Fantasy
Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
| * also available as an audiobook | |
| Barker, Clive | Abarat 2001 |
| In this "fantasy travelogue" Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, is magically transported to the island chain Abarat. | |
| Bull, Emma | War for the Oaks 2001 |
| A fantasy classic in which rock guitarist Edie McCandry is recruited to inject a bit of humanity into the ancient war between the Fairie courts. | |
| Card, Orson Scott | Enchantment 1999 |
| This reworking of Sleeping Beauty pulls together time travel, modern academia, Baba Yaga and jet hijacking in the context of a love story. | |
| Cutter, Leah | Paper Mage 2003 |
| When Xiao Yen becomes a mage's apprentice, things begin to heat up in the Middle Kingdom. | |
| DeLint, Charles | Waifs and Strays 2002 |
| A collection of stories about the unseen magic just below the surface of cities. Each story features a teenage protagonist. | |
| Duane, Diane | Stealing the Elf-king's Roses 2002 |
| A combination mystery-fantasy featuring Lanthanomancer Lee Enfield and her partner Gelert. | |
| Gaiman, Neil | American Gods 2001 |
"A magical mystery tour through the mythologies of all cultures and a unique and moving love story." |
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Goldman, William |
The Princess Bride : S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, the "good parts" Version 1974 |
"The most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world." |
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Hearn, Lian |
Across the Nightingale Floor 2002 |
Set in feudal Japan, this is the first volume of Tales of the Otori. |
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Hoffman, Kiki |
Stir of Bones 2003 |
In this ghost story, 14-year-old Susan finds a way to deal with her difficult family situation. |
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Hopkinson, Nalo |
Brown Girl in the Ring 1998 |
Set in a grim 21st century Toronto, this story blends African and Jamaican folklore. |
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Klasky, Mindy |
Glasswright's Apprentice 2000 |
The story of Rani Trader, the daughter of a merchant family whose parents have sacrificed nearly everything to buy her an apprenticeship in the Glasswright's Guild. |
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Lackey, Mercedes |
Serpent's Shadow 2002 |
Part historical fiction, part romance, part fantasy. Set in Victorian England, featuring the daughter of a Brahmin aristocrat and a British physician. |
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Lee, Tanith |
Black Unicorn 1991 |
Tanaquil, the ungifted -or so she thinks- daughter of sorceress Jaive, embarks on a quest. |
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| Le Guin, Ursula | *The Wizard of Earthsea 1968 |
Ged, studying the art of wizardry, accidentally conjures up a creature that threatens the existence of the entire world of Earthsea. |
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Marvit, Lawrence |
Sparks: an Urban Fairytale 2002 |
Can't find the boyfriend of your dreams? Make your own! A graphic novel. |
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McKillip, Patricia |
In the Forests of Serre 2003 |
A prince, who is already anguished with great loss, is cursed by a witch. |
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| Mieville, China | Scar 2002 |
Set in the alternate world of Bas-Lag, as was Perdido Street Station. |
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Murphy, Rita |
Night Flying 2000 |
The Hansen girls can fly. |
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Nielsen Hayden, Patrick |
New Magics: an Anthology of Today's Fantasy 2003 |
Includes stories by Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Jane Yolen, and others. |
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| Nix, Garth | *Abhorsen 2003 |
| Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life. The conclusion to the tale told in Sabriel and Lirael. | |
| November, Sharyn (editor) | Firebirds 2003 |
16 short stories by masters of the fantasy genre. |
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| O'Nan, Stewart | Night Country 2003 |
Narrated by Marco, the ghost of a teenager killed in a car accident. |
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| Paolini, Christopher | *Eragon 2003 |
A young man. A dragon. A quest. An old man. Written when the author was 15. |
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Pratchett, Terry |
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001 |
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king. |
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Pullman, Philip |
*Golden Compass 1996 |
Features Lyra Belacqua and all manner of daemons, gyptians, Pansebjorne, witches, alethiometers, and parallel universes. Followed by *Subtle Knife and *Amber Spyglass. |
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Yolen, Jane |
*Briar Rose 1992 |
A retelling of Sleeping Beauty in the context of the Holocaust. |
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