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Best Fantasy Books

Category100 of 824 books118 recommendations total

Fantasy recommended most by avid readers, authors and curators — epic secondary worlds, sword and sorcery and contemporary fantasy. Including the long series worth committing to.

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Book cover for “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1

24 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Comedy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Humor, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverThe Master and Margarita
17 recommendations
Description

A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th centuryNothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov’s crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Written during the darke...

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Book cover for “The Name of the Wind”
The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1

7 recommendations
Description

This is the riveting firstperson narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a nearferal orphan in a crimeriddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name o...

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Book cover for “This Is How You Lose the Time War”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Romance, Time, Travel, Fiction, Enemies lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Alice in Wonderland”
5 recommendations
Description

Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton. Inviting and magical, ALICE IN WONDERLAND is an imaginative new twist on one of the most beloved stories of all time. Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a jour...

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No coverLord of Light
5 recommendations
Description

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of Technology,, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light....

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Book cover for “No One Is Talking About This”
4 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No cover1Q84
3 recommendations
Description

The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver?s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 ??Q is for ?question mark.? A world that bears a question.? Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named ...

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Book cover for “Matilda”
3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around For, Year, Olds, 10, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Piranesi”
3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverMrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Description

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brillia...

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Book cover for “The Water Dancer”
3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “A Wizard of Earthsea”
A Wizard of Earthsea

The Earthsea Cycle Series, Book 1

3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Epic, Fantasy, Dragon, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Inversions”
Inversions

Culture, Book 6

2 recommendations
Description

In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about.In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard, too, has his enemies. But his enemies strike more swiftly, ...

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Book cover for “To Sleep in a Sea of Stars”
Description

"To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust...

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Book cover for “The Blade Itself”
The Blade Itself

First Law, Book 1

2 recommendations
Description

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dash...

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Book cover for “The BFG”
2 recommendations
Description

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bonecrunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giantsrather than the BFGshe would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that ...

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No coverCharlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie Bucket, Book 1

2 recommendations
Description

Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden Tickets and wins a whole day inside the mysterious chocolate factory. Little does he know the surprises that are in store for him!(back cover)...

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No coverDread Nation
2 recommendations
Description

At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar_x0097_a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania_x0097_derail...

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No coverThe Fifth Sacred Thing
2 recommendations
Description

An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression....

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No coverThe Iron King
The Iron King

Accursed Kings, Book 1

2 recommendations
Description

?This is the original game of thrones? George R.R. MartinFrom the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin?s epic work.?Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!?The Iron King ? Philip the Fair ? is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He gov...

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Book cover for “The Sound of Stars”
1 recommendation
Description

Don't miss this spectacular debut novel... Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity This road trip is truly out of this world! A beautiful and thrilling read for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading...

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Book cover for “How to Train Your Dragon”
How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon, Book 2

1 recommendation
Description

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "the Dragon Whisperer"...but it wasn't always so. Travel back to the days when the mighty warrior was just a boy, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans. Can Hiccup capture a dragon and train it without being torn limb from lim...

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No coverBlack Wings Beating
Black Wings Beating

Skybound Saga, Book 1

1 recommendation
Description

The people of Uztar have long looked to the sky with hope and wonder. Nothing in their world is more revered than the birds of prey and no one more honored than the falconers who call them to their fists.Brysen strives to be a great falconerwhile his twin sister, Kylee, rejects her ancient gifts for the sport and wishes to be free of falconry. Sh...

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No coverHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Description

The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of The Daily Prophet looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet …As in all wars, life goes on. Sixthyear students learn to ...

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No coverMistborn
Mistborn

The Final Empire (Mistborn (1))

1 recommendation
Description

Where ash falls from the sky, and mist dominates the night, evil cloaks the land and stifles all life. Criminal mastermind Kelsier teaches Allomancy, the magic of metals, to another Mistborn, urchin Vin 16. The unlikely heroine is distracted by rich Venture heir Elend. Can Kelsier's thieving crew take on the tyrant Lord Ruler and bring back colour ...

