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Best Fantasy Books

Fantasy and magical stories

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  1. Lost Voices

    Sarah Porter

    ★ 3.6 (7k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After a desperate fall makes her a mermaid, a lost girl must navigate a dangerous world of siren songs and murder, fighting to keep her humanity against vengeful sisters and a cunning queen.

  2. Raising Dragons

    Bryan Davis

    ★ 3.9 (7k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A boy discovers his fiery temper comes from a secret dragon heritage, and an orphan girl grapples with her own draconic identity. They must unite their powers and faith to defeat an ancient slayer bent on extinguishing all dragonkind.

  3. The 13 Clocks

    James Thurber

    ★ 4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a whimsical world where time is frozen, a dashing prince must outwit a wicked Duke with impossible tasks to win the hand of a silent princess, all while thirteen clocks remain stubbornly stopped.

  4. Clockwork

    Philip Pullman

    ★ 3.9 (7k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    As a writer's dark fairy tale unfolds to cheer a clockmaker's apprentice, its chilling characters, from a nefarious doctor to a prince with a ticking heart, inexorably wind their way into reality, threatening to bring the story's urgent magic to life.

  5. Moonshine

    Rob Thurman

    ★ 4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a New York City filled with the preternatural, half-human Cal Leandros and his brother Niko enter the dangerous underworld of the werewolf mafia, only to learn they are the real targets in a deadlier game.

  6. Bella at Midnight

    Diane Stanley

    ★ 3.8 (7k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A blacksmith's daughter, betrayed by a prince and reclaimed by a knight, discovers her true lineage and embarks on a perilous journey disguised with enchanted gifts to save a kingdom and forge her own destiny.

  7. The Grand Tour

    Patricia C. Wrede

    ★ 3.7 (7k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Newlywed Regency ladies Kate and Cecy, expecting a leisurely European honeymoon, instead find themselves charmingly involved in a magical conspiracy threatening the Continent, complete with mysterious packages, assaulted valets, and a daring chase across enchanted lands.

  8. The Vagrant

    Peter Newman

    ★ 3.7 (7k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A silent warrior crosses a demon-ridden wasteland, carrying humanity's last hope to a crumbling city as the world descends into chaos.

  9. Stage Fright on a Summer Night

    Mary Pope Osborne

    ★ 4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Jack and Annie are whisked to Elizabethan England where they must help a struggling William Shakespeare save his play from theatrical disaster.

  10. Frozen Charlotte

    Alex Bell

    ★ 4.2 (7k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A summer retreat to an isolated Scottish island schoolhouse turns chilling when Sophie encounters her mysteriously deceased cousin and her unsettling collection of antique dolls, all eager to play a deadly game.

  11. Legend

    Marie Lu

    ★ 4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a future dystopia, a military prodigy hunts the nation's most wanted criminal, uncovering government secrets that link their lives and endanger their world.

  12. As Red as Blood

    Salla Simukka

    ★ 3.4 (7k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    During a Finnish winter, a teen who follows rules finds blood-soaked euros and a drug lord, pulling her into a fight for survival against criminals.

  13. The Vampire Stalker

    Allison van Diepen

    ★ 4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A fangirl's wildest dream becomes a dangerous reality when her fictional vampire hunter, Alexander Banks, leaps from the pages of his novel into her world, forcing her to confront real fangs, an escaped villain, and a love that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.

  14. Son of a Trickster

    Eden Robinson

    ★ 3.8 (7k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Jared, a compassionate teen navigating a chaotic life with an alcoholic mother, absent father, and talking ravens, discovers his non-human heritage amidst small-town life and a trickster lineage.

  15. Arabian Nights and Days

    Naguib Mahfouz

    ★ 4.1 (7k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Naguib Mahfouz reworks the Arabian Nights, blending genies, flying carpets, and familiar fables with the insights of a Nobel laureate.

  16. The Clockwork Scarab

    Colleen Gleason

    ★ 3.7 (7k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In steampunk Victorian London, Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes, heirs to legendary family legacies, must overcome their rivalry and a trio of mysterious suitors to unravel the disappearance of society girls, all linked by a strange clockwork scarab before they become the next victims.

  17. Seafire

    Natalie C. Parker

    ★ 3.9 (7k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    Haunted by a warlord's massacre, a female pirate captain must decide if a defecting enemy soldier is the key to vengeance or the destruction of her crew.

  18. The Dead House

    Dawn Kurtagich

    ★ 3.7 (6k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A chilling diary found in the ashes of a burned-down high school unravels the mystery of a missing girl and her twin sister who never existed, blurring the lines between reality, delusion, and a sinister past.

  19. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

    Lynne Jonell

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When a good girl named Emmy befriends a mischievous, talking, and shrinking rat, she uncovers the truth behind her strict nanny and the rat's predicament.

  20. The Black Tides of Heaven

    J.Y. Yang

    ★ 3.8 (6k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a world where gender is chosen and power comes from mystical 'tensors' or revolutionary 'machinists,' a twin monk who sees fate's strings must choose between loyalty to his prophetic sister and joining a rebellion against their mother's oppressive rule.

  21. The Light of Other Days

    Arthur C. Clarke

    ★ 4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a world where quantum entanglement makes privacy impossible by letting everyone see through walls and across the globe, humanity deals with the sudden loss of secrets, only to find this same technology can rewind time, showing every past mistake and success.

  22. The Veldt

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 4.2 (6k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    In a house where every whim is satisfied by intelligent machines, two children's innocent fascination with an African veldt simulation morphs into a chilling, predatory reality that blurs the line between play and primal instinct.

  23. Queen of Shadows

    Sarah J. Maas

    ★ 3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Now Queen of Terrasen, Aelin returns to Adarlan, not as an assassin, but as a queen ready to take revenge on a tyrannical king, rescue her allies, and reclaim her kingdom.

  24. At the Back of the North Wind

    George MacDonald

    ★ 4.0 (6k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A poor coachman's son finds his mundane Victorian life transformed by the ethereal, maternal spirit of the North Wind, who offers him glimpses into a beautiful, mystical land beyond the harsh realities of 19th-century England.

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