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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Monsters of Men

    Patrick Ness

    ★ 4.2 (67k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a world where all thoughts are audible, two young lovers must navigate a three-way war between vengeful aliens, desperate human factions, and an approaching wave of settlers, forcing them to choose between personal survival and the fate of an entire planet.

  2. The Atlantis Gene

    A.G. Riddle

    ★ 3.7 (66k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    An ancient Antarctic discovery and a modern genetic breakthrough spark a global conspiracy, forcing a geneticist and an agent to race against a powerful enemy intent on unleashing the next, deadly stage of human evolution.

  3. The Wind Through the Keyhole

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.2 (66k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    During a fierce storm in Mid-World, Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, tells a story about his youth and a boy's encounter with a shape-shifting monster, connecting it to an old legend of bravery.

  4. Enclave

    Ann Aguirre

    ★ 3.9 (66k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a post-apocalyptic New York, a young Huntress raised in an underground enclave must navigate the monster-filled ruins of the Topside with a former surface-dweller after their warnings are dismissed and they are exiled into the dangers they sought to prevent.

  5. Stories of Your Life and Others

    Ted Chiang

    ★ 4.2 (66k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    This collection explores how language changes time, mathematical truths fall apart, and biblical events happen literally, making us question reality and what humans can understand.

  6. The Final Warning

    James Patterson

    ★ 3.9 (65k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In Antarctica, a winged teenager named Max must outsmart an army wanting to control her powers, all while fighting global warming and a government that sees her as both an experiment and a weapon.

  7. The Immortal Rules

    Julie Kagawa

    ★ 4.1 (65k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A human survivor, turned into the monster she hates, navigates a post-apocalyptic world, hiding her vampiric hunger and searching for a cure.

  8. Cibola Burn

    James S.A. Corey

    ★ 4.2 (65k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    As humanity spreads through alien gates to new worlds, Holden and the Rocinante crew are caught between desperate settlers and a ruthless corporation on a planet where a deadly disease and the echoes of the protomolecule threaten interstellar war.

  9. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

    George R.R. Martin

    ★ 4.2 (65k) average on Goodreads

    A tall, naive hedge knight and his secretly royal squire travel Westeros a century before the dragons' return, navigating jousts, intrigues, and their growing reputations under the Targaryen dynasty.

  10. Best Served Cold

    Joe Abercrombie

    ★ 4.2 (65k) average on Goodreads

    A betrayed mercenary, left for dead and broken, claws her way back from the brink with a motley crew of killers and misfits to systematically hunt down the seven men who wronged her, all while Styria bleeds under the shadow of war and treacherous power plays.

  11. The Water Dancer

    Ta-Nehisi Coates

    ★ 4.1 (64k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Haunted by the memory of a mother he can't recall and blessed with a mysterious power of 'conduction,' Hiram Walker navigates the brutal realities of slavery and the perilous path to freedom, determined to rescue the family he left behind.

  12. The Dark Forest

    Cixin Liu

    ★ 4.4 (64k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    With humanity's every thought exposed to an alien invasion force centuries away, a select few must craft secret strategies hidden within their own minds, even from their own kind, to save a doomed Earth.

  13. The Vampire Armand

    Anne Rice

    ★ 3.8 (64k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Armand, a vampire with a youthful appearance, struggles with eternal life, slavery, and Marius's influence, ultimately choosing between immortality and his soul's salvation, from Mongol-era Kiev Rus to Renaissance Venice and beyond.

  14. Midnight Sun

    Stephenie Meyer

    ★ 3.8 (64k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Experience the familiar, forbidden romance of Edward and Bella anew, this time through the tormented eyes of a vampire battling his predatory instincts against an overwhelming, dangerous love.

  15. The Sparrow

    Mary Doria Russell

    ★ 4.1 (63k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    A Jesuit mission to a planet of singing aliens finds a universe so beautiful and brutal, it shatters their faith and changes what they think it means to be human.

  16. Stars Above

    Marissa Meyer

    ★ 4.2 (63k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    This collection of short stories explores the hidden origins and connections of cyborg mechanics, soldiers, and hackers within the Lunar Chronicles universe, revealing its romantic core.

  17. Frost Burned

    Patricia Briggs

    ★ 4.4 (63k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    When her werewolf pack vanishes, shifter Mercy Thompson must navigate a treacherous political underworld and forge unlikely alliances to rescue her mate and stepdaughter before their enemies exploit the chaos.

  18. The Kissing Hand

    Audrey Penn

    ★ 4.4 (62k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A mother raccoon shares a secret 'Kissing Hand' with her son to magically deliver her love and comfort him through the anxieties of starting school.

  19. Brother Odd

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 4.0 (62k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In an isolated monastery, psychic Odd Thomas seeks solace from a lost love, only to find himself stalked by sinister, death-heralding specters and an ancient, inexorable adversary threatening innocent children.

  20. Invisible Cities

    Italo Calvino

    ★ 4.1 (62k) average on Goodreads

    Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan about many imagined cities, but each one is Venice, his home.

  21. Renegades

    Marissa Meyer

    ★ 4.2 (62k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a city rebuilt by superpowered heroes, a vengeful assassin with the power to steal sleep infiltrates their ranks, only to find herself drawn to the artistic prodigy son of her sworn enemies, who champions the very justice she seeks to dismantle.

  22. Bunnicula

    Deborah Howe

    ★ 3.9 (62k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A suspicious cat and his loyal dog companion must uncover the truth about their new, fanged bunny housemate before his nocturnal, vegetable-draining habits turn their home into a produce-less wasteland.

  23. Carve the Mark

    Veronica Roth

    ★ 3.8 (62k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a galaxy where unique currentgifts define destiny, a resilient woman with the power to inflict pain and a loyal man who can disrupt it are forced together, challenging the brutal tyranny of her brother and the deep-seated animosity between their worlds.

  24. The Iron Trial

    Holly Black

    ★ 4.0 (61k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A boy warned his whole life to avoid magic finds himself drawn into a dangerous sorcery school, where a dark destiny and a loyal puppy await.

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