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No coverThe Great Divorce
1 recommendation
Description

C.S. Lewis? The Great Divorce is a classic Christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven. An extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment, Lewis?s revolutionary idea in the The Great Divorce is that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis? The Great Divorce...

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No coverFrom Blood and Ash
From Blood and Ash

Blood and Ash, Book 1

1 recommendation
Description

Captivating and actionpacked, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected Fantasy, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa. A Maiden_x0085_ Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy_x0092_s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to...

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Book cover for “Iron Gold”
Iron Gold

Red Rising, Book 4

1 recommendation
Description

They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the wartorn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirtythird of his life.A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has ...

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Book cover for “Carbonel”
Carbonel

The King of the Cats (Nyrb Kids)

1 recommendation
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Children'sFiction, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “The Black Prism”
The Black Prism

Lightbringer, Book 1

1 recommendation
Description

Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live.When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how ...

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Book cover for “Assassin's Apprentice”
Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1

1 recommendation
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Grimdark, Fantasy, Assassin, Epic, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverSandkings
1 recommendation
Description

When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amused to find that his tank of Earth piranhas had cannibalized themselves into extinction, and of the two exotic animals that roamed his estate, only one remained. Now, in search of some new pets to satisfy his cruel pursuit of amusement, Simon finds a ne...

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No coverThe Ten Thousand Doors of January
Description

In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of selfdiscovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut.In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate th...

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No coverCoraline
1 recommendation
Description

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save ...

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No coverPerdido Street Station
1 recommendation
Description

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no onenot even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a halfbird, halfhuman creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac i...

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Book cover for “Goblin Emperor”
1 recommendation
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverThe Peshawar Lancers
Description

A DIFFERENT PAST... A spray of comets freezes human progress in the 1870s. A STRANGE PRESENT... Now the British Empire and All the Russias each rule half the world. A DANGEROUS FUTURE... Everyone predicts a showdownbut no one can predict the role that one man, spy and hero, double and triple agent, will play......

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No coverBloodsucking Fiends
Description

There is an alternate cover edition here.Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching neck, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the decision has been made for her.Making the transition from the ninetofive grind to an eternity of nocturnal ...

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Book cover for “Kingdom's Dawn”
Description

A Riveting Medieval Parallel to the Bible Good and evil clash. Leinad and Cedric are determined to not only survive, but claim hope and victory! In Kingdom's Dawn , Leinad and Tess, along with all the king's people, must escape slavery by the powerful Lord Fairos. Kingdom's Hope finds them free and arriving in the Chessington Valley. But when they ...

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No coverAmmonite
Description

Change or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony has lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep_x0096_and its forces find themselves fighting f...

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No coverThe Magic of the Unicorn
Description

The main character, YOU, is a young person in a magical medieval village seeking a unicorn horn to purify tainted water in a multipleending interactive adventure....

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No coverThe Children of Jocasta
Description

Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating attack of plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king?her husbandtobe.Jocasta struggles through this miserable marriage until she is unexpectedly widowed?now free to cho...

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No coverBrown Girl in the Ring
Description

The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old waysfarming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eterna...

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Book cover for “Ninefox Gambit”
Description

The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem herself in front of the Hexarchate.To win an impossible war Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general.Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarc...

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No coverCompanions of the Night
Description

When Kerry's little brother forgets his stuffed bear at the laundry, Kerry ventures out at 11th p.m. to retrieve it for him. The laundry is deserted and kind of spooky, and while she's there three men burst in, dragging a bound and bloodied young man they insist is a vampire. Kerry helps him escape, only to be caught up in a desperate game between ...

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No coverThe New Kid at School
Description

When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers' Academy. But how can he ever hope to be a dragon slayer when he can't even stand the sight of blood...

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No coverA Shade Of Vampire
A Shade Of Vampire

A Shade of Vampire, Book 1

Description

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 13: 9781481280761.On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally ...

