Best Fantasy Books

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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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Slow, cozy children's fantasy that opens in daily routines and small-town markets, then eases into low-stakes magic centered on a clever cat and a practical child. Reading feels domestic and unhurried: short chapters, plain language, and quiet humor make it easy to read aloud or to hand to early independent readers. Useful if you want calming, animal-led adventures that reinforce thrift, small moral choices, and neat resolutions. Annoying if you prefer brisk plotting, strong conflicts, or ambiguous endings—the middle can drag on repetitive domestic scenes.

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.

Assassin's Apprentice opens as a close, first-person coming-of-age set in a gritty royal court; much of the book is Fitz’s interior life, apprenticeship, and the secret Wit bond with animals. what works best is an immersive portrait of a lonely, flawed protagonist and slow-building moral complexity rather than plot fireworks. The most useful part is how it shows character through small domestic scenes and long training arcs. The main limitation is pace: scenes can linger on mood and repetition, which frustrates readers who want faster plotting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A half-goblin raised in exile is suddenly crowned when nearer heirs die, and the story settles into his clumsy, earnest learning curve inside a lethal court. Expect long, scene-rich passages of protocol, alliance-reading, and small moral choices as the protagonist grows into responsibility. The book’s strength is the patient attention to how competence and authority are learned; its main limitation is the slow, etiquette-heavy pacing that frustrates readers looking for rapid plot escalation or frequent set-piece action.

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...

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

Okami is one of the newest Capcom action games boasting a very unique art style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting.

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…

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.

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…

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.

Brisk, plug-and-play fantasy that reads like a mapped-out treasure hunt: you move from cliffhanger to clue to fight across three books. What works best is steady momentum — puzzles, worldbuilding touches, and straightforward stakes keep pages flipping. Limitations are visible: secondary characters can feel underdeveloped, many scenes follow familiar quest beats, and the trilogy’s rhythm leans on serial cliffhangers that can feel repetitive. Best enjoyed for momentum and imaginative set pieces rather than subtle characterization.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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…

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 . . .

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.

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.

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.

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,…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

They are the "Others," an ancient race of supernatural beings_x0097_magicians, shapeshifters, vampires, and healers_x0097_who live among us.

"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.

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…

_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 . . .

Naomi Novik layers Napoleonic-era military drama onto a vividly imagined world where fighting dragons are both weapons and comrades. The prose alternates brisk aerial action with quieter chapters about quarantine, grief, and logistics, so you get tactical maneuvers and domestic heartbreak in equal measure. What works best is its character-focused attention to human–dragon bonds and the moral mess of wartime choices; the main limitation is occasional pacing bloat as political subplot and worldbuilding stretch scenes longer than necessary.

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.

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.

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.