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Leigh Bardugo is back on top with Hell Bent, the winner of this year's Fantasy category.Not coincidentally, the book is the sequel to Ninth House, 2019's winner in Fantasy.Bardugo's beloved series has established a new trajectory for dark academia books, promising Ivy League hopefuls a world of secret societies, occult rituals, and interdimensional portals.

23. The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (1984) Buy on Amazon. Add to library. In an era when "fantasy" was synonymous with "fake medieval Europe," The Bridge of Birds gave us something wonderfully original: a novel set — as its subtitle explains — in "an ancient China that never was.".

Shades of Magic Trilogy. Tor Books. V.E. Schwab has created a world with four Londons lying atop one another: our own dull Grey, warm magic-suffused Red, tyrannical White, and dead, terrifying ...

The Golem and the Djinni, by Helene Wecker (2013) ! Helene Wecker's debut novel is an eerie tale of two magical creatures set loose in 19th century New York. A golem - a mythical creature of ...

There are many reasons I adore these beautifully written, deeply affecting fantasy novels, but the most memorable to me is the two women who are the heart of each story: sisters with some of the divine in their blood. (Each of these books also has a lovely romance.) ... (Book 2) Review of Cagebird (Book 3) Favorite Books of 2020 (includes Omake)

The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. With a panel of leading fantasy authors—N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Sabaa Tahir, Tomi Adeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Cassandra Clare and ...

The Absolute Book. By Elizabeth Knox (Viking, 640 pp., $28) There's so much vast, sprawling, protean wonder between its covers that "The Absolute Book" could be a fantasy object in and of ...

Top 100 Fantasy Books. The 100 fantasy books that we - and other readers - simply cannot recommend highly enough; books that we've all loved reading. Click on a book title to read the full review. 1. A Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire) A Song of Ice and Fire is the history lesson you wish you'd had in school.

The ten best fantasy novels of the year, including 'Siren Queen' by Nghi Vo, 'The Ballad of Perilous Graves' by Alex Jennings, and 'Babel, or the Necessity of Violence' by R.F. Kuang.

Instantly immersive and deeply affecting, IN THE SERPENT'S WAKE, by Rachel Hartman, concludes an epic fantasy duology that began with "Tess of the Road.". Publicly, Tess is on a quest: to ...

The 20 best fantasy books of 2021, according to Goodreads members. Written by Katherine Fiorillo. Dec 16, 2021, 2:41 PM PST. According to Goodreads, the best fantasy books of 2021 were "A Court of ...

From fantastical romances to gripping historical reads, here are 19 of the best fantasy books of 2022, according to Goodreads reviewers. Advertisement. 19. "Thistlefoot" by GennaRose Nethercott ...

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey. (4.01 avg rating; 72,095 ratings) Courtesans are another staple of the epic fantasy genre. While they're usually supporting characters—either in the form of allies or enemies—Carey's debut novel introduces us to Phedre, a courtesan marked by a god to feel pleasure and pain as one.

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From the ocean bed to the stars and the multiverse, five novels to transport you Published: 6 Dec 2023 . Five of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2023 ... About 279 results for ...

At Fantasy Book Review we are dedicated to reading and reviewing the very best fantasy books for both children and adults (both young and old). Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. The 100 fantasy books that we love most of all. Fantasy Series We Recommend.

Best New Fantasy Books in November 2022. November 26, 2022 | By Megan Crouse. Features.

Dresden Files is easily one of the top, if not THE top, Urban Fantasy series that has ever been written. Butcher does story so freaking well, and this book was one of the craziest, awesomest, most brilliant examples of how this series has just killed it every time it's stepped up to bat. Honestly, there are a lot of great examples of awesome ...

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Here are the best new fantasy and sci-fi books to read in 2024, from authors including Heather Fawcett, Nisi Shawl, Danielle L. Jensen, and Sofia Samatar.

May 18, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. 5 min. 10. In the opening pages of Kevin Kwan's new novel, " Lies and Weddings ," a man is impaled on a crystal chandelier. Even in the act of reading that, I ...

A Wizard of Earthsea. 4. The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. $15.99 save 48%. $8.31 at Amazon. Of course whenever you're making a list of the best fantasy titles you ...

Release Date: May 7 - Tor Books. $30.99 save 10%. $27.89 at Amazon. Readers of Scott Lynch, Robert Jackson Bennett, and Joe Abercrombie should pick up this gritty debut high fantasy and the first ...

Navola: A novel by Paolo Bacigalupi. I love when a beloved author — especially one known mostly for a certain type of book — throws us a daring curveball. Navola is exactly such a pitch. Paolo ...

The fantasy book genre is an enormous part of publishing, and some of the most popular novels and series take place in the real world because that makes the most sense for the story. Famous novels ...

James Patterson finishes Michael Crichton's book, with explosive results. "Eruption," trailing clouds of publicity, is the summer's ultimate literary mashup. Review by Ron Charles. May 25 ...

Deathless by Rob J. Hayes. My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars. Series: Annals of the God Eater (Book #1 of 3), The God Eater Saga. Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy. Pages: 196 pages (Kindle edition) Publish date: 23rd of July 2024 by Rob J. Hayes (Self-Published) Deathless was, unbelievably, even better than Demon; this is an intense and dark ...