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No coverA Natural History of Dragons
A Natural History of Dragons

A Memoir by Lady Trent (The Lady Trent Memoirs)

Description

You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart_x0097_no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's presence, even for the briefest of moments_x0097_even at the risk of one's life_x0097_is a delight that, once experienced, can never be forgotten. . . .All the world, fro...

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No coverThe Dark Wife
Description

Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth. Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could wantexcept for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the everwatchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, s...

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Book cover for “The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea”
Description

A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic.Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a ...

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No coverThe Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
Description

Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a twoweek period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and a...

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No coverThe Girl from Everywhere
Description

Nix has spent her entire life aboard her father_x0092_s ship, sailing across the centuries, across the world, across myth and imagination.As long as her father has a map for it, he can sail to any time, any place, real or imagined: nineteenthcentury China, the land from One Thousand and One Nights, a mythic version of Africa. Along the way they have fou...

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No coverThe Infernal Devices
The Infernal Devices

Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Description

All three books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, are now available together in a collectible paperback boxed set. The books have gorgeous new covers, maps, forewords, and bonus content.Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Enter the secret world of the Shadowhunters with this handsomely packaged boxed set that includes...

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No coverThe Chronicles of Dragon
The Chronicles of Dragon

The Hero, the Sword and the Dragons (Volume 1)

Description

Welcome to the world of NALZAMBOR ... Nath is a special warrior. He is a man destined to be a dragon. In order to become a dragon, he must save the dragons.For countless years Nath has been on a quest to become a dragon, but his meddling with the other races tends to get in the way. The way of men is not the way of Nath Dragon his father has warned...

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No coverThe Beautiful
Description

In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeenyearold Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamored with the vibrant city from the music to the food to t...

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No coverThe Years of Rice and Salt
Description

It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur_x0097_the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's populations was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead How would the world have changed This is a look at the history that could ...

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Book cover for “The Legend of Zelda”
The Legend of Zelda

Hyrule Historia

Description

Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains neverbeforeseen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an i...

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No coverOkami Official Complete Works
Description

Okami is one of the newest Capcom action games boasting a very unique art style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. The Okami Official Complete Works art book will take you behind the scenes to the amazing artwork that defines the wonderful world of this beautiful video game! The 288 full color pages are filled with character and loc...

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No coverPercy Jackson and the Olympians
Description

An alternative cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers with poster)The Lightning ThiefThe Sea of MonstersThe Titan's CurseThe Battle of the LabyrinthThe Last Olympian An alternative cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers with poster)The Lightning ThiefThe Sea o...

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Book cover for “Skyward”
Skyward

Skyward, Book 2

Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the Mistborn trilogy comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future. Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left From t...

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No coverThe Dark Tower 8Book Boxed Set
Description

For the first time ever in a single box set, all of Stephen King_x0092_s eight Dark Tower novels_x0097_one of the most acclaimed and popular series of all time_x0097_soon to be a major motion film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.Set in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace, The Dark Tower series features one of Stephen King_x0092_s most powerful crea...

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Book cover for “Space Opera,”
Description

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SINGA century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent spacefaring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was inventedsomething to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, and understanding.Once ...

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Book cover for “Beyonders The Complete Set”
Beyonders The Complete Set

A World Without Heroes; Seeds of Rebellion; Chasing the Prophecy

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverDragons and Marshmallows
Description

With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure the brand new series Zoey and Sassafras has something for everyone! Easytoread language and illustrations on nearly every page make this series perfect for a wide range of ages.In the first book of this series, Zoey discovers a glowing photo and learns an amazing secret. Injured magical ani...

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No coverThe Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm

Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time (Wheel of Time (12))

Description

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.Tarmon Gai...

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No coverBoy's Life
Description

An Alabama boy_x0092_s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times_x0096_bestselling author of Swan Song.It_x0092_s 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River, or for the local dairy. It_x0092_s a simple life, but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelveyearol...

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Book cover for “Emperor of Thorns”
Emperor of Thorns

Broken Empire, Book 3

Description

King Jorg Ancrath is twenty now_x0097_and king of seven nations. His goal_x0097_revenge against his father_x0097_has not yet been realized, and the demons that haunt him have only grown stronger. Yet no matter how tortured his path, he intends to take the next step in his upward climb. Jorg would be emperor. It is a position not to be gained by the sword but rather ...

