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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Days of Blood & Starlight

    Laini Taylor

    ★ 4.2 (139k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After betrayal shatters her world, a resurrected chimaera artist must choose between fueling an ancient war for revenge or forging an impossible path to redemption with the seraphim who broke her heart.

  2. Grave Peril

    Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.2 (139k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When Chicago's spirit world erupts into a city-wide haunting, professional wizard Harry Dresden must find who is weaponizing the dead before their chaos claims him and everyone he cares about.

  3. The Wicked King

    Holly Black

    ★ 4.4 (138k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A mortal girl, bound to a treacherous fae king she secretly desires, must outwit cunning enemies and her own heart to protect her brother and maintain her fragile grasp on power in a world that craves her downfall.

  4. Ignite Me

    Tahereh Mafi

    ★ 4.4 (137k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Juliette, still recovering from Omega Point's destruction, must form an alliance with the dangerous Warner to fight The Reestablishment, navigating trust and growing feelings.

  5. The Alloy of Law

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.2 (137k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a world where magic meets early technology, a lawman turned nobleman leaves the frontier for city politics to hunt a dangerous conspiracy, only to find urban betrayal deadlier than any dusty plain.

  6. The Queen of the Damned

    Anne Rice

    ★ 3.9 (137k) average on Goodreads

    Ancient vampire queen Akasha awakens from a 6,000-year slumber to unleash a terrifying plan for humanity, drawing rock star Lestat and a host of haunted dreamers into a sensual, globe-spanning conflict that will decide the fate of all.

  7. The Book of Life

    Deborah Harkness

    ★ 4.2 (137k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the conclusion to the All Souls Trilogy, time-traveling witch Diana and vampire Matthew return to the present to face old enemies, uncover the secrets of Ashmole 782, and fight for their forbidden love and the future of all magical creatures.

  8. Halfway to the Grave

    Jeaniene Frost

    ★ 4.2 (136k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A half-vampire hunter, driven by vengeance against her undead father, reluctantly partners with a charismatic vampire bounty hunter who sharpens her skills and tempts her toward the world she despises.

  9. Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert

    ★ 3.9 (134k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Haunted by visions and caught in the fanaticism he inspired, Emperor Paul Muad'Dib navigates political assassinations and personal betrayals, trying to avoid a future where his power crumbles and his beloved Chani faces a terrible fate.

  10. Gerald's Game

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.5 (134k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Trapped and handcuffed to a bed in an isolated house with her dead husband beside her, Jessie must confront her darkest memories and a lurking, unspeakable horror to survive.

  11. Fablehaven

    Brandon Mull

    ★ 4.1 (134k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When a curious boy breaks ancient rules at his grandfather's secret magical preserve, two siblings must brave a world of mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, and vengeful imps to save their family and Fablehaven itself.

  12. Song of Susannah

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (134k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Susannah, possessed by a demon, races to give birth to Roland's destined enemy in 1999 New York, while the group is scattered across dimensions to fight gangsters, save a magical rose, and meet their own creator: Stephen King.

  13. Kingdom of Ash

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 4.6 (134k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Imprisoned and tortured, Queen Aelin must ignite the last embers of her magic and the unbreakable bonds of her allies to forge a path through a war-torn realm and reclaim her throne before all of Erilea succumbs to the encroaching darkness.

  14. The Assassin's Blade

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 4.4 (134k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Before she was a rebel queen, Celaena Sardothien was a defiant assassin navigating dangerous missions and forbidden love, all while wrestling with her ruthless master and a growing conscience that threatened her freedom.

  15. Guilty Pleasures

    Laurell K. Hamilton

    ★ 4.0 (133k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a St. Louis overrun by the undead, necromancer Anita Blake hunts a serial killer for the city's most powerful vampire, battling her forbidden desire for the creatures she's sworn to destroy.

  16. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.6 (133k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Lost in the ancient woods, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, with only a Walkman and the imagined presence of her baseball hero Tom Gordon, must outwit a lurking, supernatural entity or become another forgotten whisper in the Appalachian shadows.

  17. The Austere Academy

    Lemony Snicket

    ★ 4.0 (133k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    At a boarding school filled with tyrannical teachers, devious plots, and an abundance of crabs, the Baudelaire orphans must outwit their guardians and uncover a sinister secret before they become the next victims.

  18. Hex Hall

    Rachel Hawkins

    ★ 3.9 (132k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a prom-night spell goes wrong, rebellious witch Sophie Mercer is sent to a supernatural reform school where she deals with mean witches, a forbidden crush, and a secret society hunting her kind.

  19. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

    Stuart Turton

    ★ 3.9 (132k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Trapped in an aristocratic manor, a man must relive the same day in a different body, each a potential suspect, to unmask Evelyn Hardcastle's killer before the cycle, and his memory, is lost forever.

  20. Blue Bloods

    Melissa de la Cruz

    ★ 3.7 (132k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A reclusive New York teen learns she descends from ancient, secretive vampires who founded America, and she enters a world of hidden power and deadly intrigue when their centuries-old secret comes apart.

  21. The Goose Girl

    Shannon Hale

    ★ 4.1 (131k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Betrayed by her lady-in-waiting, a princess with the rare gift of animal speech must masquerade as a goose girl to reclaim her rightful throne and discover the true strength of her voice.

  22. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

    Seth Grahame-Smith

    ★ 3.7 (131k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After a vampire kills his mother, a young Abraham Lincoln begins a secret, lifelong quest for revenge that leads to his presidency and a hidden Civil War against the undead.

  23. House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    ★ 4.1 (131k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An ordinary house on Ash Tree Lane turns into an impossible, expanding maze, trapping a family in its terrifying story of creature darkness and a reality-defying abyss.

  24. Childhood's End

    Arthur C. Clarke

    ★ 4.1 (130k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Humanity's golden age of peace and prosperity under the benevolent, yet enigmatic, Overlords slowly reveals itself to be a cosmic nursery, preparing mankind for an unimaginable, terrifying metamorphosis into a collective consciousness that transcends individual existence.

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