Fantasy genre books (761)


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Momo by Michael Ende DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Momo, ein kleines struppiges Mädchen, lebt am Rande einer Großstadt in den Ruinen eines Amphitheaters. Sie besitzt nichts als das, was sie findet oder was man ihr schenkt, und eine außergewöhnliche Gabe: Sie hört Menschen zu und schenkt ihnen Zeit. Doch eines Tages rückt das gespenstische Heer der grauen Herren in die Stadt ein. Sie haben es auf die kostbare Lebenszeit der Menschen abgesehen und Momo ist die Einzige, die der dunklen Macht der Zeitdiebe noch Einhalt gebieten kann . . . Michael Endes Märchen-Roman voller Poesie und Herzenswärme ü... continue

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Monkey King : Journey to the West (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Wu Cheng EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
Before there was The Lord of the Rings, there was China's Monkey King, one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said "is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people"--now published in a thrilling new one-volume translation with an illustrated foreword by the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel that is the basis for the Disney+ series American Born Chinese, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu, as well as Daniel Wu as the Monkey King The inspiration for the new action role-playing game for PlayStation and Xbox Black Myth: Wukong A Penguin Classic... continue

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Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre EN

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She's fought giants, clobbered dragons, and now Claudette faces her biggest challenge yet... herself! In the final book of the Claudette graphic novel series, Claudette is put to the ultimate test. With her honor on the line will she learn that there's more to a fight than just winning?

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Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
Description:
Everyone knows the Moomins sleep through the winter. But this year, Moomintroll has woken up early. So while the rest of the family slumber, he decides to visit his favorite summer haunts. But all he finds is this strange white stuff. Even the sun is gone! Moomintroll is angry: whoever Winter is, she has some nerve. Determined to discover the truth about this most mysterious of all seasons, Moomintroll goes where no Moomin has gone before.

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Morning Star

Morning Star by Pierce Brown EN

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star. ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST • “[Brown’s] achievement is in creating an uncomfortably familiar world of flaw, fear, and promise.”—Entertainment Weekly Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to figh... continue

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Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Adams is back with the amazing, unprecedented, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, has grown up on a remote world at the edge of the universe. Now she sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. . . . Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Description:
Mr. Popper and his family have penguins in the fridge and an ice rink in the basement in this hilarious Newbery Honor book that inspired the hit movie! How many penguins in the house is too many? Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to his letter by sending him a penguin named Captain Cook, Mr. Popper and his family’s lives change forever. Soon one penguin becomes twelve, and the Poppers must set out on their own adventure to preserve their home. First published in 1938, Mr. Popper’s Penguins is a ... continue


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My Beijing : Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
A 2019 Batchelder Honor Book Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing—and it's full of big personalities. There's a story around every corner, and each day has a hint of magic. In one tale, Yu'er wants to swim in the Special Olympics, a sports competition for people with disabilities. But she and her grandpa don't have a pool! Their trick to help Yu'er practice wows the whole neighborhood. In another story, a friend takes Yu'er to a wild place full of musical insects. Later, Yu'er hears a special story about her grandparents. And in the final story, Yu'er and her grandpa s... continue

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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother. That is, until wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop attends one of these séances and asks Roos to come live with her at the crumbling estate she inherited upon the death of her husband. The manor is unsettling, but the attraction between Roos and Agnes is palpable. So how does someon... continue