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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Blue Lily, Lily Blue

    Maggie Stiefvater

    ★ 4.3 (118k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Ley lines awaken and ancient sleepers stir. Blue Sargent and the Raven Boys face shifting loyalties and the unraveling of their certainties, all while getting closer to the truth of a lost Welsh king and the cost of magic.

  2. Assassin's Quest

    Robin Hobb

    ★ 4.2 (118k) average on Goodreads

    Resurrected and scarred, the former assassin Fitz embarks on a desperate, magic-infused quest for vengeance against the treacherous Prince Regal, hoping to save his crumbling kingdom and the last vestiges of his soul.

  3. Death Masks

    Jim Butcher

    ★ 4.3 (117k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Caught between a vampiric duel, a sacred relic theft, and his semi-vampire ex-girlfriend's return, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden faces a supernatural storm where each win might lead him closer to his end.

  4. An Echo in the Bone

    Diana Gabaldon

    ★ 4.4 (117k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the American Revolution, Jamie and Claire Fraser navigate war and family, trying to change history and protect loved ones, while their daughter in the future uncovers parts of their past that threaten her own life.

  5. Warbreaker

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.3 (117k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In a world where color provides power and gods are reborn as mortals, two royal sisters navigate divine politics, ancient magic, and a reluctant God King to prevent a war that could destroy them.

  6. The Snow Child

    Eowyn Ivey

    ★ 4.0 (117k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In 1920s Alaska, a childless homesteader couple's despair changes with the sudden arrival of a wild, mysterious girl, born from snow and myth, who redefines their ideas of family, nature, and the line between reality and fairy tale.

  7. Alanna: The First Adventure

    Tamora Pierce

    ★ 4.2 (116k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A determined young girl secretly trains as a knight, facing perilous battles and hidden magic on her quest for knighthood.

  8. The Iron Daughter

    Julie Kagawa

    ★ 4.1 (116k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Stripped of her powers and imprisoned by the Winter Court, half-human Meghan must forge an iron will to expose the unseen threat of the Iron fey, even as her heart yearns for the treacherous prince who abandoned her.

  9. The Angel's Game

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    ★ 3.9 (116k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1920s Barcelona, a struggling author accepts a mysterious offer to write a transcendent book, only to find himself entangled in a gothic labyrinth of obsession, murder, and supernatural secrets hidden within an abandoned mansion.

  10. The Slow Regard of Silent Things

    Patrick Rothfuss

    ★ 3.9 (115k) average on Goodreads

    Auri, a damaged girl, navigates the silent, orderly, and beautiful hidden world of the Underthing, honoring forgotten things.

  11. Before They Are Hanged

    Joe Abercrombie

    ★ 4.3 (115k) average on Goodreads

    A crippled torturer defends a city, a spoiled prince leads an army, and a cynical mage guides misfits on a quest, as an ancient war unravels with betrayal and bloody reckoning for all.

  12. The Miniaturist

    Jessie Burton

    ★ 3.6 (115k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 17th-century Amsterdam, a young bride's miniature dollhouse becomes a prophetic mirror of her opulent yet secretive new life, revealing the dangerous truths hidden within her wealthy merchant husband's household.

  13. Mary Poppins

    P.L. Travers

    ★ 4.0 (115k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mysterious nanny arrives on Cherry Tree Lane, making chores magical and showing the Banks children that wonder exists everywhere.

  14. Abhorsen

    Garth Nix

    ★ 4.2 (114k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Lirael, the new Abhorsen-in-Waiting, gathers her allies to confront an ancient evil, Orannis, in the realms of Life and Death before it destroys the world.

  15. A Dog's Purpose

    W. Bruce Cameron

    ★ 4.3 (114k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A dog goes through multiple lives, seeking its purpose and showing the strong bond between humans and their dogs.

  16. Illuminae

    Amie Kaufman

    ★ 4.3 (114k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 2575, a planet-wide invasion forces Kady and her ex-boyfriend Ezra to flee on a spaceship where a deadly plague, a rogue AI, and corporate secrets threaten their survival, all documented through hacked files.

  17. Life As We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    ★ 3.9 (113k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    After a meteor shifts the moon, plunging the world into an Arctic winter, a teenage girl's journal records her family's fight to survive tsunamis, earthquakes, and an ash-choked sky.

  18. The Mist

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (113k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Trapped in a supermarket by a strange mist with unseen monsters, survivors must face their fears and the truth behind a secret government project to fight an otherworldly invasion.

  19. Chocolat

    Joanne Harris

    ★ 4.0 (113k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a quiet French village, a mysterious chocolatier arrives during Lent, sparking a quiet revolution with her sweets and her ability to help villagers embrace their hidden desires.

  20. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    ★ 4.2 (113k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In a future where Earth's lunar penal colony revolts for independence, a one-armed computer technician, a female activist, a wise professor, and a self-aware supercomputer lead a revolution against an oppressive government, battling for freedom and the meaning of humanity.

  21. Red Seas Under Red Skies

    Scott Lynch

    ★ 4.2 (113k) average on Goodreads

    After barely surviving a gang war, master thief Locke Lamora and his partner Jean dive into the ultimate con: swindling their way to the top of the most exclusive, death-defying gambling house in the world, only to find their past catching up to them in the most dangerous way imaginable.

  22. School's Out—Forever

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.2 (112k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Max, a genetically engineered bird-kid, must navigate the terrifying normalcy of an FBI-run 'school' while uncovering her destiny to save the world and facing her greatest enemy: a clone of herself.

  23. Across the Universe

    Beth Revis

    ★ 3.8 (112k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Waking fifty years too early on a generational spaceship, a frozen girl must uncover a murderer among the isolated, future-shocked inhabitants before her parents become the next victims, all while navigating a forbidden romance with the ship's enigmatic young leader.

  24. Messenger

    Lois Lowry

    ★ 3.9 (112k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    As a sinister closed-mindedness seeps into his once-welcoming village, a young messenger must journey through a treacherous forest, relying on a newfound inner power to deliver one last, vital message.

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