Magic
Magic shimmers at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern practice, offering guidance on everything from stage illusions to spiritual rituals. Whether seeking to master sleight-of-hand performance or explore metaphysical traditions, readers will find practical techniques and time-honored knowledge for harnessing both natural and supernatural forces.
Magic Book Summaries
Servant of Earth
Armed with a blood-drinking dagger, a servant enters fae trials she was never meant to survive.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Fantasy Romance
Magic
Servant of Earth
Armed with a blood-drinking dagger, a servant enters fae trials she was never meant to survive.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Fantasy Romance
Magic
Mother Knows Best
To claim her necromancer mother's magic, a young witch sacrifices her sisters and her humanity.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
Witches
Mother Knows Best
To claim her necromancer mother's magic, a young witch sacrifices her sisters and her humanity.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
Witches
Siege and Storm
Pursued by the Darkling's shadow army, a sun summoner must trust a pirate prince to survive.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
High Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Siege and Storm
Pursued by the Darkling's shadow army, a sun summoner must trust a pirate prince to survive.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
High Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Trollhunters
His uncle vanished in 1969. Now fifteen, Jim finds him ageless, guarding a hidden troll city.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Horror
Trollhunters
His uncle vanished in 1969. Now fifteen, Jim finds him ageless, guarding a hidden troll city.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Horror
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Two rival magicians revive English magic while a fae lord's bargain entraps those they love.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magic
Adult
Regency
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Two rival magicians revive English magic while a fae lord's bargain entraps those they love.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magic
Adult
Regency
The Mists of Avalon
Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Classics
Retellings
The Mists of Avalon
Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Classics
Retellings
A Darker Shade of Magic
Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.
Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
Dark Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic
Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.
Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
Dark Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Gardens of the Moon
An empire unleashes an ancient tyrant to capture a city, while gods gamble on a thief's luck.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Magic
Gardens of the Moon
An empire unleashes an ancient tyrant to capture a city, while gods gamble on a thief's luck.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Magic
Fool's Errand
A retired assassin and aging wolf hunt a vanished prince seduced by forbidden beast magic.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
Fool's Errand
A retired assassin and aging wolf hunt a vanished prince seduced by forbidden beast magic.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adventure
Magic
Blood Rites
A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Magic
Blood Rites
A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Magic
White Night
A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Vampires
White Night
A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Vampires
Glass Sword
A lightning wielder hunts for others with hidden powers, fleeing the boy king who betrayed her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Adventure
Glass Sword
A lightning wielder hunts for others with hidden powers, fleeing the boy king who betrayed her.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Adventure
The Amber Spyglass
With a world-cutting knife, Will must enter the land of the dead to awaken Lyra.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
The Amber Spyglass
With a world-cutting knife, Will must enter the land of the dead to awaken Lyra.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.
Fantasy
Adult
Queer
Lgbt
Literary Fiction
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
A servant kept an empress's secrets for decades. A traveling cleric finally gets her to speak.
Fantasy
Adult
Queer
Lgbt
Literary Fiction
Mirror Girls
Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Historical
Gothic
Mirror Girls
Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Historical
Gothic
A Promise so Bold and Broken
A half-Fae fugitive and her immortal hunter share a fated bond that could topple a kingdom.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
A Promise so Bold and Broken
A half-Fae fugitive and her immortal hunter share a fated bond that could topple a kingdom.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
A Soul to Keep
Sacrificed to a skull-faced Duskwalker, a defiant outcast becomes the bride of a lonely monster.
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Monsters
Dark
Romance
A Soul to Keep
Sacrificed to a skull-faced Duskwalker, a defiant outcast becomes the bride of a lonely monster.
