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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. The Ordinary Princess

    M.M. Kaye

    ★ 4.2 (13k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Gifted with ordinariness in a world of enchanted princesses, Amy flees a forced marriage only to discover that true magic lies not in royal beauty, but in finding an equally un-extraordinary prince while working as a kitchen maid.

  2. The Mistress of Spices

    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    ★ 3.5 (13k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In an Oakland spice shop, an immortal mistress of ancient spices finds her existence challenged by human love and a choice between eternal duty and mortal passion.

  3. Generation Dead

    Daniel Waters

    ★ 3.6 (13k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A Goth girl falls for a silent, undead leader, forcing her to choose between societal norms and a love that defies death.

  4. Flamecaster

    Cinda Williams Chima

    ★ 4.0 (13k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A prince-healer bent on regicide and a saboteur marked by fate find their paths entwined in a kingdom rife with dark magic, forcing them to choose between vengeance and an unexpected destiny.

  5. Dance of Thieves

    Mary E. Pearson

    ★ 4.3 (13k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A legendary thief and an outlaw dynasty leader clash in a deadly dance of wits and unexpected romance, each driven by secret missions that could either save or shatter their worlds.

  6. Opposite of Always

    Justin A. Reynolds

    ★ 3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Jack gets an impossible do-over, reliving the funny and sad loops of his first love with Kate. He tries to rewrite their story, but finds some futures cannot change, and some sacrifices are too big.

  7. The Willoughbys

    Lois Lowry

    ★ 3.8 (13k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Four old-fashioned children, neglected by their awful parents, go on a darkly comedic adventure to become orphans, while their equally awful parents plot to be rid of them.

  8. Everybody Sees the Ants

    A.S. King

    ★ 4.0 (12k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Haunted by his grandfather's disappearance in Vietnam and tormented by bullies, Lucky Linderman escapes into vivid dreams of the Laotian jungle, blurring the lines between waking trauma and a fantastical quest for self-worth.

  9. Journey to the River Sea

    Eva Ibbotson

    ★ 4.2 (12k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    In 1910, a spirited English orphan journeys to the Amazon, only to find her dreams of exotic adventure thwarted by her repellent relatives, forcing her to forge her own path among enigmatic actors, hidden heirs, and the wild beauty of the river.

  10. The Lonely Hearts Hotel

    Heather O'Neill

    ★ 3.8 (12k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1930s Montreal, two orphaned prodigies navigate a theatrical underworld of charismatic pianos and radicalized chorus girls, fighting to reunite and create their dream circus against all odds.

  11. Moonlight

    Rachel Hawthorne

    ★ 3.8 (12k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A nature-loving teen discovers her destined love is a brooding werewolf, forcing her to choose between her human life and a perilous supernatural destiny as their kind faces annihilation.

  12. Tunnel of Bones

    Victoria Schwab

    ★ 4.1 (12k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In the ghostly catacombs beneath Paris, Cassidy Blake confronts a powerful, awakened spirit threatening the city, all while navigating her parents' haunted TV show and her ghost best friend.

  13. Eyes Like Stars

    Lisa Mantchev

    ★ 3.7 (12k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    In a magical theater where every play ever written comes to life, a parentless girl named Bertie fights to save her eccentric family of actors and her home from an ancient, destructive force, while caught in a love triangle between a dashing pirate and a seductive air spirit.

  14. Hero at the Fall

    Alwyn Hamilton

    ★ 4.4 (12k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Amani, a sharpshooting Demdji, must lead a desperate band of rebels across a mythical desert to rescue her imprisoned prince and ignite a revolution, all while battling ghouls, enemy soldiers, and her own doubts about leadership.

  15. Kingdom of the Wicked

    Derek Landy

    ★ 4.5 (12k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A magical plague gives unstable powers to ordinary teens. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must stop a new group of corrupted, god-like beings from destroying the city.

  16. Ghostopolis

    Doug TenNapel

    ★ 4.0 (12k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A boy accidentally zapped into the afterlife discovers he has unique powers that could save or doom Ghostopolis, making him team up with his spectral grandfather and the wrangler who sent him there to find a way home.

  17. My Fair Godmother

    Janette Rallison

    ★ 3.9 (12k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    When a cell phone-wielding fairy godmother messes up a prom wish, a heartbroken sophomore lands in a medieval quest, turning classic fairy tales into a scramble for a prince, a prom, and survival against trolls and dragons.

  18. A Sudden Light

    Garth Stein

    ★ 3.6 (12k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A teenage boy in a Puget Sound mansion, built from trees his family cut down, uncovers a century of timber-baron secrets and a vengeful ghost. He must face a legacy of environmental damage to save his family and their ancestral land.

  19. Dead Beautiful

    Yvonne Woon

    ★ 4.0 (12k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    After discovering her parents' bizarre murder, a grieving teen is sent to a mysterious boarding school where she falls for an enigmatic boy, only to uncover a dark secret connecting him, the academy, and the very nature of life and death.

  20. A Curse Dark as Gold

    Elizabeth C. Bunce

    ★ 3.6 (12k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a town built on wool and shadowed by an old curse, Charlotte Miller must bargain with a stranger who spins straw into gold, risking her heart and family legacy to break a dark enchantment before it destroys everything she loves.

  21. Lost Souls

    Poppy Z. Brite

    ★ 3.9 (12k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In the goth clubs of Missing Mile and the shadowy streets of New Orleans, young outcasts meet ancient vampires, beginning a violent road trip where love, hunger, and fate collide.

  22. Not a Drop to Drink

    Mindy McGinnis

    ★ 3.8 (12k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a dry, post-apocalyptic world, a young woman guards her family's last water source with a rifle, until desperate strangers threaten her isolated life.

  23. The Silver Mask

    Holly Black

    ★ 4.1 (12k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Imprisoned and reviled, Callum Hunt must confront the terrifying legacy of a dark magician who inhabits his very soul, as he grapples with the power to resurrect the dead and prevent a war that threatens to shatter the magical world.

  24. The Apothecary

    Maile Meloy

    ★ 4.0 (12k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In 1952 London, a new girl and a spy-dreaming apothecary's son must decipher a magical, ancient book of potions to rescue his kidnapped father from Russian agents bent on nuclear destruction.

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