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Recommended fantasy books (133)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into fantasy here are some fantasy books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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The Falling Woman

The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Elizabeth Butler, an archaelogist, discovers the Secrets of Mayan Magic and learns that their gods may return to Earth

102.

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most ... continue

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The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
Six short stories dealing with events that preceded the birth of Taran, a key figure in the author's five works on the Kingdom of Prydain.

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The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter EN

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
Description:
One Last Stop meets Cemetery Boys in this swoony YA romance from beloved author James L. Sutter. Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet when she stumbles upon the spirit of Aiden, a popular upperclassman who died the previous year, she learns that ghosts have goals of their own. In the wake of his death, Aiden’s little sister, Meredith, has become a depressed recluse, and Aiden can’t pass on into the afterlife until he knows she’ll be okay. Believing that nothing pulls someone out of a slump like roman... continue

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The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi EN

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*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* First in a “wildly inventive and wildly representative” (The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series, Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves follows the exploits of a found family—six societal outcasts tasked with stealing a powerful artifact that can alter their lives for the better, but at the cost of breaking the world. All eyes are on Paris where the Exposition Universelle World Fair is to be held. Hidden among the technological marvels and artistic creations on display is an item of unimaginable power—a Babel fragment that would enable tho... continue

106.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Description:
A girl travels to the Spirit World to break a curse that threatens the lives of her people in this feminist YA retelling of the popular Korean legend "The Tale of Shim Cheong."

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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison EN

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Reluctantly elevated to the throne when his father and brothers are killed in a suspicious accident, an exiled half-goblin is rapidly overwhelmed by ambitious sycophants, imperial burdens, and dangerous plots while searching for friendship and love.

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The High King by Lloyd Alexander EN

Rating: 4.5 (4 votes)
Description:
Taran and his allies carry the battle to the gates of Annuvin itself.

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The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist EN

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Fleeing after some time in the deluxe cell for a murder they did not commit, the Baudelaires hide with the Volunteers Fighting Disease on their way to the Heimlich Hospital. Addressed by Babs, the orphans start work with the near-sighted Hal in the hospital library of records.

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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Description:
Lambda Literary Award-winning author TJ Klune’s bestselling, breakout contemporary fantasy that's "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." (Gail Carriger) A USA Today Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick! One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020" One of Book Riot’s “20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies” A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends hi... continue