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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. A Column of Fire

    Ken Follett

    ★ 4.2 (71k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    During the brutal religious wars of 16th-century Europe, a young spy works to protect Queen Elizabeth I and promote tolerance against fanatical tyrants, all while his love for a woman on the opposing side faces extreme challenges.

  2. Never Never

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.1 (71k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Two amnesiac teenagers, best friends and lovers, must retrace their erased past to discover why they've forgotten everything, and if their love is worth rediscovering.

  3. The Witch of Portobello

    Paulo Coelho

    ★ 3.5 (71k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    A mysterious woman's journey unfolds through the eyes of those who loved and misunderstood her, asking us to embrace our true selves even when self-discovery is uncertain.

  4. Heir to the Empire

    Timothy Zahn

    ★ 4.1 (70k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Five years after Endor, as the New Republic finds its footing, Grand Admiral Thrawn emerges from the unknown regions with a brilliant tactical mind and two devastating discoveries, threatening to shatter the fragile peace and reignite the galactic civil war.

  5. Sleeping Giants

    Sylvain Neuvel

    ★ 3.8 (70k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A mysterious, colossal metal hand discovered by a young girl sparks a global race against time to decipher its alien origins and purpose, threatening to either unite or obliterate humanity.

  6. Pinocchio

    Carlo Collodi

    ★ 3.9 (69k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mischievous wooden puppet goes on many misadventures and learns that being human means having a selfless heart.

  7. Jitterbug Perfume

    Tom Robbins

    ★ 4.2 (69k) average on Goodreads

    From ancient Bohemia to modern-day Paris, a renegade janitor races against time to save the final drops of a goat-god-embossed perfume, rumored to be the universe's essence, before it all leaks away.

  8. Every Heart a Doorway

    Seanan McGuire

    ★ 3.8 (69k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    At a peculiar boarding school for children who've returned from fantastical worlds, a new arrival and a string of mysterious deaths force the students to confront whether the darkness they escaped has followed them home.

  9. The Book of Lost Things

    John Connolly

    ★ 4.0 (69k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Grieving the loss of his mother, young David tumbles through the whispering pages of his books into a warped fairy-tale land where familiar stories twist into dark, perilous quests for a mysterious tome holding the secrets of his own lost reality.

  10. Max

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.1 (68k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Hawaii's coast is under attack by a deep-sea threat. Max and her winged flock must dive into the abyss to rescue her mother from an underwater evil, confronting their biggest fear.

  11. The Runaway Bunny

    Margaret Wise Brown

    ★ 4.1 (68k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mother bunny reassures her adventurous child that her love will always find them, no matter how far they roam.

  12. The Paper Magician

    Charlie N. Holmberg

    ★ 3.6 (68k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A paper magician apprentice must venture into her mentor's heart to save him from a dark magic user who stole it, discovering forbidden powers and unexpected love.

  13. The Demon King

    Cinda Williams Chima

    ★ 4.1 (68k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A former thief, marked by mysterious silver cuffs, and a rebellious princess heir find their lives tied to a dangerous ancient amulet as their world nears a magical war between clans and powerful wizards.

  14. The Rules of Magic

    Alice Hoffman

    ★ 4.0 (68k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a prequel to 'Practical Magic,' the Owens siblings navigate forbidden love and growing powers in 1960s New York, trying to outrun a centuries-old curse that promises heartbreak to all who love.

  15. Flyte

    Angie Sage

    ★ 4.0 (68k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A year after embracing his wizarding destiny, Septimus Heap faces lingering Darke Magyk and his brother's vengeful plot, threatening the fragile peace of the Castle and his ExtraOrdinary apprenticeship.

  16. The Two Princesses of Bamarre

    Gail Carson Levine

    ★ 4.0 (68k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A timid princess, armed with enchanted gifts and a sorcerer's whispered love, must conquer her deepest fears and outwit cunning mythical beasts to find a cure for her brave, ailing sister before the dreaded Gray Death claims her.

  17. God Emperor of Dune

    Frank Herbert

    ★ 3.9 (67k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    For 3,500 years, the immortal, part-sandworm God Emperor Leto Atreides II has ruthlessly guided humanity along his 'Golden Path,' manipulating destiny and sacrificing his own humanity to ensure mankind's ultimate survival against an unknowable, existential threat.

  18. Year One

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 4.0 (67k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    After a New Year's Eve plague brings magic and chaos, survivors navigate society's ruins, finding purpose and new beginnings as ancient good and evil awaken.

  19. Skyward

    Brandon Sanderson

    ★ 4.5 (67k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    On a planet where humans fight for survival against aliens, a determined girl finds her calling as a pilot by befriending an ancient, sentient spaceship.

  20. Prelude to Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    ★ 4.1 (67k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a vast galactic empire nearing collapse, a young mathematician, Hari Seldon, invents a science that predicts the future, making him central to humanity's survival or ruin.

  21. Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    ★ 3.9 (67k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A hundred colonists set out to terraform Mars, battling the hostile planet and their own clashing ideas, ambitions, and loyalties as they try to build a new world.

  22. The Icebound Land

    John Flanagan

    ★ 4.2 (67k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Young Will endures Skandian slavery, while his mentor Halt, a disgraced Ranger, defies kings and travels a dangerous path with Horace to reclaim him before hope fades.

  23. The Prisoner of Heaven

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    ★ 4.0 (67k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1957 Barcelona, a mysterious visitor to a bookshop uncovers a two-decade-old secret, making Daniel Sempere and Fermín Romero de Torres face the dangers of Franco's dictatorship and the truths hidden in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

  24. How to Stop Time

    Matt Haig

    ★ 3.8 (67k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A centuries-old man, tired of outliving loved ones, risks everything for a forbidden romance. This relationship might teach him to live in the present, despite a secret society watching him and his past memories.

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