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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Shadow of Night

    Deborah Harkness

    ★ 4.0 (181k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In Elizabethan London, a modern witch and an ancient vampire face political plots, old romances, and dangerous magic while seeking a lost manuscript and confronting Matthew's dark past.

  2. The Dead Zone

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (181k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A man awakens from a coma with the psychic ability to foresee the future, forcing him to decide whether to assassinate a presidential candidate to prevent an apocalypse.

  3. The Exorcist

    William Peter Blatty

    ★ 4.2 (181k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the terrifying 40th-anniversary edition, a desperate mother and two priests battle a malevolent supernatural entity for a little girl's soul.

  4. Different Seasons

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.3 (177k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Stephen King's 'Different Seasons' tells four stories: a man's prison escape, a boy's bond with a Nazi, four friends finding a corpse, and a woman's determination to give birth. The collection explores human strength, evil, and growing up.

  5. The Vampire Lestat

    Anne Rice

    ★ 4.1 (177k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    From the decadent salons of pre-revolutionary France to the stages of 1980s rock, the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt navigates centuries of immortal existence, seeking the truth of his terrifying nature amidst a world both beautiful and monstrous.

  6. Elantris

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.2 (176k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Divine magic becomes a curse, forcing a fallen prince, a cunning princess, and a zealous priest into conflict over a kingdom's fate, unaware that salvation lies in the very city that caused their despair.

  7. Moon Called

    Patricia Briggs

    ★ 4.2 (176k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A coyote shapeshifter and mechanic named Mercy Thompson lives an ordinary life in the Tri-Cities, until she gets caught between powerful magical groups. Vampires ride buses, werewolves live next door, and chaos starts.

  8. The Man in the High Castle

    Philip K. Dick

    ★ 3.6 (175k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In an alternate 1962 where the Axis powers won WWII, an antique dealer, a resistance fighter, and a mysterious author's forbidden novel ignite a dangerous search for truth across a divided America.

  9. Artemis

    Andy Weir

    ★ 3.7 (175k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    On the moon's only city, a small-time smuggler named Jazz Bashara dives into a high-stakes heist that plunges her into a dangerous conspiracy for control of Artemis itself, forcing her to gamble everything for survival.

  10. Thinner

    Richard Bachman

    ★ 3.7 (175k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After a Romani elder's curse causes a morbidly obese lawyer to waste away following a hit-and-run, he must desperately fight a supernatural affliction that promises a slow, agonizing death.

  11. From Dead to Worse

    Charlaine Harris

    ★ 4.0 (174k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    After Hurricane Katrina and a vampire summit explosion, Sookie Stackhouse deals with betrayal, a missing boyfriend, and changing supernatural loyalties, forever altering her world as a human caught between warring factions.

  12. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

    Robin Sloan

    ★ 3.7 (174k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A jobless web designer finds a peculiar 24-hour bookstore, discovering its cryptic patrons and the ancient secret they guard, which forces him to solve a mystery combining modern technology with centuries-old lore.

  13. Dead and Gone

    Charlaine Harris

    ★ 4.0 (174k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Werewolves and shapeshifters reveal themselves, drawing telepathic Sookie Stackhouse into a murder investigation and an ancient war, while her brother becomes a panther and her boss hides secrets.

  14. Bag of Bones

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (173k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Four years after his wife's death, a grieving novelist returns to his haunted Maine summerhouse, only to be pulled into a custody battle and a terrifying supernatural mystery demanding he confront the malevolent secrets lurking within Sara Laughs.

  15. The Shadow Rising

    Robert Jordan

    ★ 4.2 (172k) average on Goodreads

    As the world nears the Shadow, the Dragon Reborn must defy all expectations and forge his own path, even as ancient prophecies unravel, the White Tower faces internal conflict, and new threats appear.

  16. The Tempest

    William Shakespeare

    ★ 3.8 (172k) average on Goodreads

    On a remote, magic-filled island, the sorcerer duke Prospero creates a storm to lure his brother and their conspirators, weaving a story of revenge, love, and forgiveness through his spirits and monstrous servant.

  17. Leviathan Wakes

    James S.A. Corey

    ★ 4.3 (171k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a solar system close to war, a jaded detective and an idealistic ice-miner find a derelict ship. This discovery uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to start an interstellar conflict between Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt.

  18. The Fiery Cross

    Diana Gabaldon

    ★ 4.2 (171k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1771 North Carolina, Jamie Fraser must protect his family and navigate a rebellion while his time-traveling wife, Claire, warns of a coming revolution.

  19. Beastly

    Alex Flinn

    ★ 3.8 (170k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A vain, privileged New York City teenager is turned into a beast by a witch, forcing him to learn humility and find true love before he's stuck in his monstrous form forever.

  20. Batman: The Killing Joke

    Alan Moore

    ★ 4.4 (170k) average on Goodreads

    The Joker's twisted origin unfolds as he brutalizes Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl, aiming to prove that one bad day is all it takes to shatter a man's sanity, even as Batman races against the clock to save his ally from the brink of madness.

  21. Specials

    Scott Westerfeld

    ★ 3.8 (169k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Tally, now a beautiful and deadly enforcer, must choose between her new power and a faint memory of rebellion that could shatter her world.

  22. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

    Jon Scieszka

    ★ 4.3 (168k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Finally, the Big Bad Wolf gets to tell his side of the story, revealing a snotty sneeze, a sugar craving, and a serious misunderstanding with three porcine architects.

  23. Pippi Longstocking

    Astrid Lindgren

    ★ 4.1 (168k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    With a horse on her porch, a monkey on her shoulder, and a boundless spirit, Pippi Longstocking turns the ordinary world of Tommy and Annika upside down with her unconventional adventures.

  24. Lady Midnight

    Cassandra Clare

    ★ 4.4 (168k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In a dangerous Los Angeles, Emma Carstairs and her forbidden parabatai Julian Blackthorn hunt for her parents' murderers, navigating faerie politics and a love that could destroy them both.

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