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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Golden Son

    Pierce Brown

    ★ 4.4 (147k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Haunted by a lost love and leading a revolution, Darrow, a Red posing as a Gold, must navigate the Society's politics and combat to dismantle their empire, all while battling his own desire for revenge.

  2. Fruits Basket, Vol. 1

    Natsuki Takaya

    ★ 4.2 (147k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    An optimistic orphan stumbles into a mysterious family cursed to transform into animals of the Chinese zodiac, unwittingly becoming the key to unlocking their ancient secrets and perhaps, their hearts.

  3. Caraval

    Stephanie Garber

    ★ 4.0 (147k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A sheltered girl enters a dangerous game, where the line between performance and reality blurs, to find her kidnapped sister within the magical spectacle of Caraval.

  4. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    Jacob Grimm

    ★ 4.3 (147k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Enter a timeless world of wonder and warning, where enchanted forests, wicked witches, and noble heroes appear in 211 preserved German folk tales, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

  5. Night Shift

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (147k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Stephen King delivers a chilling collection where industrial machines thirst for blood, ancient evils lurk in cornfields, and the dead refuse to stay buried, proving terror exists in life's most ordinary corners.

  6. Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

    Stephenie Meyer

    ★ 4.0 (146k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    This raw, leaked draft of *Midnight Sun* shows Forks, Washington, and Edward Cullen's agonizing passion for Bella Swan through his tormented eyes.

  7. Bleach, Volume 01

    Tite Kubo

    ★ 4.2 (146k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    When a punk-rock high schooler with a ghost-seeing gift accidentally siphons the powers of a mysterious Soul Reaper, he is thrust into a violent afterlife where his family's safety and the peace of tormented souls depend on his newly awakened sword.

  8. The Invisible Man

    H.G. Wells

    ★ 3.6 (145k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A brilliant but unstable scientist discovers invisibility, then uses his unseen existence to terrorize people as he tries to reverse his condition.

  9. The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.3 (145k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In the final act, Roland the gunslinger must navigate a collapsing multiverse and confront the Crimson King to reach the Dark Tower, the center of all reality, and complete his decades-long quest.

  10. Naruto, Vol. 01: Uzumaki Naruto

    Masashi Kishimoto

    ★ 4.4 (145k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A loud ninja-in-training, burdened by a legendary demon fox sealed inside him, tries to prove himself and become the Hokage, his village's leader.

  11. Second Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.3 (145k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    As the formidable Mule closes in, the galaxy's fate depends on finding the Second Foundation, a quest that throws a sharp 14-year-old girl into a dangerous game of minds and empires.

  12. Equal Rites

    Terry Pratchett

    ★ 4.0 (144k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A young girl with wizarding powers defies ancient traditions to enter an all-male university and save Discworld from a magical cataclysm.

  13. His Dark Materials

    Philip Pullman

    ★ 4.3 (144k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A young girl and her daemon travel across parallel worlds, fighting celestial powers and facing the nature of Dust, free will, and destiny to save all of existence.

  14. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

    Douglas Adams

    ★ 4.1 (143k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Arthur Dent returns to a familiar Earth, only to find himself in a cosmic scavenger hunt for God's final message, involving dolphins, a giant robot, and the universe's lingering absurdity.

  15. Poison Study

    Maria V. Snyder

    ★ 4.1 (142k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Condemned for murder, a young woman's reprieve as a food taster becomes a daily dance with death as she navigates palace intrigue, rebellion, and burgeoning magic, all while slowly succumbing to a deliberate, inescapable poison.

  16. The Alchemyst

    Michael Scott

    ★ 3.8 (141k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When an ancient alchemyst's powerful book is stolen, ordinary twins Sophie and Josh are thrust into a hidden world of mythological figures and magic, becoming humanity's last hope against an impending global catastrophe.

  17. The One and Only Ivan

    Katherine Applegate

    ★ 4.3 (141k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A gentle gorilla in a mall zoo finds purpose in art and friendship, then works to rescue a baby elephant from captivity.

  18. Xenocide

    Orson Scott Card

    ★ 3.8 (141k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    As a genocidal fleet heads toward Lusitania, the fate of three intelligent species and a deadly virus rests on a child with the power to manipulate reality.

  19. The Miserable Mill

    Lemony Snicket

    ★ 3.9 (141k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At the grim Paltryville lumber mill, the Baudelaire orphans encounter a giant pincher machine, a sinister hypnotist, and a man with a smoky head, proving that even coupons cannot sweeten their latest bitter misfortune.

  20. Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

    Aldous Huxley

    ★ 4.2 (140k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Huxley's novel portrays a future where genetic engineering and conditioning create a docile populace. It explores the cost of manufactured happiness and how overpopulation and propaganda bring his dystopian vision closer to home.

  21. The Arctic Incident

    Eoin Colfer

    ★ 3.9 (139k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Artemis Fowl, a pre-teen criminal genius, must team up with his former pixie captor, Captain Holly Short, to save his father and stop a goblin uprising armed with human tech, preventing chaos in both the human and magical worlds.

  22. A Court of Frost and Starlight

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 3.9 (139k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    As the Winter Solstice brings a fragile peace to the rebuilt Night Court, High Lady Feyre uncovers the hidden wounds and lingering shadows threatening to unravel the festive facade and the future of those she holds dearest.

  23. The Fires of Heaven

    Robert Jordan

    ★ 4.2 (139k) average on Goodreads

    As the Great Lord's prison crumbles and the Forsaken tighten their grip, Rand al'Thor, fractured by betrayal and the encroaching madness of the One Power, must unite a divided world against the shadow or watch it burn.

  24. A Breath of Snow and Ashes

    Diana Gabaldon

    ★ 4.4 (139k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    As the American Revolution begins, Claire and Jamie Fraser navigate shifting loyalties and a published death notice, fighting to secure their future and family amid a nation's birth.

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