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Book cover for “Legend”
Legend

Drenai Saga, Book 1

Description

He is DRUSS the Legend. His skill in battle has earned him a fearsome reputation throughout the world and the stories of his life are told everywhere. But the grizzled veteran has spurned a life of fame and fortune and has retreated to the solitude of his mountain lair to await his old enemy, Death.Meanwhile, barbarian hordes of the Nadir are on th...

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No coverRise of the Earth Dragon
Rise of the Earth Dragon

A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) (1)

Description

The DRAGON MASTERS series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the DRAGON SLAYERS' ACADEMY!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easytoread text, highinterest content, fastpaced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidenc...

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Book cover for “The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart”
Description

A classic Fantasy, with terrific girl power (and chocolate), perfect for fans of Shannon Hale and Jessica Day George.Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family's mountain cave . . . if only they'd let her leave it. Her family thinks she's too young to fly on her own, but she's determined to prove them wrong b...

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Book cover for “Shades of Grey”
Description

Shades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the lowlevel House of Red and can see his own color_x0097_but no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be col...

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Book cover for “Pet”
Description

A thoughtprovoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist's canvas, whose talent is sniffing out monsters in a world that claims they don't exist anymore. Perfect for fans of Akata Witch and Shadowshaper . There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Red A th...

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No coverObsidian
Obsidian

Lux, Book 2

Description

When seventeenyearold Katy Swartz moved to West Virginia right before her senior year, she'd pretty much resigned herself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring, but then she spotted her hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up . . . until he opened his mouth. Daemon Black is i...

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No coverThe Solitaire Mystery
Description

Twelveyearold Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to give his son lessons about life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was four (to find' herself) and the story begins when father and son set off on a trip to Greece, where she now lives, to try to persuade her to come home. En route, in Switz...

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No coverTalking to Dragons
Talking to Dragons

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Four (4)

Description

One day, Daystar's mom, Cimorene, hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Daystar doesn't know what he is supposed to do with the magic sword, but knowing Cimorene, he's sure it must involve a dragon or two!...

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Book cover for “Sabriel”
Sabriel

Old Kingdom, Book 1

Description

Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him. With Sabriel, the first install...

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No coverDeadhouse Gates
Deadhouse Gates

A Tale of The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Description

In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha_x0092_ik and her followers prepare for the longprophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and ...

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No coverThief of Time
Thief of Time

Discworld, Book 26

Description

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater how much time does a codfish need) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock sta...

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No coverIsle of Swords
Description

A young lad awakens on an island, alone and brutally injured, with no memory of his past.Captain Declan Ross searched for riches that will free him and his headstrong daughter, Anne, from the piracy business forever . . . Bartholomew Thorne, an infamously ruthless pirate, seeks to destroy Ross and any who stand in his way of the legendary treasure ...

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Book cover for “Sheepfarmer's Daughter”
Sheepfarmer's Daughter

The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1

Description

The Paksenarrion Trilogy_x0097_Back in Print!Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter may be the daughter of a humble sheep farmer in the far north end of the kingdom, but she dreams of so much more. After refusing her father_x0092_s orders to do the sensible thing and marry the pig farmer down the road, Paks, runs away to join a band of mercenaries, dreaming of daring dee...

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Book cover for “Keystone”
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When the road forks, how do you know which path is the right one Raven Black hunts evildoers for fun, but her vigilante justice isn't the only reason she's hiding from the law. Half Vampire, half Mage, she's spent years living as a rogue to stay alive. When a Russian Shifter offers her a job in his covert organization hunting outlaws, dignity and ...

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No coverRaggedy Ann Stories
Description

All the original stories are here, as Raggedy Ann comes to Marcella's nursery and quickly becomes the leader of the dolls. After learning a lesson from a naughty ride on the pantry, Raggedy Ann's adventures show her striving to be good and succeeding. She and the other dolls rescue Fido, the family dog, from the dogcatcher. When, in one adventure...