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Monsters
Dark
Romance
The Arabian Nights
A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Folklore
Mythology
The Arabian Nights
A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
Folklore
Mythology
The Curse that Binds
A mind-link binds a captive girl to a warrior prince. He will burn an empire to claim her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
Magic
The Curse that Binds
A mind-link binds a captive girl to a warrior prince. He will burn an empire to claim her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
Magic
Queen of Shadows
Her cousin faces the axe. Magic lies chained. A queen returns in secret to break both free.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
Queen of Shadows
Her cousin faces the axe. Magic lies chained. A queen returns in secret to break both free.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
The Bird and the Sword
Mute, she shapes worlds with words. A shapeshifting king seizes her, demanding her voice as queen.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Young Adult
Magic
The Bird and the Sword
Mute, she shapes worlds with words. A shapeshifting king seizes her, demanding her voice as queen.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Young Adult
Magic
Betrayed
A teen vampire leads her school's elite while something in the tunnels turns students into monsters.
Young Adult
Fantasy
Vampires
Paranormal
Romance
Betrayed
A teen vampire leads her school's elite while something in the tunnels turns students into monsters.
Young Adult
Fantasy
Vampires
Paranormal
Romance
The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam trust Gollum to reach Mordor. Aragorn defends a kingdom against a corrupted wizard.
Fantasy
Classics
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam trust Gollum to reach Mordor. Aragorn defends a kingdom against a corrupted wizard.
Fantasy
Classics
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
Temple of the Winds
When a magical plague strikes, the cure hides in a temple no living soul may enter.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Dark Fantasy
Temple of the Winds
When a magical plague strikes, the cure hides in a temple no living soul may enter.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Dark Fantasy
A Storm of Swords
Rival kings tear the realm apart while winter descends and dragons return to a shattered world.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
A Storm of Swords
Rival kings tear the realm apart while winter descends and dragons return to a shattered world.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
City of Glass
Clary enters the Shadowhunters' hidden city for a cure. A demon army waits at the gates.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Urban Fantasy
City of Glass
Clary enters the Shadowhunters' hidden city for a cure. A demon army waits at the gates.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Urban Fantasy
A Feast for Crows
A paranoid queen. An assassin in training. A knight hunting ghosts through the wreckage of war.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Dark
A Feast for Crows
A paranoid queen. An assassin in training. A knight hunting ghosts through the wreckage of war.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Dark
Every Spiral of Fate
Married by magic to a devil-cursed king, a Jinn queen risks her heart and her people.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Magic
Every Spiral of Fate
Married by magic to a devil-cursed king, a Jinn queen risks her heart and her people.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Magic
A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Her illness worsens when she rests, so she chases a cure across continents and secret libraries.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Adventure
Literary Fiction
A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Her illness worsens when she rests, so she chases a cure across continents and secret libraries.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Adventure
Literary Fiction
The Republic of Thieves
A master thief, cured of poison by a mage, must rig an election against his brilliant ex-lover.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
Adult
The Republic of Thieves
A master thief, cured of poison by a mage, must rig an election against his brilliant ex-lover.
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Adventure
Adult
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.
Writing
Books About Books
Essays
Fantasy
Literature
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.
Writing
Books About Books
Essays
Fantasy
Literature
Bloodlines
A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.
Young Adult
Fantasy
Vampires
Paranormal
Urban Fantasy
Bloodlines
A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.
Young Adult
Fantasy
Vampires
Paranormal
Urban Fantasy
Gods of Jade and Shadow
1920s Mexico: a servant girl frees a Mayan death god. His stolen throne is her fight.
Fantasy
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Gods of Jade and Shadow
1920s Mexico: a servant girl frees a Mayan death god. His stolen throne is her fight.
Fantasy
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Hobbit, Part One
A wizard recruits a timid hobbit as burglar for thirteen dwarves marching on a dragon's mountain.
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
High Fantasy
Young Adult
The Hobbit, Part One
A wizard recruits a timid hobbit as burglar for thirteen dwarves marching on a dragon's mountain.
Fantasy
Classics
Adventure
High Fantasy
Young Adult
City of Lost Souls
Her boyfriend is spellbound to a demonic enemy. She must become their ally to save him.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Romance
City of Lost Souls
Her boyfriend is spellbound to a demonic enemy. She must become their ally to save him.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Romance
