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Readers love Harry and the numerous characters and creatures he comes into contact with–and it only gets better with each published novel! These fantasy books for adults will suck you right in. But its heroine is a skeptic — at first. As part of the titular ninth house, Lethe, Alex must work to uncover the magical abuses of these occult organizations — but what she can't know is how dark things will get, and how deeply she's enmeshed in them already. Jemisin's most fully realized work, combining her trademark psychological complexity with an ultra-immersive world and a magic system of startling originality. If you think you know the story, then prepare to be surprised. Jemisin is a bona fide thought leader who writes full-time, but The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms was the match that sparked her incandescent career. This high fantasy novel (in the guise of New Yorker-friendly lit fic) follows a high school senior named Quentin, who finds his way into magic college en route to his Princeton interview. The Unicorn’s wanderings put her in the company of ringmasters and harpies, magicians and kings: some who want to harm her, and some who do their best to help. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone: A Novel…. Martin to finish up his long-running series’ sixth installment, it’s worth revisiting the book that made his name — and gave its name to the show that brought TV fantasy into the mainstream. Das’s writing is sublime, beautifully counterbalancing the darkness and violence of the narrative, where werewolves stalk the Indian subcontinent. list created August 4th, 2013 The book’s tween Anti-Christ, Adam, is refreshingly human and irresistibly likable. 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This wildly inventive novel snagged a nomination for the World Fantasy Prize, but it’s about as far from sword and sorcery as you can get. The most influential reimagining of the Arthurian legend since The Sword and the Stone, this sharply observed novel turns a feminist gaze on age-old tales. A foundational book in epic fantasy but one also featuring one of the first great anti-heroes. A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Here Nahri finds out the truth about her own heritage — the key to her talent for the healing arts. The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. White is a staple for any fantasy buff, following the journey of a young boy named Wart as he grows from Merlin’s pupil to Arthur, King of the Britons. Butcher’s Dresden Files is a large reason for that. 1. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea. Butler’s spare prose and mastery of psychological detail render the human cost of slavery with devastating clarity. A stunning example of high, epic fantasy played straight, Assassin’s Apprentice introduces us to the bravest bastard this side of Jon Snow. Best Fantasy Novellas All Votes Add Books To This List. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Tolkien is commonly credited with the birth of modern fantasy literature, but he never would have gotten there without Lord Dunsany. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien One ring rules them all. Fantasy books have always transported their readers to wonderous lands and the best dark fantasy books go even further. Her story is refracted in a charmingly meta fashion, and has a comforting familiarity of form, as we see everything through Mori’s journal entries — where she vents about math classes, bra shopping, and first love along with the difficulties of spell-casting. Can't imagine a top ten without a Terry Pratchett novel. But the story also tackles race with a deft touch: Zacharias Wythe is the new Sorcerer Royal of black African descent, and Prunella Gentleman is a biracial, magical finishing school drop-out. Because of this, the Stillness is a dangerous place for orogenes, who have the ability to control earthquakes and channel temperature. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by. And when he seeks help from a group of exorcist-priests, Jevick quickly finds himself enmeshed in a power struggle that he never anticipated. Together, they have to prevent an all-out war between powerful magical factions — all while dealing with the constant indignities of prejudice. Its title hints at the darkly magical world we find inside — “bone clocks” are what immortals call the rest of us, ordinary humans whose bodies tick out the passage of time through their slow decay. Even if you’re not a math geek, you’re probably familiar with the algebraist Charles Dodgson — you just know him his much more famous alter-ego, Lewis Carroll. The first book in the instant New York Times bestselling series, the Empirium Trilogy! Furyborn is an epic YA fantasy about two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it. If you’re a fantasy buff, you’ll already know that the lion is a Christological stand-in, and that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a meditation on redemption, sacrifice, and faith. In the world of Neal Shusterman's Scythe, hyper-advanced technology has eliminated death by natural causes, rendering humans biologically immortal. Browse All Our Lists, Essays, and Interviews. 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