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No coverThe People of Paper
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THE PEOPLE OF PAPER is an astonishing debut novel about the anguish of lost love. Author Salvador Plascencia, a "onceinageneration talent" (George Saunders), weaves together the stories of a large cast of colorful characters, including: a disgruntled monk, a father and daughter, a gang of carnation pickers, and a woman made of paper....

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No coverCity of Bones
City of Bones

Mortal Instruments, Book 1

Description

When fifteenyearold Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone e...

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No coverMy Sister the Vampire, No. 1
Description

When Olivia Abbott moves to town, she's excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed all in black, looks like Olivia's opposite. Then the girls look beyond the glittery pink blush and thick black eyeliner to discover they're identicalidentical twins!Olivia and Ivy are brimmin...

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Book cover for “Angels' Blood”
Angels' Blood

Guild Hunter, Book 2

Description

USA Today bestselling author Nalini Singh introduces a world of beauty and bloodlust, where angels hold sway over vampires_x0085_Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux knows she_x0092_s the best_x0097_but she doesn_x0092_t know if she_x0092_s good enough for this job. Hired by the dangerously beautiful Archangel Raphael, a being so lethal that no mortal wants his attention, only one thi...

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No coverDead Until Dark
Dead Until Dark

Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1

Description

Sookie Stackhouse is just a smalltime cocktail waitress in smalltown Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her lifeand one of her coworkers checks out....Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea....

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No coverMia Mayhem Is a Superhero!
Description

Meet Mia Macarooney, an ordinary eightyearold who finds out she has an extraordinary supersecret in this first chapter book in the brandnew Mia Mayhem series!Mia Macarooney is a regular eightyearold girl who finds out that she?s A SUPERHERO! Her life literally goes from totally ordinary to totally super when she?s invited to attend the afters...

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No coverRhapsodic
Rhapsodic

The Bargainer, Book 1

Description

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she's been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she's received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you n...

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Book cover for “Chocolat”
Chocolat

A Novel (A Vianne Rocher Novel)

Description

A timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality every page offers a description of chocolate to melt in the mouths of chocoholics, francophiles, armchair gourmets, cookbook readers, and lovers of passion everywhere.Illuminating Peter Mayle's South of France with a touch of Laura Esquivel's magic realism, Chocolat is a ...

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Book cover for “Night Watch”
Night Watch

Book One

Description

They are the "Others," an ancient race of supernatural beings_x0097_magicians, shapeshifters, vampires, and healers_x0097_who live among us. Human born, they must choose a side to swear allegiance to_x0097_the Dark or the Light_x0097_when they come of age.For a millennium, these opponents have coexisted in an uneasy peace, enforced by defenders like the Night Watch, forc...

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Book cover for “The Keep”
The Keep

A Novel of the Adversary Cycle (Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack (1)) (NO. 1 OF 6)

Description

"Something is murdering my men."Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims.When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to ...

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No coverThe Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories

Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition

Description

Before Buffy, before Twilight, before Octavia Butler's Fledgling, there was The Gilda Stories, Jewelle Gomez's sexy vampire novel."The Gilda Stories is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays, but for how it portrays themcommunally, unapologetically, roaming fiercely over space and time."Emma Donoghue, author of Room"Jewelle Gome...

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No coverThe Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Description

A Korean Charlotte's WebMore than 2 million copies sold This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild?and to hatch an egg...

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Book cover for “The Midnight Library”
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_x0093_Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets_x0094_A dazzling novel about all the choic...

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Book cover for “Empire of Ivory”
Empire of Ivory

Temeraire, Book 4

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Alternate, History, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverAn Unkindness Of Ghosts
Description

Oddmannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for sto...

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No coverThe Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set
The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty; Beauty's Punishment; Beauty's Release

Description

Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed Sleeping Beauty trilogy....

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Book cover for “Some Girls Bite”
Some Girls Bite

Chicagoland Vampires, Book 1

Description

They killed me. They healed me. They changed me.Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn_x0092_t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit_x0092_s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker_x0096_and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead.Turns o...

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