous monkey king, a pig, a friar, and a dragon horse escort a devout monk through a fantastical, demon-infested ancient China on a perilous quest for sacred Buddhist scriptures.

  10. A Collapse of Horses

    Brian Evenson

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In Brian Evenson's 'A Collapse of Horses,' ordinary life shatters into the monstrous, as a stuffed bear's heartbeat echoes a dead infant and reality itself unravels.

  11. Black Juice

    Margo Lanagan

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Margo Lanagan's "Black Juice" takes readers into unsettling, darkly magical worlds that reveal primal desires and hidden monstrousness, showing the powerful, often terrifying essence of humanity.

  12. The Adventurers Guild

    Zack Loran Clark

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a monster-besieged city, two best friends aiming for comfortable futures are instead conscripted into the perilous Adventurers Guild, becoming the last line of defense against otherworldly beasts and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens their entire world.

  13. The Amulet of Samarkand

    Jonathan Stroud

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young magician's quest for revenge against a cruel rival unleashes an ancient, sarcastic djinn, drawing him into a dangerous world of political intrigue and forbidden magic.

  14. Cleopatra

    H. Rider Haggard

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Sworn to overthrow the seductive and treacherous Cleopatra and purge Egypt of Roman influence, the last true Pharaoh, Harmachis, finds his sacred quest complicated by prophecy, forbidden love, and the queen's irresistible will.

  15. Book of Days

    James L. Rubart

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A man races against time and a fanatical guru to find a mystical 'Book of Days' that holds the past and future of every soul, hoping to reclaim his vanishing memories and save his mind from a predicted fate.

  16. Song of the Moon

    Catherine Banks

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A seventeen-year-old girl discovers a hidden world within her own and must embrace her destiny as a powerful mate to a dangerous man from her dreams.

  17. Cassandra the Lucky

    Joan Holub

    ★ 4.3 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At Mount Olympus Academy, Cassandra, a new student with foresight, struggles to convince classmates of dangers while developing a romance with Apollo, the god of prophecy, who may be her only ally.

  18. Shadows Rising

    Madeleine Roux

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on Goodreads

    As Sylvanas's treachery shatters the Horde, a young troll shaman and queen must race to save allies and rediscover their strength before a shadowy conspiracy engulfs Azeroth.

  19. Horns and Wrinkles

    Joseph Helgerson

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When her cousin sprouts a magnificent horn after a swim in the Mississippi, Claire must dive into a world of river trolls and blue-wing fairies to break the magical spell before his new appendage becomes permanent.

  20. Friends for Life

    Andrew Norriss

    ★ 4.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A lonely boy finds true friendship with a cheerful ghost and uncovers why only some people can see her.

  21. The Reaping

    Michelle Leighton

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A shy teenager’s ordinary life implodes when she develops flesh-eating zombie tendencies and catches the eye of a dangerously attractive immortal, all while a spectral twin and a soul collector vie for her attention.

  22. The Night Land

    William Hope Hodgson

    ★ 3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a dying world where humanity huddles within the colossal Last Redoubt, shielded by an energy barrier from cosmic horrors and ancient Watchers in the eternal night, one man dares to venture into the volcanic gloom to find a lost love in a forgotten bastion.

  23. Evangeline

    Alexia Purdy

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A young woman is drawn into a world of magic and ancient love, risking everything to answer the call of Faerie.

  24. Dementia

    Jaid Black

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A captive of an alien world, Dee Ellison must outwit a relentless alpha male ape man while navigating a society where human females are enslaved.

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